Weekly Update: Week of Jan 7, 2026 Weekly Character Value: Goal Oriented - Setting and striving for both individual and team goals. “Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.” – Denis Waitley Goal setting, as a skill, is taught and practiced in both sports and business settings. As a FAST team member, our coaches will teach the skills to identify appropriate goals, athletes learn how to break a goal into smaller,...

Weekly Update: Week of December 22nd Congratulations to the four FAST student-athletes named to the 2025 Scholastic All-American team by USA Swimming: Pierce Bickerton, Ella Gaca Thiele, Brennen O’Neil, and Jayden Putman. Swimmers who achieve All-American time standards and maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher are eligible for recognition; we’re proud of the four student-athletes representing FAST! Upcoming Events: FAST Private Lessons: monthly availability with multiple FAST coaches in January and February 2026 Family Information Presentation: Nutrition Made Simple Guest Speaker: Valor Elite Nutritionist Location: SCHEELS, 2nd floor meeting room...

Week of December 15th Congratulations to all of our mid-season competitors! We had an outstanding showing at the Bill Spahn Mid-Season Finale, including a slew of new CSI Age Group Championship qualifying times, new Western Zone AG Zone/SR Zone qualifying times, and Sectional qualifying times. While the majority of the team raced at home, we also had three swimmers compete at the 2025 USA Swimming Winter Junior National meet in Austin, TX. There, Brennen, Raleigh, and Ella all notched new best times. FAST completed the meet with 52% lifetime best...

Week of November 24th It’s been a pleasure to see how many swimmers made it to the pool this Thanksgiving week! From Nova/Fireball swimmers competing for Turkey costumes made by Coach MacK to full Friday PM practices to our returning alumni, EPIC has been vibrant and exciting this week. I want to personally thank the alumni who returned for Thanksgiving practices; the effect of FAST’s focus on World Class Character for decades was apparent- alumni were respectful, helpful, engaging, focused on being a part of practice and not just a...

Huntsman World Senior Games At the Huntsman World Senior Games last week, FAST swimmers competed and two athletes set pending State records in Short Course Meters! Congratulations to: Christy Coughlin W 60-64 100 IM Patty Gaynor W 65-69 50 back and 50 breast Scary FAST : Congratulations Competitors! Fresh off a weekend of racing, FAST swimmers are back in the water and learning from the racing experience at our home-hosted Scary FAST swim meet. Thank you to all the family volunteers who signed up well in advance of our team...

Register for the new season here: Registation Link We looking forward to seeing you in the pool soon!

Good evening FAST Families, I’m excited to be in Ft. Collins and a part of the Fort Collins Area Swim Team! My family and I are settling in and exploring town slowly. I have had the pleasure of meeting with staff members and Aquatics personnel over the past week and have enjoyed the process of setting up for a successful SCY season and beyond. Each week, you can expect a Weekly Update from me on Wednesday evening. Our Weekly Updates will include any pertinent information for the upcoming week. Coach...

Hello Families, We have posted our end of summer evaluation dates. We look forward to seeing you and kicking off the new 2025-26 shortcourse season together. Please feel free to share this information with families and freinds that are looking to join our team! Evaluation Dates and Times: Following dates and times will be held at EPIC. Please meet in the lobby by the tables and chairs facing the pool area, a FAST Coach will meet you there. Swimmers need to be in a swim suit, with googles, caps are...

Dear FAST Families, Here is our summer schedule which will begin on Monday June 2nd. Some groups may have some practices later this month that move to Timnath Ranch Pool, but those changes will be communicated to individual groups. Please share any questions that you have with me. Go FAST! Coach Doug

Coach Mike has been featured in the Coloradoan. The story is posted here.