It was a great heats session for the Vikes, as most swims resulted in Best Time performances.  In general, it was the weakest of the three days for the vikes in terms of events, but seeing so many best times go down is a great way to start the meet.

Jon McKay and Ryan Howe swam lifetime bests in the prelims of the 200 Freestyle (1:50.18 and 1:50.59 Short Course) to earn spots in the B-Final, and in the Long Course final finished 12th and 15th overall in 1:53.60 and 1:55.58.

Edmonton:

Day one finals: The first evening of finals was a very good one for PCS with 2 Gold, 2 Silver amd 1 Bronze.

Molly Gowans had another very strong session taking Gold in 200 Freestyle (2:01.64), tying with teammate Lauren Crisp for Silver in 100Bk(1:05.23), a second Gold in 800 Fr(8:50.76) and swimming 3rd in the 4x100F.R to help the team take Bronze. Gowans 200Fr clipped 2 seconds off the Senior Club record and 12 seconds off the 15-17 club record.

Edmonton:

Day One of the Western Canadian Champs began well for the group of 10 from PCS.

200 Fr Molly Gowans(15) qualified in top spot 2:03.51, just over her best and followed up taking top spot in 100m Backstroke as well. On top of this she will race from number one in the 800 Fr and anchor the 4x100F.R. for the team. That is all in a day's work for this youngster.

Allison Ballantyne(15) in her first Westerns qualifed 13th in the 200Fr in 2:13.25 also just over her best. Ballantyne will swim for the club's relay  tonight.

Day Two of the SC AA Championships started off with a bang.   Ortansa Somosan earned her second AAA time, qualifiying to go to Surrey March 5-7, in her 200 breast with a time of 3:16.17. Emily Laidman followed suit and also qualified her second AAA in 200 breast several minutes later in a time of 2:58.18.

This 1st session in Chilliwack went really well for PCS.