Top Five Reasons why you should volunteer at the Washington Open: 1. It gets your required volunteer hours out of the way at the beginning of the trimester and you don’t have to stress about it come March. 2. You get to be where the action is… mingling with officials and coaches and seeing the swimmers up close in their natural habitat. Often times, they will even thank you for your volunteerism. 3. You get to watch really FAST swimming. We have some true 2028 Olympic Hopefuls competing in this...

Valley Aquatics News Monday, January 5th, 2026 Thank you, Coach Emma! Emma is off to continue her college out of state. We appreciate all that she taught our swimmers this fall and hope she will join our team again when she returns! PRACTICE CHANGES THIS WEEK: Practice schedule returns to normal this week. Saturday practice at Sumner: Gold Elite/Silver Elite: 8-10 AM, Gold/Silver: 10-11:30 AM USA SWIMMING REGISTRATION: We still have 25 members that have not been registered for USA swimming. I sent a message to these families on Saturday....

Hello VAST families! I hope everyone had a great holiday break! We are now just a week and a half away from Washington Open! Trimester 2 for volunteer obligations has also started. Trimester 1 is closed and completed. We are still in need of these essential jobs in order to have a successful meet Thursday 4pm to 8pm - 2 Marshals Friday 8am to 12:30am - 2 Head Timers, 1 Marshal (7am start) Friday 11:30am to 3pm - 2 Marshals Friday 4pm to 7:45pm - 1 Marshal; 4:30pm to 8:30pm...

Happy almost New Year VAST families! We kick off the new year with the biggest VAST meet of the year, Washington Open. We are just over 2 weeks away from the meet kick off. There are several vital postitions that we still need filled for this meet! Friday Prelims Session Head timers - 3 Marshal - first shift - 1 Marshal - mid day - 3 Friday Finals Session Marshal - 3 Timers - 7 Saturday Prelims Marshal - first shift - 2 Marshal - mid day - 4 Saturday...

Happy Holidays VAST families! Great job to all of our Senior champs swimmers so far, one last day to go! While everyone is busy with last minute holiday prep, it is also time to start thinking ahead to January. Washington Open, VASTs largest team hosted meet of the year, is only just over 3 weeks away! This will be the first opportunity to earn volunteer hours for trimester 2! Sign ups are still very thin, and there are several positions that are essential to running a successful meet. Specifically, we...

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...

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...

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...

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]

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