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UVPCS takes 3rd place at Provincials

A fantastic weekend of racing at Saanich Commonwealth Place for UVPCS swimmers where our team of 40 athletes placed 3rd overall in the competition.

400m individual medley was our first finalist event on Thursday where swimmer Alex C. placed 5th overall in the boy's 13-14 category with a time of 5:02.64. Callum R. placed 1st in his para category with a time of 2:19.04 in the 100m backstroke. Bridget R. came 7th in the women's 15-16 category just over her best time. On the boy's side, Rubin L. went a time of 1:04.27 earning him a spot on the podium to place 3rd overall. Following the backstroke was 200m freestyle where Mila C. placed 3rd with a best time of 2:15.02. Following on the boy's side is Alex C. places on the podium with a time of 2:02.15. Mila C. steps on the podium again to place 2nd in the girls 50m butterfly with a personal best time of 30.14. To wrap up the individual events, Alex C. got the gold in the 50m butterfly with a time of 27.92, followed by Noah H. in 6th. The individual events kicked off with the UVPCS 11-12 girls team placing 4th in the 4x100m freestyle relay. The boys 11-12 team placed 3rd while setting a new club record for the boys 12&under relay with a time of 4:32.63.

To kick off Friday's finals, Bridget R. placed 6th in the 15-16 400m individual medley. Following was 100m breaststroke where Maelle S. placed 4th with over a 5 second best time. Riley G. placed 3rd on the podium in the 13-14 age category, and now in the 17&over category swimmer Taylor S. placed 4th with a time of 1:15.63. On the boy's side, Eason Z. placed 5th just over his best time. Next up was the 200m backstroke where Riley G. placed 5th in her 2nd final of the night. On the boy's side, Rubin L. placed 2nd with over a 2 second time improvement. In the 17&over category, swimmer Ryan Murphy placed 5th just over his best. To wrap up the individual events, Mila C. placed 2nd in the 50m freestyle dropping .8 off her personal best for a time of 28.96. Elizabeth S. placed 8th with a best time of 0.41 lowering her best time to 28.49 and qualifying for Canadian Junior Championships. Alex C. was back up on the podium to obtain silver with a best time of 25.81. The relays closed off the evenig with the 11-12 4x50m relay team placing 3rd, the 13-14 boy's team placed 4th, the girl's 13-14 team placed 6th, the girl's 18&over team and the boy's 18&over team both placed 3rd. 

Saturday brought more finals and first place finishes for UVPCS. Sophie W. placed 1st in the PARA 200m individual medley dropping 2 seconds from her previous personal best, followed by Callum R. placing 6th just over his personal best. The 50m breaststroke brought many finalists to the podium for UVPCS, with Maelle S. placing 3rd dropping almost 5 seconds from her previous best with a time of 36.17. Tracy Z. placed 1st in the 13-14 category with a best time of 35.80. On the boy's side, Eason Z. placed 2nd dropping half a second off his personal best to finish with 32.83. Atanas T. placed 5th overall in the 17&over 50m breast dropping .08 off his best time. Following was the 100m butterfly where Sophie W. dropped 7 seconds off her 100m butterfly time and placing first. Mila C. placed 3rd with a time of 1:09.73, dropping 3 seconds off her best time and moving up from 7th to 3rd. Bridget R. placed 4th overall in the 15-16 category shaving .8 off her personal best. Ewan R. placed 5th overall in the boy's 11-12 100m fly dropping 2 seconds off his personal best. Alex C. was back in another final tonight placing 4th in the butterfly, dropping 4.5 seconds off her personal best and moving up from 17th to 4th. 50m backstroke took the stand next where Bridget R. dropped 0.26 off her personal best. On the boy's side, Ewan R. placed 6th dropping 0.2 off his personal best, Rubin L. placed 5th in the 13-14 category. Padrick M. placed 1st in the 17&over category with a best time of 27.5, followed by Ryan M. who placed 4th. 400m freestyle was next with Mila C. going a best time and placed 6th. Alex C. was back on the podium with silver in the 400m free dropping 3.5 seconds off his best time. Alonso placed 6th overall in the 15-16 category. The boy's 11-12 medley relay placed 4th, as well as the girl's 13-14 team. The boy's 18&over 4x50m medley relay placed 1st with a time of 1:47.74.

Our team finished strong on Sunday with Bridget R. placing 3rd in the 200m butterfly, shaving 4.5 seconds off her best time and qualifying for Junior Trials. Sophie W. Placed 1st in the para 100m frestyle lowering her best time by 1.15 seconds. Callum R. placed 5th overall in the para 100m freestyle. Mila C. placed 4th in the 11-12 categories dropping 1.1 seconds off her best time. Sofia Z. placed 8th and dropped 1.3 seconds off her best time. Elizabeth S. placed 7th overall in the 13-14 category with a time of 1:01.85 and qualified for Canadian Junior Championships. Bridget R. placed 8th and dropped her best time by over a second. On the boy's side, Alex C. got the gold, moving up from 12th to 1st with a time of 55.67. Alonso G. placed 6th in the 15-16 category with a best time of 54.70. Following was the 200m breaststroke where Maelle S. dropped almost 8 seconds off her personal best placing 4th and qualifying for Canadian Junior Championships. In the 13-14 category, Riley G. placed 3rd on the podium. On the boy's side, Kieran F. placed 5th with a 3.7 second best time. Jasper vM. placed 4th, moving up from 11th place and dropped 2.3 sconds off his best time. The 800m freestyle finished off the distance events with Mila C. placing 3rd and dropping 12.5 seconds off her best time. Avery N. placed 4th in the 13-14 category and qualified for Canadian Junior Championships. In the 17&over category, Lucy H. placed 3rd dropping over 15 seconds off her best time. On the boy's side, Alex C. placed 5th just over his best time. 

 

Congratulations to all the athletes who competed, and for UVPCS for placing 3rd overall in the competition! 

 

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