UVPCS’ Richard Weinberger was the top Canadian in today’s 10 km Men’s Open Water Championship Trials in Long Beach, California. In a large field of 47 swimmers, Weinberger took fifth spot overall in a time of 1:57:19.467. His time was less than five seconds behind that of the winner, world championship bronze medalist Fran Crippen from the US (who finished in a time of 1:57.14.728). As one of the top two Canadians, Richard earned himself a berth on the Canadian team for the world open water swimming championships that will take place in Roberval, Quebec , July 17-23, 2010.

Canada's team spots for the 10-kilometre races at the upcoming world open water swimming championships are set.

Richard Weinberger of Victoria, Simon Tobin of Ste-Foy, Que., Zsofia Balazs of Toronto and Nadine Williams of Edmonton qualified at team trials Friday in Long Beach, Calif., for the open water swimming race.

The race was also a world team trials for the Americans as well as their national championships.

The annual NRST Spring Sprint yielded lots of best times and top-8 performances from UVPCS swimmers!

Earning first place ribbons were Lauren Crisp, Kristopher Neilson, Jade Simpas and Heidi Ullrich.

Top-3 finalists were Finn Barker, Emma Carter, Michael De Clare, Shaun Gill, Rory Hills, Justin Howe, Anna Letkeman, Ann MacIntosh, Stephen Olmos, Jackson Sinclair, Rebecca Thompson, Brenden Ward and Tabitha Zammit.

Strong international competition at the Mel Zajac Invitiational featured UVPCS swimmers placing in top-8 and top-16 positions. Leading the pack, MacKenzie Downing finished first in the 200 Butterfly event with a second place finish in the 100 Butterfly. She was followed closely by Nicholas Sinclair who placed second in the 200 Backstroke event and 6th in the 400 Freestyle; Ian Mattock who finished in the top 8 in the 200 IM; and Zac Parkes who did the same in the 1500 Freestyle. .

A small but mighty crew travelled to Vancouver to attend this year’s Hyack Youth Cup Meet.

Gold medal performances were turned in by Caileigh Filmer, Ryan Howe and Lauren McMillan.

Our top-3 finalists were Hanna Carter, Rosie Moulton and Evan Letkeman while Alice Wang and Alexandra Kierstead also finished in the top 8.

Meet information for events in June and July have been updated on the PCS Calendar page.

The results for PCS from last weekends NRST Spring Sprint are now posted on the PCS Results page.

New schedules and registration information have been added to the Lightning Fast Swim Series page for the summer (May to August). Please go to the LFSS page for more information.

Updated May 28, 2010.
The weekly swim schedule for Vikes Summer Camps has been added to the Summer Camps page.

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This year’s Annual 14 & Under Wavemaker Invitational Meet featured over 160 swimmers from across Vancouver Island. Everyone had a great time underneath the palm trees and bouncing beach balls (though the beach balls were a bit the worse for wear). Officials set a fine standard for beach wear and competitors worked hard for a chance to win the special ‘horse’ ribbons that are unique to this meet.