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Hot Splashes. . . .
| 11/27/2008: The
selection process for the 2009 All Star Team has
now been posted on the
PNS All Star page.
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| 11/24/2008: It is
a pleasure to announce that Ken Spencer has been
selected as the Head Coach for the 2009 PNS All Star team.
Read the entire
announcement.
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| 11/24/2008: 2008
PNS Championship Zone team members will be acknowledged at
the PNS 14 & Under SC Championships or at the Washington Senior
SC Championships. Read the full announcement for
the details on the logistics along with when and where you as
a Zone team member need to be as a part of this recognition
opportunity.
The full announcement can be found
here. Bruce Richards,
Age Group Vice Chair
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| 11/22/2008:
StingRay Swim Club and Bellevue Club Swim
Team are pleased to announce that 2008 Olympic Champion
and world record holder Ryan Lochte will be making
a special guest appearance at the 2008 PNS 14 & Under
Championships. On Saturday December 13th, Mr. Lochte will be
attending the finals session to inspire great performances, appear
in photographs, talk to swimmers, and honor our finalists by making
awards presentations. This weekend will be one of the last
chances to make qualifying times, so swim fast, and earn your way
onto the deck at PNS Champs with Ryan Lochte.
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| 11/22/2008: USA
Swimming named Bob Bowman (Baltimore, Md.) and
Sean Hutchison (Seattle, Wash.)
as head coaches for the 2009 World Championships swim team. In
addition, USA Swimming also announced the coaching staffs for the
2009 World University and Junior Pan Pacific
Championships.Hutchison will make his first women’s head
coach appearance at the 2009 World Championships. Most recently, he
served as assistant woman’s coach for the 2008 U.S. Olympic
Swim Team, and was also an assistant coach at the 2007 World
Championships. Hutchison is the head coach for King Aquatics based
in Seattle, Wash.
Read the entire article
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| 11/05/2008: At the
USA Swimming convention in Atlanta in September 2008, it was voted
on by the House of Delegates to restrict the use of high tech suits
for age group swimmers that are 12 years old and younger.The
restriction will become effective on May 15, 2009.
Read entire posting.
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| 11/04/2008: The
application for being the
Head Coach for the 2009 PNS All Star team and
Assistant Coaches are now posted on the Age Group page. The meet will
be held on Saturday January 10, 2009 and Sunday January 11,
2009 in Federal Way, Washington at KCAC.
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10/16/2008: USA Swimming has
announced the selection of its Scholastic All-America Team for
2007-08 Nine-hundred and seventy-four athletes made the team
this year, including 600 women and 374 men. Sixty-eight
percent of the successful applicants had a 4.0 GPA. Fifteen percent
of the athletes made the list for the third time in their careers.
12 men and 10 women from PNS were honored. Congratulations
to the following: BRANT B.
KERSTEN BELLEVUE CLUB SWIM TEAM, DYLAN J.
PORTELANCE BELLEVUE CLUB SWIM TEAM, KYLE M.
SCHAEFFER BELLEVUE CLUB SWIM TEAM, SEAN
J. NESHEIM CASCADE SWIM CLUB, OWEN M.
WURZBACHER CASCADE SWIM CLUB, TYLER S.
BENSTER KING AQUATIC CLUB, TREVOR L. LE
VALLEY MIGHTY MARLINS SWIM CLUB, JOHN
T. HU NORTH WHIDBEY AQUATIC CLUB, KYLE
M. ENDRES STINGRAY SWIM CLUB, SPENCER
M. NEFF TACOMA SWIM CLUB, AUSTIN
P. HALLETT UNATTACHED, BRYAN C.
MICHAELS WEST COAST AQUATICS, HILDA A.
THOMPSON CASCADE SWIM CLUB, LAURIN M.
WILLIAMS CASCADE SWIM CLUB, RACHEL M.
GODFRED KING AQUATIC CLUB, AMELIA A.
MESSEGEE POSEIDON AQUATIC CLUB, ALEXANDRA C.
ERNST SALMON BAY AQUATICS, BRIANA P.
MEYER SALMON BAY AQUATICS, ERYN N.
MURPHY VALLEY AQUATICS, MARIN R.
MORRISON WEST COAST AQUATICS, MADDY A.
MORGAN WEST SEATTLE YMCA, MELISSA A.
OISHI WEST SEATTLE YMCA DOLPHINS.
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MORE HOT SPLASHES
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2008 PNS All Star Team Places 3rd in PacCoast
All Star Meet in Nevada. Sparked by a strong performance by the
11-12 girls, PNS finished third at the 2008 Pac Coast
All-Star Meet in Carson
City, Nevada,
January 12-13. Improving on 5th place finishes in 2006 and 4th
place in 2007, the athletes on the trip represented PNS proudly. Double event winner Grace
Wold (50 and 100 back) and Maria Volodkevich (50 breast) were the
only members of the PNS
contingent to capture first place
finishes. The 11-12 girls relays also finished 3rd in the
200/400 Medley Relays and the 400 free relay.
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How
to Use the "Fast Times" web page
Pacific
Northwest Swimming provides its members a look at many aspects of
results of local competitions on the ?FAST TIMES? page of the
Pacific Northwest Swimming Website. The following is a description
of the information provided.RESULTS:Each of the sanctioned,
approved, and observed meets have results posted in different
formats for ... (
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Starting Blocks
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Pacific Northwest Swimming
MissionStatement -
To promote the sport of competitive swimming through governance,
programming and education for the Pacific Northwest swimming
community.
Pacific Northwest Swimming, Inc. (PNS) geographic territory is the
is the state of Washington west of, but not including, the Counties
of Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas and Yakima and north of, but not
including, the Counties of Cowlitz, Skamania and Klickitat. PNS
promotes swimming for the benefit of swimmers of all ages and
abilities; supports the USA Swimming Core Values of Build, Promote,
Achieve; and governs in accordance with the standards, rules,
regulations, policies and procedures of FINA and USA Swimming.
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| » | Sep 18, 2008 - Project Seattle Pools | | | » | Aug 30, 2008 - Safety Training for Swim Coaches General Info | | | » | Aug 20, 2008 - Congratulations to our local Olympians | | | » | Aug 13, 2008 - 2008 Western Zone DVD | | | » | Aug 11, 2008 - Congratulations to the PNS Zone Team! | | | » | Aug 8, 2008 - Lindsey Marchand, KING, wins at Juniors | | | » | Aug 8, 2008 - Nathan Adrian: The Future of Sprinting (from USA Swimming Web) | | | » | Aug 4, 2008 - Amber McDermott from SBAY wins at juniors | | | » | Aug 3, 2008 - 2008 Hall of Fame - August 3rd 2008 | | | » | Jul 24, 2008 - 2008-2009 Season, Thinking about Time Standards | | | |
| | » | Dec 4 ~ 6, 2008 - 60th Annual Husky Invitational | | | » | Dec 4 ~ 6, 2008 - USA Swimming SC Champs | | | » | Dec 6, 2008 - Fall Grand Pentathlon - Division 1 | | | » | Dec 6, 2008 - Fall Grand Pentathlon - Division 2 | | | » | Dec 6, 2008 - Fall Grand Pentathlon - Division 3 | | | » | Dec 6, 2008 - Fall Grand Pentathlon - Division 4 | | | » | Dec 6, 2008 - Fall Grand Pentathlon - Division 5 | | | » | Dec 7, 2008 - 2008 SST Age Group 25 Free Tournament | | | » | Dec 12 ~ 14, 2008 - PNS 14 & under CHAMPS | | | » | Dec 18 ~ 21, 2008 - 2008 Washington State Senior SC Championships | | | |
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