Vikes Alumnus and Pacific Coast Swimming standout MacKenzie Downing came second in the 200m Fly event at the Summer National Championships on Wednesday evening. Her time of 2:10.10 qualified her for Canada's squad competing at the Pan Pacific trials in Irving, California next month.
Downing led after the first 100m with a 1.01 second lead but down the stretch fellow Canadian Audrey Lacroix pulled ahead to clock in at 2:09.89.
On Sunday seven keen PCS swimmers got up early for a swim at the lake to support a great cause! These swimmers competed in the Thetis Lake Swim and gathered pledges to help end MS. The team raised well over $1000 (official total to come) and swam to some great results.
Our fourth night started off with Ryan Howe swimming to within a 100th of his best time in the 100 backstroke finishing 6th in a time of 1:04.09.
Next came Stefanie Schmidt in the same event finishing 3rd in a new club record time of 1:06.81 erasing Jayme Weimer`s old 100 meter backstroke record and also earning Stefanie a new National time.
Tonight the results were Ian Mattock taking off 4 seconds in the senior boys 400 IM and setting a new best time in 4:44.28 for 8th place.
Next was Ryan Howe swimming to a 5th place in the 50 back in a time a of 29.35 setting a new best time and closing in on the club record.
The club record for the 14&Under girls 4x200 freestyle relay was set by the relay team consisting of Salin Bol, Alex Kierstead, Rosie Moulton, Hanna Carter in a time of 9:06.45.