Dear swimmers and parents, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on this past season and give everyone an update on what we have accomplished. USA Swimming just announced the 2019 Club Excellence Award Winners and for the third year in a row, WEST has been awarded the Bronze Medal making us one of the top programs in the country (click here to read the full article). We are one of only four PNS teams on this list and there is no consideration of team size in the determination....

Hello WEST Families, We’re making a list and we’ve been checking it twice as we head into the holiday season, and we’re not talking about our shopping list. So many happenings are going on around the pool so hold onto your stockings as we go a caroling through this WEST Weekly!   Membership Rates: Our membership rates will be changing with the new year  and will reflect for existing members on their invoice for February 1st, 2019. The rates are as follows: Masters - $75 (No Change) Family - $80...

WA Senior Championships Relays:   Friday #3 Women’s 200 Free Relay A Elli Straume Ava Collinge Heidi Ly Megan Black B Cheyenne Kreide Megan Chow Maddy Chow Caitlyn Anderson C Grace Morgan Jenna Kim Izzy Phung Lex Hawkins     #4 Men’s 200 Free Relay A Justin Limberg Alex Georgiev Tony Kim Max Fang B Daniel Da Calvin Kremer Bastien Orbigo Keagan Gale #15 Women’s 400 Medley Relay A Heidi Ly Cheyenne Kreide Ava Collinge Elli Straume B Megan Chow Maddy Chow Megan Black Caitlyn Anderson   #16 Men’s 400...

WEST Weekly Good Evening WEST Folks, We had so many amazing swims for WEST at PNS Age Group Champs and Junior Nationals this past weekend! Congrats to all of our hard working athletes that competed. Remember to send our Senior & Senior Elite athletes good vibes as they head into WA Senior Championships this weekend at KCAC! We have a lot going on around the pool so don’t forget your swim cap as we dive into these news items: Practice Changes for the Weekend: As we are coming off of...

Good Evening WEST families,   WEST is looking forward to the holidays and we are all ready to go with our brightly lit foyer! A huge shout out to all our hard working athletes that swam this weekend at Nationals, Divisionals, and Husky Invite! Many of our swimmers we going for cuts and our coaching staff was very happy with WEST swam as a whole. Make sure to stay healthy & warm this season by cozying up to your electronic device as we go through this week’s news items. PNS...

Good Afternoon WEST Folks! I hope everyone had a warm and relaxing holiday weekend with family and friends. Keep these news items in mind as we truck on through into December this week. How are we coming up on the last month of 2018 already!? Lap Swim Changes this Week: Tuesday, 11/27/2018 - Fire Department Training 8:30am - 2:30pm. NO LAP / OPEN SWIM Sunday, 12/02/2018: - Space Rented 1:00 - 2:00pm in Green Room, 2:00 - 3:00pm, 2 lanes. (limited lap / open swim)    - Swim Team Rented lane...

***UPDATED 12/27/2018 Hello WEST Folk, Below is our Winter Pool / Training Schedule. Any changes made to this schedule will be updated here accordingly, and notified within a WEST Weekly email leading up to our holiday training. Saturday 12/22: Group Lessons: Normal Time Lap Swim: 4:30 - 7:00pm Senior Elite: 6-9am & 2-4:30pm Senior: 6-8:30am & 2-4:30pm Accelerate: 8:30-11am Challenge: 9-11am Discover: 9-10:30 Explore: 11am-12pm PC1: 12-12:45pm PC2: 12:45-1:45pm WPC: 12-1pm Sunday 12/23: TEAM OFF, Pool Open Group Lessons: Normal Time Lap Swim: 10:30 - 6:00pm WPC: 12-1pm Monday 12/24:...

Hello WEST Folk, Brrrrr it’s getting chilly! Congrats to all our swimmers that competed this past weekend at November AGI! We hope everyone has their appetites ready to go for Thanksgiving this Thursday; there is a lot happening around WEST, so get ready to tuck in for some food for thought made specially for you! Thanksgiving Pool Schedule: Thursday, 11/22/2018 - WEST CLOSED - Happy Thanksgiving! Friday, 11/23/2018: lap / open swim CLOSED 9:00am - 4:00pm    Masters Practice: 7:00 - 9:00am Burn the Turkey!    Senior & Senior Elite: Practice 9:00...

Good Afternoon WEST Swamily: Happy Veterans’ Day! Remember to go out and thank your fellow service men and women who are or have served in our nation’s armed forces. Their hard work and dedication is deeply appreciated by everyone at WEST. Please look read through this week’s information when you get a chance. Remember, there are no dumb questions; just questions that have already been answered in a WEST weekly email. Congratulations to Girl’s High School State Competitors! We had some incredible swims from our WEST ladies that competed at...

Greetings Wonderful WESTonians, Please read completely for this week’s information, as 99% of commonly asked questions are answered in these newsletters. All information can be used as a study guide for the cumulative final, so grab your highlighters folks! Thank you for everyone that made it to the clinic with Coach Christen Shefchunas this past weekend. We had a great time hosting her and her talks were invaluable about creating a positive, competitive mindset at meets and practices for all ages. Veterans Day Sunday, November 11th is Veterans Day where...