Dear WEST Swimming Community, Welcome to December! Hope everyone is staying healthy and warm. We apologize for the temperature inside the pool and are working as quickly as we can to get the new windows installed. We appreciate your patience as we aim to continue to improve our aging facility. Husky Invite & Divisional Champs Recap Congratulations to all swimmers that competed at the Divisional Championship Husky Invite last weekend. We had some significant time drops, many swimmers making finals and several swimmers picking up new cut times. Junior Nationals...

Dear WEST Swim Folk,   Welcome to December. Thank you for your patience with us while we continue to work on the building. The pool deck is colder than normal and we are working hard at getting the window project finished up.   Schedule Changes THIS WEEK We have swimmers competing at both the Husky Invitational and Divisional Championships, while other swimmers are focusing on upcoming PNS Championship meets. Most swimmers are at meets, but if you aren’t, here is the schedule for Saturday.   Saturday 12/3: Pre-Comp: Normal Schedule...

The days are getting shorter and the weather is getting colder. Make sure swimmers are bundling up and staying healthy during this busy time.   Girl’s High School State Meet Recap Congratulations to all WEST swimmers that competed at Girls HS State last weekend. WEST swimmers had a total of 8 state titles (both relay and individual). Kelly Morgan and Nicole Limberg were State Champions in both their individual events and Nicole was named “Swimmer of the Meet”. Kamiak, represented by Elli Straume and Stina Seaberg not only won, but...

Dear WEST Aquatic Folk, Team Apparel & Equipment Please make sure you have picked up your team T-shirts, caps and any equipment ordered at the team fitting day. Once all the shirts are distributed, we will allow exchanges for different sizes, talk to Coach Margaret to coordinate. Veterans Day Schedule Changes THIS FRIDAY Lap Swim – 5:30-10:30am / 1-4pm ****Note: If these times are super inconvenient, please speak to Nick in person, about making accommodations. 5am - No Early AM Practice 7:30-8:30am - Water Aerobics: we have someone coming @...

Dear West Aquatic Community, Thank you for your patience while we close for repairs today and tomorrow. The work on the blocks is going as planned and the windows will be worked on mostly tomorrow after it can dry out better.   Kara Lynn Joyce @ WEST Last Week I hope everyone got to meet and experience Kara Lynn Joyce at practices last weekend. She had some amazing stories and advice for the swimmers. This was truly a unique and special opportunity and we hope all our swimmers and parents...

We appologize for the inconvenience but we must close the pool this week for some repairs. We will be fixing the block anchor in lane 1 and replacing some roof windows over the pool. In an attempt to minimize time out of the water we will be following this schedule: Thursday 5-6:30am: Senior & Senior Elite Practice 6-7:30: Normal HS Practice 5:30-8am: Limited Lap Swim (1-2 lanes only) CLOSED @ 8am to begin work. NO EVENING PROGRAMS.   Friday CLOSED ALL MORNING 2:30pm: Open for Jackson HS Practice 4-7pm: Senior...

Dear West Swim Folk, I hope everyone is staying dry these past few weeks. Thank you for your patience with our emergency closure on Monday due to the light circuits shorting out.   Olympian Clinic – THIS FRIDAY & SATURDAY! Kara Lynn Joyce will be on-deck for practices this weekend. She is holding a meeting for ALL PARENTS on Friday 5:45-6:30pm and a general group talk and meet & greet on Saturday at 11:30am. Click here to read more and view the entire schedule.   Distance & Pentathlon Meet –...

On Oct 21st and Oct 22nd , WEST will be joined by three-time Olympian Kara Lynn Joyce! Kara is working with WEST and will be spending time meeting with the coaching staff to discuss training techniques and the latest trends in swim coaching. She will also be giving time to meet with parents and share more insight into the parent-swimmer relationship, from an “age group to Olympian” perspective.   Most of all Kara is coming to work with each group on WEST and to help our swimmers get faster, make...

Good afternoon WEST families,   Unfortunately, the storm this past weekend has knocked out our lights on the pool deck so it is unsafe for swimmers to be in the water.  We will need to close the pool early tonight.   All programs including lessons, PreComp, and team practices are cancelled for tonight - Monday, October 17th. We plan to be back to normal schedule for all programs tomorrow - Tuesday, October 18th. Feel free to email us if you have any questions! -- Jess MacKintosh WEST Coast Aquatics Assistant...

Good evening WEST families,   With power outages spreading through the area, we want to update you on our schedule for tomorrow.  We still currently have power, so practices and events will runs as listed below. If the power goes out at WEST, we will alert you by news item by 10am to cancel our programs.  If the power goes out between 10am and 1pm, we will email you as soon as possible.   Senior Elite (normal): 6-9am   Lessons (normal): 1030am-1pm   PreComp 1&2 (normal): 1130am-1230pm   WEST Pentathlon:...