2014-2015

The final day of provincial AA competition saw 2 more podium finishes for PCS swimmers.

Emily Laidman (14) claimed the second place silver medal in the Girls 14&O 100m BR in a time of 1:23.73. And Riley Tesch (17), returning to the pool where her swimming career started 14 years ago as a toddler in the wading pool, won the Girls 14&O 100m BR bronze medal in a time of 1:24.92.

Congratulations swimmers and coaches for a great weekend of swimming in Kamloops! Next up, AAA's in our home in just 3 days!

The 41 degree weather did not stop Kathryn Lee (12) from qualifying for the AAA championships next weekend.  This morning Kathryn raced to a new time of 1:15.54 in her 100 Fly, and would go on to win the event later in finals. Nathan Chow (10) swam a huge best time on the anchor leg of the 14&U Boys relay to hold on to the bronze medal with teammates Miyu Dobashi (14), Brendan Chow (12), and Ben Gyorkos (14).  The final day of racing is tomorrow.

The hot weather didn't stop the small PCS contingent from some best times and a couple of trips up to the podium today in Kamloops.  This morning, Trinity Aragon-Scriven (11) shaved off half a second in her 50 free to get her second AAA time, qualifying for the big meet next weekend.

Good day, Coaches.

As mentioned in the note sent out on Tuesday along with the Psych sheets, we are looking at around 720 swimmers at AAA Champs, with the potential for some more yet who may qualify out of AA Champs this weekend.

Therefore, after consulting with BCSCA, we will make the following adjustments to the meet:

Hey PCS Families!  It is 11 days to AAA's and one of the most exciting swim events of the season for our club and swimmers. We are the defending champions and we have our largest team ever qualified for race day.

On behalf of SwimBC, Pacific Coast Swimming is also the host of this year's event and we need everyone's help to make this the best AAA's ever.

The final day of VIR wrapped up with some exciting swims and many best times. The swim of the day goes to Erin Jennings who dropped 3 seconds in her 200 backstroke and made her third Age Group National time, qualifying her for the meet at the end of July. Another notable swim was Anthony Gutierrez's 400 Free where he knocked 4 seconds off and made his second AGN time. Next stop for PCS swimmers is the AA Championships in Kamloops, and the AAA Championships the week after.

400 Free

Day 2 wrapped up today with PCS still in second even with many top point scorers away. It was an exciting morning for Laura Rincon who spent no time wasted after qualifying for AAA yesterday to earn her first AGN in the 50 breast. She went on to be .07 off the 200 breast AGN in finals tonight with a huge best time. Anthony Gutierrez also had a big time drop, went under his first AGN cut. Finally re-writing the last Fly club record on the 11-12 boys side was Keir Ogilvie, taking nearly two seconds off the record from 2003 in the 100 Butterfly.

Day two dawned golden fo Team BC. Molly Gowans ran away with the 400 FR (4:17.7) to take her second gold for the team.

100 Freestyle
Finals began with 100 FR, MacKenzie Paddington finished 5th (59.7) and Rachel Sawchuk 8th (1:00.2), Jordyn Ryan came 23rd (1:01.1) in her best. Lauren Crisp had a best in the D Final (1:01.4). Allison Ballantyne also had a best for PCS( 1:01.1).

Great first day of racing finished and PCS is going strong in second place even with many of our top swimmers away at the Tucson Ford Classic. There were many great swims in the 1500s this morning including Erin Lawrance (15) racing her way to her first Senior National time. Emma Murdoch (15) earned her first Age Group National time in the 50 Fly. After several months of trying to earn her second AAA time to qualify for the meet, Laura Rincon (12) finally made her time in the 100 Breast, and shortly followed up with a 3rd AAA time in the 50 Fly.

VIR Champs start tomorrow! Good luck to all of our coaches and athletes - GO PCS!