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Eric Hedlin claims 2nd at Canadian Open Water Trials, qualifies for Worlds

Uvic-Pacific Coast Swimming's open water team traveled to the Cayman Islands this week for the Canadian Open Water Swimming trials. Swimmers Eric Hedlin, Jon McKay, Elijah Agostineli, and Chantel Jeffrey took a trip arond the globe alongside coaches Ryan Clouston and Ian Mattock to compete in a 5km and 10km open water race. 

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VIKES swimmer William to represent Canada at 'Best Fest' in Spain

Vikes athlete William Risk headed off to Mallorca, Spain today for an international Open Water competition called the 'Best Fest' - one of 25 athletes representing Canada. Will qualified for the team as part of Team Ontario, his home province. His qualifications came from his 1500m freestyle result at World Trials in April 2022. He will be racing the 5km race on May 29th, the 1.5km swim on May 31st, and the 10km swim on June 2nd. Risk also has the potential to be a part of the 4x500m relay event on June 3rd.

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Hedlin to Represent Canada at the FINA World Championships

A big congratulations to Eric Hedlin (Uvic Alumni) for qualifying for the FINA World Championships this past weekend based off of his performance in the 1500m freestyle. Eric will represent Canada in the open water FINA championships taking place in Budapest, Hungary at the end of June. Coach Ryan Clouston will be representing UVPCS as Eric's coach during this event. Eric was one of seven swimmers chosen to represent Canada in the Open Water category. 

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Canadians Settle for 11th in Debut of Open Water Relay at Worlds

*From original story from cbc.ca

Canada's Richard Weinberger, Stephanie Horner, Eric Hedlin and Breanne Siwicki completed FINA's first ever team relay in 11th place at the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Hungary, on Thursday.

The new mixed relay format was a first at the world championships level and saw teams use a variety of strategies and swimmer orders to compete.

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Times Colonist Story About PCS Open Water Program and World Championships!

This was not the splash Eric Hedlin was hoping to make as the lead-off swimmer for Canada at the 2017 FINA world aquatics championships in Budapest on Saturday. The Victoria athlete finished 14th in the men’s 5K open-water, an event in which he won the silver medal at the 2013 world championships.

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Eric Hedlin Places 14th in World Championships 5km Swim!

Opening up the World Championships in Hungary, the men raced the 5km open water race today.  PCS and Vikes swimmer Eric Hedlin was near the front from start to finish, holding ~6th place for a while, before dropping to ~25th near the middle of the race before fighting his way up to 11th and ultimately finishing 14th overall in the field of 60 top international athletes.

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Mock, McKay Make Jr Pan Pac Open Water Team

Vicky Mock and Jon McKay both came up big on the day in the 10km race in the Canadian Jr Pan Pac Selection trials at the Flowers Sea Swim in Grand Cayman. The race went well for both PCS competitiors. Jon McKay finished the men's event in second spot overall and as the first Canadian giving him an open water spot on the Jr Pan Pac Team, adding to his pool spot for the same.

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Registration Now Open for the 2014 HtO Thetis Lake Swim

Thetis Lake Open Water Swimming

Join Us on July 27 for the HtO Thetis Lake Swim for MS and MSABC’s Open Water Swimming Provincial Championships.

Sponsored by HtO, this year marks the 22nd year of the HtO Thetis Lake swim for Multiple Sclerosis. As with last year we will be hosting the MSABC Provincial Open Water Swimming Championships as part of the event!

Events will include our annual HtO Thetis Lake 800, 1.5km, 3km and 5km swim distances. Added to this will be the 1.5km and 3km Masters Provincial Championship distances.

The event will take place Sunday, July 27, 2014.

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2013 Thetis Lake Swim for MS Results

A small group of 8 PCS swimmers attended the 21st Annual H2O-MS Swim at Thetis Lake.  This was also the inaugural year of the Provincial Masters Open Water Swim.

The weather was sunny and beautiful, and although the water was a little murky, swimmers were reporting that it was fairly warm.

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Join the 20th Anniversary Challenge!

Sponsored by HtO This year marks the 21st year of the HtO Thetis Lake swim for Multiple Sclerosis.

Join us on Sunday, July 28, 2013. The HtO Thetis Lake swim for MS is open to all ages and all abilities. Choose from 1 of 4 different events. Wetsuits are permitted in all but the 5k swim.

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