Masters Swimming FINA Top 10 for 2020

May 14, 2021

FINA has released their rankings for the Top 10 Masters performances from 2020. More than 30 BC Masters Swimmers made the Top 10 Rankings for 2020. They will each receive a letter of congratulations from Swimming Canada and a crest from FINA. Big congratulations from Swim BC on this tremendous achievement and we can’t wait to see Masters back in the water soon. You can find the list of the athletes recognized below, and you can find the full FINA Top 10 rankings here (SCM | LCM).  
Katie McEvoy (VICM)
Kelly Geisheimer  (HYACK)
Alexandra Dimitrescu
Serena Brendaglia (HBSC)
Lauren Westmacott (VICM)
Cindy Mabee (VICM)
Sam Goski (VICM)
Sarah MacDonald (VICM)
Linda Wilson (WRW)
Pauline Lotbinière Joly (WIN)
Theo Manley (WRW)
Hella Versfeld (VERN)
Nancy Ryan (NEBB)
Yvonne Cattrall (VICM)
Anne Fabre (VICM)
Conny Stamhuis (OKAN)
Craig Brazier (HBSC)
Gabrio Mannucci (HBSC)
Vlad Shirokov (HBSC/DYNA)
Rob Charland (DOGW)
Scott Cosper (VICM)
Peter Van Dyke (HBSC)
Glenn Carlsen (PENT)
Rod Carmicheal (VICM)
Daniel Brimm (WIN)
Steve Rasmussen (WIN)
Alan Morris (NSM)
Arthur Ray (WRW)
Jack Kelso (DOGW)
Karl Donoghue (PENT)
Erika Korbely (HYDE)
Carl Waterer (LOCO)
Aldert Dykstra (HYDE)

BC SWIMMING CONGRESS – SAVE THE DATE!

May 5, 2021

Swim BC is excited to announce that we will be offering the 2021 BC Swimming Congress this year! The dates for the 2021 BC Swimming Congress will be October 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The 2021 Congress includes the Team Aquatic Supplies Coaching Conference, Club Development Series, Officials Symposium and Swim BC AGM. We are still endeavouring to offer an in-person conference this fall but will pivot to a Virtual delivery if necessary. We will keep the membership informed on updates and chances as they are made.

Safety Management For Open Water Workouts

May 5, 2021

As we progress towards warmer weather across BC many member’s have been inquiring about open water training opportunities.  Open water training will definitely create opportunity for Masters as they can move from limitations placed on training by the Provincial Health Order (PHO) from 2 per session indoors, to 10 outdoors (physically distancing 3m).    For Masters and any Age Group programs looking to move training outdoors, we’ve expanded last year’s Open Water Swimming recommendations to a more comprehensive “Safety Management for Open Water Workouts” document.  If your club is planning open water activities, we ask that club boards become familiar with this document, particularly to ensure open water activities are ‘permitted’ by waterway authorized governing bodies, and that Health Authorities deem water quality safe for swimming activities.  Coaches are encouraged to develop safety plans and ensure introduction to open water swimming is taken seriously with inexperienced, novice and younger participants.    A quick note regarding competition, we do not anticipate the current province-wide restrictions and PHO limitations to be eased in a substantive manner to permit open water competition this summer. 

SUMMER SWIMMING REGISTRATION

May 5, 2021

“Grow our sport” and “build our capacity” are two integral goals of Swim BC’s Strategic Blueprint.  To achieve these goals, we’ve been working to envision opportunities for clubs that may help to expand their programming.  While not yet fully developed and delayed by COVID, Swim BC is looking to establish summer programming, ideally aimed at new participants who may want a shorter introductory opportunity to your club and our sport.  We also envision summer programming may grow into an opportunity for swimmer retention, where a less intense sprint-oriented program may bridge a swimmer’s experience in the sport. As a first step in trying to navigate our encumbered COVID world, we are going to open up a “Summer Swimmer” registration category in the Registration system.  The category will be open for new registrants, May 1 – Aug 31 each year – the fee this year is $20.00 per participant, regardless of age.  Clubs are encouraged to envision an entry level swim camp or swim league type programming for this inaugural year (where COVID restrictions may permit). In the future, as restrictions ease and we trend back to normal, we will work on developing “Summer League” programming with mini-meet formats, officiating strategies, and other supporting mechanisms to encourage a new opportunity for clubs to grow and expand their programming.  A few elements we’re looking at to shape the program into the future are:
  • Age groups 6 & U; 7-8; 9-10; 11-12; 13-14; 15 & O
  • Competition categories: “S” – summer only / “Y” – year-round registered swimmers
  • Sanctioned meets: times eligible for summer category only
  • Competition: short weeknight dual meets, one day meets for regions where travel is an issue
All this is dependent on getting enough clubs to move the program forward, for now, we’ll simply open the Summer category to all clubs for new participants and encourage you to envision new programming opportunities.  If you have any concept questions, please contact Ken Radford.  For registration questions please contact Sam Thoms.

