It's Official, WEST is Going to Olympic Trials!!
The 2012 USA Olympic Trials Standards have just been published and WEST's Heidi VanderWel has 2 cuts!!Heidi is one of 11 from our Pacific Northwest LSC that now has at least one Olympic Trial cut.Her performances at Junior Nationals this past August of 1:03.81 in the 100 backstroke (puts her at 66th in the country) and 2:16.10 in the 200 backstroke (puts her at 37th in the US) positions Heidi as WEST's first Olympic Trial qualifier!!Congratulations to Heidi and the rest of the WEST team for all of their current and future successes and striving to always be Olympic in their hearts and minds!
WEST Triumphs as the only PNS Team to score at JR Nationals!!
Another sign that WEST is on the rise coming off of a phenomenal season, we were the only team from the Pacific NorthWest LSC to score at the Junior National meet held this month in Irvine, CA! Heidi VanderWel (14 SRI) had the meet of her life placing 15th in the 200 backstroke and 10th in the 100 backstroke against this nations top swimmers 18 years old and younger. Her 200 backstroke time of 2:16.10 and 100 backstroke time of 1:03.81 put her way ahead of the previous Olympic Trials standards and very likely puts her as qualified for the Olympic Trials meet next June (official standards are due to be published by October)!! Her times also propelled Heidi to the 2nd fastest 14 year old girl in the USA in the 200 backstroke and 4th in the 100 backstroke.
WEST team-mates Anna Keane (14 SRI) and Kalena Laurent (15 SRI) rounded out our national team at the JR National meet. Both Anna and Kalena achieved best times as well as team records in their events! No easy task at the end of the season and for both this was their first time at such a high level national meet!
Congratulations to our JR National team for putting WEST at the top of our LSC and setting the standard for their team-mates to strive towards!!
The National Experience
Teammate Anna Keane time trialed in the 100 freestyle putting in a best time performance lowering her WEST 13-14 record and getting a new Senior Girls records with a 1:00.39!
On Monday Kalena Laurent had her first race at JR Nationals in the 200 fly with her 2nd best time in that event ever moving up from 83rd to 66th place!
Heidi at finals at JR Nationals!!
Watch West's Heidi VanderWel swim the 200 back in the b final on swimnetwork.com Tonight! Heidi is seeded 9th with a 2:16.10. Not only a new West record but breaks a 12 year old PNS record by almost a second!!
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WEST COAST AQUATICS is a year round non-profit 501c3 aquatics program including lessons, water aerobics & other programming as well as a masters team and age group competitive swim program with swimmers aged 6 to 18. Our training groups range from pre--competitive to national training.
We own our own facility including a six lane, 25 yard pool, in Mill Creek, WA just north of Seattle.
Fall Lesson Registration Now Open
Our pool temporarily closed down Saturday August 7th to prepare for our pool resurface. Our office & weight room are currently open on an abbreviated schedule. Registration for lessons and swim team will be ongoing beginning August 16th. Zumba and yoga will be on regular schedule during the pool resurface. The hot tub will be closed during the resurface.
Approximate reopening of pool will be Monday October 4th.
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