Hello WEST Families, UPDATE: As of 2:00pm 11/27  Team Practices will run as NORMAL for tonight. Swim Lessons are CANCELLED. Pre-Comp practices tonight are OPTIONAL.    Tomorrow, Tuesday (11/28) We are working hard to secure pool time at the other neighboring pools during this time and will be sending out another email tonight regarding tomorrow’s plan for all of our programs.   Thank you for your patience and cooperation.   Tim Senholtz WEST Coast Aquatics Head Age Group Coach/Lessons Manager WESTswimteam.com  

Dear WEST Membership,   By now, most of you have heard about the fire we had on Sunday 11/26. Here is some more information on what happened, where we are currently at and our immediate course of action.   What happened: After noticing a burning smell coming from the vicinity of the boiler room, we shut the boiler off and monitored it closed. After 30min of appearing to clear, the lifeguard saw flames climbing the wall behind the boiler. He immediately grabbed a fire extinguisher and put it out, and...

We had a small fire at the pool today and at this point in time, it is unclear what the impact will be to our programs. TOMORROW (Mon 11/27) – All morning programs (High School practices, Lap Swim, Water Aerobics, Masters) are CANCELLED. Afternoon LESSONS will also be CANCELLED. It is unclear whether we will be able to hold club team practice but at a minimum, we would like to run dryland for the older kids. We are working with our insurance program and multiple contractors to minimize the shut-down...

Hello WEST families!   I hope everyone is having a great week staying dry and preparing for Thanksgiving break! We wanted to send a huge shout-out to all of our girls who swam at State 2 weeks ago. Special congratulations to the following State finalists:   Elli Straume (200 free relay, 2nd 200 free, 4th 100 free, 2nd 200 free relay) Hedi Ly (2nd 200 free relay, 11th 200 IM, 3rd 200 free relay, 6th 100 back) Alexis Nims (2nd  200 Medley Relay, 3rd 200 free relay, 13th 100 free)...

Dear WEST Swim Families,   We hope you have been keeping warm in the pool, we apologize for the cold water the past couple of days. We had a flooding here at the pool and we are slowly but surely getting the pool back to ideal swimming temperatures. Here’s a few important items to know for the week:   WEST Senior Circuit Meet – SATURDAY 10/28 Practice Changes for 10/28:  No practice for Senior Elite Saturday morning.  Accelerate, Senior and any Senior Elite not in the meet: Practice Saturday morning...

Dear WEST Swim Folk,   Fall is fully here and Halloween is only a couple weeks away! Thank you to everyone that came out to help run our Senior Circuit meet last week and thank you in advance for everyone planning to work this weekend.   WEST Distance Meet – FRIDAY 10/20 We are hosting a distance meet offering a 1650 free (1 mile) with a 1000 split and the 800 Individual Medley. Warm-Ups are 4:30 and we plan to start the racing at 5:30pm. NO PRACTICES FRIDAY – ALL...

The days are quickly getting colder, training and school are getting more demanding – make sure you avoid getting sick during this busy time. Extra rest and proper nutrition are both crucial to staying healthy.   Friday 10/13 Schedule Changes We are hosting the second round of Senior Circuit meets this Friday at WEST. We are doing 5:30pm Warm-Ups and 6:30pm Start (we should be done shortly after 8pm). This means we have to change and cancel some practices: Pre-Comp, Explore, Discover – NO PRACTICE / Challenge, Accelerate, Senior –...

Dear WEST folk, Fall is here and Halloween is right around the corner. Make sure to stay warm as the weather gets colder, and stay rested as training and schoolwork continue to become more demanding.   Team Group Parents In an effort to streamline communication, we have assigned a contact person for each training group. These parents will serve as a resource to help other parents answer questions, coordinate team functions and help facilitate communication of team announcements.   Senior Elite: Janet Kim [email protected] Senior: Nikki Gale [email protected] Accelerate: Jennifer...

Dear WEST Swim Families, Welcome back! Hope everyone enjoyed their summer, we are really excited about kicking off the season. Thank you to everyone that participated and helped out with the Annual Community Meet, it was really cool to see all the older kids working with our younger swimmers.   Registration Packets DEADLINE – THIS FRIDAY 9/15 We need to have all packets in by the end of this week. Anyone who hasn’t turned in a packet (or at least communicated to the office for special circumstance) won’t be allowed...

With little to no improvement in air quality and Puget sound Clean Air Agency advising against outdoor activity, we are CANCELLING TONIGHT’S PRACTICE (Wed 9/6) at McCollum. We will return to practice, and normal fall schedule, at WEST tomorrow (Thurs 9/7). Team Equipment & Apparel Fitting TOMORROW. Sylvia’s Swimwear will be at WEST during practice times with examples of our Arena sponsored team gear and apparel. Make sure you familiarize yourself with the required equipment for each group and set your swimmer up for the start of the season! Sign-Up...