Awards

Swimmer Eligibility 

To be eligible for an award, a swimmer must be deemed to be a BC Swimmer, defined as follows: 

• Registered with and representing a Swim BC member club in good standing or HPC-Vancouver.  
• Living, training and registered full-time in BC 12-months prior to consideration for nomination. 
• Where a swimmer represents HPC-Vancouver, the swimmer’s club of origin, and current club, must be a Swim BC member club.  
• Swimmers training at a HPC outside of BC are not eligible for Swim BC Awards. 
• Awards are based on competition and eligibility for the competitive season September 1 – August 31. 

Swim BC Swimmer of the Year (Male and Female)

• Both Male and a Female award will be presented when the criteria is met. If no swimmer from a specific gender meets the criteria, no award will be presented for that gender. 
• A swimmer must have represented a BC club or HPC Vancouver at the Canadian Swimming Trials or highest rated international swimming event, prioritized as: 

1. 1. Olympics / Paralympics 
   2. World Championships / World Para Swimming Championships 
   3. Pan Pacific Championships / Para Pan Pacific Championships 
   4. World Aquatics Championships (25m) 
   5. FISU Games 
   6. Commonwealth Games
   7. World Junior Swimming Championships 
   8. Pan American Games / Para Pan American Games 

• The eligible swimmer with the highest placing in the top 8 at the highest prioritized international swimming event will be the Senior Swimmer of the Year. 
• If no eligible swimmer places in the top 8 in a prioritized competition, then all eligible swimmer’s placing’s (ie/9th and lower) will be ranked for each of the prioritized competitions.  In priority order, a swimmer’s international ranking will be added to their placing in the Canadian Swimming Trials in that event. The swimmer with the lowest combined placing “add-up” will be the Senior Swimmer of the Year. (ie/ 14th place, 100 breast at World Aquatic World Champs + 2nd place in 100 breast at Canadian Swimming Trials = 16 combined). 
• World Aquatics / IPC points will be utilized to break a tie.  
• A World Aquatics recognized LCM world record in an individual event regardless of competition will be prioritized above a placing rating. 
• A World Para Swimming LCM world record in an individual event must be achieved at the Canadain Swimming Trials or the primary Para international competition and in an event recognized by their sport class. 
• A World Aquatics recognized SCM world record in an individual event will rank after any medal (won in the same individual event) at a #1 or #2 international swimming competition; and before any medal won at a #3 – #8 international competition. 

 Swim BC Provincial Para-Swimmer of the Year (Male and Female)

• A Provincial Para-Swimmer must have competed at a minimum of one BC Provincial Championship meet. 
• Both Male and a Female award will be presented when the criteria is met by a swimmer from each gender. If no swimmer in a gender achieves the criteria, no award for that gender will be presented. 
• To be eligible, Para classified swimmers must have been classified Level 2 prior to the BC Winter Provincial Championships.   
• A swimmer’s highest point score in a single event competed at the Provincial Championships will be the Provincial Para-Swimmer of the Year. 

  Swim BC Provincial Swimmer of the Year (Male and Female) 

• To be eligible, a Provincial Swimmer must have competed at a minimum of one BC Provincial Championship meet. 
• Award criteria scoring (individual events only): 
• National age group SCM or LCM records (5 points per event – multiple records in a single event will be considered once only) 
• Provincial age group records (3 points per event – multiple records in a single event will be considered once only) 
• Selection to any National Senior Team (2 points) 
• Selection to any National Junior Team (1 point) 
• Swim BC targeted athlete:

1. 1. SC AAP Senior Card – 4 points 
   2. SC AAP Development Card – 3 points 
   3. Provincial Development 1 – 2 points
   4. Provincial Development 2 – 1 point 

• BC Provincial Championships Aggregate Winners (1 point per award) 
• Tie breaker – single highest FINA point scoring swim 

 Master Swimmer of the Year (Male and Female) 

• This award will be determined in consultation with MSABC. 
• An Eligible BC Master swimmer will be:  
• registered in the Masters category with, and representing a registered Swim BC / MSABC Club  
• residing full time in the province prior to the entry deadline for the MSABC Provincial Championships 
• The awards will be based on results from the BC Masters Championships. Where no World Record is broken, the swimmer achieving a time closest to a current World Record based on percentage in any single event, will be the Master Swimmer of the Year.  Where a World Record or multiple World Records are recognized, the swimmer achieving the largest percentage drop in the World Record will be the Master Swimmer of the Year.

