Hyack

It was an exciting final day at the Hyack Youth Cup with many more podium finishes and club records being broken. Michael Schmidt knocked off five tenths from the 11-12 boys 100 Breast VIR record, set in 1989 with a new time of 1:14.44. In a huge best time, Anthony Gutierrez beat former Vike swimmer Craig Dagnall's 400 Free club record (4:49.02, 2003) in a new time of 4:45.92.

The 4x50 Freestyle relay of Anthony Gutierrez, Darisus Morrison, Keir Ogilvie, and Michael Schmidt broke their previous record from last summer by eight seconds, with a new time of 1:58.68. Anthony would go on to shave off 8 one hundreths of a second off of the 12&U 100 Free Club Record set in 2003 in a new time of 1:02.50. Keir broke one of the oldest PCS club records in the 12&U 200 Fly, beating former Vikes swimmer David Vizsolyi's 2:35.41 set in 2002 in a new time of 2:34.06 and finishing in second place.

It was a fast day one at the Hyack Youth Cup, with some tough competition from Albertan and American teams but the small PCS squad is sitting in 5th.  The 4x50 Medley Relay team of Darius Morrison, Michael Schmidt, Keir Ogilvie, and Anthony Gutierrez broke the long standing VIR record from 1990 by over a second, with a new time of 2:10.18.  Congratulations boys!

Other event highlights include:
Jemma Stevens (11) - 3rd 400 IM

Kathryn Lee (11) - 1st 200 Fly

Anthony Gutierrez (12) - 3rd 1500 Free 

Well Day 3 of the 2014 Hyack Youth Festival wrapped up on Sunday and PCS swimmers had a great day in the pool!

Our second night of the Hyack meet started with the 200m Freestyle Relays where our 13-14 year old girls finished 6th.

Next up was Michael Schmidt who finished 1st in the Boys 11&U 200m Fly with a time of 2:55.48, dropping 4 seconds off his morning swim.

Then it was was Darius Morrison who finished 6th in the Boys 11&U 100m Backstroke with a new best time of 1:20.10.

The swimmers competing at the Hyack Youth Festival had a successful first day. There are 452 swimmers in the meet.

The first morning session was very good to the Pacific Coast swimmers with all but four swims best times LC. 80% best times in the morning is very good practice in preparation for VIR, AAA, and Age Group nationals. These events require good morning swimming to make the finals.

The evening session started with 4x50 medley relay. Our one relay 13/14 girls placed 4th.