Tag: aquatics
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Preserving a Pool, Building Champions
Public pools can be the heart of a community, especially in a city surrounded by water like Mercer Island. Pools are where kids learn the skills to swim safely, where high schoolers build lifelong bonds, and in this case, where Olympic gold medalists are made. The Mary Wayte Pool, named for the 1984 Olympic 200-meter freestyle champion who grew up swimming…
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Parks Grants Make a Splash at Evergreen Pool
The Evergreen Aquatic Center is home to an indoor pool that has served White Center and unincorporated King County since 1970. The pool is owned by Highline Public Schools and managed by community-based nonprofit Whitewater Aquatics Management. When this well-loved facility began showing its age and needed major repairs, these partners turned to King County…
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Aquatic Center getting shipshape
Just because people aren’t swimming right now doesn’t mean this joint isn’t hustling. Construction workers and staff are hard at work, scrubbing the facility, installing solar panels, vents, ducts, ceilings. This place is getting some major love. Seriously, that is our staff hand scrubbing individual tiles. Hard at work, so you can play.
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Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center
Had a chance to swing by the WKCAC and snap some pictures of today’s event, and the open swim. Parking lot was packed, new scoreboard installed, and the place was buzzing. All of this was a reminder that WKCAC will be hosting the US Swimming Open in August. Tickets are on sale, and the Open…