PRIDE MONTH ABI LIU In honor of Pride Month, we are celebrating the members of the Pacific Northwest Swimming community who proudly identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community. It is crucial that we recognize and celebrate our differences, and by doing so, we create a stronger, more inclusive environment for everyone. Pride Month is celebrated in June to honor the Stonewall Uprising of 1969 in New York City, which was a turning point for the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the United States. The month's purpose is to recognize the...

Shadow Seals Swimming held the 13th Marin Morrison Memorial Meet honoring PNS Paralympic swimmer Marin Morrison ( Beijing 2008) on April 28, 2024. 13 swimmers with a physical disability (8 from PNS, 5 from Oregon) participated in the event, representing 27% of the athletes competing! Congratulations to ALL the swimmers! And huge Thank You to the volunteers who made it a success. KING 5 TV will be broadcasting a short segment on disability swimming and the Shadow Seals in an effort to highlight the O-lympic and Para-lympic Games in 2024....

2024 Age Group Zones Application The 2024 Age Group Zones application, information packet and home coach signature forms are now available in PDF format. This trip will be team travel for our 11-14 year old athletes who are selected to the team and family travel for our 10U swimmers selected. All of the information regarding the selection process, application due date and payment information are available in the PDF's below. Information regarding payment, travel logistics and meet specifics will be sent to those selected to the Age Group Zones team....

Have you ordered your apparel yet!? Click HERE for webstore for the upcoming 2024 NW Region AG Champs!

If PNS Is unable to find a host, we will most likely be forced to combine LC AG Champs with LC SR Champs. The Deadline for the decision with LC AG Champs will be HOD (May 11th). If you are interested in partially hosting, please contact us and we can help coordinate co-hosting or tri-hosting. ~Program Ops

Hello All, I hope all is well wherever this email finds you. I'm reaching out to see if anyone is interested in helping us time this years Pac-12 swimming meets! We would love to have you all come as this may possibly be the last Pac-12 meet in the PNW. Please let me know if you're interested and which dates you'd like to reserve. I've attached a pdf with all the info that you need to know! If you know anyone or any other clubs who may be interested, please...

Updates from Around USA Swimming Aug. 19, 2021 Championship Open Water Meet Sanctioned and Entries Underway The inaugural Las Vegas Open Water Champions Cup, scheduled for October 8 – 10, 2021, is officially sanctioned and open for entries as of August 16 at 12:00pm PST. The entry deadline is September 29, 2021, 11:59 PM. The meet will be conducted at Lake Las Vegas, 20 Costa Di Lago, Henderson, NV 89011. The meet information packet can be found at: [click here for link] The hosts are recommending that attendees stay at...

Updates from Around USA Swimming Nov. 18, 2021 PNS December Championships Meets Planning Program Operations continues to adapt meet planning to meet the changing COVID regulations as implemented at WKCAC. Following the successful October Challenge Meets, King County Health released an update to the existing COVID protocols that provided new challenges. Due to continued (albeit larger) capacity limits and COVID Protocol requirements at WKCAC, PNS is revising the Championships meets for this December: For all meets at WKCAC, beginning after October 25th, all athletes, coaches, volunteers, spectators, etc., aged 12...