Swim BC Coach of the Year (Male and Female) 

• An Eligible BC Coach will be:  

• • registered with and representing a BC Club  
  • actively coaching full time in the province 12 months prior to consideration  
  • Compliant with all Swim BC coach registration requirements 
  • Declared Coach of Record for individual swimmers.  The Swim BC Awards Committee will request and or confirm Coach of Record status where necessary

• Awards will be based on the following scoring achievements: 
  • 8 points per provincial records(SCM, LCM, individual and relay events – counted once, not cumulatively)
    • Full relay (coach of record for all swimmers) = 8 pts per record
    • Partial relay (coach of record for some swimmers) = 2 pts per record per swimmer
  • 12  points per national records (SCM, LCM, individual and relay events – counted once, not cumulatively)
    • Full relay (coach of record for all swimmers) = 12 pts per record
    • Partial relay (coach of record for some swimmers) = 3 pts per record per swimmer
  • Total number of Swim BC targeted athletes – points distribution per swimmer:
    • Canadian Elite – 4 points
    • Canadian Development – 3 points
    • Provincial Development 1 – 2 points
    • Provincial Development 2 – 1 point
  • Selection and acceptance to coach provincial team(s) – point distribution
    • Provincial Development 1 – 2 points
    • Provincial Development 2 – 1 point

• • Selection and acceptance to any National Senior Team (2 points) 
  • Selection and acceptance to any National Junior Team (1 point)
  • NB – A National Team appointment that coincides with a BC Team appointment and prevents acceptance to participate on a provincial team will be scored at full value.  

Swim BC Flip Filippelli Official of the Year Award 

• Recognition of a registered official who has contributed substantially of their time, expertise, and energy toward officiating and officials’ development. 

• A recipient will have:

• • Officiated at a minimum of three regional competitions, one Divisional competition; and a BC Provincial Championships. 
  • Lead a minimum of two in-person clinics and mentored at least two officials. 

• Demonstrated ongoing personal development through course work and / or experiential opportunities. 
• Demonstrated individual dedication to leadership and contribution to local sport development and promotion of fair play and ethical behaviours in swimming. 
• The Swim BC Officials Committee will make recommendation to the Awards Committee 

 Swim BC Volunteer Contribution Award  

• Recognition of an individual who has made a significant contribution to community through commitment, service, creativity, cooperation, and leadership in their volunteer role.   
• Submissions will be solicited from the Swim BC membership requesting submissions that outline the following: 

• • Club impact  
  • Swimming community reach,  
  • Ongoing engagement,  
  • Overcoming personal challenges,  
  • Inspirational impact to swimming community  

Swim BC President’s Award 

• The President of Swim BC, at their sole discretion, will determine the recipient(s).   
• The award is intended to recognize a long serving individual (BC resident) within the BC swimming community who has had a significant and lasting impact on the direction of competitive swimming in the province. 
• Multiple individuals may be recognized 

 Club of the Year  

• An eligible BC Club will:   

• • be registered with Swim BC 12 months prior to the award year and have no suspensions or letters of warning during that period,
  • be coaching registration and certification compliant, 
  • have swimmers registered in the Competitive category, 
  • have attended at least one of the Winter BC Divisionals or Winter BC Championships; and at least one of the Summer BC Divisionals or Summer BC Provincial Championships,
  • Varsity only clubs and Masters’ only clubs are not eligible for this award. 

• The award will be determined as follows: 

• • Total Provincial Championships combined score (Winter + Summer) ranked and scored in reverse by the total number of ranked clubs, 

• • Total number of National Qualifiers weighted by level of competition:

• • • Canadian Swimming Trials Senior standard – 4 points / swimmer 
    • Canadian Swimming Trials Junior standard – 2 points / swimmer 
    • Canadian Swimming Championships standard – 3 points / swimmer 
    • Canadian Junior Championships standard – 2 points / swimmer 
    • Western Championships – 1 point / swimmer 

• • Provincial technical program (CSI-Pacific ID) selection – 1 point / swimmer 
  • Total number of registered officials per registered competitive swimmer; ranked and scored in reverse order by the total number of ranked clubs.

• Male Swimmer of the Year – Brent Hayden
• Breakout Male Para Swimmer of the Year – Nicholas Bennett
• Volunteer Contribution Award – Linda Metcalfe

• Male High School Athlete of the Year – Laon Kim