Category: Swimming

  • Olympic-sized news: WKCAC to host 2012 US Olympic team dive trials

    This just in, with a big SPLASH: the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center (WKCAC) has been selected to host the 2012 US Olympic team dive trials! This event, which will be televised nationally and take place June 18-24, 2012, determines which athletes go on to represent the USA at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.…

  • Evergreen Pool: new managers, same splashin’ good times

    Rack one up for the good news column: the Evergreen Pool is slated to reopen on Saturday, May 1st! Thanks to a partnership between property owner Highline School District and new pool manager White Water Aquatics Management, the pool, which the county closed last September due to budget cuts, will soon again offer swimming lessons,…

  • WKCAC 20th Anniversary! Celebrate and share your memories

    My oh my, where has the time gone? This month, the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center turns the big 2-0, and we here at KC Parks are celebrating with April Pools Day on Sunday, April 18th from 11 am – 1:30 pm. Join us for a day of watery family fun! Diving and synchronized swimming…

  • One day ’til PAC-10 Diving!

    Here’s a good way to get pumped up for the PAC-10 Diving Championships taking place from Feb 25-27 at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center: Check out these awesome photos by PNWLocalNews.Com photog Chad Coleman from last weekend’s state high school boys swimming and diving championships. The views from the underwater tunnel rock!

  • King County Parks Flickr Pool

    In case we don’t talk enough about it, we at King County Parks have a Flickr feed, and with that we administer a King County Parks group (this is a pile of KC Parks-themed photos for you non interweb types). We would love for you to contribute, what we assume will be, your most awesome…

  • AT&T Short Course Nationals – WKCAC update

    Went to WKCAC on Saturday evening to capture some of the 2009 AT&T Short Course Championships and got to shoot from the belly of the pool. Visit the updated slideshow here. Keep up on the championship results and upcoming events here.

  • Olympic-level swimmers compete at WKCAC Dec 3-5

    From Dec 3-5, the Weyerhaueser King County Aquatic Center (WKCAC) will host the 2009 AT&T Short Course National Swimming Championships, which features races from 50 to 1,650 yards. Top American swimmers, such as Margaret Hoelzer, Rebecca Soni, Eric Shanteau, and Katie Hoff, are expected to compete, and Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte will be at WKCAC…