University Sport Swimming Championships taking place Febraury 23rd - 25th at Saanich Commonwealth Place. Buy tickets and sign up to volunteer here!

The University of Victoria will host upwards of 25 universities and 300 athletes from across the country at the 2023 U SPORTS Swimming Championships taking place at Commonwealth Pool from February 23-25.

Our first day of Vancouver Island Regionals started off strong wtih the long distance events in the morning. Swimmers Mila C., Maelle S., Adrina GC., and Sophia S. all placed 1st thorugh 4th in the women's 11-12 800m freestyle. All swimmers attained a personal best as well. In the 13 -14 category, Avery N placed first with a 20 second best time. Following was Elizabeth S., dropping 13 seconds off her best and June A. dropping 10 seconds off her previous best time. On the boy's side, Noah Z. placed second in the 11-12 800m freestyle with a best time of over 30 seconds. Eli H.

To raise funds for the Ukraine, one of our swimmers Katie McLaren has organized a swim-a-thon in February. The swim-a-thon will take placeon February 20th, 12pm - 1:30pm at Commonwealth Place. Swimmers will be swimming for 30 minutes as far as they can in a team of 4! All funds will go through the Red Cross foundation to the Ukraine. If you'd like to make a donation & learn more, follow the link: Swim-a-thon for Ukraine donations 

Our VIKES varisty team is participating in the 1st annual Vikes Giving Day taking place on February 1st, 2023. Our varisty coaches and swimmers strive for high performance competition and training. Supporting the VIKES team allows them to travel to National and International Competitions, paving their path to excellence. 

High performance pathway

Be sure to catch up on all things happening Lightning Fast by taking a look through our December newsletter! 

Congratulations to all of our 2021-22 Award Recipients! Thank you to those who came out to our Awards night to help support our winners. 

Our first Victoria swim meet showed successful for PCS with many best time, as well as Divisonal and Provincial Qualifiyng times. On day 3, we had a new club record for Katie McLaren in the 10&under 50m breaststroke with a time of 41.28

Congratulations to Varsity Head Coach Peter Vizsolyi entering his 40th year as Head Coach of the Vikes swim team, as well as working as Uvic-Pacific Coast Swimming's Technical Director of swimming for the past twenty years. Read more here. Via: University of Victoria Varisty Athletics. 

Congratulations to swimmer and coach Sophie Wood for being named Swim BC para swimmer of the year! 

Practices are starting THIS WEEK! 

With some pool closures, some groups will have modified group schedules for the month of September. Please contact your coach (contact information located in About Us --> Coaches-->) to confirm your swimmer's schedule. 

Happy 2022 - 23 season!!