Lake Washington Masters - a proud part of the Wave Aquatics organization - once again won PNA Champs this past weekend at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way! It was the first PNA (Masters' equivalent of PNS) Champs meet since 2019 due to Covid and LWM picked right back up where they left off, winning the title for the 7th straight time. LWM had 16 different swimmers win one or more event, including Dave Whitbeck, dad of Wave swimmers Audra and Natalie, who won the 500 Free for...

Spring Fling Recap Wave sent nearly 70 swimmers to the Spring Fling meet, which included all the top teams in PNS and capped off the Short Course season for our Age Group swimmers. The 10&Unders were especially competitive since this was essentially their State Champs meet. Wave had yet another awesome performance, including 11 wins! The meet was capped by Lola Reynolds’ four 1st places (including a sweep of the Free races) and Alex Lobdell’s 50 Free where he not only earned his first AAA time but broke the 10&Under...

Senior Sectionals Senior Epic had a phenomenal Senior Sectionals meet in Phoenix! We had eight swimmers this year with everyone achieving at least both one best time and one tan line at the meet! We swam eight relays (Girls and Boys: 200 Medley, 200 Free, 400 Free and 400 Medley Relays) and among amazing relay swims, many swimmers got best times leading off. Highlights from our week: 1 Futures cut 1 Summer Sectionals cut 2 SwimStrong Dryland Elite Camp cuts 9 individual finals + 1 relay swimming at finals 98...

Washington State Champs Recap What an exciting three days of racing to cap off the short course season for our 11-18-year-olds! Once more, Wave swimmers put up some fantastic times with several swimmers scoring. The team finished 8th out of 31 teams from across the state. Purple Sport Alex Shibalov was the only swimmer from the Sport team to qualify for the State Champs and what a meet he had, with two official best times, including a 17-second drop in the 100 Back and only two breaths in his 50...

IST Invitational Recap Happy St. Patrick's Day! What a fantastic way to end the season for so many on our team! Our athletes swam fantastic and really supported their teammates in our first big meet with ribbons in more than two years! Lots of new motivational times were achieved, and many of our 11&Overs got to strut their stuff in Finals! We also got to swim relays for the first time in a very long time, adding a whole new level of excitement to the meet! As this was an...

February Wave Invitational Meet Recap We came into this meet with many swimmers looking to make cuts for the various championship meets in March. We came out with many of those swimmers having achieved their goals! We also saw lots of first-time swims in challenging events, and many swimmers taking their first plunge in a competitive meet. Congratulations to all our team! Many thanks also to all our parent volunteers, whether as officials, timers, or other capacities. We could not have run the meet successfully without you!! Wave on 3!!...

State Champs - High School Boys Senior Epic Congrats to all boys on our team for the great High School season this year!. Let's keep up the good work and finish our Champs Season strong! Go WAVE!!! Fredrik Larsen (Lake Washington) swam the 100 Back, 200 IM, 200 Free Relay, and the 400 Free Relay. Fredrik wrapped up the HS Swim going his fastest 100 Back of the season and finishing in 3rd place at State! He had another solid 200 IM and won the B final by going only...

High School Boys Districts Recap Wave had 24 swimmers compete at Divisionals this past weekend. All put forth amazing effort and were close to their best times. Several achieved new best times, and some qualified for finals. It is exciting to see the boys swimming so fast right now. Their performance this past weekend bodes incredibly well for what they will be able to achieve at our end of season meets in March. Senior Epic Fredrik Larsen (Lake Washington): Another great meet of fast swims for Fredrik. This time, he...

A whole slew of our boys represented their high schools last weekend at the Kingco Championships. The boys have been training very hard since returning from the holiday break and it is starting to show in the their racing. The boys all competed very hard and many achieved new best times in their races or were right off of their best times. Special shout outs go to Joseph Moore, who not only competed as a diver for Eastlake, but won KingCo, and to Fredrik Larsen, who won the 200 IM!...

January Winter Meet Highlights What an exciting way to start 2022! As can be seen in the recaps below, there were many massive time drops, loads of new US Motivational Times, and countless great swims all packed into a single meet! Wave swimmers are looking poised and ready to excel in our March Championship Meets! A huge thank you to all the parents who volunteered, whether as an official or in another capacity. We couldn’t do these meets without you! Now to get ready for our meet on February 25-27...