California!

This morning we met up in sunny and warm Southern California for the annual training trip.  For several of our swimmers who traveled in from the mid-west and Northeast, 68 degrees and sunny was 80-90 degrees than where they were coming from.  Needless to say, we're enjoying the weather.  But the energy and fun that this group of student-athletes has when they get together would keep anyone happy.
After we got settled into the hotel and got some grocery shopping done, we headed to our first practice of 2014 at the Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps pool, our home for the next 8 days.  It was great to see the whole team back in one place again after a long and well deserved break from classes!
We'll swim 15 times in the next 8 days, including a meet on Wednesday, January 15th at 4:30pm, against the University of Redlands at their home pool.  Then, after arriving back in Walla Walla on the 16th, we face our two toughest home dual meets of the season against Pacific Lutheran and University of Puget Sound.  All in all, it will be a productive and exciting next 10 days!  I'll be posting photos and updates from the trip every day so be sure to keep in touch with the Facebook page and check back here frequently.

Inconspicuous?  No.  But it wouldn't be the training trip without the old-school busses!

The CMS pool, our home for the next 8 days