We are hiring! Are you passionate about swimming and teaching? We have a job for you! We are looking for coaching to teach our Lightning Fast program. This past year our Lightning Fast program has expanded to 9 pools across the Greater Victoria area, and we are looking for more coaches to join our team! Interested? View the attached PDF for benefits & information. Email your resume to lancasteraquatics@shaw.ca to join our family of champions today!
Our first Victoria swim meet showed successful for PCS with many best time, as well as Divisonal and Provincial Qualifiyng times. On day 3, we had a new club record for Katie McLaren in the 10&under 50m breaststroke with a time of 41.28
Congratulations to Varsity Head Coach Peter Vizsolyi entering his 40th year as Head Coach of the Vikes swim team, as well as working as Uvic-Pacific Coast Swimming's Technical Director of swimming for the past twenty years. Read more here. Via: University of Victoria Varisty Athletics.
With some pool closures, some groups will have modified group schedules for the month of September. Please contact your coach (contact information located in About Us --> Coaches-->) to confirm your swimmer's schedule.
Congratulations to former UVPCS swimmer Daniel Damian competed at the 2022 Canada Summer games as a triathlete. Damian swam with Pacific Coast Swimming for many years, with his family still actively involved with the club. Daniel's team of 4 in the mixed relay defended their gold title in the event. Damian also finished second in both of his individual events in the Niagara region to take home 3 medals from the 2022 Canada Summer Games.
The timed Sunday finals in Prince George finished well for our atheltes partcipating at 2022 BC Summer games. Our day started off with the 4x50m freestyle relay - the girl's team (E. Saska, K. Owens, A. Neal, & T. Stehpen) placed 3rd but just over a second. The Zone 6 boy's team (A. Camaraire, Z. Millns, R. Lee, & C. Gonzales) placed 4th with the top 4 teams within 1.5. Following the relays came 200m IM where Saska placed 9th overall in the timed finals. Right behind her was Avery Neal, placing 10th and taking off 1.3 seconds.
Saturday at BC summer games harboured another sucessful day for our athletes. To start us off, Avery Neal swam a superb 200m freestyle, dropping 2 seconds off her personal best and placing 3rd overall. Shortly behind Avery was Elizabeth, who placed 5th, moving up one spot and dropping 2.3 seconds off her best. Following the girls was the boy's 200m freestyle, where Alex went for his 3rd gold in the freestyle events, dropping almost 3 full seconds off his best for a time of 2:02.72. In the same race was Rubin, who took off a significant 8.5 seconds off his best time in the freestyle.
Friday was the first day of racing in Prince George for our 15 athletes who were selected to go to BC summer games. Between heats and finals swims, this bunch managed to finish with roaring best times and top 8 finishes.
