2025 WHO Updates

Welcome Coach Annie

Annie Marinchak is returning to WHO for the 2025 season. She will coach our Spring and Fall Clinics as well as our April-May practices. This is Annie’s second season coaching at Walnut Heights and she could not be more excited. She has been swimming rec since she was 5 years old and has been a swim coach for 14 years - including Dewing Park, Walnut Heights in 2018, and four years at Springbrook in Lafayette as a senior assistant coach. Annie swam all four years on varsity at Las Lomas High School. Her main events were 200 IM and 100 Fly. Outside of swim, Annie is a personal trainer and CrossFit coach and is looking forward to coming back to WHO! Read the bios of all our 2025 WHO coaches. 
 

Spring Clinic is March 3-27

Time to dust off the cobwebs! Our Spring Clinic will focus on specific and proper stroke technique including head positioning, side breathing, starts, open / flip turns, and more. We will focus on one stroke each day. This clinic is not focused on conditioning. Coach Annie will run the Spring Clinic with junior coaches in the water to help our younger swimmers. The practice schedule is March 3-27 on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday afternoons.

Practice Times

Cost Per Swimmer

Open Club Board Positions

The Walnut Heights Swim Club board has approximately 5 board meetings per year to collaborate and plan needed activities for the pool and the swim team. Benefits include an opportunity to give back, a discount on WHSC membership dues ($315 annual fee) OR a free swimmer on swim team, and this serves as your swim team season and spirit job.

The Membership Chair oversees all aspects of membership management at the swim club. This role is responsible for responding to new membership inquiries, managing buy/sell of memberships and key exchanges, and maintaining accurate records of all members. During swim team registration (March, April & May) communicate closely with the WHO Board to reconcile their team membership with the WHSC membership. This role requires approximately 3 hours per week during the summer, with an increased time of 10 hours per week during membership registration (April & May). The rest of the year is 0-15 minutes per week. The outgoing membership chair is Stacy Keller at [email protected]
 

The Maintenance Chair oversees the maintenance of the pool by managing the contracting companies, including the pool service, gardener and any contractors hired for repairs. Members contact the Chair to report issues, and the Chair evaluates and determines who to call and follow up to fix the issue. The maintenance chair is also responsible for determining the activities for and facilitating opening and closing work parties. The outgoing Maintenance Chair is Lucy Eger, at [email protected].

New Scoreboard Fundraiser

We are well over half way to our $25,000 goal! We expect this upgrade to provide a significant increase in our timing capabilities and new opportunities for the team.Benefits of the new scoreboard:

• Reduction of timing issues/malfunctions during the Home Meets.

• Ability to track individual swimmer split times and track swimmer progress with more ease.

• Faster and more accurate turnaround of individual results.

• Opportunities to include sponsorship campaigns from local businesses to generate revenue for the team.

• Provide a more interactive experience for families and swimmers during meet downtime.

Any contribution, no matter the size, is greatly appreciated. Donate Here. Donations can also be made via the Ollie-Otter Venmo. @Ollie-Otter (please put Scoreboard Fundraiser in the comments section).

 

Important Dates

It's January, but Summer camp planning is in full swing. Be sure to check the WHO Calendar below for important dates. It's still being updated for 2025, but don't forget to sync the WHO calendar to your Google/iCal Calendar so you'll always have the most updated information.  

 

March 3	First Day of Spring Clinic
April 6	New Family Orientation
April 7	First Day of Swim Team Practice
May 17	Time Trials
June 2	First Day of Summer Morning Practices First Day of Otter Pups
June 7	15/18 Age Group Rafting Trip
June 10	Buddy Lunch
June 12	6 & Under Age Group Party
June 17	Picture Day
June 19	7/8 Age Group Party
June 22	Beach Day
June 24	9/10 Age Group Party
June 28-29	City Meet
July 8	13/14 Age Group BBQ
July 15	11/12 Age Group Dive In Movie Night
July 26-27	Conference
July 29	Award Night
August 2-3	County