VICTORIA – At Canada West meets, Danielle Hanus has brought home multiple golds and she has been a medal hopeful in many U SPORT meets. On Day 1 of the U SPORTS National Swim Championship at Saanich Commonwealth Place, she thrilled the hometown crowd with a pair of golds.

"It's pretty surreal right now. It's always fun racing at this meet and we have a great home pool advantage, getting to train here everyday," said Hanus. "I'm pretty stoked for the rest of the weekend. We have a lot of swimmers dropping times and giving it their all out there."

USports Championships is coming up! Catch all the action February 20th-22nd at Saanich Commonwealth Place and support our Vikes! Meet information and results can be found at https://usports.ca/en/championships/swimming/x and a live stream will be available through CBC Sports at https://www.cbc.ca/sports/cbc-sports-u-sports-partnership-1.5461814. French live streaming can be found through the USports platform. Go Vikes!

The B National Development Group competed at the West Coast Collegiate Meet here in Victoria this past weekend and had the following highlights:

- Nolan Crisp: 200 BK Western & Canadian Junior Championships Standard 

- Mariana Ponce de Leon: 50 BR Western Championships Standard, 100 BR Western Championships Standard

- Bridget Rupert: 100 BK Western Championships Standard 

B Prov 

• Jack Falconer was first in the group to crack the 5 min barrier in the 400 FR, followed by Justin Mazzuli in the next heat. 
• Kieran Hawes and Bradley Rumball both made it to a final in the 50 BR.
• Elena Pepenel, Tahlia Reid, and Sabine Black all had breakthrough races in their 100 FR, with big best times from each of them. 

B National

Day 1

ADELAIDE, Australia – Victoria’s Jon McKay posted a pair of top-five finishes in a strong international field at the Australian Open Water Swimming Championships over the weekend.
 

Jon McKay and coach Ron Jacks were in Australia over the weekend, competing at the very competitive Australian Open Water National Championships.  Along with Australia's best, some of the sport's top swimmers, including Olympic Gold Medallist Ferry Weertman, and World Champion Jordan Wilimovsky.

Some highlights from a fantastic Day 2 at VIRs include:

The 1st day of VIRs was a great success for our swimmers with multiple personal bests, medals, and broken club and Provincial records!

The night started off with the 4x50 Fr relays:

Tickets are now available for purchase for the 2020 USport Championships, taking place at Saanich Commonwealth February 20 - 22.  The USport Championships are the biggest University Swim Meet in Canada each year, serve as the National Championship competition, and is always one of the most exciting meets in the country.  Come cheer on your Vikes! 

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