IRVINE, California

Richard Weinberger of Victoria took another giant step in his open water swimming career on Sunday winning the bronze medal in the men’s open water 10 kilometer race to conclude the Pan Pacific swimming championships.

Chip Peterson led the U.S., to a 1-2 finish in one hour and 56 minutes and 00. 02 seconds, Frances Crippen was second in 1:56:02.744 and Weinberger followed in 1:56:02.984.

Welcome to the 2010-2011 swim season!

Pacific Coast Swimming will be hosting our annual registration BBQ in preparation for the upcoming season on Friday September 10th, 2010 at Elk Lake Eagle Beach (by the rowing club) from 5pm-8pm. Click here for a map.

Personalized registration forms are being sent out to swim families right now. Please bring your forms, and post dated cheques along with the family and enjoy the BBQ, refreshments, purchase Pacific Coast Swimming team gear and say hi to friends and coaches.

Six rookies and four veterans represented UVPCS at Canada`s Summer National Championships held in Victoria this past week.

Welcome to the 2010 Summer National Championships!

The event is proudly co-hosted by SNC and UVic-PCS.

Vikes Alumnus and Pacific Coast Swimming standout MacKenzie Downing came second in the 200m Fly event at the Summer National Championships on Wednesday evening. Her time of 2:10.10 qualified her for Canada's squad competing at the Pan Pacific trials in Irving, California next month.

Downing led after the first 100m with a 1.01 second lead but down the stretch fellow Canadian Audrey Lacroix pulled ahead to clock in at 2:09.89.

On Sunday seven keen PCS swimmers got up early for a swim at the lake to support a great cause! These swimmers competed in the Thetis Lake Swim and gathered pledges to help end MS. The team raised well over $1000 (official total to come) and swam to some great results.

The 4x100MR girls 14 yr relay team of Salin Bol, Lauren McMillan, Rosie Moulton, Hanna Carter, silver medalists.

Day 4 Update from Coach Mark.

Our fourth night started off with Ryan Howe swimming to within a 100th of his best time in the 100 backstroke finishing 6th in a time of 1:04.09.

Next came Stefanie Schmidt in the same event finishing 3rd in a new club record time of 1:06.81 erasing Jayme Weimer`s old 100 meter backstroke record and also earning Stefanie a new National time.

Psych sheets and team lists for the SNC Summer Nationals have now been posted. They can be found on the Nationals Info pages.

Update from Coach Mark.

Tonight's swims looked like this....

Lauren McMillan swam to a 6th place finish in the 100 breaststroke with a best time and new club record of 1:16.61.

Aidan Thirkell also went a best time and finished 8th in a time of 1:11.07 in his 100 breaststroke.

Zac Parkes came in 5th in the 50 freestyle in 24.81 setting a new club record with his goggles full of water off of the dive.

Stefanie Schmidt swam to an 8th place finish with her morning swim in the 800 free.