Wave Aquatics Weekly Update

Erin Dunn

Wave Aquatics Swim Team

Weekly Update

Sportsmanship – Connection – Pride – Excellence

Week of November 24, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

Join the Wave Aquatics team!

We’re hiring lifeguards and swim instructors — both part time and full time— and we’d love your help creating a safe, fun, and inclusive aquatic environment for our community. If you’re passionate about swimming, youth development, public service, or just want a fulfilling job by the pool, check out all the role details and how to apply on our employment page: waveaquatics.org/employment.

We’d be excited to have you dive in with us as a Wave employee!

Schedule Changes

Thu-Sun, Nov 27-30

Thanksgiving Holiday Break for Sport Team Groups

No Practice for Black, White, Purple, HS these four days

Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 27

SR Prep 7:30-10:00am at RAC

SR1/Epic 7:00-10:00am at JAC

All other groups, no practice that day

Friday after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 28

AG1 9:30-10:00 Dryland, 10:00-11:30am Swim at JAC

AG2 4:45-6:45pm at JAC

SR Prep 8:00-9:00am Dryland 9:00-11:00am Swim at JAC

SR1 Normal Schedule

Epic 1:00-4:00pm at JAC

Divisionals Meet Weekend, December 6-7

Saturday

Epic/Sr1 Regular Practice

SR Prep 6:30-8:00am at RAC

AG1 & AG2 Combined 8:00-9:30am at RAC

No Practice for Black

Sunday

SR Epic & SR1 Combined 7:00-10:00am at Woodridge

SR Prep 6:30-8:00am at RAC

AG1 & AG2 – 6:30-8:00am at RAC

No Practice for Black

Practice Schedules

Current Practice Schedule LINK

Pool Locations LINK

Practice Gear LINK

Important Dates

Fri, Nov 28, Deadline to confirm with your coach if your swimmer cannot swim in relays at 14U PNS Championship

Sat-Sun, Dec 6-7, Fall Divisional Meet; WAVE hosted at JAC

Wed, Dec 10, Pasta Feed Practice and Dinner at JAC for 14U PNS Champs Swimmers

Fri-Sun, Dec 12-14, 14&U PNS Championship Meet (ALL qualified athletes)

Thu-Sun, Dec 18-21, WA State Senior Championship Meet (ALL qualified athletes)

Wed-Thu, Dec 24-25, Sport Team Winter Holiday Break

Thu-Thu, Dec 25-Jan 1, Select Team Holiday Break

Wed-Thu, Dec 31-Jan 1, Sport Team New Year’s Break

Sport Team Upcoming Events

2025-2026 Sport Team Meet Schedule LINK

Fall Divisional Meet; Sat-Sun, Dec 6-7 at JAC

Wave Hosted Meet

Meet for all swimmers not qualified for December Championship Meets (14&U PNS and WA State Senior Championships)

10U Swimmers- Girls compete Saturday only, Boys compete Sunday only

11O Swimmers- events on both days

Team Entries LINK

Fall Divisional Event Page

14U PNS Championship Meet, December 12-14 at WKCAC

Please confirm with your coach by Friday, November 28, if your swimmer cannot participate in their relays.

We need to know early if you cannot participate so we can find an alternate.

The current relay lineups are here: LINK

All 10&U relays are swum during Prelims, as are all 11&O 400 Medley & Free Relays.

The Top 16 11&Over 200 Medley & Free Relays are swum in Finals, but no more than two relays per team will swim in Finals, so all C relay teams will be in Prelims unless there are less than 16 teams.

We will not be able to confirm that our 11&O relays are in Finals until the Psych Sheet is available, but at the last two PNS Champs meets, all our A & B relays qualified for Top 16.

14U PNS Championship Meet Event Page

WA State Senior Championship Meet, December 18-21 at WKCAC

>The coaches automatically enter all qualified athletes and relays for this meet.

>There is no option for families to commit or decommit online from this meet.

>Qualified athletes are expected to attend and if families cannot be there, they need to email the coach directly.

WA State Senior Championship Meet Event Page

Select Team Upcoming Events

2025-2026 Select Team Meet Schedule LINK

Fall Divisional Meet; Sat-Sun, Dec 6-7 at JAC

Wave Hosted Meet

Meet for all swimmers not qualified for December Championship Meets (14&U PNS and WA State Senior Championships)

10U Swimmers- Girls compete Saturday only, Boys compete Sunday only

11O Swimmers- events on both days

Team Entries LINK

Fall Divisional Event Page

14U PNS Championship Meet, December 12-14 at WKCAC

Please confirm with your coach by Friday, November 28, if your swimmer cannot participate in their relays.

We need to know early if you cannot participate so we can find an alternate.

The current relay lineups are here: LINK

All 10&U relays are swum during Prelims, as are all 11&O 400 Medley & Free Relays.

The Top 16 11&Over 200 Medley & Free Relays are swum in Finals, but no more than two relays per team will swim in Finals, so all C relay teams will be in Prelims unless there are less than 16 teams.

We will not be able to confirm that our 11&O relays are in Finals until the Psych Sheet is available, but at the last two PNS Champs meets, all our A & B relays qualified for Top 16.

14U PNS Championship Meet Event Page

WA State Senior Championship Meet, December 18-21 at WKCAC

>The coaches automatically enter all qualified athletes and relays for this meet.

