Dylan Kormendy captured two more gold medals to help PCS to climb to the top of the team points score today.   Kathryn Lee earned her first AAA medal in a hard fought bronze to start the night off.  Jessica Luo ran away with a commanding victory in the 200 Fly to match her win in the 100 last night.  Michael Schmidt dropped a full two seconds today in his 50 Breast to move up from lane 7 to a Silver medal, and his 3rd (and qualifying) AGN time.   Congratulations Swimmers!

It was an exciting finals session on the first day of AAA Championships in Surrey.  Dylan Kormendy led the way with four gold medals, with many other PCS swimmers reaching the podium.  Michael Schmidt knocked off nearly 8 seconds to capture gold in the 200 Breast.  Jessica Luo out-touched the competition to win the 100 Fly, narrowly missing the provincial record by .04 seconds. 

Officially, PCS is sitting in first place after Day 1 with 714 points.  Go PCS!!

11&U 800 Free
Dylan Kormendy - 1st (9:45.04)

Swim-A-Thon 2015 kicks off this coming Sunday March 1st! Information, including Swim-A-Thon dates by group, will be delivered to your inbox over this coming week so that you can set up your fundraising accounts starting this weekend. Our club goal for this season is $25,000 and we will have 8 weeks to fundraise it.

Exciting new incentives and inter-group challenges will be part of the fun this year. Don't forget to use your social media platforms to spread the word and make this fundraiser a success!

Edmonton: PCS Top 8 teams. Women 6th. More gold final Day.

The final day of competition at Western Canadian Champs was another strong one for the Bolts. In spite of fatigue the team continued to show spirit and speed. The group remained impressive in their leadship and vocal support for those on the blocks and it showed on the score board.

The longer a competition goes on with heats, finals, triumph and disappointment, early mornings, late evenings and thousands of meters done in preparation for a competition, the more competitors get weeded out. 4-5-6 day meets and multiple competitions in succession are part of top level swimming. Only teams that come in healthy and fit and who stick together can show perserverance and presence of mind in the finals sessions of a major competition. Today was such a day for the PCS athletes who showed up enthusiastic and competitive this morning.

VICTORIA, B.C. University of Victoria Vikes swimmer Jon McKay was the lone Vike to get on the podium, wrapping up the three-day 2015 Speedo CIS Championship with a bronze medal in the 1500m freestyle. The Victoria-hosted Championship saw UBC sweep the team titles, with the T-Bird women capturing their fourth-consecutive and 20th overall title.
 

Edmonton:

Day Three 

Preliminaries were very strong. The group showed great strength and diversification. After Prelims today all 10 of the athletes representing the team in the meet have made second swims after today. The morning was capped by the girls 4x50 F.R.(Sawchuk, Ballantyne, Gowans, Crisp broke the club 15-17 and Senior record and well as the regional record(1:50.4) and concluded just off the podium in fourth. The session resulted in 9 individual swims getting through to the finals.

CIS University Championships delivered another great day at the pool including some great swims from the Vikes.

Ryan Howe started off the night in the 100 Backstroke, finishing in 4th in the B-Final, 12th overall in a time of 58.61 Long Course after qualifying in a time of 55.57 Short Course.

In the 400 Fr, Kaity Gervais came from behind to win the B-Final of the 400 Free in a time of 4:23.68 Long Course.

Jon McKay also came from behind in the Men's 400 Free but couldn't quite earn a medal, placing 4th overall in a time of 3:57.93 Long Course.

Edmonton:

Day Two Finals: Another strong night for PCS.

Allison Ballantyne lead the scoring in the first event taking 15th spot in 100m Freestyle in her best time(1:00.79). Teammate Molly Gowans tucked away the first medal of the night with a silver, a PB(57.70) and a club 15-17 record, tying the existing mark. Rachel Sawchuk moved to 17th(1:00.12).

Eden Kormendy finished 20th in 100m Breast. But came back a short while later moving up in 400IM(5:14) to 13th.

Edmonton:

Day Two prelim results:

The second morning dawned warm for Edmonton and hot in the pool for PCS. The crew finished the session with 11 individual finals for tonight and one relay.

Allison Ballantyne cruised into the B final in 100m Freestyle(1:01.3) and added 400IM(18th) an hour later in her best.(5:22)

Eden Kormendy 18th in 100Br and 12th in 400IM

Rachel Sawchuk got herself through in 100Fr at 1:00.2 for 16th.

Lauren Crisp 16th in 400IM and 7th in 50 Bk