PCS won the 2017 LC VIR Championships with 6959.5 points, beating Island Swimming who gained 5508.5 points throughout the weekend.  Congratulations swimmers and coaches! Some of the weekend\s highlights are below.

CAYMAN ISLANDS – Team Canada was golden again on day three of the UANA Open Water Championships, with wins in all four races.
 
Alex Katelnikoff and Chantal Jeffrey won gold in the junior 2.5-km races, while Stephanie Horner and Nicholas Masse-Savard won the senior 5-km races.
 
Katelnikoff and teammate Raben Dommann, who finished second, led for the entirety of the 2.5-km swim.
 

Original Story from Sportsnet.ca

Ask a Canadian which sports they grew up watching or which sports they watch most often in 2017 and you’re likely to get the typical responses. Hockey, soccer, football, baseball, basketball, golf, tennis. You know, the mainstream sports.

However, ask a Canadian to choose just one sport they’d want their child to excel in and a surprisingly high number will answer with swimming.

News from Mel Zajac..

The Mel Zajac Jr Invitational has been going for a long time. In spite of a few years in decline the new pool has revitalized the event and attracted the Canada Games teams from all four western provinces as well as three of Canada's national teams(Senior men, World Junior team and National Junior relay teams) and nmerous U.S. Teams. 

Registration for Vikes Swimming Summer Camp is open! Summer Swimming Camp is run by PCS coaches, and is open to swimmers ages 8-12, LFSS Level 3 and above. We are proud to offer 4 weeks of camp:

Ron Jacks took some time out of his schedule in California to send us his thoughts regarding the weekend's Open Water races at USA Open Water Nationals.

Regarding the Men's 10km Race:  Richard Weinberger was very solid in the 10k, positioning well throughout the race. He had a very good result! He will definitely be better when he is completely healthy going into Worlds. Eric Hedlin was feeling the cool water combined with the strong wind chill and was not able to be at his best.

*Original story from www.swimming.ca

CASTAIC LAKE, Calif. – Eric Hedlin of Victoria bounced back from a subpar performance in Friday’s 10 kilometre to place fifth in the men’s five kilometre event on Sunday at the U.S. Open Water Swimming Championships.

Canada fielded its team for this July’s FINA World Swimming Championships in Budapest while the event was the world’s qualifier for some countries including the American and British teams.

*Original story from www.swimming.ca

CASTAIC LAKE, Calif. – Richard Weinberger of Victoria, the Olympic bronze medallist in 2012, was the top Canadian Friday with a seventh place finish in the men’s 10-kilometre race at the U.S. Open Water Swimming Championships.

Canada fielded its team for this July’s FINA World Swimming Championships in Budapest while the event was the world’s qualifier for some countries including the American team.

PCS seems to have swimmers everywhere this weekend, participating in many events.  4 swimmers in the PCS family are down in California for the USA Open Water Nationals, we have a contingent over in Vancouver competing at the Hyack Invitational, some of our groups are racing here at home in the Island Medley Challenge meet, and some of our top Junior Swimmers are participating in Swimming Canada and SwimBC camps both this week and the coming week.

Follow Richard Weinberger and Eric Hedlin here now (men's 10km race started at 11:00AM), and Stephanie Horner at 1:30PM here: https://www.usaswimming.org/utility/event-pages/event-detail/2017/05/19/default-calendar/open-water-national-championships