>There is no option for families to commit or decommit online from this meet.

>Qualified athletes are expected to attend and if families cannot be there, they need to email the coach directly.

WA State Senior Championship Meet Event Page

SwimStrong Dryland Information

SwimStrong Dryland website LINK

Upcoming SSDL Webinars

None at this time

SSDL Podcast

Check out the SSDL Podcast featuring our coaches:

SSDL Podcast – Episode 25 – Coach Chad

SSDL Podcast - Episode 45 - Coach Tatiana

Recorded Educational Webinars

Athlete Webinar: "Who Sets the Team Culture" by Sean Workman

https://youtu.be/LQh5Fuo2eSA

Parent Webinar: "Promoting Confidence in Your Children" by Christen Shefchunas

https://youtu.be/XxRDBv6LV2Q

For more recorded webinars, check out the SSDL Website!

SSDL Instagram Page

I would also encourage everyone to follow SwimStrong Dryland on Instagram – the page includes motivation, hyping up swimmers after fast swims, and “Wellness Wednesday” where the nutritionist posts information such as how to read a nutrition label:

https://www.instagram.com/swimstrongdryland/?hl=en

SSDL Wellness Tracker

Here is the link to the SSDL Wellness tracker the athletes should begin using:

https://forms.gle/QwyS5UgiGGv1DYtJA

Set a morning alarm or reminder to fill out the questions about the day before. Quick and easy to fill this out, takes 30 seconds or less.

General Team Information

Team Shirts and Caps

As part of your Wave Registration, each family gets-

>3 Athletes Shirts (per athlete member)

>Up to 2 Parent Shirts per family

>1 Team Cap per athlete- cap orders are not included in the link below but will be automatically included with each order received

We will set up dates and times for families to pick these items up.

Our third pick-up date is TBD

D&J Sports

Wave has an order page for families who are in need of Team Suits or training gear for practice:

https://djsports.com/teams/wave-aquatics

Reminder that a Team Suit is a required part of our uniform at meets.

Our Team Suit:

>Must be a solid black TYR suit.

>Must have our team logo on it.

>Is required for meets.

>You can only get it at D&J Sports: https://djsports.com/teams/wave-aquatics

Custom Team Caps with your athlete’s name on it will be made available to order 2-3 times each year.

Carpool Info Share and Gear Exchange

We are trying to help make coordinating carpools a bit easier for families

We have created a spreadsheet that parents can add their information to so other team members are able to see who is near them.

We have posted the spreadsheet link on the Google Calendar page. For privacy, that page is only viewable when logged into the website.

Families can share at their comfort level.

Note the group tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet AND as a bonus, there is a gear exchange tab so if your swimmer outgrows something they can pass it on to someone who might need it instead of throwing it away.

Any issues with the page please reach out to Coach Chad.

https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/wave/page/practice-information/group-calendars

Training Dues Information for Sport Team Families

The Sport Team is a monthly commitment; families are billed by the month, with no option for partial month billing.

Families opting to suspend their account must let Coach Erin know by the 15th of the preceding month.

Our practice groups have capacity limits and we do not hold spots. Families who suspend their account will not be able to return if their spot is filled via tryout during their absence.

Sport Team Holidays

The Sport Team will take time off throughout the year for Holidays. This gives both Families and Coaches a chance to have a break and spend time together.

The dates for September 2025- August 2026 are:

Labor Day Weekend – August 29-September 1

Halloween – October 31

Thanksgiving – November 27-30

Winter Holiday Break – December 24-25

New Year’s Break – December 31-January 1

Spring Holiday Break – April 10-12

Memorial Day Weekend - May 23-25

Independence Day – July 4-5

Select Team Holiday Breaks

Winter Break December 25-January 1

Swimmer’s Tab on Website

The coaches have created a swimmer’s tab on our website with loads of information about swimming in college:

https://www.teamunify.com/team/wave/page/parent-resources/college-recruiting

Tech Suits

Parents, heads up-

12 and under athletes are not allowed to wear a tech suit in competition unless they are competing at one of the USA Swimming Championship series of meets (Jr Nationals, US Open, National Championships, U.S. Olympic Trials).

This is a USA Swimming rule, you can read more about here:

https://www.usaswimming.org/news/2020/08/24/tech-suit-restriction-for-12-and-under-swimmers

Private Lessons

Wave Coaches are available to do private lessons.

If you are interested in Private Lessons, contact Coach Erin ([email protected]) and he will reach out to our coaching staff to find an available coach.

Email Communication

Email is our primary means of communication.

Each week, groups will typically receive both a team wide Weekly Update as well as a Group Email from your coaches.

If you are not receiving these on all of your email accounts:

>On your team account, double check that the correct email address is in there.

>Add in additional email addresses into your account; you can have up to four.

>Check your spam or junk mail, and mark the sender as safe

>When an email is being sent from the TeamUnify website, the Sender is actually “[email protected]”, and the reply will go to the login email of the admin that sent the email.

>To help avoid suppressions have your email accounts add to their contacts [email protected]

Wave Aquatics Coach Contact Information by Practice Group

Head Coach:

Chad Winkle [email protected]

Select Team Senior Epic:

Tatiana Lemos de Lima [email protected]

Erin Dunn [email protected]

Select Team Senior 1:

Kyle Kallin [email protected]

Anna Hall [email protected]

Select Team SR Prep:

Chad Winkle [email protected]