Congratulations to Mariana Ponce de Leon, Kate Marcovitz, Nolan Crisp and Bill Dongfang and their coaches for being named to the National Age Group Relay Initiative! Their selection is based on their times posted prior to the pandemic in their 100 Free and 200 Free and/or 100 Stroke events. They are invited to a Zoom meeting to hear presentations from our National coaches in mid-April! PCS has an outstanding reputation as great relay swimmers who have learned relay skills and how to swim for their team.

Amazing turnout for our Krispy Kreme fundraiser on Saturday! If you can believe it, Simon and his family took home 116 boxes of donuts!! As a team, we sold over 1850 boxes - incredible job Bolts! We couldn't have done it without our amazing volunteers, led by Miranda and Doreen! Thank you so much for your support of our team! #GoBolts #uvpcs

Registration Update! We have upcoming spots for Lightning Fast 3, 4 and 5 on Saturdays 12:30-2:00 pm at Esquimalt! Sessions will also include dryland work and will run from April 10th until June 26th. Register online HERE or click HERE for more information! We can't wait to see you on deck! GO BOLTS!

The 2021 Virtual Vancouver Island Regional Championships were a big success! The VIRs looked a little different this year, having been held virtually all across the Island over the past month. PCS came away as the top club over the Island once again with an incredible 116 athletes participating. Athletes representing PCS won a Gold, Silver or Bronze medal in 98 out of 124 events and won gold in 14 out of 24 relay events.  Despite the difficult training circumstances this season, nearly every single PCS swimmer came away with a best time from last season. 

Don't forget PCS fam! Krispy Kreme order forms are due this coming Friday - bring them in to your coaches ASAP! If you sell more than 25 boxes, you will get a limited edition RED PCS shirt! Pick-up is March 6th at SCP! 

We are opening up some more spaces for LFSS 3 & 4 at UVic! The program will start March 1st and will run twice a week.

Time slots are:

Mon 2:30-3:30 PM

Fri 2:30-3:30 PM

Sat 8-9 AM

Sun 7:30-8:30 AM

Register online now HERE!

Looking for a way to make winter walks more fun for your kids? This article from Active for Life introduces a 5 Senses Walk you can do with your kids the next time you're out on the trail or by the water! See the full article HERE. 

Mareya Valeva, from UVic Women's Swimming, is the first recipient of the Sybil Verch Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame Award from the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame (GVSHoF) and University of Victoria Vikes Athletics and Recreation! The Sybil Verch Award is awarded to an undergraduate woman student entering UVic from a secondary school in the Greater Victoria region who competes on a Vikes Varsity team. This is the award's inaugural year.
 

Attention doughnut lovers! This month, we will be organizing a Krispy Kreme doughnut fundraiser! Try to sell 10 boxes for $10 each! Pre-order forms should be out this week and will be due by February 27th. Orders will arrive and be available for pick up March 6th! Please contact Miranda Benn (mirandabenn@gmail.com) if you have any questions. Bolts, let's see how much we can raise!

Original Article on SwimmingWorldMagazine.Com

by ANGELLE CORTES

28 January 2021, 12:42pm

"When it comes to swimming, it’s something I know how to do. But if you were to put me in my university’s swim practice for a day, I would absolutely be beat by the warmup. Personally, I think swimming is such a cool sport and I regret not continuing swim club and taking part in the sport in high school.