Good morning! Hope everyone's March has been going well so far! As we are on the final couple days of the month, I wanted to give a brief overview of what's coming up: Our swim team banquet starts at 5:00pm tomorrow (3/31)! We will be setting up the room around 4:00pm, so if you are bringing anything feel free to show up early! This is a pasta feed / potluck so please bring something to share if you can! No practice that day, just food! There is a signup genius...

Hi all! Sorry for the lack of updates last week, I had one queued up but just realized it didn't go through :( I'll start with the vote update I wanted to share: First place right now is Kraken with 9 votes Second place is Triton with 8 votes Third is Manta Ray with 5 votes Reminder that votes can be changed up to Monday 3/27! Tuesday is when I will close voting and will announce the winner at the Banquet on Friday 3/31. If you haven't voted yet, vote!...

Hi all! We just recently had 6 of our 11 qualified swimmers represent Skagit County at the 2023 YMCA Regional Championships in Boise, Idaho and had many great swims! The meet took place over the weekend (March 3-5th) and featured over 250 swimmers from all over the Pacific Northwest including Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Montana, and Washington. Swimmers who placed in the top 8 receive medals and top 16 receive ribbons. Overall, we had 16 personal best swims that happened over the whole Regional Championships!! Here are our top results: Shelby...

Hi all! We got some exciting updates coming up with March fast approaching. Here is the brief overview of the announcements: March 31st at 5pm-7pm will be our SVYA team banquet! It will be a pasta feed/potluck so bring what you can! Here is a signup link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0C49ABAF2CA5FF2-svya There will be an awards ceremony celebrating the success of the swimmers since September, including information I've gathered on personal bests, records broken, most inspirational swimmer awards, and more! We will be announcing a new mascot during the banquet - the votes...

Hi all! Just wanted to announce that next Wednesday (February 22nd) will be a combined practice! All practice groups will be in the water from 5:00-6:30. Next Monday (Feb 20) we will have normal practice schedule:) We will be canceling practice on March 3rd (Friday) and March 6th (Monday) as coaches will be out for Regionals. Thanks! Joseph Shelly

Good morning all, First things first, big thank you to all of our volunteers and officials! We had a very successful meet yesterday, full of fast swims, and this opportunity is only possible with your support and dedication :) Overall, our team had 35 personal bests this meet! I'm always super impressed by the improvements of our swimmers, but never shocked, since I see all the hard work and dedication these athletes put into practice. Our biggest priority is always to have fun and I'm happy to see so much...

Hi SVYA, I hope everyone is having a good start to their month thus far! Our home meet on Sunday is coming up real soon, and we have a few more spots to fill for timers! Please sign up if you can, and big thank you to all of you who already have :) We also have a great opportunity for training an admin official (AO) this meet! An AO is someone who receives the DQ slips and swimmer's times and reports those results. With our electronic system, the time...

Good morning SVY, Great swims on Saturday! We had a great showing as a team and I wanted to share some of the stats with you all. First up, we have a new YMCA Regional Championship qualifier, Landon Taylor! He qualified in both the 50 Free (2.63 time drop) and the 100 back (0.97 time drop). Congratulations, and hope to see you at Boise! In addition to those 2 new qualifying swims, we have swimmers who have already qualified for Regionals add some more events to their resume: Shelby Bahe...

Happy New Year everyone! Thanks for coming out to the Lake this morning, I will be posting the video and pictures very shortly:) For now, I posted what I got on the team's Facebook group, so go here if you'd like to check it out: [link]. We will also have a section for pictures and videos up on our website soon too! Best, Joseph Shelly

Hi SVY! Reminder that the polar bear plunge is tomorrow! All swimmers and family are welcome to participate:) Be at Lake Samish park by 11:45am for a 12:00 dunk! Bring warm drinks and snacks to share if you can, I'll try to bring a couple of thermos full of hot coco and some plastic cups. And you would think in my previous newsletter that I would include the return of swim practice as an important date... Our swim practices will start up again on Tuesday, January 3rd for Tidal Wave/Tsunami,...