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AA's Day 1 Recap

February 13, 2016 — Gareth Saunders

After a long day of travel to Penticton, PCS swimmers woke up ready to race hard at Swim BC AA Provincial Championships yesterday. We had lots of best times in morning swims and team members cheered on Taiki Hiraoka to our team's first medal of the meet in the 1500 FR, (12-13 Boys) a bronze, in 20:12.97. Right after that Mackenzie Hepner knocked over 27 seconds off her previous 800 FR best to earn her first AAA time and a 6th place finish (12-13 Girls). Naeva Scott-Bouris also achieved her first AAA time in the 100 BK (11&U Girls).

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2016 Campbell River Eliminator Wrapup

February 8, 2016 — pcspa web admin

Story by Rachael Mebs

30 swimmers from UVPCS traveled up to Campbell River to swim in the Annual Eliminator swim meet.

Highlights from the meet included:

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PCS Swim-A-Thon Begins February 1st

January 31, 2016 — pcspa web admin

PCSPA's annual Swim-A-Thon fundraiser starts February 1st and runs through May 31st 2016. To kick off the fundraising efforts there will be a $50 Team Aquatic Supplies Gift Card prize for the top fundraiser February 1st-7th inclusive. Below are the event dates by group, please take note of your swimmer's date and time. All Swim-A-Thon events take place at UVic's McKinnon pool this year. Our fundraising goal this year is $25,000 which is approximately $100 per swimmer. All registered swimmers should plan to participate.

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PCS Wins VIR Short Course Champs in Nanaimo!

January 20, 2016 — pcspa web admin

With eighty-five Pacific Coast Swimming swimmers attending the regional meet in Nanaimo, the energy was electric on deck, helping us capture the VIR Short Course Championships. Winning the meet over cross town rival Island Swimming and eight other Vancouver Island clubs wasn`t an easy task, as the Bolts were short handed with some of our top age group swimmers racing at the Arena Grand Prix meet in Austin, Texas.

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Laura Rincon, CHEK Sports Athlete of the Week

January 14, 2016 — pcspa web admin

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Merry Christmas and Happy Winter Holidays

December 24, 2015 — Rod Barratt

Hi All, it's been a awesome PCS year and we want to wish all the swim families and wonderful holiday season. Thanks! The PCS crew.

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Laura Rincon Earns Gold at Columbian Age Group Nationals!

December 20, 2015 — Ryan Clouston

PCS' own Laura Rincon recently competed at her home country of Columbia. In the 13 year old girls events, Laura won the 100 Breaststroke Gold, and Silver in the 50 Breaststroke. She will be looking for similar success in Canada after returning to Victoria this weekend.

Congratulations Laura!

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Day Three Golden again for PCS

December 13, 2015 — Rod Barratt

On the final day at Richmond SwimFast PCS continued to strike gold. Crisp(50 Bk), Schmidt(100Br) and Gutierrez (400Fr) and the 12-13 Boys relay(Chapman, Schmidt, Ogilvie and Gutierrez) came away in top spot with Crisp adding a silver in 200Fr. Ogilvie(100Fly) and Lawrance added bronze medals.

Michael Schmidt's 100Br (1:09) established a club record for 13-14 boys.

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2015 Swimfast

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Second day of medals and Top swims for Victoria Crew

December 13, 2015 — Rod Barratt

In spite of the nasty weather outside day two in Richmond continued to be a very good one for PCS. Three gold, a silver and multiple finals graced the benches of our athletes. Gowans (200 Bk 2:14 and 400IM 4:55) and Schmidt (100 Br 1:09) picked up gold. Jack Parker (16+ Boys), Erin Lawrance( 16 + Girls), Tom Chapman, Dyland Kormendy, Jacob Rambo and Kier Ogilvie (12-13 Boys) all had PB's in finals. Lawrance (5:00) and Gowans had a 1-2 punch in the 400IM.

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2015 Swimfast

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Four Gold Richmond Day one

December 12, 2015 — Rod Barratt

Day one is Richmond was very strong for PCS taking 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze. Lauren Crisp 3rd in 14-15 and Molly Gowans 3rd in 16 and O Girls 200IM. In 12-13 Boys Jacob Rambo was 7th in his best, Kier Ogilvie 9th also a PB, Antonio Guitierrez 11th, Tom Chapman in 13th also a best ever.

In 50 Breaststroke Emma Carter was 7th.

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