University of Victoria Vikes coach Peter Vizsolyi and team - Whitney Buczkowski, Ryan Clouston, Carlene Creyke, Eleanora Dalling, Derek Doerksen, MacKenzie Downing, Cody Flegel, David Killy, Danielle Newton, Ben Partridge, Jessica Pietrusiak, Jeff Saganski, Annika Schmuck, Liz Sissons and David Vizsolyi competed at UBC in Vancouver this weekend at the 2009 Canadian Inter-University Swimming Championships. CIS takes place in short course (25m) format and features Canada’s best University swimmers.

Coach Ron Jacks and a small crew of three swimmers – Ian Mattock, Jacob McKee and Kody Mitchell – travelled to Edmonton to compete at SNC Westerns this past weekend. Congratulations to Ian Mattock, who finished twelfth overall from the 17 & over B-final in both 100 & 200 Breaststroke. Also in the top-16, Kody Mitchell, competing in the 16 & under category, finished just outside A-finals at ninth in the 50 Breastroke in preliminaries; unfortunately there were no B-finals for the younger age group.

The two-day BC Senior Short Course Championships wrapped up Saturday at UBC in Vancouver. This meet includes a four-swimmer A-final with the usual 8-lane B-final for 12 final positions.

UVPCS University swimmers and coach Peter Vizsolyi had a successful weekend at the Canada West University Championships.

Congratulations to all our UVPCS swimmers and coaches on their fine performances in Comox at the Vancouver Island Region (VIR) Short Course Championships!! Highlights included lots of best times, top-8 and medal finishes and a new club record.

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As always, complete details are available on our results page.

The Junior Pan Pacific Championships are taking place January 8-12 in Guam, and UVPCS swimmer Nicholas Sinclair is on the Canadian team.

Like the Pan Pacific Championships, there are restrictions on how many swimmers from each country proceed to finals - only three swimmers advance, with a maximum of two in A-finals - so not only must the athletes swim fast in morning heats, but they have to rank top-3 within their country to earn a second swim.

Calgary Patriots’ coach Jamie Connors clearly suffers from an excess of curiosity – over the December break he collected results from eight meets at the end of the Fall 2008 cycle and pooled (pun intended) the results to form a “virtual” Western Age Group Championship meet.

In November, Swimming Canada sponsored a 5k Freestyle Pool Challenge across the country. Congratulations to UVic-PCS athletes Richard Weinberger (1st) and David Creel (1st) for being the top finishers across Canada in their age groups. Other top-8 finishers were Ryan Clouston (2nd), MacKenzie Downing (3rd), Caleigh Filmer (4th), Ryan Howe (4th), Evan Letkeman (5th), Stefanie Schmidt (6th), and Zac Parkes (7th).

Starting Monday, coach Mark Lancaster is taking a sabbatical, during which Mark and his family are travelling to Australia. UVPCS wishes Mark and his family a wonderful trip and safe & happy return!! Coach John Stamhuis, who has been working with Mark and C-group since September, will be taking over C-group during Mark's absence.