Well the 2013-2014 swim season is over for most of us and for those hanging around in Victoria, there will be maintenance swims available.
From August 6-15, 2014, summer maintenance practices will be held at UVic's McKinnon pool on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 5:30-7:00pm.
From August 18-22, 2014, summer maintenance practices will be held at UVic's Ian Stewart (outdoor) pool on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7:00-8:30pm.
The first day of competition net 2 more club records and some great swims from the PCS segment of the West Team.
At the out set of the meet Molly Gowans set the tone anchoring the 4x50 Medley Relay in a PB and handily won the 800 Fr in record time - her time of 8:55 set a new club mark. (Gowans 8:56 '14)
Jordan Andrusak set a new 200IM record for 15-17 girls going 2:17.2 (Moulton 2:17.95 '13)
UVPCS claims another medal. It was warm and sunny for the start of the 2.5 and 5km races south of Winnipeg.
Eden Kormendy took an early lead in the 2.5km race for 13 year girls. She had to relinquish near the end and settled for silver in a tightly contested race.
Alandra McDowell claimed bronze in a tie for 16-18 girls 5km race
Also competing were: Rachel Sawchuk (7th) 15 year girls and Justin Howe 7th in the field of 32 16 year boys.
It was a very strong final day of competition for Pacific Coast Swimming in Winnipeg culminating in the club's highest point score at the meet and more individual and relay records succumbing to the team's energy.
It was a very strong day for the Victoria crew. The morning performances were important today. "To have a chance to break into the top three for the final score on the girls side we needed to be strong today and make each race count". And make it count they did. Seven individual swims tonight plus 2 relays - all scoring except for one relay.
Day four preliminaries were a bit soft for the team. It was a strong day on paper for the Victoria crew but the athletes had some challenges staying focused as the days lengthen. As result the team had a numbers of prelim swims that ended just out of the finals.
This evenings performances showed little of that. Once on the blocks our athletes showed their tough competitive nature.
UVPCS was strong in the middle of the field and came up with some strong swims but was mainly kept off the podium tonight.
Twelve year old Jessica Luo in her first national competition just kept coming in the 100m Freestyle to finish in her best and 6th spot in 1:01. Minutes later she swam the 400m Individual medley jsut over her best for 7th place.
On the first day of competition the UVPCS Age Nationals squad were running hot.
Jessica Lou - in her first time at this level qualified 7th in prelims and maintained her position in finals netting PB's in each effort. She finished in 1:08.8
On the boys side Lucas Tyler cruised to his best time and a 6th spot in 57.8, setting a 15-17 Boys club record in teh process (Sinclair 58.96 '07
Canadian Age Group Nationals begin on Wednesday a 7:00am in Winnipeg. 850 of Canada's best up and coming swimmers will compete over the following five days. UVPCS will be represented by seventeen swimmers across the five age classifications.
Follow the results on our website. A webcast will be available at swimming.ca
