2014-2015

It was an exciting final day at the Hyack Youth Cup with many more podium finishes and club records being broken. Michael Schmidt knocked off five tenths from the 11-12 boys 100 Breast VIR record, set in 1989 with a new time of 1:14.44. In a huge best time, Anthony Gutierrez beat former Vike swimmer Craig Dagnall's 400 Free club record (4:49.02, 2003) in a new time of 4:45.92.

The 4x50 Freestyle relay of Anthony Gutierrez, Darisus Morrison, Keir Ogilvie, and Michael Schmidt broke their previous record from last summer by eight seconds, with a new time of 1:58.68. Anthony would go on to shave off 8 one hundreths of a second off of the 12&U 100 Free Club Record set in 2003 in a new time of 1:02.50. Keir broke one of the oldest PCS club records in the 12&U 200 Fly, beating former Vikes swimmer David Vizsolyi's 2:35.41 set in 2002 in a new time of 2:34.06 and finishing in second place.

It was a fast day one at the Hyack Youth Cup, with some tough competition from Albertan and American teams but the small PCS squad is sitting in 5th.  The 4x50 Medley Relay team of Darius Morrison, Michael Schmidt, Keir Ogilvie, and Anthony Gutierrez broke the long standing VIR record from 1990 by over a second, with a new time of 2:10.18.  Congratulations boys!

Other event highlights include:
Jemma Stevens (11) - 3rd 400 IM

Kathryn Lee (11) - 1st 200 Fly

Anthony Gutierrez (12) - 3rd 1500 Free 

Twenty-two 10&U swimmers competed over the weekend at the First Annual 10&U Championship in Comox. They swam hard over three sessions and earned many top finishes, standards and best times.

The swimmers also appreciated their moms who sacrificed a day at the spa to hang-out pool side with the team!

Former Vike and Paralympic swimmer Michael Edgson has been announced as a member of the 2015 class of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, held in Calgary, AB. Edgson joined 10 others in this year's induction that included speed skater Susan Auch, ice hockey's Paul Coffey, freestyle skier Jennifer Heil and cyclist Lori-Ann Muenzer. The class of 2015 will be inducted on October 21, 2015.

Well, we all had a great time in our beachy wear at the 2015 Wavemaker Meet.

Ninety-eight UVPCS swimmers were out there making waves and swimming fast long course early in the Long Course season.

Some of the highlights were:
Jemma Stevens came up big with 4 new AAA qualifying times;
Nolan Crisp made his first AAA time in the 50 FL in 41.17s and is one of Pacific Coast Swimming`s first 8 year olds to do so!! Congrats Nolan following in his sisters footsteps!

There is a Coaching 101 course being offered at Uvic on the weekend of May 08, 09, 10. The course is the first step to becoming a certified coach and is only offered about twice a year.  For further details, look for more information at:

https://registration.swimming.ca/CourseDetails.aspx?courseid=450