The 4x50 Freestyle relay of Anthony Gutierrez, Darisus Morrison, Keir Ogilvie, and Michael Schmidt broke their previous record from last summer by eight seconds, with a new time of 1:58.68. Anthony would go on to shave off 8 one hundreths of a second off of the 12&U 100 Free Club Record set in 2003 in a new time of 1:02.50. Keir broke one of the oldest PCS club records in the 12&U 200 Fly, beating former Vikes swimmer David Vizsolyi's 2:35.41 set in 2002 in a new time of 2:34.06 and finishing in second place.
It was a fast day one at the Hyack Youth Cup, with some tough competition from Albertan and American teams but the small PCS squad is sitting in 5th. The 4x50 Medley Relay team of Darius Morrison, Michael Schmidt, Keir Ogilvie, and Anthony Gutierrez broke the long standing VIR record from 1990 by over a second, with a new time of 2:10.18. Congratulations boys!
Other event highlights include: Jemma Stevens (11) - 3rd 400 IM
Twenty-two 10&U swimmers competed over the weekend at the First Annual 10&U Championship in Comox. They swam hard over three sessions and earned many top finishes, standards and best times.
The swimmers also appreciated their moms who sacrificed a day at the spa to hang-out pool side with the team!
Former Vike and Paralympic swimmer Michael Edgson has been announced as a member of the 2015 class of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, held in Calgary, AB. Edgson joined 10 others in this year's induction that included speed skater Susan Auch, ice hockey's Paul Coffey, freestyle skier Jennifer Heil and cyclist Lori-Ann Muenzer. The class of 2015 will be inducted on October 21, 2015.
Well, we all had a great time in our beachy wear at the 2015 Wavemaker Meet.
Ninety-eight UVPCS swimmers were out there making waves and swimming fast long course early in the Long Course season.
Some of the highlights were: Jemma Stevens came up big with 4 new AAA qualifying times; Nolan Crisp made his first AAA time in the 50 FL in 41.17s and is one of Pacific Coast Swimming`s first 8 year olds to do so!! Congrats Nolan following in his sisters footsteps!
There is a Coaching 101 course being offered at Uvic on the weekend of May 08, 09, 10. The course is the first step to becoming a certified coach and is only offered about twice a year. For further details, look for more information at:
Congratulations to Lucas Tyler, Lauren Crisp, Rachel Sawchuk and Molly Gowans on their selection to BC's Western Canada Games Team. Also to Coach Rod Barratt who will be the women's coach for the team. Swimming events take place in Fort Mc Murray August 13-15.
PCS and Vikes alumn and two time Olympian Christin Petelski was inducted into the UVic Vikes hall of fame this week. This is a great honour as Christin joins an amazing list of athletes of teams that have been inducted. A great video was created to present Christin and is linked below.
Jon McKay hit hard on the second half of the men's 400m Free climbing up the field over the second half to finish fifth in another PB. His last 200m was very competitive and brought him close to the podium. McKay was very pleased with his result noting he feels really ready for 1500m tomorrow.
Jon McKay advanced to the A final in 400m Freestyle in 7th spot with a personal best. Lauren Crisp also out did her previous best and climbed to 12th to earn a spot in the B Final and Molly Gowans, again w a lifetime best advnaced to 19th securing herspot for tonight. Yesterday Lauren Crisp had a PB in 50 back (30.58) and estblished a new 15-17 and senior club record in the process.
