Hello WEST families,   I hope everyone has been staying warm during this chilly cold front. Remember it’s cold and flu season, so make sure you and your swimmer are taking the necessary precautions to stay healthy. Tips such as washing hands, getting an adequate amount of sleep, and drinking plenty of fluids will help our immune systems stay strong as we get through this last few weeks of winter. If your swimmer is feeling ill, it is up to the parent’s discretion if they need to be out of...

March Letter Writing Breakfast Good afternoon WEST families, This is a reminder that we have our annual Swim-A-Thon Letter Writing party Saturday, March 3rd for all team groups!  Below is all the info you'll need to start your 2018 fundraising off with a bang:   What is Swim-A-Thon? Every year, swim teams across the nation host a fundraiser, SwimAThon, during which the kids swim 200 laps (or for 2hrs, whichever comes first) and solicit donations from family, friends, and local businesses for their teams.  The fundraiser is put on in...

  Hello WEST Families,   We had a pretty good meet this past weekend up at NWAC and were able to get some quality short course meter racing experience for our swimmers. A huge congratulations to our WEST seniors who competed at Districts this past weekend as well. Make sure to wish our WEST boys good luck as they head into State this weekend at KCAC.   Clarification on Feb AGI / Divisionals Meet We want to clear up some continued confusion regarding the upcoming WEST hosted meet at Kamiak...

Attention Triathletes and Open Water swimmers: WEST is hosting a series of clinics over the next several months to help gear up for the season and create a network of athletes to help each other train for the upcoming season. The clinics will be 90min and include both a classroom workshop and in-water training. We will focus heavily on freestyle technique specific to Open Water and teach the skills necessary to adapt to different situations that may arise during OW races. Our goal for the first two clinics is to...

  Hello WEST families, Thank you to everyone who came out to our Olympian Clinic this past weekend and had a chance to hang out with Team USA’s Jacob Pebley. We are extremely grateful as a club team to have this special opportunity as not many teams as a whole get to experience such a clinic that isn’t open to the public and are able to actually be in the water with an Olympian. I hope everyone got the opportunity to say hi to Jacob and his parents while they...

Good Evening WEST Families,   Olympian Clinic Timeline We’re very happy to welcome 2016 Olympian and current USA National Team Athlete Jacob Pebley to WEST this Friday & Saturday (Feb 2-3.) We couldn’t be more excited for the opportunity for him to work one on one with our hard-working swimmers over two days. We have made a slight adjustment to where the parent’s presentation will be, as it has moved from the WEST gym to the MCCA Building adjacent to the pool. Just to reiterate our schedule this weekend will...

Hello WEST Families, Great job to all our swimmers who competed at Winter Challenge this past weekend! We had a lot of fast swimming and couldn’t be happier with how everyone swam. Please keep these updates in mind as we head into a new week: Annual Open Board Meeting – TONIGHT Monday, Jan 29th @ MCCA Building We will be holding our annual open board meeting on Monday, Jan 29th. We will review the budget from last year, discuss plans for the facility and hold our annual vote of confidence....

Hello WEST Families, I hope everyone is having a fantastic day. Here are some updates that were left out of our previous WEST Weekly this week: Officials Needed: There is an opportunity to be active in your swimmer’s activities, interact with some great people, eat exceptional food, get cool clothing and work at your own schedule.  WEST Officials need your help to make the meets run smoothly.  There will be a 2-hour entertaining clinic (the Officials duties are not difficult) this Saturday between the morning and afternoon sessions at the Winter Challenge...

Hello WEST families, I hope everyone is staying warm and dry on this drizzly Tuesday. I just wanted to take a moment to reiterate any information and dates that are coming up this week. Please read through this information carefully: Swim Meet 1/27 & 1/28 The Winter Challenge meet will be hosted by SSCD and will be held at Kamiak High School. For the meet announcement information, please check on pns.org here. The meet time line has not been posted as of today at 2:40pm. For entries, please log in...

  Good Afternoon WEST Families, I hope everyone has been enjoying the past few days of beautiful weather outside. As we head into Spring and prepare for summer, I wanted everyone to take a moment to look over their calendar and take note of WEST’s upcoming events:   Seasonal Conditioning Starts Monday, Feb. 19 Do you want a competitive advantage for next year? We all know the best way to improve each year is to continue to practice in the off-season. WEST is re-starting our seasonal conditioning program to support...