PCS Annual Celebration of Excellence.

Thank you again to Yuk Yuk’s comedienne and Vikes/PCS Alumnus Katie-Ellen Humphries for a funny and inspiring sketch on 'Swimming Life'. A well deserved congratulations to all those who received awards. But we must emphasize that the real reward for all of the hard work and persistence that goes into a PCS season is the pride in undertaking something that few can do. The character shown every year by our over 800 swimmers is a inspiration and the value in just being a great teammate is our tradition and our mark of excellence. Thank you to all of our staff who worked hard to set up the event. And to all of our many volunteers who make the club what it is.

If you were unable to attend here is a summary of awards and announcements:

In the 2015-16 season PCS swimmers were busy competing and training in nine countries and broke over 140 records including Senior and Age group club, Regional, Provincial and National Age group levels! Congratulations to all 41 athletes who broke records!

The team qualified over 70 for Provincial Championships to largest contingent ever. Over 30 qualified at the Age national level and 26 qualified for National Championships/Trial level - all high water marks for UVPCS. At Nationals the girls were 5th at Age Group level and the boys were eighth, a big step from the previous seasons’s 25th, and at the Open champs the girls were 11th, a highest ever team placing for PCS

Six athletes were named to the Provincial Prospects team and 5 to the Junior team. Lauren Crisp was named to the Junior Pan Pacific Team and was Canada’s highest placed girl in 200 Back in 8th. Stephanie Horner and Eric Hedlin qualified for the World Open Water Championships and Steph went on to represent Canada in Rio. Congratulations to all.

Our top fundraisers in Swimathon were:
B National - Stefan Nasedkin
B Nat Dev - Keir Ogilvie
B Prov - Shaun Gil
C Group - Sydney Meldrum
D2 SCP - Maya Stevens
D2 UVic - Meadow Alberts
D1 SCP - Ruby Pandachuk
D1 UVic - Ashley Chu
LF 5 - Claire Russell
LF 4-1 - Liam Wood

Thank you to all for a job very well done. The club raised a record amount in Swimathon 2016.

Lightning FAST Grads - in programs at OB, GH, UV, SCP, PAN, ESQ
Emily Bowden, Marcus Chen, Zeinab Guitouni, Elizabeth Saska, Graci Cook, Sophia Cook, Noah Hicks, Constantine Tchaouchev, Sayaka Hiraoka, Raphael Lee, Rubin Lee, Josh Simmons, Kate Marcovitz, Emma Obee, Isaac Payne, Claire Russell, Luke Poulin, Steven Peng, Haoting Xu, Maya Vizina

Top Kicker for best 400 Free kk
10 and U: Misato Hiraoka, Nolan Crisp
11-12: Hana Edwards, Taiki Harioka
13-14: Sophie Lorette, Keir Ogilvie

FINA Add Up Cups for the total number of FINA pts scored in six events.
11-12: Sophie Lorette, Brendan Fitzpatrick
13-14: Jessica Luo, Michael Schmidt