Day Two Preliminaries

The second day of the meet arose hazy amid the smoke from forest fires, and it was a bit of a hazy day for team UVPCS.

In spite of being a bit off the mark Jordan Andrusak slid into the B Final in 400IM in 5:07 breaking the 15-17 club record in the process (Moulton 5:08 2013).

Lauren Crisp was just over her best in the 50m Backstroke and did not advance.

Molly Gowans did not make the finals cut in 100 Fr at 59.5.

Day One Finals - Record falls. PCS in 9th position.

A smoky red sun hung in the prairie sky on the first evening of competition in Saskatoon. While the sun was dim the evenng was a very strong one for the UVPCS crew.

Jon McKay led the team out with a 7th place swim in the 800 Fr in 8:20. Aimeson King took 12th spot in 827.1

The first morning in Sasaktoon was warm and humid outside and hot inside! Lauren Crisp swam a best in 100m Backstroke to qualifiy 19th of 20. Jordan Andrusak was just over her best in 200m Breaststroke but was good enough for 12th spot tonight.

Molly Gowans goes in the 1500 in 6th spot with Teammate Vicky Mock just behind in 8th. And Jon Mckay will be racing from 5th spot in the 800Freestyle.

Racing starts at 5:00 PST tonight.

It is going to be a HOT week for all of our PCS Athetes who will compete this week in Saskatoon at the Canadian National Championships. The competition takes place Wednesday to Saturday at the Shaw Center. Good luck to Jon McKay, Ryan Howe, Aimeson King, Lucas Tyler, Lauren Crisp, Molly Gowans, Jordan Andrusak and Vicky Mock along with our coaches Rod Barratt and Ron Jacks.

Watch our website for results. You can also go to swimming.ca for the webcast.

Reminder to all PCS families that our Vikes Swimming Camp at UVic will be starting next week on the 14th.

Registration for all 4 weeks is open right until the morning of the first day. There is still space, so register before it's too late!

Camp runs Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm and includes a swim at McKinnon Pool in the morning and the outdoor pool at Ian Stewart in the afternoon.

Ages 8-12, Lightning Fast 3/Red Cross Level 6 or higher.

Pacific Coast Swimming both hosted and won the Provincial Championships over the weekend at Saanich Commonwealth Place. It was the first ever win for PCS which led the scoring race from start to finish, ending the meet with 2729.5 points, over 700 points above the second place team, Richmond Rapids. PCS began the weekend with 49 enthusiastic athletes, the club’s largest contingent to date, who took an early lead in the point race and never looked back.

The 2014 SwimBC AAA LC Championship is in the history books and it was a huge success!

Thank you from UVIC-PCS and SwimBC to all our volunteers and officials.  Without your assistance, generosity and commitment, we could not host meets of this size.

There will be more stories and summaries of the weekend posted to the website over the next few days, but we wanted to take the opportunity now to extend our thanks to all involved.

Records Fall... Point Score rises!

On Day Three of the Provincial Championships at Commonwealth Pool the swimming has been hotter than the weather. The True Blue are riding a wave of inspired swimming. For the first time in the 12 year history of Pacific Coast Swimming the team leads the point score going into the final day of competition on Sunday.

Congratulations to Rosie Moulton. She took Athlete of the Year at Mount Douglas High School. Great to see a PCS swimmer being recognized for all the effort and time that goes into swimming!

Hey PCS Families and Friends!  The 2014 SwimBC AAA LC Championships are only a week away.  This is one of the signature events for the 2013-2014 swim season and we are expecting close to 700 swimmers to come to Saanich Commonwealth Place in search of podium finishes and best times!