Dear Parents, Swimmers and Members, With everything going on this week, we need to send out an update to the WEST Weekly.   Practice Schedule Updates - I forgot about early AM practices and dryland for several groups. Explore: Normal times Discover: Normal times Challenge: Monday - Friday 6-8:30pm (dryland 6-6:30), Saturday 9-11:30am Accelerate: Early AM (optional) Thursday 5-6:15aml, Monday - Thursday 6-8:30pm (dryland 6-6:30), Friday 3:30-6pm (dryland 3:30-4), Saturday 6-9am Senior: Early AM Wednesday & Friday 5-6:15am, Monday - Friday 3:30-6:30pm (dryland 3:30-4), Saturday 6-9am   Masters Schedule Conflict...

Parents, Swimmers and Members,  Welcome to another exciting week at WEST. Spring is here and this past weekend officially concluded the short course season. We had some amazing performances at the Northwest Age Group Regionals and finished 11th out of 104 teams, a major testiment to the hard work of our swimmers, as almost all the teams ahead of us have over 3 times the number of swimmers and relays. We had multiple #1 finishes, several meet records broken, a PNS record broken and multiple National Age Group Top 10...

Happy Friday Everyone, Here we are in another busy week around the pool. Congratulations to those WEST swimmers that represented us at the Western Sectional Champs last weekend. We swam well and continue to set our sights on August and the end of Long Course season as we get right back to training. This weekend our swimmers are competing at the Northwest Age Group Regional Championship and we wish them good luck! Schedule Changes Due to Meet: Saturday AM: Accelerate & Challenge 9-11:30, NO PRACTICE DISCOVER & EXPLORE WEST vs....

Sectionals Psych Sheet Click Here for the Psych Sheet for this weekend's Senior Sectional Meet: http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/meetpsychsheets/803_ Western Region SC Section Championship.pdf   Regionals - Entries Have Been Finalized. We do have several Relay Only swimmers, please discuss with Kelli if you cannot make it for a relay.   Schedule Changes This Week   Accelerate - No early AM practice Friday, 9-11:30am on Saturday   WEST vs. Pacific Dragons Home Meet - Saturday March 31st   Please let us know if you cannot attend the Dual Meet between WEST and Pacific...

Divisional Champs THIS WEEKEND Check entries online. Click here for the PNS Meet Info Page. Timers Needed at Divisionals Occasionally we are required to provide timers at non-WEST-hosted meets. This is the case with the upcoming weekend of Divisionals swimming at KCAC. While you do not receive credit for timing at these meets, without your help the host-team cannot run the meet. WEST is scheduled to cover one lane during each session (not including evening finals--the host team will cover this). Session 1, Saturday morning, 13 & Overs         Lane...

REMINDER: This Saturday is the Swim-a-Thon Letter Writing Party and Parent Meeting. Letter writing will take place immediately after each group's practice. While we will have a limited supply of form letters to use, we have found the best response comes from personalized letters. Find samples that you can edit at http://www.teamunify.com/TUMoney.jsp?team=pnswca . Please bring copies of your letter and your address list to the party on Saturday. We will provide envelopes for stuffing and refreshments for swimmers and parents! Join us Saturday morning in the weight room and learn...

With the meet this weekend, we will have an amended practice schedule as follows: Friday No Early AM Practice Accelerate & Challenge (swimmers not attending the meet): 4-6pm Pre-Comp, Explore & Discover: Normal Practice Times   Saturday   ALL GROUPS - No Practice   T-Shirts   The new WEST green T-Shirts were distributed tonight at practice, if you did not recieve one, please stop by the front desk next week to pick one up.   We will also be selling the black WEST T-Shirt to parents (and anyone else that...

Here we go, WEST hosts our second swim meet of the year this weekend at Kamiak. Remember, we ask that everyone helps out and that working WEST hosted Swim Meets is the only way to satisfy the Volunteer Requirement ( click here for more info on fundraising and volunteering). Note from the Meet Director Thanks to everyone who has signed up to help with our February Invite meet this weekend.  The fun begins on Friday afternoon; warmups at 4 pm and swimming at 5. Please review what you have volunteered...

Team Pictures THIS SATURDAY   Please wear your Black WEST Swimming shirt and Team Suit we will be doing photos both in and out of the water this year. Order packets are in your family folder or can be picked up at the Front Desk. Please bring those and give them to the photographer on Saturday.   Swim-A-Thon Letter Writting Party & Mandatory Parent Meeting NEXT SATURDAY (see times below)   We have our annual Swim-a-Thon coming up in May and its very important that we donate our time to...

Dear WEST swim fans, Wow, what a week it has been. We started with outstanding performances at the February Challenge, we received many compliments from other coaches on deck about how impressive our younger squads were looking. I am impressed with how much improvement we have had in such a short period of time. The pool pump was repaired yesterday and the pool is back to normal operations. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we appologize for any inconvenience. New Board Members We would like to thank all...