The first finals session at the Speedo Western Canadian Open was an exciting one, as nine Pacific Coast Swimming swimmers hit the water in beautiful Winnipeg, Manitoba.  

The last day of racing in Penticton was full of gutsy performances from PCS swimmers. Many swimmers were still racing to best times in the morning and moving up to get into second swims in the evening. The 50 Fly in the morning saw Adele Bibault finish with a slight best time in 4th place (14o Girls), and Fionnuala McKenna wound up 12th (14o Girls) with a strong effort. On the boys side Kaleb Lee was 11th (11u Boys), and Achintya Chaudhari was 13th (14o Boys).

Please note that start times for several sessions in the 2016 SwimBC AAA SC Championships have been changed.  For more information, please see the meet details at: http://www.pacificcoastswimming.com/events/2016-bc-aaa-sc-championships

Day 2 saw lots of second swims for PCS swimmers. After some fast swims in the morning the night started with the 100 FR where Mackenzie Hepner won the bronze (12-13 Girls) and earned her second AAA time, Bijou Speirs placed 15th (12-13 Girls), Fionnuala McKenna won the B Final placing 9th (14&O Girls), Brendan Chow was 16th (12-13 Boys), and David Heibert was 15th (14&O Boys).

After a long day of travel to Penticton, PCS swimmers woke up ready to race hard at Swim BC AA Provincial Championships yesterday. We had lots of best times in morning swims and team members cheered on Taiki Hiraoka to our team's first medal of the meet in the 1500 FR, (12-13 Boys) a bronze, in 20:12.97. Right after that Mackenzie Hepner knocked over 27 seconds off her previous 800 FR best to earn her first AAA time and a 6th place finish (12-13 Girls). Naeva Scott-Bouris also achieved her first AAA time in the 100 BK (11&U Girls).

Story by Rachael Mebs

30 swimmers from UVPCS traveled up to Campbell River to swim in the Annual Eliminator swim meet.

Highlights from the meet included:

PCSPA's annual Swim-A-Thon fundraiser starts February 1st and runs through May 31st 2016. To kick off the fundraising efforts there will be a $50 Team Aquatic Supplies Gift Card prize for the top fundraiser February 1st-7th inclusive. Below are the event dates by group, please take note of your swimmer's date and time. All Swim-A-Thon events take place at UVic's McKinnon pool this year. Our fundraising goal this year is $25,000 which is approximately $100 per swimmer. All registered swimmers should plan to participate.

With eighty-five Pacific Coast Swimming swimmers attending the regional meet in Nanaimo, the energy was electric on deck, helping us capture the VIR Short Course Championships. Winning the meet over cross town rival Island Swimming and eight other Vancouver Island clubs wasn`t an easy task, as the Bolts were short handed with some of our top age group swimmers racing at the Arena Grand Prix meet in Austin, Texas.

Hi All, it's been a awesome PCS year and we want to wish all the swim families and wonderful holiday season. Thanks! The PCS crew.