PCS Wins VIR Championships!

After three long days of competition, the 2011 Short Course Vancouver Island Regional Championships came to an exciting end with PCS claiming top spot as the team that scored the most points. This is a first for PCS since it was established in 2002. The meet also saw 9 Club Records and 15 Meet Records broken. Many swimmers also ended the meet with new time standard and best time achievements. Congratulations to all swimmers and coaches!

Here are some of the highlights from Day 3:

Record Setters:
Kristopher Neilson - New Club record in 10 & U Boys 100 Breaststroke
Ryan Howe - New Club and Meet records in the 13-14 Boys 100 Freestyle
Rachael Newman – New Meet record in 15+ Girls 200 Butterfly

Finalists:
200FR
10 & U Girls – PCS 1st and 3rd
10 & U Boys – PCS 1st
11-12 Girls – PCS 1st
11-12 Boys – PCS 3rd
13-14 Girls –PCS 2nd and 3rd
13-14 Boys –PCS 2nd
15+ Girls – PCS 2nd and 4th
15+ Boys – PCS 1st

200F
10 & U Girls – Lia Lancaster 4th, Victoria von Sacken Nash 6th, Fionnuala McKenna 7th
10 & U Boys – Nathan Howe 1st, Nicholas Nolt 2nd

400F
11-12 Girls – Heidi Ullrich 2nd, Anna Letkeman 8th
11-12 Boys – Finn Barker 8th
13-14 Girls – Alex Kierstead 6th, Hanna Carter 7th
13-14 Boys – Ryan Howe 2nd
15+ Girls – Rachael Newman 2nd, Sophia Borchers 5th
15+ Boys – Sage Sturgeon 2nd, Evan Letkeman 3rd, MJ Sorba 4th

50BK
10 & U Girls – Leah Biberdorf 1st, Rachel Allen 4th, Jessica Luo 5th, Victoria von Sacken Nash 7th, Jessica Leong 8th
10 & U Boys – Kristopher Neilson 1st, Nathan Howe 2nd, Nicholas Nolt 3rd, Michael Schmidt 4th

200BK
11-12 Girls – Lauren Crisp 2nd, Tabitha Zammit 4th, Kennedy Aragon-Scriven 7th
13-14 Girls – Annie MacIntosh 5th, Victoria Mock 6th
13-14 Boys – Ryan Howe 1st, Rory Hills 5th
15+ Girls – Stefanie Schmidt 1st, Kim Bryan 3rd, Sophia Borchers 4th, Ana MacLeod 8th
15+ Boys – Jon McKay 2nd

50 FLY
10 & U Girls – Katelyn Woo 3rd, Shannon McMillan 4th, Victoria von Sacken Nash 5th, Jessica Luo 6th, Isabella Leong 8th
10 & U Boys – Kristopher Neilson 1st, Nicholas Nolt 2nd, Michael Schmidt 3rd

200FLY
13-14 Girls – Lauren McMillan 2nd
15+ Girls – Rachael Newman 1st (New Meet record), Julia Schmidt 2nd
15+ Boys - William Vosper 1st, Evan Letkeman 2nd

50 F
10 & U Girls – Sophie Tarrant 3rd, Lia Lancaster 5th, Victoria von Sacken Nash 6th, Rachel Allen 7th, Shannon McMillan 8th
10 & U Boys – Nicholas Nolt 1st, Michael Schmidt 2nd, Nathan Howe 3rd

100FR
11-12 Girls – Heidi Ullrich 2nd, Anna Letkeman 6th
13-14 Boys – Ryan Howe 1st (New Club and Meet records), Nival Bissoon 3rd
15+ Girls – Shay-Lynne Daniels 3rd, Stefanie Schmidt 4th, Nicole Stauft 7th
15+ Boys – Sage Sturgeon 1st, Jon McKay 6th, Michael de Clare 8th

100BR
10 & U Girls – Sophie Tarrant 2nd, Victoria von Sacken Nash 3rd, Rachel Allen 6th, Jasmine Lee 8th
10 & U Boys – Kristopher Neilson 1st (New Club record), Michael Schmidt 2nd

Congratulations all! For complete meet results, consult the PCS meet results page.