2009 PCS Xmas Cracker Invitational Meet

The 8th Annual PCS Xmas Cracker Invitational was the largest meet hosted to date, with 29 teams and 650 athletes & coaches from throughout BC, Alberta and the Yukon represented. UVPCS was well-represented with 123 swimmers entered in the meet.

Our event winners were Caileigh Filmer, David Creel, Jeff Saganski, Stefanie Schmidt, Nicholas Sinclair, and Richard Weinberger.

Further top-3 places were achieved by Sophia Borchers, Ryan Clouston, Eleanora Dalling, Derek Doerksen, Cody Flegel, Katelyn Hayward, Ryan Howe, Evan Letkeman, Ian Mattock, Lauren McMillan, Remy Mock, Rachel Newman Zac Parkes, Liz Sissons, and Aidan Thirkell.

Rounding out the top-8 were Nival Bissoon, Eric Christiansen, Katherine Cook, Carlene Creyke, Emily Ding, David Killy, Victoria Mock, Kristopher Neilson, Siobhan Newell, Rachael Newman, Danielle Newton, Ben Partridge, Julia Schmidt, Annika Schmuck, Tyler Smith, MJ Sorba, Eric Stein, Sage Sturgeon, David Vizsolyi, William Vosper, and Alice Wang.

Several UVPCS team records fell as well: Kristopher Neilson (10 & Under 200 Breaststroke); Caileigh Filmer (11-12 400, 800, and 1500 Freestyle); and Lauren McMillan (13-14 100 Breaststroke).

Caileigh Filmer also broke Vancouver Island Regional (VIR) records in the 400, 800 and 1500 Free. Her time of 17:52 erased the old 1500 Freestyle mark held by Leanne Wilkinson of Duncan from 1988!! 21 years ago. Way to go Caileigh!

Nicolas Sinclair also managed to break the UVic 200 Backstroke record. Congratulations Nick!

The team also re-wrote two relay records: the 13-14 Girls 200 Medley Relay (Stefanie Schmidt, Lauren McMillan, Emily Ding and Katelyn Hayward);and the Open Boys 200 Freestyle Relay (Cody Flegel, Sage Sturgeon, Nicholas Sinclair, and Jeff Saganski). The latter was also a new meet record.

Finally, and not least, congratulations to the following swimmers on achieving new time standards:
Senior National – Stefanie Schmidt (14), Zac Parkes (16)
CIS - Carlene Creyke, Cody Flegel
Westerns – Alice Wang (16)
Age Group National – Eric Christiansen (15), Alison Wood (18)
AAA – Patricia Horwood (10), Caroline Rendez (15)
AA – Allison Ballantyne (10), Finn Barker (10), Fionnuala McKenna (10), Justin Howe (11), Riley Tesch (11), Heidi Ullrich (11), Savannah Barratt (13), Jackson Sinclair (13), Ariyan Suleman (15)
A – Michael Schmidt (7), Lia Lancaster (9), Shaun Gill (10), Emma Reinsch (10), and Jessica Jiang (13).

Congratulations to all of our swimmers and coaches on a great meet!
Check out our results page for details.

Many thanks to all our volunteers – including many PCS families & friends, and those from other teams as well, especially Chena and Ravensong Swim Clubs. As everybody knows, our kids' swim meets happen because of dedicated volunteers and we have a great group!! Thanks too to Saanich Commonwealth Place for its wonderful staff and facility.

Happy holidays to all our families, friends, supporters and sponsors, thanks again and see you at the next Cracker!