Starting today, UVic-PCS is at the 2012 BC AAA LC Championships in Richmond, BC.  Check out the website and Facebook for the latest results and Tweets from the Meet.

Good Luck and Fast Swimming to all the athletes and coaches!

On the weekend of June 23rd, UVIC-PCS hosted the 2012 BC AA Long Course Championships.  Approximately 350 swimmers from around the province were in attendance to compete  for medals, personal bests and a chance for a AAA times.

As always, meets like this depend on the time and commitment of our volunteers.  A big "Thank-You!" to all those who provided food donations and came out to time, officiate or provide hospitality services!  The meet was a huge success.

The full results can be found on the PCS Results Page.

PCS is hosting the 2012 BC AA Long Course Championships this weekend and your help is needed to make this a great event.  Approximately 350 swimmers from around BC will be attending the AA meet and volunteers and food donations are still needed for every session.

If you will be at the pool this weekend and are able to help out, please send an email to meets@pacificcoastswimming.com.

Vikes and UVPCS Open Water swimmer Richard Weinberger qualified for the Olympic Games in Portugal this morning, capturing a silver medal in the 10 km qualifying race in a time of 1:45:30.2.

After a rough start where he lost his goggles, Weinberger slowly moved up in the pack.  At the first lap timed, he was in 49^th position, and nearly 30 seconds behind the leaders.  He gradually moved his way up the field to 5^th place with one lap to go. 

Long course VIR Championships began today in Victoria, with PCS swimmers of all ages diving into the competition.

Lauren Crisp scored a new AGN qualification and bronze medal with her 200 IM swim, at 2:37.42.

Rosie Moulton also medalled in the 200 IM, setting a new club record and winning the silver medal in a time of 2:25.49.

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25 swimmers and their coaches made the short trek to Nanaimo for their annual long course invitational this past weekend. A few performances stood out including David Sikli achieving his first Age Group National standard in the 50m BR. Armaan Gill made his first 10 and Under AA time in the 50m FR while David Hiebert made his first 12 Year Old AA time in the 100m BK after narrowly missing it in a number of events.