Challenge Set #2 Results Now Available!

Apr 30, 2021

Challenge Set #2 came to a close earlier this week. The results have been tabulated and you can view the full results on our Results page. Now that 2 challenge sets are completed we are introducing Cumulative Point results. These are the combined total points earned by each participant from each Challenge Set. The current top 5 swimmers in each category after Challenge Set #2 are listed below. Women 2008 & Younger
  1. Kelly Qi (WDSC) – 99 Points
  2. Michelle Zeng (WVOSC) – 98 Points
  3. Mutsuki Porter (CDSC) – 93 Points. (Tied for 3rd)
  4. Taryn Weatherhead (SOSC) – 93 Points (Tied for 3rd)
  5. Jiaying Wang (NRST) – 92 Points
Men 2008 & Younger
  1. Matthew Friesen (WDSC) – 98 Points
  2. Scott Watson (KAJ) – 94 Points
  3. Liam Shew (KAJ) – 92 Points
  4. Alex Wang Chi Cheng (CDSC) – 83 Points
  5. Minhyuk Park (LOSC) – 81 Points
Women 2006 – 2007
  1. Sienna Angove (KCS) – 99 Points
  2. Julia Strojnowska (CDSC) – 96 Points
  3. Leilano Fack (LOSC) – 94 Points
  4. Isabella Mady (WDSC) – 87 Points
  5. Maria Saldana Riebeling (CDSC) – 86 Points
Men 2006 – 2007
  1. Paul Orogo (HYACK) – 99 Points (Tied 1st)
  2. Jeremy Slinn (WDSC) – 99 Points (Tied 1st)
  3. Aiden Kirk (KAJ) – 96 Points
  4. Justin Jung (HYACK) – 93 Points
  5. Matthew Wang (HYACK) – 92 Points
Women 2004 – 2005
  1. Allison Shen (HYACK) – 96 Points
  2. Eloise Allen (CHIN) – 94 Points
  3. Rachel Tong (HYACK) – 90 Points (Tied 3rd)
  4. Michelle Shen (HYACK) – 90 Points (Tied 3rd)
  5. Katelyn Schroeder (LOSC) – 90 Points (Tied 3rd)
Men 2004 – 2005
  1. Peter Huang (HYACK) – 100 Points
  2. Aidan Erickson (LOSC) – 97 Points
  3. Parker Cameron (KCS) – 91 Points
  4. Piyush Kaul (LOSC) – 90 Points
  5. Nathan Leung (WSC) – 86 Points
Women 2003 & Older 
  1. Naomi Cole (WDSC) – 92 Points
  2. Ocean Roos (NRST) – 90 Points (Tied 2nd)
  3. Severen Parr (LOSC) – 90 Points (Tied 2nd)
  4. Enzi Han (CDSC) – 89 Points
  5. Jessica Thiede (SOSC) – 82 Points
Men 2003 & Older
  1. Calvin Slinn (WDSC) – 100 Points
  2. Hugh McNeill (LOSC) – 98 Points
  3. Diego Paz (KCS) – 95 Points
  4. Jack Cameron (KCS) – 93 Points
  5. Jakob Brager (NRST) – 88 Points
Varsity Women
  1.  Georgia Pengilly (KAJ) – 100 Points
Varsity Men
  1. Channah Yip (SFU) – 50 Points
  2. Marc Toyata (UVIC) – 50 Points
  3. Alex Woinoski (SFU) – 49 Points
  4. Leo Fath (SFU) – 48 Points
  5. Jayden Cole (SFU) – 47 Points
Para Men
  1. Cameron Chambers (KAJ) – 94 Points

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