The Pacific Coast Tier 1 swimmers had a really good first session, swimming lifetime best Short course times in 22 out of 24 swims. That 92% best time percentage at this time of the swim season is a job really well done. 
A good percentage of our team is at or near the bottom of their age groups eg. 11 year old girl in the 11/12 age group. The meet is very competitive as the whole province is represented.. 34 teams in total. PCS has 19 swimmers at the meet one of the larger clubs represented. 

This morning Eric and Jon swam in the Flowers Sea Swim at Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.  Eric finished 2nd, losing out only to former World Champion and Olympic 4th place swimmer Jordan Wilimovsky.  Jon McKay was the 3rd place Canadian, placing 4th, just 0.5 seconds behind Hau-Li Fan of Vancouver.  Coach Ron Jacks described it as a 'Great Race' for both Eric and Jon.  Congratulates swimmers and coaches!

Happy Father’s Day to all our fantastic PCS dads! We hope all the PCS crew are enjoying this beautiful Victoria Day.

Congratulations to the following swimmers, who have now officially been named to the 2018 BC Summer Games Team: Arran Robertson, Griffin Arnatt, Maia Denis, Nathan Chow, Sydney Meldrum, and Taiki Hiraoka!

Eric Hedlin was named to the 2018 Pan Pacific Games Team for the 10km Open Water Race.  His 1500 Freestyle time from the spring qualified him for the team.  Congratulations Eric and coach Ron Jacks!

Day 1 Finals of the HYACK Festival Youth Cup started off with the 4x50 Medley Relay.

The Girls 11-12 team of Bridget Rupert, Annika Rupert, Mello Di and Lucy Hallett swam to a 9th place finish.

The Girls 13-14 team of Bridget Rupert, Kali Lancaster, Sydney Meldrum and Teagan Hunt swam to a 2nd place finish.

The first individual event of the night for UVPCS was the Girls 14-15 A Final of the 200BF where Teagan Hunt placed 4th.

In the Girls 14-15 100BR A Final Laura Rincon swam to a 5th place finish.

Keir Ogilvie tied his PB in first event to slide into the C final here in Indianapolis, in 100 Fly. Ogilvie  and team Bc had a exciting evening last night after arriving in time to witness Katie Ledecky crush her own World Record by 5 seconds in the 1500m. BC will have seven swims tonight. Live feed on USA swimming 7:00pm EST. Watch it! Like us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. 

USA Swimming’s National Open Water Championships ran this past weekend at Tempe Town Lake in the suburban Phoenix community of Tempe, AZ. Among the racers competing in distances ranging from 5K to 10K were a trio of SwimBC athletes looking to hone their open water racing skills alongside some of the best racers in the world.

The feature event of the weekend was the 10K race. After a few kilometres of close pack racing, six of the top Americans, led by eventual winner Jordan Wilimovsky, made a break, looking to open up some clear water between themselves and the rest of the field.

PCS Swimmers Eric Hedlin, Jon McKay and Chris Deegan all competed last weekend in the 5km Race, 2 days after the 10km race.  Eric Hedlin was closing in on the eventual winner, but ran out of room and had to settle for 2nd overall.  Hau Li Fan from UBC was the second overall Canadian in the race, placing 6th.  Jon McKay followed up his 8th place race in the 10km race with a 7th place 5km race.  Chris Deegan was also able to crack the top ten, placing 9th in the race.   Congratulations swimmers and coach Ron Jacks!

Head over to VIKES Summer Camps and sign up for the Swimming Sports Development camp, where your kids will be taught by experienced Pacific Coast Swimming coaches. This camp includes stroke development, dryland skills, games and even rock climbing! All participants must be a Lighting Fast 3/Red Cross Level 6 or higher.

The Camp is runs 9:00am-4:00pm, July 9-13, July 30- Aug 3 and Aug 7-10.

https://www.pacificcoastswimming.com/programs/pcs-summer-swim-camps