2025 Season Information

​First week practices will be:

Swim Practice *please note the change in time from past seasons

• 8/25-8/29 Mon-Fri 9:00a-11:00a, Woodridge Swim Club
• 9/1 Mon, Labor Day, 8:00a-10:00a, Woodridge

Dive Practice

• 8/25-9/1 Mon-Fri 11:30a-1:00p, Newport Hills Swim & Tennis (South Pool)

Anyone interested in dive, please email coaches Erin Whipple [email protected] and Daniel Marcano [email protected] so they can build a mailing list for dive updates.

Full schedule, season overview, and expectations can be found in the season info document attached and linked here:

202526 BHS Swim & Dive Girls Season Info.docx

Upcoming dates:

8/28 Thu, Fall Sports Parent Meeting, 7:00p, BHS Commons

• Mandatory parent meeting to follow *breakout room TBA
• Boosters are requesting a donation of $150 per athlete this season *details to come

9/3 Wed, Team Photo, BHS Commons
4:30p Team jackets/parkas issued, BHS Commons
5:00p Team Photo, BHS Commons
5:15p-6:15p Dryland Practice, BHS Upper Aux Gym

9/4 Thu, Time Trial 2025 Girls. Please respond by Wed 9/3.
https://forms.gle/3Uk5Mn2Vni2SzwCd8
Thu 9/4, Woodridge
5:45p-7:30p Time Trial
*50 of each stroke + relays if there's time!
Time trial counts as a practice.

Volunteer Sign Up https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FAEAF22A6F4C25-57890807-202526


🌟Retreat 2025🌟

Our team retreat will be at Warm Beach Camp in Stanwood and is a captain-led overnight team-building weekend. It should be a lot of fun and is one of the highlights of girls swim & dive at Bellevue!

Sat 9/13 Bus leaves BHS 10:45a, arrival 12:00p
Sun 9/14 Bus leaves 10:30a, returns to BHS 11:45a

Please let us know if you can/can't go or if you are able to chaperone at any time during the retreat. Please respond by Fri 8/29.
https://forms.gle/QnRu7z6aLpWVqg2r8

Our hope is everyone can go. The expected cost is $100 per participant billed through student school accounts and covers lodging, 2 meals, and retreat transportation. If anyone is in need of financial assistance please let us know.

Chaperones, please let us know the times you are available or if you will be available for the whole retreat in the survey comments, you are not required to ride the bus. Chaperones will also need to fill out a BSD volunteer form for athletics and activities here https://bsd405.org/get-involved/volunteer/.

Looking forward to this season's retreat, hope to see you all there!

💙Wolverine Practice💛

We are also starting something new this season. Wolverine Practice (Fridays) is a chance for 1-3 interested athletes to create and lead the team in a practice. Plan it out and use the practice time available. Coaches can help or provide you with sets, but make it your own! This is an opportunity to demonstrate leadership but also make Fridays a bit fun.

Please let us know who you want to work with and which dates you are interested in. Dates will be scheduled once responses are in and more dates may be added as necessary. Looking forward to seeing how these turn out!
https://forms.gle/dzwTTbKqy1c6HK8G8

Other highlights from the season info document:

• Athletes are eligible for competition after 7 practice days. Everyone should be eligible by our 2nd meet, Inglemoor @ Bellevue, Tue 9/16. Meets and practices are most fun when more are able to go! Please make swim & dive a priority to get enough practices by then.
• Athletes are expected to attend 3-5 days per week, maintain 50% or above, and may not miss more than 3 days a week without prior communication.
• Be in the pool within the first 15min and participate at least 45min for a swim practice to count. No waiting.
• If arriving late or leaving early, prior communication must be made by the student; or a parent, teacher, or doctor's note will be accepted at any time.
• Everyone is expected to compete in an end-of-season meet. Please plan on attending or communicate if you must miss. Post-season is a priority and athletes that qualify are expected to compete except where entries are limited. There is also a KingCo Invitational for those who do not have at least 2 KingCo times.
• Microsoft Teams will also be used for student communication with a team chat (not yet created). Please ensure that your student account has Teams access in the app or a browser.
• Varsity letter criteria.

Please be communicative!

Any changes to the season info document will be emailed and reflected in the live document link. Attachments, surveys, and links will also be on my team cloud drive https://tinyurl.com/swivedrive.

Post-season qualifying standards for 2025-26 have not been released yet, but 2024-25 standards can be found in the Resources section of the cloud drive, here:

202425 Time Standards.pdf