Articles with the Tag: Mission Valley Aquatic Center
News from Lake Monsters Swim Team POLSON — Mission Valley’s newest athletic team is making some big waves in the swimming world. Formed last November, the Lake Monsters Swim Team recently had two qualifiers compete in the Montana Long Course State Championships in late July. Swimmers 8-year...
News from Mission Valley Aquatic Center POLSON — The 12th annual Polson Bay’s Water Daze 1.2-mile swim across Polson Bay will take place Saturday, Aug. 2. Registration opens at 10 a.m. at Boettcher Park. Transportation is provided from Boettcher Park to City Docks at 12:15 p.m., and the ...
POLSON — Soaking wet kids carried containers of water and manned the hose on the Mission Valley Aquatic Center’s lawn July 3, as adults visited in the shade of a myriad of colorful umbrellas. The MVAC was celebrating its one-year anniversary with an ice-cream social fundraiser. “This ...
POLSON — “Movement is the best medicine,” Katie Levine said. Levine is the programs coordinator for the Arthritis Foundation, based out of the Missoula office. Diagnosed with arthritis herself, Levine and Arthritis Foundation Aquatics Program Trainer Gina VanVoorhies were ...
MISSOULA — Eight-year-old swimmer Hannah Simpson was the lone qualifier to represent the Flathead Lake Monsters at State in their inaugural year. On Friday, Simpson competed in the Montana State Championship State Swim Meet held at the University of Montana Griz pool, placing 33rd in the 25-yard backst...
The first home meet for the Flathead Lake Monsters took place Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Mission Valley Aquatic Center. The Flathead Valley Team Cup meet drew 119 swimmers, including 56 Lake Monsters, 39 Kalispell Aquatic Team Swimming (KATS) participants and 24 Wave Riders from Whitefish. A perpetual trophy,...
POLSON — With the biggest, most I’m-so-happy grin, Chuck Lockwood floats on his back across the Mission Valley Aquatic Center therapy pool, his flippered feet kicking. Right behind him is instructor Sharon Murphy with a hand on Chuck’s flotation belt, smiling, talking to Chuck and ...
With the opening of the Mission Valley Aquatic Center came summer swim lessons, and with those lessons a budding USA swim team. Under the guidance of swim coach Mark Johnston and assistants Dana Johnston and Jeff Smith, the Lake Monsters are well on their way to making a splash on the USA swim circu...
POLSON — With Flathead Lake water temperature in the lower 70s, many Water Daze swimmers opted for a wetsuit, but not Kathy Guinn. Guinn, from Idaho, swims without a wetsuit and enjoys the cool water. She grew up in northern California, used to colder water, but her cut-off temperature is 60 degrees...
News from Mission Valley Aquatics POLSON — Mission Valley Aquatics has secured $6 million in permanent financing to support the Mission Valley Aquatic Center through Montana CDC and U.S. Bank. Founded in 2002, Mission Valley Aquatics is a Lake County based not-for-profit created to build an...
