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Adaptive Sports Northwest Swimming Programs include adaptive swimming, beginning swim instruction, individual swim lessons, and swimming clinics. The program also offers a youth adaptive swimming team called the Portland Piranhas, along with swimming practice, swimming training opportunities, and both adaptive swim meets and school or club swim meets.
• Ages: 10–18 years old
• Schedule: Swimming practices and meets on select Sundays, including afternoon practices and scheduled swim meets
Adaptive Sports Northwest’s Youth Adaptive Swimming Team, the Portland Piranhas, serves as a transition from basic swimming lessons to a competitive or recreational team environment. ASNW’s Piranhas swim team is for athletes capable of independently completing the length of the pool (25 yards), who can follow sequential commands, and who are members of Adaptive Sports Northwest. The goal of the athletes on the Portland Piranhas is to be able to compete on a school or club team, and the team offers training so athletes can compete at adaptive swim meets and school or club meets with peers. Adaptive Sports Northwest welcomes swimming athletes of all Paralympic classifications.
Adaptive Sports Northwest provides fitness, recreation, and competitive sport to anyone with physical and visual disabilities and provides adaptive sports and recreation opportunities to those in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Adaptive Sports Northwest has provided life-changing opportunities to children and adults with physical disabilities since 1982 and states that it provides access and support so that participants may nurture the mind, body, and spirit through sports and recreation.
The coaching staff for the swimming programs includes Emma Hopson. The leadership team includes Executive Director Jen Armbruster, Operations & Development Manager Tracy Meyer, Programs Coordinator Mat Weber, Communications Coordinator JD Duran, Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator Sami Faile, and Program Specialist Bruce Cheatham, along with board members and officers Kalin Boodman (President), Judi Hall (Treasurer), Carly Schmidt, Diane Penny, Lauri Vela, Emily Quinn, Dave Godwin, Courtney Knapp, Jennifer Pidkowicz, Shannon Parker, and Pat Latham.
Parent and athlete testimonials mention swimming with Adaptive Sports Northwest, including one swimmer who reports improving strokes, times, and turns on the Portland Piranhas Paraswim Team and competing at district and state levels, and another swimmer who describes Adaptive Sports Northwest as important to their ability to participate in sports among others with various disabilities. Another parent notes that their son has enjoyed growing as an athlete in swimming and track and field with Adaptive Sports Northwest.
Last updated March 30, 2026.
• Ages: 10–18 years old
• Schedule: Swimming practices and meets on select Sundays, including afternoon practices and scheduled swim meets
Adaptive Sports Northwest’s Youth Adaptive Swimming Team, the Portland Piranhas, serves as a transition from basic swimming lessons to a competitive or recreational team environment. ASNW’s Piranhas swim team is for athletes capable of independently completing the length of the pool (25 yards), who can follow sequential commands, and who are members of Adaptive Sports Northwest. The goal of the athletes on the Portland Piranhas is to be able to compete on a school or club team, and the team offers training so athletes can compete at adaptive swim meets and school or club meets with peers. Adaptive Sports Northwest welcomes swimming athletes of all Paralympic classifications.
Adaptive Sports Northwest provides fitness, recreation, and competitive sport to anyone with physical and visual disabilities and provides adaptive sports and recreation opportunities to those in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Adaptive Sports Northwest has provided life-changing opportunities to children and adults with physical disabilities since 1982 and states that it provides access and support so that participants may nurture the mind, body, and spirit through sports and recreation.
The coaching staff for the swimming programs includes Emma Hopson. The leadership team includes Executive Director Jen Armbruster, Operations & Development Manager Tracy Meyer, Programs Coordinator Mat Weber, Communications Coordinator JD Duran, Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator Sami Faile, and Program Specialist Bruce Cheatham, along with board members and officers Kalin Boodman (President), Judi Hall (Treasurer), Carly Schmidt, Diane Penny, Lauri Vela, Emily Quinn, Dave Godwin, Courtney Knapp, Jennifer Pidkowicz, Shannon Parker, and Pat Latham.
Parent and athlete testimonials mention swimming with Adaptive Sports Northwest, including one swimmer who reports improving strokes, times, and turns on the Portland Piranhas Paraswim Team and competing at district and state levels, and another swimmer who describes Adaptive Sports Northwest as important to their ability to participate in sports among others with various disabilities. Another parent notes that their son has enjoyed growing as an athlete in swimming and track and field with Adaptive Sports Northwest.
Last updated March 30, 2026.
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