Congratulations to the following BAMmers, who found their way into the BAM website and earned the following rewards! Equipment Bag: Kelly Thompson BAM Water Bottles: Marcus Cziesla and Catherine Davies To enter this week's raffle, take a look at the bulletin board in the Aquatic Center lobby, where you will find construction updates and the Nakata schedule for the next few months. In the schedule, what color are BAM's practices? Good luck! Tamara [email protected]

Happy Wednesday, BAM! Congratulations to Jay Bowditch, Melissa Cheadle, and Dave Brown for their many swims at the Viking Invitational over the weekend! And thank you to their support crew for showing up and cheering them on. News for the week: Entries for the TACM March Madness meet close this Sunday, February 23rd. The meet will be Sunday, March 2nd in Anacortes. Start planning ahead: when will you swim when our workout schedule changes? You can find the new practice schedule on BAM’s webpage. Winners for raffle round 2 have...

Welcome back! Winners for this week's raffle are: Katie Ledecky book: Tom Goodlin BAM water bottle: Deb Flynn and Tressa Johnson Last week you were invited to explore the News section of BAM's website. This week we're going a little deeper: the Schedule. To view the Schedule you have to be logged in to SportsEngine. (If you are a member of BAM, then you have a SportsEngine account. You have to create an account in order to sign up for BAM, pay for BAM, and receive BAM emails.) Instructions for...

Happy Wednesday, BAM! It’s cold out there! Please stay warm. Good luck to the five BAMmers swimming in Bellingham at the WWU Viking Invitational this Sunday: Jay Bowditch, David Brown, Melissa Cheadle, Marcus Cziesla, and… April Cheadle! News for the week: The closure date for the Ray pool has been delayed by one week to Monday, March 3rd. Yay! We get one more week in Ray. Registration for March Madness (Sunday, March 2nd in Anacortes) opened last night. Distance events are limited to one or two heats, so enter early...

Welcome to the BAM website! While you're here, take look around -- you can find all the news from past weekly emails and other interesting tidbits in this news section. And now, on to the real reason you're here. Congratulations! to the following raffle winners: Erin Cyger, winner of a Katie Ledecky biography, and Janice Petaja, winner of a BAM water bottle! See April to collect your prizes. The next raffle begins now! To enter, send an email to [email protected] with the new date of the Ray pool closure, no...

Happy Wednesday, BAM! Congratulations to Andi (who set PNA records in the 200m, 400m, 800m, and 1500m Free), Barbara (who negative split her mile), and Larry (who streamlined past the flags and maintained consistent splits for every. single. fifty)! Thanks for representing BAM at the Masters Mile. News for the week: With the ongoing winter weather, please keep an eye on your email, the Aquatic Center website, and/or BAM’s SportsEngine website for updates on delays and cancellations. Reminder – the current planned closure start date for the Ray Williamson pool...

Happy Wednesday, BAM! Best of luck to Andi, Larry, and Barbara at Sunday’s Masters Mile! Sixty lengths of a 25m pool – good thing Coach April has been working our endurance. Monday’s word of the day, courtesy of Michelle McClure, and apropos to many BAMmers: Psychrolute – One who likes to bathe in cold water, especially outdoors in natural bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, and oceans. Happy Birthday to the following BAMmers born in February! Kristen Lobisser Larry Hile Karen Getty Bill Galvani Linda Sohlberg Mary Tuffley Orlando...

Happy Wednesday, BAM! I hope everyone read the recap email for the Questions and Answer meeting a couple weeks ago. If you didn’t, take a look at it on BAM’s website under “Latest News”. One of the incipient changes is that the SignUps will close at midnight on Sundays – BAMmers will not be able to add or change SignUps after that time*. A number of people have asked: what if I wake up sick and can’t make it to a practice I signed up for? Answer: If you miss...

Please read the BAM TeamUnify/SportsEngine emails. They will continue to be BAM’s primary form of communication. Good evening, BAM! Two weeks ago BAM was invited to sit down with April and Jenette for an opportunity to get answers to BAMmer’s questions about the Ray Pool closure. These meetings covered a lot of information. In this email I have attempted to capture the most pertinent points and present them as clearly as possible. New Practice Schedule Ray is expected to be closed for at least a year, likely more. It’s construction,...

Happy Wednesday, BAM! Head’s up! The Ray pool closure has been delayed by the space of a weekend. Our current practice schedule will continue through Saturday, February 15. There will be no practice on Sunday, February 16. The new (Nakata) schedule will start on Monday, February 17. News for the week: Announcing… Springboard diving! Coach Tamara will be teaching a Park’s District adult diving class for the next four Wednesdays (Jan 22, Jan 29, Feb 5, and Feb 12) at 10:10a. Ask for more information at the Aquatic Center front...