Day 1 Finals Summary.

The first session of finals was kind to PCS! Almost every one of the 13 athletes in the session improved on their prelim time and place and 6 were lifetime bests. In the mens 4x100 Free relay all four guys went PB’s to take the silver medal just behind Cascade Swim club.

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Western Canadian Championships - Edmonton

PCS is fielding a solid team of 13 athletes here in Edmonton. The first session saw some big time drops and a solid set of racing. Cale Murdock will go into the finals in top spot in 200m Free. Jake Rambo will start in 4th in two events, gunning for the podium in 200 Free and 100m Back.

Day 1 Summary

200 Freestyle

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Prelims Summary Day Four

The swims keeping rolling in for the Blue and Gold. Cale Murdock lead off the morning with a 1:52 200m Freestyle to claim 17th spot for tonight.

Keir Ogilvie dropped a second in his 200m Fly to slide into the B Final at 2:06.

Daniel Greer popped a PB in 50m Br and claimed a spot in the A final at 29.4

Jacob Rambo finished off the session with a three second PB in 200 Fly in the time trial.

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Finals Summary

Acacia Benn and Hana Edwards lead off the evenings swimming. Edwards dropped a tenth to finish 7th in the B Final. Benn faded on the 2nd 100 and was over her time from prelims. 

Day Three Prelims Summary

Despite the cool Toronto weather the Blue and Gold was hot in the action again this morning. Kier Ogilvie posted another PB and set 15-17 Club an regional records. Acacia Benn (representing KISU, trains with PCS) was right on her PB.

Ogilvie and Daniel Greer (Vikes) advanced to the B Final in the 100m Butterfly and will race from 4th and 8th spots respectively.

Toronto Day Two summary

Another very strong day for UVPCS.

Last night Keir Ogilvie and Daniel Greer finished 18th and 19th respectively with Greer slightly faster than his prelim time and Ogilvie just over his.

Toronto - Canadian Trials

Day One went off well for the UVPCS crew. 

Acacia Benn (representing KISU but training with PCS) lead off the session with a PB by .7 seconds in 100 Backstroke. Known more for her 200m event, she was excited to see the progress in her 100m outcome. Hana Edwards, representing PCS, qualified 8th in the B Final in a PB 1:02.75.

Also in 100m Backstroke, Jake Rambo competed well, moving up in his heat with a best prelim outcome that was .2 over his best.

*See original story here* VICTORIA - Growing up playing cricket and Australian football, Christopher Deegan would have never thought to be ranked within Australia's top 10 open water swimmers, consecutively for five years. 
 
At the age of nine, after participating in a school carnival race with little to no experience in the water, Deegan decided to take on the sport by joining a competitive swimming club. 
 

Day 1:  UVPCS’s Naeva Scott Bouris started off the Swim BC Winter Provincial Championships with a gold medal performance in the Women’s 14&U 1500FR, while her teammates Teagan Hunt and Jane Maycock placed 7th and 11th respectively in the Women’s 15&O 1500FR.  The night concluded with a 2nd place finish for Jacob Rambo, Henrique Ballarin, Sydney Meldrum and Lily Chen in the Mixed Medley Relay which are comprised of 2 female and 2 male swimmers.