It's official, Sy Pizzolato (BAC) has been named to represent Team USA in the Tokyo Deaflympics, Nov 2025! Through the approval and support of his college coach this coming fall, Sy will briefly interrupt his collegiate swim season to compete in Tokyo in November. Sy will be swiming in college at Augustana University. Sy must pay his own way to compete as a member of Team USA so a fundraiser has been set up to assit him and his family to travel to Tokyo. If you would like to support...

This is Russ Whitaker, Head Coach of WSU Women’s swimming, reaching out to all of you to let you know that our 2025 camp schedule and sign up is now live online! WSU Swimming will host a total of FOUR swim camps in 2025. We will host stroke/technique camps June 15-20 & June 22-27. We will also host start & turn camps June 20-22 & June 27-29. Even with the addition of another swim camp – we do expect camps to sell out very quickly, as we offer one of...

Everyone, I wanted to send out a reminder about fees owed to Montana Swimming including meet sanction fees, per swimmer meet fee, meet entry fees. All swim meet fees and sanction fees must be paid to Montana Swimming by 20 days after the conclusion of the meet. Fill out the athlete information on the meet financial report and send it and your check to Beth Storey, MT Swimming Finance Vice Chair, 3267 Cabernet Dr, Helena, MT 59601. Your meet financial report is due within 45 days after the conclusion of...

The Montana Swimming officials voted on their annual awards at their meeting in October. JP Maganito (BOZ) received the Mark Hallgrimson Award for the Outstanding Stroke and Turn Official. Christina McColley (BOZ) received the Excellence in Officiating Award. Montana Swimming would like to recognize the outstanding contributions these two officials have made to the sport! Both JP and Christina have officiated numerous meets across Montana and the Western Zone. Their dedication to the sport is very much appreciated. Scott Lilyquist, BOZ, was also nominated for the Mark Hallgrimson award. We...

Coaches, SAVE THE DATE: Cross-Registration for WRS 2025 Spring Section Meets OPENS Tuesday September 10th @ 10:00 AM Pacific Time VIA EMAIL Cross-Registration Email Addresses will be confirmed and distributed ASAP Information will also be posted on the Western Zone website under the EVENTS tab [Important Details] (1) Attendance. Cross-Registration attendance will be limited to 150 athletes from the opposite region (i.e. 150 NW region athletes at the 4C Section Meet & 150 4C region athletes at the NW meet). Exception: If all 150 spots are not filled by the...

Analise Belasco, Bozeman Barracudas, and Michael Schermerhorn, Missoula YMCA Swim Team, were named the 2023-2024 Montana Swimming Sportspersons of the Year during the recent Montana Swimming House of Delegates meeting. The award honors high school juniors and seniors who show outstanding leadership, sportsmanship, team spirit, and service to their clubs and Montana Swimming. Analise served as the Montana Swimming athlete representative for two years. She served as an athlete representative and group leader at the recent Montana – Wyoming Swimposium in Cody, WY. The Bozeman High School senior will be...

The 2025 Montana Swimming Short Course State Championships and the 2025 Montana Swimming Junior BC Championships will both be held at the Butte Family YMCA. A specific date has not been set for the two swim meets. The two championship meets will be held between February 20 and March 9. At issue is when to schedule the two meets without conflicting with another meet. The 2025 MHSA High School state meet is February 13-15 in Great Falls. The 2025 YMCA Regional Championships are February 28 and March 1-2 in Boise....

The 2025 Western Zone Short Course Championships will be held on February 14 - 17, 2025, in Irvine. The Montana High School State Swimming Meet is scheduled for the same date. This decision was approved at the Western Zone House of Delegates in September, 2023, to be more inclusive of California teams - athletes, coaches, officials - who have not yet had full access to this event, due to scheduling conflicts of High School Swimming in California. The Steering Committee recognizes that most Senior Zone-level athletes are likely to be...