Summer Swim Team

What's New?

2008 Summer Newsletters:

• Newsletter 1 for the week of 6/9 - 6/13
• Newsletter 2 for the week of 6/16 - 6/20
• Newsletter 3 for the week of 6/23 - 6/27
• Newsletter 4 for the week of 7/7 - 7/11

Newsletter 4, for the week of 7/7 - 7/11

Overview

Recreational based competitive swimming began at various public beaches in the greater Seattle area in the late 1930's. Most of the competitions were initially restricted to "males only" but the fairer sex was allowed to compete in sidestroke races.

The first race of the Midlakes Swim League occurred in 1954 when Mercer Island Beach Club entered the King County Beach League. The annual championships were held at Pete's Pool (more like a small lake) in Enumclaw. Things changed rapidly in the late 1950's as Eastside communities began to grow and build pools. After two years in the Seattle Summer Swim League several Eastside teams including Samena, Phantom Lake, Newport Hills, Mercerwood, Mercer Island Beach Club, Edgebrook, Triangle, and Norwood formed the Midlakes Swim League.

The league now consists of 26 teams divided into five Divisions. There are six teams in Division I, and five teams in each of the other four Divisions. Newport Hills Sharks are in Division I, the toughest Division in the league. Currently, Division I also includes the teams of Fairwood, Edgebrook, Mercer Island Country Club, Mercerwood Shore Club, and Samena. Newport Hills has always had a strong team. Since 1961, the Sharks have remained in Division I every year and won the League title seventeen times.

For more information about Midlakes and to see other team's results please visit the league website: www.midlakesswimleague.org