Vancouver Island Region Long Course Championships

The Vancouver Island Region Long Course Championships was a great meet for UVPCS - well done to both swimmers and coaches for terrific swimming, best times and placings!

Congratulations to our medalists, who include -
Gold: Salin Bol, Hanna Carter, Caileigh Filmer, Cody Flegel, Katelyn Hayward, Ryan Howe, Evan Letkeman, Ian Mattock, Lauren McMillan, Zac Parkes, Stefanie Schmidt, Aidan Thirkell, David Vizsolyi, Brenden Ward and Tabitha Zammit
Silver: Sophia Borchers, Emma Carter, Ryan Clouston, Michael de Clare, Rosie Moulton, Tyler Smith and Allison Wood
Bronze: Patricia Horwood, Spencer Lee, Victoria Mock and Rachael Newman

Rounding out the top-8 in individual events were Cole Barratt, Lauren Crisp, Alexandra Kierstead, Heather McMillan, Austin Nolt, Nicholas Nolt, Rachel Sawchuk, Akila Sato-Gaudreau, Stephen Olmos, Julia Schmidt, Victoria von Sacken Nash and William Yolland.

As might be expected from the above, UVPCS relays also did well - congratulations to the following relay teams:
Gold
Salin Bol, Stefanie Schmidt, Katelyn Hayward, Sophia Borchers (13-14) 200 Freestyle Relay
Aidan Thirkell, Michael de Clare, Brenden Ward, Ryan Howe (13-14) 200 Freestyle Relay
Cody Flegel, Tyler Smith, Ian Mattock, Zac Parkes (15 & over) 200 Freestyle Relay
Salin Bol, Sophia Borchers, Rosie Moulton, Katelyn Hayward (13-14) 200 Medley Relay
Michael de Clare, Brenden Ward, Evan Letkeman, Aidan Thirkell (13-14) 200 Medley Relay
Zac Parkes, Ryan Clouston, William Yolland, Cody Flegel (15 & over) 200 Medley Relay

Silver
Annie MacIntosh, Victoria Jetko, Caileigh Filmer, Victoria Mock (11-12) 200 Freestyle Relay
Victoria Jetko, Lauren McMillan, Victoria Mock, Caileigh Filmer (11-12) 200 Medley Relay
Allison Wood, Melanie Yu, Julia Schmidt, Rachael Newman (15 & over) 200 Medley Relay
Anna Letkeman, Spencer Lee, Lauren McMillan, Stephen Olmos & ....400 Freestyle Club Relay

Bronze
Stephen Olmos, James Lin, Akila Sato-Gaudreau, Austin Nolt (11-12) 200 Freestyle Relay
Stefanie Schmidt, Hanna Carter, Leanna Woo, Alexandra Kierstead (13-14) 200 Medley Relay

Top-8
Lauren Crisp, Victoria von Sacken Nash, Heather McMillan, Anna Letkeman (10 & under) 200 Medley Relay
Rachael Newman, Julia Schmidt, Allison Wood, Melanie Yu (15 & over) 200 Freestyle Relay
Hanna Carter, Ana LacLeod, Alexandra Kierstead, Leanna Woo (13-14) 200 Freestyle Relay
Emma Carter, Anna Letkeman, Patricia Horwood, Tabitha Zammit (10 & under) 200 Freestyle Relay

As well, Aidan Thirkell set a new team record in the 13-14 200 Breaststroke, and the following swimmers reached new time standards:
Katelyn Hayward - Western
Evan Letkeman - Age Group National
Victoria Mock - Age Group National
Brenden Ward - AAA
Katherine Krause - AA

Congratulations one and all! As always, complete details for the meet are available on our results page.