2011-2012

The 2012 Canada West University Championships wrapped up in Edmonton today.

Day 2 of The 2012 Canada West Championships boasted several finals and a CIS qualification for our UVic swimmers. 

The first UVic swimmer of the evening was Siobhan Newell in the B final of the 400IM, where she took 1^st place (9^th overall), and qualified for the CIS standard, clocking in at 5:02.28.  Newell also competed in a second event in the 200 Freestyle, nabbing 4^th in the B final with a time of 2:07.96.

16 UVic swimmers headed to Edmonton yesterday morning to take part in the 2012 Canada West University Championships, and with a few flight delays, arrived just in time for warm-ups. 

The distance events were up first: despite battling an illness this week, Zac Parkes was able to swim a strong back end in his 1500, placing 3^rd in his heat, only to be edged out of the bronze medal by a swimmer in a separate heat.    

With the FINA World Cup coming up this weekend in Brazil, Swimming Canada featured the following article highlighting UVPCS talent Richard Weinberger:

Seven Canadian swimmers will be taking part in the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup this Sunday in Santos, Brazil with hopes of getting closer to an Olympic berth.

Competition in Austin wound down today, with our UVPCS swimmers both competing in the 200 Butterfly as their last event. Both Rachael Newman and Nicholas Sinclair made the consolation final, and set personal best times.

Newman placed 14^th overall with a time of 2:18.23, while Sinclair finished in 11^th place with a time of 2:04.87.