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Jay Pearson

Wave January Invitationals Our Sport Team started 2024 with Wave’s series of three invitational meets. We witnessed astounding performances from every practice group, including multiple new US Motivational cuts and several swimmers qualifying for the AGI meet next month! Way to go, swimmers! Purple We had an outstanding meet, with loads of best times and few disqualifications. Way to go Purple! 10-14 Meet Highlights Ethan Chan had a great meet winning his heat in all his races! He dropped more than 7 seconds in his 100 Back using a strong...

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Washington Open Meet Recap Our Senior 1 and Senior Epic groups sent nearly 40 swimmers to Federal Way for the first meet of 2024, the 47th Annual Washington Open, one of the oldest short course meets in the state. The meet featured over 900 swimmers from Washington, Oregon, Colorado, and Montana and we are very proud of how well our athletes performed so early in the winter season! Senior 1 The Senior 1 group had 20 swimmers compete at the Washington Open. Our group used this mostly as a training...

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PNS Age Group Champs Meet Recap Wave sent more than 80 swimmers to the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way on December 8-10 for the PNS Age Group (14&U) Champs. We had our best finish in years, picking up 5th Place (out of nearly 30 teams and hundreds of athletes)! We were led by Daniel Xia, who not only won the 200 Breast with an exciting come-from-behind final 50 but earned his first Futures cut! The Coaching Staff wants to thank all the families whose athletes trekked down “just”...

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PNS Division 3 Champs Meet Recap Much of Wave (340 swimmers!) churned out great swim after great swim, setting a high bar for the Fall Championship Meet Series. We handily won the Division 3 title, outscoring the next best team 751.5 to 347! Big shout out to our 10&U Pentathlon Champions, Lingyi Li and David Rondel! Wave also led all PNS with the most PNS AG Champs qualifiers as seven swimmers pickied up their first champs cut: Addy Clarke, Abby Gray, Caden Gray, Albert O, David Rondel, Landon Yuan, and...

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November AGI Meet Recap In the last meet before Fall Championships, Wave sent swimmers from every group in both Sport and Select up to Kamiak High School in Mukilteo for a weekend of fast & furious racing! Wave excelled, speeding our way to a boatload of new PNS Champs cuts and new US Motivational Times, highlighted by Daniel Xia’s AAAA in the 200 Breast where he just missed his Futures cut, Jaiden Sreenivisan’s Futures cut in the 200 IM, and Nik Brusilovski’s Sectionals cut in the 500 Free. A big...

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Bellingham Bay November Invitational Meet Recap Coach Wing Yun and several Select Team members trekked up to Bellingham earlier this month for a two-day meet. She reports the following: I'm super proud of everyone for coming out this far and putting in your best efforts in each race despite less than optimal conditions. Your hard work is paying off! Gahl Ami ad started the meet off strong with an 8-second drop in his 500 Free, and followed it with another 8-second drop in his 200 IM, earning a new B...

Kyle Kallin

BISC Bob Miller Sprint/Distance Open Recap Wave sent 13 swimmers to the BISC Bob Miller Sprint/Distance Classic to compete in the 1650 freestyle. Swimmers do not get many opportunities outside of championship meets to compete in this event. The Wave swimmers were very excited to get a chance to swim the event to either tune up for swimming it at champs or to get a cut to swim the event at champs. Overall we experienced a ton of success. Our swimmers went out and absolutely crushed the race. Everyone who...

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IST Fall Open Meet Recap HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! The Select Team blasted through their second meet of the season at Snohomish Pool. Even though it was a mid-season meet and very competitive with six other teams, Wave more their held our own as we scored big, especially with new Champs and AGI cuts. Way to go, Select! Age Group 1 Age Group 1 took some big steps forward during the second meet of the year. First, the kids did a great job in keeping their swims legal with a drastic drop...

Jay Pearson

October Invitational Meet Recaps The Sport Team started off the 2023-24 short course season with a series of one-day meets at Juanita over two weekends. We saw a boatload of huge drops and new motivational times as well of many first-time swims. Way to go, Sport! Black Group First, a big thank you to families for arriving on time and arriving prepared, as well as following along with our seating arraignment. The seating worked well as far as making it far easier to find swimmers and get them downstairs to...

Jay Pearson

SSCD Autumn Invitational Meet Recap The Select Team had an incredible first meet of the 2023-24 short course season at Kamiak High School in Mukilteo on Sept 30-Oct 1. We saw tons of huge drops even though all the groups eased into the new season, as well as loads of new cuts for PNS Champs, AGIs, and new motivational times. Way to go, Select! Age Group 1 Age Group 1 crushed the first meet of the year. I was so impressed with how the whole group did at the meet....