What is Dryland Bootcamp? WEST has partnered with Engineered Sports in Everett to offer a functional strength training class. The class will focus on body awareness and strength that directly applies to swimming and everyday use of your body, as well as injury prevention. Why is Dryland training so important? Swimming training includes a lot of repetitive motion and it is important to balance out the muscles used primarily for swimming with muscles that don't get used as much. This helps prevent overuse injuries (the most common in swimming) and...

Practice Clarification There is practice Thursday, Friday and Saturday for any swimmers from Accelerate & Senior groups not attending Pasco. Thursday - 3:30-6:30pm at WEST Friday - 5-8pm at Colman Saturday - 7-10:30am at WEST   Swim-a-Thon: Final $ Due Our current balance is $32,522.90. Please turn in all remaining Swim-a-Thon funds as soon as possible. We need to do a final tally for the upcoming Awards Banquet. Awards Banquet: Saturday, June 15! The Annual WEST Awards Banquet is right around the corner. At the banquet we will recognize specific...

Reminder: NO PRACTICE TODAY. WEST is open normal hours. Accelerate & Senior Groups: tomorrow is the first day of Colman Pre-Season. Tuesday Practices will be as follows: Explore, Discover & Challenge: Normal Times Accelerate - at WEST 3:30-6:30pm (Dryland 3:30-4) Senior: at Colman 4-6pm (bring Dryland clothes)   Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day Weekend. While you are enjoying your day off today, remember the meaning of this holiday and honor those that serve. nick    

Happy Memorial Day Weekend everyone! I can't believe May is almost over and Summer is right around the corner. Continue to stay rested as finals and end-of-the-year homework piles up. Remember to drink more water as it becomes warmer outside and we all become more active. Good Luck WEST at Mel Zajac Invitational Several WEST swimmers are traveling to University oif British Columbia this weekend to compete at the Mel Zajac International Invite. Several Olympians will be competing, including Ryan Lotche and Elizabeth Beisel. NO LESSONS OR PRACTICE ON MONDAY,...

Board Member Needed We are looking to fill a vacancy on the board, anyone interested, please contact Eddie or Nick by Friday, May 17 at 5pm.  Swim-a-Thon Update   Money is trickling in, but not nearly enough! We are currently at $27,827, half-way to our $50,000 goal with only a month left to collect donations. Turning in the minimum fundraising amount is not going to get us our locker room renovation. High gear is vital. Talk to everyone you know: friends, family, neighbors, teachers... Every donation matters. Every donation gets...

I have just received word from both Meet Directors for the Sockeye (KCAC) and Thunderbird (Anacortes) Meets (May 18th & 19th) and we can squeeze some swimmers in each meet. Sockeye has room for our 13 and over swimmers on Saturday and Sunday ONLY and Thunderbird has room for our 12 and under swimmers. I appologize for the inconvenience and confusion, we are doing our best to provide our swimmers with the most racing opportunity. Please respond to [email protected] if you would like to be entered in either the Sockey...

Swim-a-Thon: This Saturday! All swimmers were given brightly colored caps this week. They can be decorated with permanent markers and should be worn during Swim-a-Thon. Contact the coaches if you didn't get one yet. Swim Schedule - Please arrive at least 15 minutes ahead of your scheduled swim time. • Senior & Accelerate: 6:00-8:30am • Challenge, Discover & Explore: 8:30-10:30am So far we have collected $19,198.00 in donations. We still have a long way to go to get to $50,000 and only a month to do it. Now's the time...

Dear Swimmers, Parents and Members, Spring is here and May is just around the corner. Stay healthy and on-top of school work as the academic year winds down! NO PRACTICE SATURDAY - due to the majority of the team competing at Dick LaFave LC Kick-Off. If you really need to get your swim on, stop by for lapswim starting at 10:30am. Schedule Change - Accelerate morning practice will be switched from Thursday AM to Wednesday AM. Thanks to Everyone that Helped with Spring Clean-Up We want to thank all those...

Dear Parents, Swimmers and Members, Welcome to another exciting week at WEST. The weather is starting to look like spring, let's hope it continues! Spring Clean Up Day - THIS SATURDAY Come lend a hand making WEST the best it can be. We appreciate those that can bring household tools such as rakes, shovels and tarps. We plan to work between 6am and 2pm, so stop by for a long or short as you can! Swim-A-Thon - May 4th Since last week, an additional $1300 has come in. This brings...

Dear WEST swimmers, parents and members, Welcome back to another fun week at WEST. Several of you are just returning from vacation and some of you are leaving for vacation now. WEST vs. Pac Dragons Recap Thanks so much to all of the West folks who participated in our first West vs Dragons meet at the Mill Creek pool.  It was such a great showing of our team and community spirit– everyone pitched in to make things run smoothly.  The Pacific Dragons team were very complimentary.  Thanks to one and...