Commonwealth was a busy and exciting place this weekend with 2022 Bell Canadian Trials taking place, hosted by Swimming Canada & co-hosted by Island Swimming and yours truly. For the first time in almost three years, we had over 500 athletes filling Commonwealth Pool from 131 clubs all across Canada. Uvic - Pacific Coast Swimming had 19 swimmers competiting in various events over the course of the six day comeptition.
We have Masters group (18+) availability at Crystal Pool on Tuesday / Thursday mornings, 6:15- 7:30am. Come join us for a morning swim to start your day! All levels and skill abilities welcome. To register, click here.
The last and final day of 2022 U-Sport Championships proved sucessful for the Vikes Swimmers with 3 additional school records, to total of 12 new Vikes records set this competition and one bronze medal for Sophie Tarrant in 200m breaststroke. The Vikes finished the morning prelims with three bids to the A Finals, four to the B Finals, and two to the C Finals on the final day of racing.
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Day 2 of 3 at U-Sport Championships we had four new vikes record set by Sophie Tarrant (200m breastroke), Jacob Rambo (100m backstroke), & A. Stull, R. Millns, J. Rambo, and W. Risk (Men's 4x200m freestyle relay).
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Our affiliated Uvic-Vikes swim team are tearing it up in Quebec at 2022 U-Sport Swimming Championships! 5 of the Vikes swimmers set new Vikes Records already on day 1. A total of 16 Vikes earned swims in the finals, with one A Final, seven B Final, and eight C Final bids secured after the prelims.
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All programs and practices will run regulalry through the two weeks of spring break. This includes Lightning Fast, Recreational Programs, Competitive Programs, and School Teams unless otherwise noted.
It has been a busy weekend at Commonwealth Pool with over 720 swimmers competing in this year's 2022 Swim BC Provincial Championships. Our team of Pacific Coast Swimming qualifiers have been shining with some fantastic performances so far this weekend. On Friday, Conor Poulin qualified for his first Canadian Westerns cut in 400m freestyle. Elizabeth Saska (first provincial compeition) came third in both the 100m freestyle & 50m backstroke.
What better way to spend the weekend than at a swim meet with 84 other team mates?
85 of our Pacific Coast Swimming swimmers spent the weekend racing at Duncan's 2022 Spring Invitational swim meet. From first time racers to provincial qualifiers, we had an action-packed weekend of cheering & racing. Congratulations to the newly qualified regional, divisional, and provincial qualifiers from this weekend! Thank you to the Duncan Stingrays for hosting the competition & to all officials, volunteers and coordinators for making the meet run smoothly.
