Weekly News and Practice Information - Week of 04/23/2023 Congratulations: To our newly elected KNIK Learn To Swim Board of Directors; Jenna Winship - President, Tracy Rauenhorst - Vice President, Nicole Leon - Treasurer, Nicola Snow - Secretary, Jenny Kosin - Member at Large, Jenny Amundson - Member at Charge. Thank you to all of them for stepping forward to serve and to our members who voted. Big News: Some months ago the Municipality of Anchorage approached CAC about taking over the management of Bartlett Pool. An agreement has been...

Weekly News and Practice Information - Week of 04/10/2023 Congratulations: to our 48 swimmers who headed out to Valdez this past weekend for the Banana Meet. The team won another Monkey but, more importantly, many athletes tried new events, there were many best times and everyone took time out for team bonding. Records Update: Four records were set at the Banana Meet: Mason Baker set records in the 10U 100 IM (his own) and the 200 Breast (Jake Thompson 2015) Wyatt Keen set the record in the 11-12 200 breast...

Weekly News and Practice Information - Week of 04/02/2023 Congratulations: Colny Tucker for completing 72 x 50s in honor of her birthday. Thank you to all who joined in. Photos courtesy Samantha Haas. Records Update: The Long Course Meters online record board has finally been updated. These records do include a state record by Izzy Powers and a State Record and Olympic Trials Qualifying time by John Heaphy. If you believe you have a faster time than one that is listed that was achieved while swimming for CAC, just send...

Weekly News and Practice Information - Week of 03/27/2023 Monthly Sign-In for April: https://forms.gle/99bs6tnpavJcQ1ji8 Congratulations: This weekend’s Spring Equinox meet featured 81 CAC swimmers (See results HERE). One of the most encouraging outcomes of this meet were the number of young athletes who took on tough first-time events. 9 year old Mason Baker braved his first 200 butterfly and landed within a few seconds of a team record. Taking on their first 500s were Jeremiah Haas, Elizabeth Rhodus, and Lillian Amundson. Scholarships: Karson Kolberg and Maria Girbacea were both named...

Weekly News and Practice Information - Week of 03/20/2023 Congratulations: Our Junior Coaches are a huge part of our program. They are reliable and always striving to improve their work with our younglings. The following Jr. Coaches have completed all requirements for USA Swimming including Lifeguarding, First Aid/CPR, Concussion Protocol, Safety Training For Swim Coaches and USADA Coach Advantage Training: Abigail Doepken, Elise Petrie, Jackson Delacruz, Maya Solomonson, Maria Girbacea, Quinn Morgan, Hayden Woodring The following have turned 18 and completed the Athlete Protection Training and Background Check to become...

Weekly News and Practice Information - Week of 03/05/2023 Congratulations: It is been a productive two weeks for our Senior Swimmers who qualified for and participated in Region XII Senior Champs (Corvallis) and Northwest Sectionals Champs (Federal Way). There were many personal bests and outstanding swims. With one race left to swim there were several team records set including: Wes Mank: 100 Free - 46.71, 200 Back - 1.50.15, 50 Free - 21.08 Reuben Dobson: 200 Fly - 1.53.79 Jasmine Anderson: 200 Breast - 2.19.58, 100 Breast - 1.02.74 (Jr....

Weekly News and Practice Information - Week of 03/05/2023 Practice this Week: Practice and lessons will continue at the usual posted times this week (the current schedule will revert when the school district returns to its normal schedule). We will also have the lessons L1/L2 parent/child night on Friday from 5-6. Parents of L1/L2 students are welcome to swim with their children in the pool lesson area at Bartlett. Practice During Spring Break: Chugiak: Gold: 4:00-6:00 PM Silver: 4:30-6:00 PM Bronze and Stroke School 5-6 PM Bartlett: Platinum: 9-11 AM...

Weekly News and Practice Information - Week of 02/26/2023 Congratulations: To our Age Group Champs Team on their championship win this weekend. There were some fantastic time improvements and standout performances. You can view the full results HERE. CAC is now on Instagram at cac.swim. See you there! Practice this Week: Practice and lessons will continue at the usual posted times this week (the current schedule will revert when the school district returns to its normal schedule). We will also have the lessons L1/L2 parent/child night on Friday from 5-6....

Weekly News and Practice Information - Week of 01/29/23 Declaration for February: The billing summary for February was sent out last week and included meet fees for the Winter Splash and for the 10 and Under Postal. Please complete the Monthly Sign Up and Declaration to indicate your plans for February. Congratulations: To our Senior Champs Team who put in the work to come home with the second place trophy. Our swimmers took on a heavy three day schedule and gave a great accounting in this mid-season meet. Special Thanks:...

Weekly News and Practice Information - Week of 01/23/23 Congratulations: Our 10 and Under team (36 strong) overcame the happy tiredness from the water carnival and posted a combined score win: CAC: 360, NLSC: 298, AST: 296, WWST: 32, YMCA: 14 The event top scorer was Mason Baker (45) with Janie Rauenhorst 4th overall (38). Both took on tough events and brought home the bling. Scorers over 20 included: Mason 45, Janie 38, Khalyse 35, Everett 28 and Alex with 27. Special Thanks: To Wendy Kolberg who set up the...