Happy 4th of July! Have fun but be safe. No Practice or Lessons on Friday, July 4th. WEST Pool will close at 12noon. Wow, the summer swimming season is almost over! We will start tapering soon and the WEST hosted PNS Championships are only 4 weeks away. Age Group Seattle Open - July 11-12 Entries have been posted to the website for this year's AG Seattle Open at Colman Pool. Be sure to get there early to find parking, it always fills fast. Also, check the street signs carefully, we...

Dear WESTies, Happy Summer! Let's make sure we are all remembering to wear sunscreen and to stay extra hydrated during these longer days. Seattle Senior Open - This Thursday, Friday & Saturday Meet Information is available on the PNS website. Saturday - ALL WEST swimmers competing on Saturday are invited to do a 2hr warm-up practice from 8-10am at Colman. We will have a breakfast to follow (during the normal 10-11am warm-ups time), everyone please bring something to share. Contact [email protected] with any questions. Senior Group Swimmers NOT competing at the Seattle Senior Open...

Dear WEST folk,   Congrats to all our graduates, Happy Father's Day to all our Dad's and Happy Summer to all the kids out of school already! This is a busy time of year, so please stay informed and speak up if you have questions.   Schedule Changes Next Week All other schedules are normal unless specified below: Saturday 6/14: Senior @ Colman 8-10am / Accelerate @ WEST 7-9am Tuesday 6/17: Senior @ WEST 3:30-6:30pm Friday 6/20: Senior & Senior2 & Accelerate @ WEST 3:30-6:30pm   Marlin's Meet at KCAC NEXT...

Dear Parents and Swimmers, Welcome to June! Summer is right around the corner, make sure you are up-to-date with our summer schedules. This Week Practice Schedule Reminders: (all schedules are normal unless noted below) Friday: Challenge will practice with Accelerate and Senior 2 at WEST 4-6:30pm (dryland at 3:30 for all that can make it). Senior is at Colman 6-8pm. Saturday: Senior 2 will practice 9-11am with Challenge. Pasco Recap Thank you to everyone that made the trip to Tri-Cities for last weekend's swim meet. It was great to see the team...

Dear Parents, Hope everyone is ready for the Pasco meet! We will be offering limited practices for those NOT going because most of our coaches will be at the meet. For those NOT attending the meet, here is the practice schedule: Friday May 30th - Explore, Discover, Challenge - NO PRACTICE / Accelerate, Senior2, Senior (at WEST) - 4-6:30pm Saturday May 31st - Explore, Discover - NO PRACTICE / Challenge, Accelerate, Senior2, Senior - 7-10am Entries can be found online by clicking on the "Swim Team" tab and scrolling down...

Dear WEST fans, Here we are, midway through another exciting week and approaching the end of May. Summer is right around the corner. Team Pictures are here - check your family folders. If you need to reorder more pictures, please contact the photographer directly at [email protected] or 206-859-3816 Memorial Day Practice Schedule Changes - No Lessons or Pre-Comp, Normal Schedule - Exp, Disco, Ch, Acc, Sr. Sr2 will practice will Sr @ 3:30-6:30pm. Age Group Zones - Apply to be on the PNS Team - PNS is hosting the Wester...

Dear Parents,   Well summer is right around the corner! The weather these past couple weeks has been amazing, I hope you have all been enjoying it. It is a very busy time of the year, so please stay connected!   Fundraising Due We have billed all accounts for those who did not meet the minimum requirements. Information regarding our Fundraising policy is outlined in the Team Registration packet available here.   Last Minute Hotel Info for Pasco One more Single King room remains in our block. Best Western also...

What a beautiful week! We kicked off our Long Course season this past weekend with great swims at the Dick LaFave Annual Kick-Off Meet and our seniors compete at the May Flowers Meet this weekend. Annual Garage Sale - THIS SATURDAY - HELP NEEEDED! We still need volunteers to help out with the Spring Yardsale. We will begin taking donations tomorrow night (please put them neatly in the weight room). We also like to have a bake sale at the same time, so if you don't have any items to...

Dear WESTonians, Here comes Long Course Season! We have our first competition in the 50 meter pool this weekend with the Dick LaFave Meet. Here is the Timeline and WEST entries are posted to the website. Next weekend, the Senior group swimmers will compete at the May Flowers Meet, those entries are also posted. Practice Schedule Changes This Week Due to the swim meet, we will be amending the practice schedule slightly: Friday: Explore - Normal Discover - Normal Challenge - with Discover (7-8:30pm) Accelerate - Normal Senior - Normal Senior...

Parents,   I would like to take a moment to address the mental side of training. The kids all work tremendously hard physically, however the mental side of performing is equally important and often neglected.   Below are a series of links to various articles written by Sport Psychologist Dr. Alan Goldberg. Here is a little more information about him (also found at https://www.competitivedge.com/catalog/swimming).   As a sports psychology consultant, Dr. Alan Goldberg works with swimmers at every level from Olympians right down to age groupers. A popular presenter at...