VANCOUVER – The University of Victoria Vikes shook off the holiday rust with a pair of meets over the weekend in the Lower Mainland.
First up was a quad meet against the host Simon Fraser University Clan, the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks.
A point-based event, only the top two swimmers from each school in each event scored points.
As you may be aware, since 1994 Saanich Commonwealth Place (SCP) pool has been governed by a Review Board and High Performance User Committee (HPUC) under an Operating Agreement, with both rates and guaranteed rules of access controlled through an associated Trust Fund. The Operating Agreement and Trust Fund are both expiring in August 2020. As part of a new allocations policy approved by Saanich Council in September, the District will have the ability to decline swim meet requests based on operational need.
The magic of Xmas Cracker was in the air as PCS swimmers saw club, VIR, and Provincial records fall and swimmers earned themselves new qualifying standards.
From the B National group Bill Dongfang breaks 200Butterfly Provincial Record and narrowly misses National Age group record at 2:03.6 in 13-14 boys category. Dongfang had also already swam two relays, won and broke the club and VIR in 400Fr at 4:08 and won 100Fr in club and VIR record at 52.91. Bill swam 17 races and PB’d in 12.
“Its all its Cracked up to be”.. that is the slogan on the giant 33 foot banner which has become a long standing tradition at Xmas Cracker. It hangs on the wall inviting all to bring their best.
*See Original Story Here* LETHBRIDGE – After three exhausting days of racing, the University of Victoria Vikes made their way back to the island with bronze medals in both men's and women's team standings, along with 17 individual medals. The men finished with 451 points, while the women finished with 529.
*See Original Story Here* LETHBRIDGE – The University of Victoria Vikes held their ground with a series of strong performances during Day 2 of the Canada West Swim Championship and still sit comfortably in third in the team standings.
For the second-straight day, the Vikes saw one of their own records fall.
*See Original Story Here* LETHBRIDGE – Both University of Victoria Vikes swim programs have positioned themselves well following Day 1 of the Canada West Swim Championships.
In both men's and women's categories, the Vikes sit third, while the University of Calgary women's swim team and UBC Thunderbirds men's team taking early leads in the team standings.
A small but mighty group of PCS swimmers raced the Bennett Cup last weekend in preparation for both the Canada West University Championships next week and the PCS Xmas Cracker December 7-9th. The start of season emphasis on kick fitness and skills showed promising early results.
UVPCS went up to Nanaimo October 26th-27th for the first short course swim meet of the season, amongst all of the other Vancouver Island teams. Our 65 swimmers took up a good chunk of the 330 swimmers, and had some great swims all around. It served as an assessment for the early season, and showed some big improvements in our younger swimmers, with some great developments in skills and techniques being shown in the pool. Heats were swam mixed gender as a timed final, so there was some fast swimming in each heat.
