VICTORIA - University of Victoria Vikes alumna Mackenzie Downing was honoured Saturday, Dec. 7 as she was inducted into the University of Victoria's swimming Platinum Circle of Excellence during the eleventh annual Christmas Cracker swim meet at Saanich Commonwealth Place. Downing is among the all time Vike leaders with seventeen CIS medals in her UVic career.
LiveResults at PCS Xmas Cracker are different from other meets – morning heats at the Cracker take place in three pools! Preliminary results from all three pools must be combined event by event to produce the list of swimmers who proceed to evening finals. This list will appear in the West pool completed events. So… regardless of where your team competed (West, East or Tank) you will find morning results compiled in the West pool sessions.
Vikes men’s swimming recruit, Jon McKay, was announced as a recipient of the Victor Davis Award at Swimming Canada’s Big Splash Awards Week. The Victor Davis Memorial Fund was established as a tribute to Victor’s contribution to competitive swimming in Canada. It is awarded to promising, high-performance Canadian amateur athletes to support them to continue their training, education, and pursuit of medals at the international level of completion.
Members of the Vikes and PCS Senior Group are showing great early season progress.
Richard Bourgeois secured his ticket to the 2014 CIS Swimming Championships in Toronto qualifying in the 100-meter breaststroke at the Pacific Coast Swimming Blue Gold time trial, November 23 at Saanich Commonwealth Place.
Gowans took on the challenge of a faster US competitor and breaks VIR record in 200Fr
14 year old Gowans set a more moderate pace than in the heats over the first 50m. This set her up to take down the Vancouver Island Record and club record but in second spot.. She put a great effort into the final 50m falling just short of Metzsch of Portland the event winner by .26.
The 2013 UVPCS Awards Night is next Wednesday, November 13th.
If you and your family were planning to attend and you have not RSVP'ed yet, please go to the online system and register to attend this event. The RSVP period will be closing on Sunday so that we can get a final tally of registrants and finalize our preparations for the event
It promises to be a fun evening as we recognize the achievements of our athletes! See you at Awards Night!
Hey swim families, it's November 6th and that means the 2013 UVPCS Xmas Cracker swim meet is only a month away. Cracker is one of our signature swim meets and is also one of the largest meets in Western Canada. Currently we have over 600 swimmers scheduled to attend.
Congratulations to the following PCS swimmers who have been selected to participate in the Swim BC Regional Camp November 23-24, 2013 at Crystal pool: Jessica Luo, Michael Schmidt, Darius Morrison, Grace MacDonald and Ben Gyorkos.
14 year old Jordan Andrusak highlighted the Age Group ranks of the season opener Senior Circuit meet at Saanich Commonwealth Place on Saturday with a sack of personal bests, broke her own club record in the 400IM and served notice that the regional record is in jeopardy. It is early days in 2013-14 but she showed she is rolling it out fast.
