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Suzanne Rychlik

Valley Aquatics News Monday, December 15th, 2025 Don’t Forget our Mini-Spirit Week this week: VAST Holiday Events PRACTICE CHANGES THIS WEEK: Thursday, December 18th & Friday, December 19th: No practice at KCAC due to Washington State Senior Champs. Swimmers will practice at Sumner Practice Schedule for Sumner on 12/18 and 12/19. FWCC remains the same as normal Gold Elite/ Silver Elite Sprint Perform/ Gold Silver Bronze Blue Thursday12/18 5:00-6:30 PM 5-6:30 PM 6:30-8 PM 5:30-6:15 PM Friday, 12/19 5-6:30 PM 5-6:30 PM 6:30- 8 PM 5:30-6:30 Saturday practice this week:...

Suzanne Rychlik

2025-26 Winter Break Practice Schedule Date Gold Elite Sprint Perfor Gold Silver Elite Silver Bronze Blue Monday, December 22nd Gold Elite, Gold, Silver Elite: Holiday Games & Cookie Decorating at Sumner: 5-6pool, 6-6:30: Cookie Decorating Silver, Bronze, Blue: Holiday Games & Cookie Decorating at Sumner: 6-7 Pool: pool, 7-7:30: Cookie Decorating Tuesday, December 23rd Off Off 5:30-7 @ Sumner Off 6-7:30 @ Sumner 5-6 PM @ FWCC 6-6:45 @ FWCC or 5:30-6:15 @ Sum. Wednesday, December 24th/25th No practice.  Happy Holidays! Friday, December 26th 4-6 PM @ Sumner 4-5:30 PM...

Suzanne Rychlik

Brad and Charis Tucker

Hello VAST families! We have gotten the timing assignements for PNS Age Group Champs this upcoming weekend! You can sign up here . The timeline is approximate, but these sessions look to be long! This will be a great opportunity for families still looking to get hours for trimester 1 to complete their obligation. As per VAST policy, if we are unable to fill these spots with volunteers, the shifts will be broken into shorter shifts and assigned to VAST families with swimmers in attendance. *Reminder, trimester 1 ends December...

Derek Frenzel

We will send a more detailed newsletter out tomorrow, but here are the important details for today and tomorrow. Tonight is a normal practice schedule at all pools. Tomorrow, Veterans Day, has some practice changes. Silver elite, gold elite, and sprint performance is from 10-12 at the Sumner HS pool. Blue, gold and silver in Sumner is normal. FWCC blue and bronze is normal. There are no practices at kcac, so silver swimmers can go to Sumner. Please email me by the end of the day if you missed the...

Brad and Charis Tucker

Hello VAST Fall Classic volunteers! The hours for this meet have been input, with adjustments for families that stayed additional time. To view your current hours, follow the steps below Go to www.swimvast.org Log into your account If you are not directed away from the homepage after logging in, click on the silhoette in the upper right corner of the VAST homepage and select My Account On the left side bar on the back office page, use your mouse to hover over My Account (if not automatically taken there) On...

Suzanne Rychlik

Hey VAST Families, Just a quick update about Monday’s practice & Entries for the VAST Fall Classic. We just received word that effective with this year, that the King County Aquatic Center will be closed on certain holidays and that includes Indigenous People’s Day this coming Monday. This will affect both KCAC and Sumner practice schedules (federal Way Community Center will remain the same for Federal Way Blue & Silver Swimmers). Practice on Monday at Sumner will run as follows: Gold Elite: 6:30-830 PM Gold & Sprint Performance: 5-6:30 PM...

Suzanne Rychlik

Unfortunately, we just received word that due to air quality in the Curtis High School pool, the meet this weekend is canceled. I will be posting refunds to your account for the meet fees before the end of October. We are so sorry for the change. Please reach out with questions. Suzanne [email protected]

Suzanne Rychlik

Do you need some more VAST Caps with your swimmers names. to get through the summer? We are doing a quick order for more Silicone Caps (no latex this order) to hopefully get in time for our summer meets. Silicone caps are $15 per cap and you must order two. Please fill out one form per swimmer if getting different names on caps. Caps will be billed on your June bill. Order close Monday, May 12th. NO LATE ORDERS! https://forms.office.com/r/1jaH8XvGPB

Suzanne Rychlik

Valley Aquatics News Monday, March 10th, 2025 PRACTICE CHANGES THIS WEEK: The Practice Changes for the rest of the month can be found here: March Practices changes due to WKCAC changes Week of March 10th Please note that WKCAC is open Monday-Thursday this week. However, Monday-Wednesday has some different changes as there is a diving event going on and we cannot use our usual space. We will be sharing the pool under the scoreboard with other teams and some groups will be shifting for a day to Sumner. Mon. 3/10...