PCS Has Strong Showing at Zajac International

At the Mel Zajac Jr. International meet on the weekend PCS had its strongest showing in years. In spite of a faster than usual field, the team of 12 finished top 10 teams overall due to many top 24 finishes from a range of swimmers.

MacKenzie Downing won the 200FL and was 4th in 100FL and 9th in the 50FL.

Nick Sinclair scored in the top 8 in 100BK (5th) and 200BK (2nd) and 400FR (5th), as well as 9th in 200FR.

Stefanie Schmidt moved into the top 8 finishing in her highest ranking at 7th in 200BK.

Rachael Newman continued to perform well in 200FL fighting her way into the top 16 in the prelims and finishing 13th at night.

Evan Letkeman came out of the blue in the heats of the 200FL stripping 3 seconds of his PB advancing into the C final where he waded into the field from 23rd to 20th slicing another 2 seconds off his best from the morning.

Ryan Howe swam to PB's in the heats and again in finals to reach 12th over all in 100BK.

Kea Koerner recorded a top 16 swim in 100FR making for her best outing of the year with a 9th place finish. Kea had a PB in 50FR enroute to 18th overall. As well she finished 23rd in 200FR.

Alex Kierstead swam to 14th in 50BR (new club record for 15-17 girls,) 19th in the 100BR and 23rd in 200BR.

The women's team battled to top 16 in the relays climbing to 11th in the 400F.R., 5th in the 800F.R. and 7th in 400M.R. Their time in the 400M.R. established a new Vancouver Island Regional record crushing the previous record held by ISA in a time of 4:28 taking 8 seconds off the record.

The men were 14th in 400F.R. and did not compete the other relays.

Congratulations to all the swimmers and their coaches.