September 29-30 Weekend + Monday October 1   Saturday September 29 ·         Normal Practice for all groups ·         11am- 1pm is the PNS House of Delegates Meeting. Wave is still in need of a 14 or older athlete to be present at the meeting. Coach Erin is willing to drive the athlete there and back. Additionally the swimmer gets free food and earns two service hours for their family. What a deal! If you are interested contact Coach Erin   Sunday September 30 ·         No Practice due...

You can find the latest edition of NewsWAVE using the link below or going to the Newsletter page- the drop down from Team News above. Inside you will find short recaps and highlights from all the summer meets plus a few other articles highlighting some performances from this summer. June-August 2012 NewsWAVE Link

September 15-16 Weekend Reminders     Saturday   Team Fitting and Team Meeting   During Practice: Parent Meet and Greet at both pools (normal practice schedule) 10am: Team Meeting at Juanita 10:30am: Team Gear (T-shirts, Caps, Water Bottles)* to be handed out to registered swimmers at Juanita *We have plenty of shirts and bottles currently. Caps are still on order and we will likely run short on those. We will get our shipment in prior to our first meet (Sept. 30) and be sure to hand them out in time...

Congratulations to Zach Alleva for making the 2011-2012 Scholastic All-American Team. Each year, USA Swimming recognizes its members who excel both in the classroom and in the pool. The Scholastic All-America Team is made up of high school student-athletes who have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and who have achieved the required time standard in a single event. Time standards can be found here: http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/7bcd7e84-2bbf-4b62-b11e-5776b63f6124/2011%2012%20SAA%20Stds%20sdh.pdf Zach is starting his freshman year at Claremont McKenna College in California this year. Best of luck Zach!

New Team Records Team Records/Top 16 for Long Course through the end of the 2012 season including the NACC and Zone meets have all been updated and posted: http://www.waveaquatics.org/TabGeneric.jsp?_tabid_=47506&team=wave   New Long Course Team Records were set by: Boris Popov:9-10 Boys 50 Back, 50 Breast Gabby Dang:11-12 Girls 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back, 200 Back, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 400 IM Ryan Pilkington:11-12 Boys 100 Free, 1500 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back, 200 Fly, 400 IM Sage Speak:15-16 Girls 100 Breast...

2012 Long Course Top 16 Crashers   Congratulations to the following swimmers listed alphabetically (with events below) on getting into the Wave Long Course All Time Top 16 Performances list: Caleb Alleva, Erin Alleva, Zach Alleva, Julia Andersson, Lauren Anglin, Jackie Bennett, Seth Birrell, Isabella Bono, Gunner Burn, Chloe Carr, Gabby Dang, Elisa Dell’Osso, Maya Ghali, Kyle Grichel, Katja Kramers, Aidan Laird, Allie Macdonald, Nadia Medvinsky, Mateusz Merchel, Fisher Munro, Grant Neil, George Oros, Jazlynn Pak, Jordan Pilkington, Ryan Pilkington, Boris Popov, Nick Reeves, Josh Scheck, Calista Skog, Nina Slegaitis,...

Western Zone Championship Meet Recap   Congratulations to Boris Popov on making the PNS Zone team! Boris traveled as part of the team to Grand Junction, CO to participate in the meet August 7-11. This meet features All-Star teams from California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii, Montana and Idaho.   With lots of really fast swimmers from all over the western United States here is how Boris did:   12th 50 free 1st in the 200 medley relay 8th 50 fly 4th 50 breast (new Wave 9-10...

North American Challenge Cup Recap   Ryan Pilkingtonand Gabby Dang traveled as part of the PNS All-Star team to Edmonton, Canada to take part in the North American Challenge Cup meet August 2-4. The meet features All-Star teams from Canada, Mexico, and California. There is some fast swimming going on at that meet! Here is how Gabby and Ryan fared:   Gabby 5th 100 fly 5th 100 back 3rd in the 400 Free Relay (she led off and posted the fastest split on her relay) 6th 100 free 6th 200...

2012 LC PNS Championship Meet Recap   Thanks to all the swimmers, parents and coaches for making this season happen! We had some performances that could only happen due to the efforts of everyone involved. A few highlights from some of the terrific performances by Wave swimmers at the 2012 PNS LC Championships include: ·          3 new Senior Sectional cuts (Jason Sukigara 100 breast, Mateusz Merchel 200 back, Gabby Dang 100 back) ·          Gabby Dang set two PNS Records for 11-12 girls in the 50 and 100 back...

August 4-5 Weekend Reminders   Grand Poobah on Saturday; no practice this weekend ·        Coach Erin will hand out team gear at the meet (caps, t-shirts, water bottles) for those who have not received those items. ·        Plan to be at the pool by 11:45am for warm-up ·        Psych Sheet and Timeline can be found here: http://www.waveaquatics.org/EventShow.jsp?returnPage=%2FEventsCurrent.jsp&id=161461&team=wave   --------------- Following the Grand Poobah: Team Social at Juanita High School What to bring: ·        Picnic food ·        Chairs ·        Suits (for those who want to...