Congratulations to Keir Ogilvie, taking his first Provincial medal with a bronze in the 11&U boys 200m fly.
Anya Pasemko took the second medal for PCS and added to her brother Kier's for the second medal for her family, swimming to top spot in 12-13 girls 100m backstroke.
Jessica Luo captured silver in the 11&U girls 200m IM
And rounding out the day, Michael Schmidt swam to gold in the 11&U boys 200m IM.
MONTREAL - Two-time Olympian Stephanie Horner of Montreal has been named chair of the Swimming Canada Athletes Council.
The 24-year-old brings a mix of experience that made her an excellent choice for the role, which also includes representing athletes on the Swimming Canada selection committee.
“I’m extremely pleased to announce that Stephanie has enthusiastically agreed to come on board and jump into this role,” said John Atkinson, Swimming Canada’s high performance director.
On the first of three days for the conference championship, the Vikes logged only one medal but several Vikes had top-10 finishes in their respective events. The men's team totals are currently held by first-place UBC (218), while the hosting Dinos trail in second with 163 points.
The results from day two of the FastSwim Invitational are in…PCS is swimming tough. We had major time drops and some great racing. With one more day to go we are looking forward to another exciting set of competition.
Day one of the Fastswim Invitational in Richmond was golden for the PCS swimmers.
200IM Girls Lauren Crisp swam her best to take top spot in the 12-13 girls 2:24 Jordan Andrusak also claimed gold in the 14-15 girls at 2:20 Molly Gowans stepped up with her best ever for 2nd
Santa and all the Elves tapped together a very fine performance over the weekend. Months of work in the preparation phase go into the production of the annual Xmas Cracker competition. 100’s of hours are invested by many people to create the atmosphere in which over 700 incredible young people race each year. This culmination of enthusiasm skill and speed attracts athletes from all over Western Canada and the buzz in the pool makes for fast swimming
The PCS Xmas Cracker is finished for another year and a huge Thank You! to all our volunteers and officials for helping us to put on a great meet. Special Thanks! to our Xmas Cracker Organinzing Committee who put in some very long days getting all the logistical issues sorted out and providing training to all our new meet officials.
Congratulations are also in order for all the swimmers and coaches. There were over 700 swimmers at the meet and some very fast swims were posted Well done everyone!
We look forward to seeing you all next year. Happy Holidays!
