We are the Champions! The Spokane Waves brought home the IES Junior Championship Trophy for the second straight year!!!   40 swimmers contributed to the victory, with tons of great swims and best times.  Click here to read all about it. (Picture is Keddy getting thrown in by the Age-Group in celebration) By the way, did you know that we have three coaches who swim for Whitworth University?  They had their conference championship meet last weekend— click here to find out how Coach Rory, Coach Christina, and Coach Quinton swam; it’s pretty...

SWAT Coaches lead Whitworth to 8th consecutive Men’s NWC title, and the Second Title in three years for Women. Our coaches took the weekend off from coaching to swim at the Northwest Conference Championships, at the prestigious King County Aquatics Center. (Photo is a picture of Quinton & Rory time trialing the 200 Free) The women’s contest was close the entire weekend, Whitworth ending up winning the meet 793-753 (40 points!).  Our very own Christina Hinkel scored in all three of her individual races, helping the Pirates wrap up a...

2010 Inland Empire Junior Champions! Where to begin?  We had high expectations for the IES Junior Champs Meet this year, and we were blown away by how far our swimmers exceeded them.  40 swimmers made the trek down to Moscow last weekend, and we came home with our 2nd straight Junior Championship Trophy!  Everyone had a great time, with some exciting relays, fun cheers, and the satisfaction of swimming fast. Here are some highlights: We scored 723 points as a team, beating the 2nd place team by 170 points.  Before...

Here we are: Junior Champs starts Friday and Short Course Champs starts in 17 days!  If you think that’s all that’s going on in the next few weeks, you must not read these things too often.  Ready to dive in? Swim-A-Thon: DATE CHANGE! Due to some conflicts, we had to change the date of our annual Swim-a-Thon to FRIDAY, MAY 7.  This is our only fundraiser of the year, and it’s essential to the health of the club that all swimmers participate and do it with enthusiasm.  There will be...

  Do you ever shop for groceries? Do you want to help your team?   Albertsons has generously set up a program where you can link your Albertsons card to our team.  After it’s linked, a percentage of your purchases is sent back to the Waves!    Just by doing your daily shopping at Albertsons 1-4% of your purchases will be matched and go to support the Waves! The process is very simple, and can lead to a lot of great help.   Please take the time to link your Albertsons card...

7 Swimmers and One coach decided to ditch out on practice this satruday and drive over to Moses Lake.  Thanks to the Moses Lake team, we were all able to time trial the 1650 in the last chance before the Inland Empire Championships.  Needless to say, the trip was worth it! 7 Swimmers, 7 Best times (13 if you include 500 and 1000 splits from the 1650) 3 First time AGS qualifying swims (Kaylee Beck, Nate Endebrock, Kyle O'Malley) 1 First time 15-16 Zones Qualifying time (Kyle O'Malley) 6 Team records...

You can't drive forward looking in the mirror! Bill Covert [There] is nothing more damaging to your future potential than spending your present dwelling on the past. Whatever has happened is over. Glory or defeat, once the clock struck midnight, the day was done. You are reborn each morning, and who you are each day is defined by what you do that day and that day only. You are not your past. You are only your present and your present actions will determine your future. Now, let the past instruct...

We had a fantastic final week of January, both at practice and at the Winter Invitational in Ellensburg.  Champs is fast approaching—Junior Champs in Moscow is 10 days away, while Senior Champs in Ellensburg is 24 days away.  Keep working hard at practice, and we’ll be ready to roll!  Here’s what else is going on: Winter Invitational Recap Like we said, it was a fantastic weekend of swimming.  Read all about it here. Junior Champs—Feb. 12-14, Moscow, Idaho Entries for the Junior Championship Meet are due today!!!  Please, please, please...

36 Swimmers braved the winter weather and drove over to Ellensburg to compete in this 2 day meet hosted by Tri-Cities.  With only one coach and a lot of cheering, we prepared, warmed up, and raced our hearts out.  As a coach of 12 years, this was one of the most impressive meets I’ve been to.  SWAT was a part of every single race.  We may not have won every race, but our swimmers were fighting for every place, every yard, and every best time.  36 swimmers, 140 best times,...

Hello Waves families, It’s been a great start to the year; the coaches are very pleased with swimmer progress in practices, and are excited to watch that progress turn into great results at the Championship meets coming up.  Last year we were Inland Empire Champions at the Jr. Champs meet, and 4th at the Sr. Champs meet.  If it is possible for you and your family, please take a look and head on down to these meets.   Practice Canceled on Saturday Just a reminder that there is not practice...