Day 1 of the Canadian Age Group Nationals saw several medal and personal best performances by PCS swimmers. Here are summaries of the preliminaries and finals from Coach Rod.

Results from Day 1 Preliminaries

The link to the live results for Age Group Nationals can be found here or you can go to our results page.

The link to the webcasts of the evening finals can be found here.

Good luck PCS swimmers!

Age Group Nationals psych sheets and a technical bulletin have been loaded to the website.  Click on the link to Age Group Nationals under the Upcoming Events.

The second day of Senior Nationals was a more relaxed day for our competitors; only MacKenzie Downing and Rachael Newman competed, in the 100 Free, not a main event for either of them.  Downing made the C final with a time of 58.38, but opted not to swim it in preparation for the 100 Fly tomorrow. 

Tomorrow brings a day of big races for the UVPCS swimmers, with the 200 Back, a main event for both Stefanie and Nick, and the 100 Fly, in which MacKenzie and Rachael will be competing.

After two impressive races over the past two days, Richard Weinberger drew his time at the World Championships to a close with a stellar performance in the 5km today.  The race consisted of 52 men, and took just under an hour for the main pack to complete.

Senior Nationals began today in Point-Clare, Quebec, and UVPCS had MacKenzie Downing, Nicholas Sinclair, Stefanie Schmidt, and Rachael Newman competing.  Both Nick and MacKenzie are currently in the midst of training for the FISU Games in August. 

In heats, MacKenzie Downing swam both the 50 and 200 Fly, snagging a spot in the final in both events.  MacKenzie came 10^th in the 50 Fly with a time of 27.96, and won the bronze medal in the 200, clocking in at 2:14.02.   

After competing in the 10km yesterday at the World Championships, Richard Weinberger joined two Canadians teammates, Aimeson King, and Zsofi Balazs, to race the Team Pursuit 5km.  This event was a first for the competitors and for Canada. 

Original story from the Swimming Canada website. Click here for the full story and video interviews.