PST News
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2025 PST Swim-A-Thon: |
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Information for Swimmers Leaving PST Mid-Season: |
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| As a way to support and encourage new swimmers to discover their love for swimming, PST offers shorter terms for Green swimmers and a trial period for new Blue swimmers. If you have a Green or new Blue swimmer who will not be continuing with PST, please see below for instructions. Green group families: Green swimmers may choose not to return at the end of each term. The remaining two terms this season run from March 8 - May 31 (12 wks) and June 1 - July 27 (8wks). If your swimmer does not plan to return for the term starting on March 8, please let us know no later than February 10 by completing this form. If we do not hear from you by this date, your family will be committed financially for the full length of the upcoming term. We hope to see your Green swimmer back in the pool soon! New Blue group families: If you have a swimmer in the Blue group who was new to PST in August 2024, please be aware that your swimmer’s trial period ends in February. If your swimmer does not plan to continue on PST, please let us know no later than February 10 by completing this form. After February 10, your trial period will end. Payment for the second half of the season can be paid either in one lump sum or can continue to be charged monthly. All other PST families: If your swimmer is considering leaving PST during the season, please first discuss this decision with your swimmer’s coach. If your swimmer does decide to leave the team, please let us know by filling out this form. You have the option to remain active for the remainder of the season or to inactivate your swimmer’s account. More information about these options can be found in the form. As a reminder, all policies on leaving PST can be found in our 2024/25 Swim Season Team Handbook. |
This Week: |
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| Sat & Sun, 2/15-16: | Senior Open Prelims and Finals Meet (host: QSS). 29. Swimmers regsitered to compete. Meet Jobs will open on Monday, 2/10, at 8pm and close at midnight on Wednesday, 2/12. All open jobs will be assinged on Thursday morning. Please note we have 29 swimmers registered, which means we will have almost as many jobs as swimmers. It will be all hands on deck and we ask everyone to help, including parents who are board members/coordinators or officials. If you ahve more than one swimmer registered, please sign up for more than one job. Warm-Up Times: Saturday: 7:30am | Sunday: 8:00am Important: Scratches for Saturday's preliminary events are due to Coach Stefan by Friday, 2/14 at 12pm. Read the meet sheet for more details in regards to scratches and penalties. Coaches at the Meet: Coach Adrien & Coach Stefan |
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| Sat & Sun, 2/15-16: | Titanium and Platinum practices are canceled due to the Senior Open P&F Meet. | |
Next Week: |
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| 2/17: |
President’s Day. All practices are canceled. |
Safe Sport: |
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| We are pleased to share that our club has achieved USA Swimming’s Safe Sport Club Recognition (SSRP)! This recognition reflects our commitment to providing a healthy and positive environment free from abuse for all team members. In order to apply for SSRP, we were required to develop and implement club governance measures, Safe Sport policies and reporting mechanisms, Safe Sport best practices as well as training to athletes and parents. All of these measures were reviewed by USA Swimming Safe Sport staff for approval. Our SSRP status is valid for 2 years, after which time we will be eligible to renew. We are excited to have achieved this milestone and to publicly demonstrate our commitment to providing a Safe Sport environment on this team. Go PST! |
Meet Registration Pro Tip: |
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| You can opt in to email alerts in your FastSwim account and by doing so, never miss a meet registration again. Simply go to your settings in the top right corner, click “notifications” and click the box for “Pacific Swimming: Zone 2” to get email notifications for all Zone 2 meets. (Note: you will get emails for all meets in the Zone regardless of if PST is attending.) FastSwims does not send ancillary emails so the only messages you will get are those for meet registration opening. Additionally, you can plan your registration in advance by clicking on the “meet sheet” next to the “online entries” link on the PacSwim site in advance of registration opening to talk to your swimmer about the events they will be swimming. |
Spring and Summer Schedule |
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| As you plan your and your swimmer's spring and summer, please refer to our meet calendar for important dates, such as swim-a-thon, club championships, Reno Meet, RESL Meet, etc. We hope to have as many swimmers participae in these super fun team events as possible. |
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Important Dates, Cancellations, and Practice Updates: |
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This Week’s Top Tip: |
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| We cannot express enough the importance of effectively labelling all of your swimmer’s equipment, but some things are difficult to label. White nail varnish is a great tool for a dark-colored kickboard or for fins. It stays on and is highly visible, which helps prevent the kids picking up someone else's. Goggles are also a tricky one to label, but luckily we have some resourceful parents on our team who told us about this ingenious tip: mini pet tags!!! You can find some here. |
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Meets:View our meet schedule for the 2024/25 Season here. Most recent update to meet schedule: 1/12/24 |
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Marketplace: |
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| NEW ITEMS listed on the PST Marketplace. Sell, exchange or give away new or used swim items. Add and find items here: |
Team Records: |
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| Our team records can be viewed on our website. |
Reno - Preparing for our summer 2025 travel meet |
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Important - Parking Reminders at PST Facilities: |
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Board News: |
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