By Ron Rauch, Times Colonist

UVic star back from health troubles and ready to make run at Olympics

When Nick Sinclair splashes into the University of Calgary Aquatic Centre at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport swimming championships, he will be wondering what he could have done had it been a normal year.

For the 19-year-old from the University of Victoria, it has been anything but normal for him.

Here are the final highlights and new club records from the last day of Westerns. Congratulations to all the swimmers, coaches and families.

UVic-PCS has swum to gold on the third day of the 2011 Speedo Western Canadian Championships with Stefanie Schmidt taking 1st place in the Girls 15&U 200BK. "Stefanie swam a very good race taking over the lead with 45m to go and accelerating to the gold" says coach Rod.

Below are the highlights from finals including new club records.

Here are the highlights from the first 2 days of competition at the 2011 Speedo Western Canadian Championships in Kamloops from coach Rod.

Day One
Thursday Prelims - New Club Records:
Lauren McMillan (14) - Girls 13-14 50FL (30.53)
Ryan Howe (14) - Boys 13-14 50FL (26.86) and Boys 13-14 50BK (28.54) also new VIR Records
Alexandra Kierstead (14) - Girls 13-14 50BR (34.47)

Day 3 of competition at the 2011 AA's Short Course Championships has wrapped up and PCS swimmers have more trips to the podium.

Here are the highlights from the last day of competition:

Medal Winners:
Anna Letkeman - Gold in Girls 12 Year Olds 200 SC Meter Freestyle
Justin Howe - Silver in Boys 13 Year Olds 200 SC Meter Freestyle
Patricia Horwood - Bronze in Girls 11 & Under 100 SC Meter Breaststroke and Silver in Girls 11 & Under 400 SC Meter IM

While our junior swimmers are competing in Chilliwack, UVic-PCS swimmer MacKenzie Downing competed for Canada at the New South Wales State Open Championships being held this week at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in Sydney, Australia.

She competed against some of the world’s best and finished 2nd in the 200 Butterfly in 2:09.57 (LC), the 2nd fastest time swum in the world so far this year (Swim News rankings). She was 5th in the 100 Butterfly in a time of 1:00.25(LC).

Congratulations MacKenzie!

Day 2 of competition at the 2011 AA's Short Course Championships sees some more podium finishes for PCS swimmers.

Here are the highlights from Day 2:

After the first day of competition at the 2011 AA's Short Course Championships, PCS has found the podium in 3 events and many of the swimmers are setting new personal bests and making new time standards!

Here are some of the highlights from Day 1:

VANCOUVER - Three more swimmers from the University of Victoria Vikes achieved the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) standard as the Vikes women placed third, edging out Alberta by 13 points, and the Vikes men fourth at the 2011 Canada West swimming championships at the UBC Aquatic Centre in Vancouver.

Full results can be found on our Results page.

The Vikes now prepare for the CIS swimming championships to be held in Calgary, Feb. 24-26.

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