Pacific Coast Swimming had an impressive first day at the Vancouver Island Regional Championships with ninety-four individual finals swims.  In total the Bolts have ninety-two athletes competing at the three-day meet being held at Saanich Commonwealth Place.  The meet marks the first weekend of championship racing for the squad, as they gear up for the summer ahead with racing at AA Provincials, AAA Provincials, Canadian Age Group Championships, and Senior National Championships on the horizon. 

A crew of four Pacific Coast Swimming athletes' ventured down to Tucson, Arizona, to race at the Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatic Club Southwest Classic Swim Meet this past weekend.  The meet featured teams from across the United States and Canada competing at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center, the home of the University of Arizona Wildcats Swim Team.   With up to seventy athletes in each event, the meet featured A, B, and C finals for the top twenty four swimmers based off of preliminary results in each event.

The final session of the Hyack Invitational saw twenty-six top eight results by the Bolts that included nine podium finishes.  The New Westminster meet was one of the final tune-ups prior to Pacific Coast athletes’ entering long course championship season with the summer quickly approaching. 

Pacific Coast Swimming continued their roll on day two of the Hyack Invitational. The Bolts captured a number of relay medals, and Anthony Guitierrez eclipsed the 1:00 minute mark in the Boys 12-13 100 Freestyle for the first time to lead the charge for the squad from Victoria.

Day one of the Hyack Invitational was highlighted by a number of podium finishes for the Bolts, as well as 13 year old Michael Schmidt setting a new club and meet record in the 200 breaststroke with his time of 2:30.38.  The swim was a best time for Schmidt by close to four seconds, on his way to claiming first in the boys 12-13 category.

Day two of the 10 & Under Championships continued to highlight the depth of the Pacific Coast Swimming, as more than twenty-nine best times were added to the thirty best times swam on day one of the meet.  In the overall team rankings, the Bolts found themselves finish on top with 2,435 total points, while the host Comox Valley Sharks placing second, bringing in 2,096 total points (complete point scores are listed below).

A small contingent of fifteen Pacific Coast Swimming athletes’ hit the water at the Comox Valley Aquatic Centre on Saturday afternoon, competing at the two day 10 & Under Island Championships.  The first day of the meet was highlighted with a number of great swims from the Bolts, as the team posted over thirty total lifetime bests. 

13th Annual Wavemaker Invitational Top 10 Individual Pacific Coast Swimming Results.  Congratulations to all one-hundred and twenty one club members that took part in the three day meet!

Girls Top 10 Results

Mehr Abrar – 9^th 50 bk, 10^th 100 bk

Meadow Alberts – 8^th 200 bk, 6^th 50 fly, 5^th 100 bk

The good vibes were flowing all weekend at the 13^th Annual Wavemaker Invitational.  One hundred and twenty one Pacific Coast Swimming athlete’s hit the water for one of the first long course meets of the year at Saanich Commonwealth Place.  Fifteen teams were represented over the course of the three-day meet, including the Yellowknife Polar Bears from the Northwest Territories, and the Sylvan Lake Nautical Swim Team from Alberta. 

Former Pacific Coast Swimming and UVic Vikes swimmer Stephanie Dixon was named to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday.  She is one of seven individuals that will be formally inducted on Novemeber 1st in Toronto.  Dixon represented Canada at three Paralympic Games, winning nineteen medals and setting multiple world records in the process.  On top of this, Stephanie has been a tremendous ambassador for the sport and promotor for parasport around the world.