Mission

The mission of Los Altos Mountain View Aquatic Club is to coach each swimmer to achieving goals in a safe environment and to create a lifelong love of swimming. LAMVAC does this through supportive coaching, by fostering a fun and friendly community for swimmers and parents and by instilling values of perseverance and hard work.

Safe Sport

As a USA Swimming team, LAMVAC embraces the Safe Sport policies, ensuring that no form of abuse, including child sexual abuse, has a place in swimming.

History

1960: Nort Thornton, who later became the head coach at the University of California, Berkeley, started the Foothill Aquatic Club. It produced swimmers who won a string of major championships, and by the 1970s, the club boasted four Olympians.

1974: The merchants of Los Altos co-sponsored the growing club, which was renamed Los Altos Aquatic Club. The club trained at Covington Pool, and by 1979, LAAC swimmers ranked in the nation's top 20.

1984: Under the leadership of Head Coach Kevin Perry, the team moved to the pool at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills.

1990: LAAC expanded to serve the community of Mountain View through its Eagle Park pool and became known as Los Altos Mountain View Aquatic Club (LAMVAC).

Non-profit Status

Los Altos Mountain View Aquatic Club is a 501(c)(3) organization. The nonprofit tax ID is 94-2676096.

Team fees and the revenue from the two annual club-hosted swim meets do not fully cover all the expenses for the team. Each year, LAMVAC holds additional events to meet the financial needs of our team. All members are expected to assist with fundraising events.