Vancouver Island Regional Highlights

Congratulations to the 94 swimmers who competed up island in Nanaimo at the 2025 long course Vancouver Island Regional Championships this past weekend. Pacific Coast Swimming successfully took home their 11th straight win in a row at VIR championships. 

A big congratulations to our event winners: 

• Girls 11-12 200m freestyle relay: A. Chen, S. Lemmon, V. Lundgren, E. Chernenkoff
• Boys 11-12 200m freestyle relay: M. Rinzsch, L. Schroeder, D. Francois, A. Stamhuis
• Girls 13-14 200m freestyle relay: A. Hill, Z. Leong, S. Thrift, K. McLaren
• Boys 13-14 200m freestyle relay: E. Eide, E. Safnuk, E. Zhang, N. Zhang
• Girls 10&under 100m breaststroke: Vicky Zhu (1:39.68)
• Girls 11-12 100m breaststroke: Juliana Roper (1:30.78)
• Girls 13-14 100m breaststroke: Averie Hill (1:18.85)
• Boys 11-12 100m breaststroke: Derek Francois (1:27.30)
• Boys 13-14 100m breaststroke: Ezra Safnuk (1:15.26)
• Girls 11-12 100m butterfly: Ada Chen (2:33.32)
• Boys 13-14 200m butterfly: Evan Eide (2:22.70)
• Girls 11-12 50m backstroke: Violet Lundgren (35.10)
• Girls 11-12 200m IM: Ada Chen (2:37.60)
• Girls 13-14 200m IM: Averie Hill (2:35.77)
• Boys 13-14 200m IM: Noah Zhang (2:28.96)
• Girls 11-12 50m freestyle: Sophie Lemmon (30.71)
• Boys 11-12 50m freestyle: Ari Stamhuis (28.79)
• Boys 13-14 50m freestyle: Evan Eide (25.94)
• Boys 10&under 200m medley relay: S. Massyn, O. Lecours, N. Brown, R. Thrift
• Boys 10&under 50m butterfly: Noah Brown (37.09)
• 8x50m Club Relay: V. Zhu, N. Brown, E. Chernenkoff, A. Stamhuis, A. Hill, E. Eide, I. Meyer, R. Lee
• Girls 10&under 100m backstroke: Vicky Zhu (1:29.72)
• Boys 10&under 100m backstroke: Robson Thrift (1:27.19)
• Girls 11-12 100m backstroke: Violet Lundgren (1:13.34)
• Boys 10&under 100m freestyle: Noah Brown (1:16.65)
• Girls 11-12 200m freestyle: Ada Chen (2:13.56)
• Boys 11-12 200m freestyle: Derek Francois (2:21.48)
• Boys 13-14 200m freestyle: Evan Eide (2:06.07)
• Girls 11-12 50m butterfly: Ada Chen (31.52)
• Boys 13-14 50m butterfly: Evan Eide (28.06)
• Girls 13-14 200m breaststroke: Katie McLaren
• Boys 15&over 200m breaststroke: Nolan Greenwood (2:39.92)
• Girls 10&under 200m freestyle relay: A. Shrimpton, G. Minniti, B. Milne, V. Zhu
• Boys 10&under 200m freestyle relay: S. Massyn, J. Williams, R. Thrift, N. Brown
• Boys 10&under 50m breaststroke: Oban Lecours (46.22)
• Boys 10&under 50m freestyle: Noah Brown (34.50)
• Boys 10&under 200m freestyle: Julien Williams (2:53.23)
• Girls 11-12 200m medley relay: V. Lundgren, J. Roper, A. Chen, E. Chernenkoff
• Boys 11-12 200m medley relay: M. Rinzsch, D. Francois, A. Stamhuis, L. Schroeder
• Girls 11-12 100m freestyle: Ada Chen (1:02.63)
• Boys 11-12 100m freestyle: Ari Stamhuis (1:03.47)
• Boys 13-14 100m freestyle: Evan Eide (56.21)
• Girls 11-12 50m breaststroke: Juliana Roper (39.84)
• Girls 13-14 50m breaststroke: Averie Hill (35.81)
• Boys 13-14 50m breaststroke: Ethan Zhang (34.64)
• Girls 11-12 200m backstroke: Violet Lundgren (2:38.34)
• Girls 15&over 200m backstroke: Mila Chernenkoff (2:33.81)
• Boys 15&over 200m backstroke: Rubin Lee (2:13.46)
• Girls 11-12 100m butterfly: Ada Chen (1:08.25)
• Boys 11-12 100m butterfly: Ari Stamhuis (1:09.70)
• Boys 13-14 100m butterfly: Evan Eide (1:03.74)

Congratulations to our new qualifiers over the weekend as well as coaches Mark Lancaster, Rod Barratt, Ian Mattock and Anika Blane:

• Lukas Schroeder - Provincial qualifying time in the 400m IM
• Mauricio Rinzsch - Provincial qualifying times in the 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke & the 50m butterfly
• Luka Williams - Provincial qualifying time in the 200m breaststroke
• Arnav GC - Divisional qualifying times in the 100m & 400m freestyle
• Karina McDougall - Divisional qualifying time in the 800m freestyle
• Libby Hagel - Divisional qualifying time in the 800m freestyle
• Tessa Hill - Divisional qualifying time in the 50m breaststroke
• Charlotte Rosen - Divisional qualifying time in the 200m breaststroke
• Evan Eide - new Club Record in the 50m freestyle with a time of 25.21