Their home base is one that includes never-ending skies on the horizon; acres upon acres of wheat and canola fields; and freshwater lakes.
And of course it includes Riderville, home of the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders.
But another green team from the land-locked Prairie province has been making a splash during a training camp at the Prince George Aquatic Centre.
Team Saskatchewan's synchronized swim team, the same one that will compete at the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George from Feb. 24-28, has been figuring out their routines for the last week so they'll become more routine six months from now.
"We wanted to see the facilities first-hand and the community first-hand so we're not looking at a bunch of strangers - instead they'll be familiar faces when we're here in February," said co-head coach Natalie Good, who shares her duties with Brittany Leaper. "We're doing some team bonding and building with the girls. They're building trust with each other."
Team Saskatchewan is the only team, besides Team B.C. (they'll be in Prince George at the end of August) that decided to train at the Aquatic Centre prior to the 2015 Games. Synchro Saskatchewan simply called ahead to see when it could hold a training camp.
The 10-member team that was selected in mid-June (the selection process began in last September) is comprised of four athletes each from Regina and Saskatoon, one from Yorkton and one from Estevan, ranging in age from 13 to 17. Their experience in competitive synchro swimming ranges from three to eight years.
Saskatchewan finished fifth at the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax.
In February at the Aquatic Centre, (the 2015 Games host venue), Saskatchewan, like all teams, will perform in the two-minute 45-second solo events, three minute 30 second duets and four-minute team events.
Their events, set to the music from Totem, a Cirque du Soleil show (they watched their performance Sunday in Vancouver), are intricate and difficult, requiring precision and timing.
With a speaker lowered to the bottom of the 4.2-metre tank, Good bangs a spoon on a metal pole on the deck to help the team with their timing to lift a single swimmer high above the water.
During the camp, they've had the expertise of Susan Kemper, Synchro B.C.'s technical director and head coach of the B.C. Aquasonics in Surrey and Coquitlam.
"The kids know the routines, but they're working on patterns and highlights and trying to put their whole routines together," said Good. "They're also working on chemistry."
They've been in the diving tank twice per day in two and three-hour training sessions. This weekend, they'll be in the pool from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 4 to 7 p.m.
They'll perform a 30-minute show for Prince George residents on Sunday from 6:30 to 7 p.m.
The show is free to anyone, with bleacher seating available on deck adjacent to the diving tank.
During the camp, the team members stayed in the dorm rooms at CNC's residence where they also get three meals per day at the college's cafeteria.
Clad in black T-shirts with the green-coloured words Keep Calm and Swim On and carrying lime green backpacks, the swimmers walk to and from the Aquatic Centre twice a day.
The team has enjoyed getting to know the community.
"The girls really like Prince George," said Good. "Everyone has been super friendly and helpful. And there's been a lot of people who've come by and watched us practise. Everyone has said they've seen nothing like it. People walking by said it's awesome.
"The synchro club [the newly-formed Waterlilies] gave us loot bags."
They'll spend another day in the pool Monday prior to returning to their home base in Regina on Tuesday.
They'll hold two more camps in Saskatoon and get together once per month and compete as a team at major meets for the rest of the season prior to returning to Prince George in February.
