Dear WEST Swim Folk,   Almost halfway into October and meet season has begun! We had some great swims and many time drops at last weekend’s October Challenge, congratulations to all WEST swimmers that competed.   Thank you to all the parents that attended our Parent Meetings last week. If you missed the meeting, here is a copy of the handout that was discussed.   Schedule Changes Posted to Website – Click Here We have been updating the Hours/Schedule tab of the website each week with any schedule changes that...

Dear WEST Swim Folk, I can’t believe September is almost to an end. Meets are starting up over the next couple weeks and Halloween is right around the corner! Cold season is also here, so please make sure you are eating right, getting your vitamins, and making sure you are getting enough sleep.   Morning Practice Start This Week Senior Elite has 5am morning practices on Wed & Fri. Senior Group swimmers may also attend (please speak to coaches first). We want to make sure that swimmers are staying healthy...

WEST Weekly   1st Annual Community Meet was a success! Thank you to everyone that participated this past weekend at our Community Swim Meet. It was great to see all the new swimmers and we had some impressive time drops. Much thanks to those that volunteered to help run the meet, we could not have done it without you.   If you have any photos from the meet, please email them to the office. We would like to use them in local publications and for promoting the meet in the...

Good morning WEST families, This is a reminder that we are running our 1st Annual Mill Creek All-City Swim Meet this morning, so there will not be any lessons or PreComp practices today. Normal pool schedule will resume today at 2pm.   See you at the pool! -- Jess MacKintosh WEST Coast Aquatics Assistant Coach/Club Program Manager WESTswimteam.com

Dear Parents,   Welcome back! We are very happy to kick off another swim year, and look forward to building on the success of last year. We can see the excitement of the Olympics and the amazing performance by the US team generating a lot of attention on our sport, our team and lesson numbers are way up!   Training Group Placement Evaluations With training groups getting full and our expectations getting higher, we must be very deliberate about placements. We will be evaluating all placements throughout the month of...

Good afternoon WEST families, Happy September!  Our coaching staff is learning and planning for the upcoming season (and weathering hurricane Hermine!) at the International Swimming Coach’s Clinic in Clearwater this week.  We are excited to return to WEST next week and get back to our Fall schedule with all of you!   Labor Day WEST will be closed on Monday, September 5th in observence of Laber Day.  Fall schedule will begin on Tuesday, September 6th.   Registration Packets If you missed our previous announcement email, our 2016-2017 Swim Team and Pre-Comp (click...

Good evening WEST families,   We are happy to announce that the Team Registration Packet for the 2016-2017 season is now available!   Click here to download the PDF.   Updates for Coming Weeks:   All four coaches are going to a conference in Florida next week, so optional practices will be led by members of the Senior Elite group.  There will be a lifeguard on deck, but we are also asking parents to stay at the pool during these practices if you are able.   Optional practices will be...

Dear WEST Members, Thank you to everyone that volunteered to help make the WEST Hosted PNS Senior Championship Meet such a big success. The team finished 6 th Place overall, 6 th on the Men’s side and 5 th on the Women’s side. This is outstanding, given that most all the teams finishing in front of us are more than double our size. One of the notable highlights from the meet is WEST swimmer Nicole Limberg achieved a 2016 Olympic Trials qualifying time in the 100 Breaststroke. Even though Olympic...

Senior Champs Relays – This is a tentative list of each of our relays for this weekend and when they are scheduled to swim based on the psych sheet. Changes may still be made depending on scratches and individual performance.   Thurs 200 F.R. Women A – PM Finals: Erica, Nicole, Kelly, Elli Women B – AM Prelims: Caroline, Alexis, Heidi, Liza Men A – PM Finals: Jon, Max, Jeremiah, Tarek Men B – AM Prelims: Carter, Neal, Tony, Price Men C – AM Prelims: Justin, Maceo, Bryan, Rutherford  ...

Good afternoon WEST families,   We're right in the middle of our summer schedule with only a few weeks left before the end of our season.  Please make sure you see our updates below and ask any questions you might have!     Colman Practice - tonight for Challenge, Accelerate, and Senior The Seattle Age Group Open is tomorrow and Saturday, and  we will have Colman practice tonight.  All swimmers competing this weekend are encouraged to come.  We will be letting the kiddos out a little early, so please expect to...