The chill of fall is in the
air! Thankfully, we are nice and toasty in the good ol’
Whitworth Aquatic Center. The season is moving right
along—make sure you check out all of the events
below:
Sylvia’s
Order
The Sylvia’s Team Order will close
TONIGHT! Please get all of your orders in ASAP for our extra
special team discounts. Again, please
click here to access our team portal and please
click here to check out our equipment recommendations for each
group.
Sink or Swim Masters
Meet
Our Masters team hosted the 2nd
Annual Sink or Swim Meet on Saturday. Almost 50 swimmers from
9 different team participated in the meet, including 11 Spokane
Waves swimmers! We had a fantastic time, and swam
great—as a team, we finished in 2nd
place.
We had 4 swimmers qualify for Masters
Nationals: Heidi
Friedman, Dustin Ferguson, Danielle Van Der Baan, and Jesse
Weston;
These 4 join Harm-Jan Steenhuis who has already
qualified for Masters World
Championships. Way to go Masters
Swimmers!
Pirate Night and Developmental Meet: Nov. 6
and 7
Pirate Night and our Developmental Meet are
coming up fast! Pirate Night (Friday, 11/6) is our annual
event to support the Whitworth Pirates Varsity
Team. It’s a simple evening: there is no practice, but
we show up any way to watch the Whitworth Pirates swim against
Pacific University; then we eat pizza and hang out with the varsity
athletes – simple and fun. It’s a great learning
opportunity for all of our swimmers!
The Developmental Meet will be Saturday
afternoon (11/7) after Whitworth swims against Linfield College (we
are not 100% sure on the start time as of now). You can sign
up for events on the website; complete information for both of
these events can be found under the
Events/Meets section.
Turkey Trot
The entry deadline for Turkey Trot is still a
ways off, but we are accepting entries for the meet. It will
be held the weekend of Nov. 20 – 22 at the Eastern Washington
Recreation Center in Cheney, WA. This is a great opportunity
to compete at a fairly large competition close to home. Even
our newer swimmers should try and attend at least one
day. Please sign up under the
Events/Meets section on the website.
Training Tip of the
Week
Choices. Many things are outside of our
control: water temperature, what time the sun rises and sets,
etc. However, there are many things that we can directly
control. In swimming, managing our choices is essential to
success. The coaching staff is working hard to create an
environment in which athletes choose success and achievement more
often than not; in other words, swimmers are excited to challenge
themselves to be better on a daily basis. We all have the
ability to do great things; this is called potential. Our goal
is turn that potential into something real and
concrete. Here’s a simple question to ask yourself or
your swimmers: what did you do to maximize your potential
today?
Don’t forget that the
Trick or Treat Meet in Moscow, ID is coming up in 10
days! Traditionally, we all wear costumes on Saturday, so if
you feel like be a little extra crazy, bring a costume on down to
cheer and swim in…ok, don’t swim in it, but
still…
Have a great
week!
Kevin and Keddy
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