Tag: wkcac
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Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center: an important stop on the road to the Olympics
The Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center (WKCAC) is a legacy venue of the 1990 Seattle Goodwill Games. This 2,500-seat facility maintains one of the most active competition schedules in the country, hosting more than 50 events annually. It has been the site of Olympic Trials, top national and international competitions, and the Pacific Northwest’s premiere…
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PAC 12 Swimming & Diving 2016
Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center is hosting the 2016 Pac-12 Swimming (Women) & Diving (Men/Women) Championships. Starts today and runs through the 27th. Want some deets? Visit this here link.
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Just Another Day at Aquatic Center
Kent Fire Department hosted this year’s water rescue and recovery training at the WKCAC (Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center) today. That’s the training and certification for the ladies and gentlemen that come help folks out of sticky situations on the water. Happy to let them use our Olympic caliber pool for saving…
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Holy Phelps! It’s Phelps-Thirty at the KCAC
Not pictured. Michael Phelps. In case you haven’t been keeping up on your AT&T Winter National Championships news, just know that it is here, and it is happening. NOW! From this day to this coming Saturday. Come get your fill. What?!? Yes. Where?!? The Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center. Don’t worry. It’s the long course.…
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Halloween Activities in King County Parks
Halloween Carnival The Annual King County Parks Family Halloween Carnival is coming up on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 2-5 p.m. at the White Center Community Center at Steve Cox Memorial Park. Local teens have planned a variety of crafts and games for children ages 10 and under. Tickets for each activity are sold for .25…
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Field Notes: Pancakes = Love
On Wednesday, Jan 16, Parks hosted its annual employee appreciation breakfast at the banquet hall at our Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center. This is always a fun event for staff, particularly because it is the bosses who cook up tasty pancakes and eggs and serve the staff. As we’ve got parks and trails spread across…
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PAC-12 @ Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center
PAC 12 @ Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, a photo by kingcountyparks on Flickr. Happening now until Saturday. Come show your support and check out our killer facility. Get the deets from the Seattle Times or directly from the PAC-12.
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2011 King County Parks Highlights Reel, Part 1
This year has been a busy one here at King County Parks – we’ve added some new acres here and there, converted a few muddy old fields to synthetic turf, and removed a heck of a lot blackberries. Here’s the highlights reel: New stuff! Paved 1.2 miles of the East Lake Sammamish Trail in Redmond,…
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2012 Olympic Dive Trials
The Seattle Sports Commission and USA Diving are proud to announce that tickets are now available for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Diving. The Trials will be held Sunday, June 17, 2012 – Sunday, June 24, 2012 at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, WA. The 2012 U.S. Olympic Team…
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Haunted Pool 2011
The folks at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center are not messing around. The place will be filled with more fake (or are they?) spiders, webs, skulls and severed limbs than you can shake a…well severed limb at. So come join in the fun on the 28th of this month. Here’s what you can look…
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PAC-10 swimming and diving championships return to the WKCAC
An opportunity to watch some of the West Coast’s best collegiate swimmers and divers is coming to the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in February for the PAC-10 Conference Swimming and Diving Championships. Want to watch all the action for free? Several PAC-10 swim caps will be hidden throughout the community in the days leading…
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Husky Invitational at the WKCAC
All you Husky and swim fans; the 2010 Husky Invitational is happening this Thursday to Saturday. Come on out and support the team, and enjoy the facility. Don’t worry we got out all the creepy pirates that were hiding in there from Halloween. Luckily there were some meddling kids that uncovered a plot by an…
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Come check out WKCAC’s fresh new face
After a month-long closure, the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center (WKCAC) has re-opened! Built in 1990 for the Goodwill Games, WKCAC was closed during the month of August for maintenance. All three pools were drained, cleaned, and repaired. Other work included expanding the dressing rooms and giving the place the ol’ once over with a…
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Everybody wants some…
YES you can hum the Van Halen tune whilst reading this post. We just thought we’d let you know that the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center will be hosting the NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships as well as the 2012 United States Olympic Diving Trials. Yeah, the facility and staff are that cool that…
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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.…
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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…
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WKCAC + PAC 10 = 1.5 more days
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PAC 10 is in effect today at 11
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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!
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PAC 10 Diving Championships drop in on the Aquatic Center
Come watch the best up and coming athletes compete in one of the nation’s top facilities. Seriously these are tomorrow’s Olympians, so come show some love. Event details here.
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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.
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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…
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State high school girls’ swimming & diving championship comes to WKCAC
This weekend, our Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center is hosting the 2009 Washington State High School Girls Swimming and Diving Championships (2A, 3A, and 4A). The competition begins Thursday, Nov 12 and runs through Saturday, Nov 14. Ticket information is available online from the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA). Several King County high schools will…
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12 records broken at US Open Swimming Championships at WKCAC…and it ain’t over yet
The US Open Swimming Championships are taking place at this very moment at our Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. There are still preliminaries and finals in several categories left to go, today and tomorrow. So far, a whopping 11 US Open records and 1 world record have been broken! Who knew people…
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US Open and the Speedo Junior National Championships
The Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center will be hosting both of these amazing events. 2009 US Open, August 4-8 The world’s eyes will turn to King County the first week of August as top athletes from around the world come to compete in this prestigious 5-day international event. Witness Olympic-caliber performances and join in the…
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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…