2024 Swim BC Summer Divisionals Information

Jun 19, 2024

Good luck to all of the athletes competing in the Swim BC 2024 Summer Divisionals.  Thank you to all of the officials and volunteers who have signed up to support these competitions, they could not happen without you!  For specific meet information see below:
Summer Divisionals – Island & Coastal Vancouver June 28-30 RAPIDS (Richmond) Click Here
Summer Divisionals – North & Interior June 21-23 VKSC (Vernon) Click Here
Summer Divisionals – Fraser & Vancouver June 28-30 SPART (Chilliwack) Click Here

Swim BC Announces Open Water Championships Cancellation

Jun 13, 2024

With an abundance of caution, the Organizing Committee and Swim BC staff have decided to cancel the BC Open Water Championships. Originally scheduled for Friday, June 14th, the unseasonably cold spring has led to water temperatures falling below the thresholds set by Swimming Canada and World Aquatics rules.  The Competition Managers have been closely monitoring the temperature of the Sasamat Lake competition course. The temperature has consistently hovered between 15 to 16°C, which is below even the wetsuit threshold rules. Furthermore, the current weather forecast predicts overnight lows of 3°C and a high of 11°C on race day, with rain. These conditions have made it clear that canceling the event is the safest decision.  Swim BC prioritizes the well-being and safety of all participants. Although this cancellation is extremely inconvenient for participants, officials, and support personnel, we cannot ensure the safe delivery of the event under these conditions. We are deeply grateful for the efforts and leadership of the SFA organizing committee, particularly Paul and Miranda McNamara, and Open Water officiating expert Mike Stamhuis.  All entry fees will be refunded. We will contact all payees with refund information next week. 

World Record for Sebastian Massabie!

Apr 15, 2024

Sebastian Massabie from the Pacific Sea Wolves broke the World Para Swimming World Record in the S4 50m Butterfly while competing at the 2024 Citi Para Swimming World Series USA in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 14, 2024. Massibie’s time of 39.51 this morning bettered the previous record of 40.48 held by Darko Duric from Slovenia from 2012. Duric’s record was the gold medal swim of the 2012 London Paralympic Games. Massibie’s coach, Jy Lawrence, said of the swim, “Sebastian did a great job of executing the race plan and is in a great position going into European Open Championships next week in Portugal and the Paralympic Trials next month”. Congratulations to Sebastian, coach Jy, and the Pacific Sea Wolves on this great performance.
Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

Aug 29, 2022

The Junior Pan Pacific Championships took place from August 24th to August 27th in Honolulu. Three BC swimmers were selected for the team: Adam Wu (SKSC), Bill Dongfang (ISC) and Katie Schroeder (LOSC). After 4 days of competition, BC swimmers made numerous finals and brought home 1 medal. Individual Results
  • Adam Wu – Bronze – Men’s 200m Freestyle
  • Adam Wu – 5th – Men’s 200m Butterfly
  • Katie Schroeder – 5th – 100m Backstroke
  • Bill Dongfang – 8th – 100m Butterfly
  • Adam Wu – 4th – 400m Freestyle
  • Adam Wu – 6th – 800m Freestyle
Congrats swimmers!

Canadian Junior & Senior Swimming Championships – Day 1

Jul 26, 2022

The 2022 Canadian Junior & Senior Swimming Championships are taking place in Montreal from July 25th through August 1st. The competition has 638 swimmers representing 145 clubs. British Columbia has an excellent contingent of 114 swimmers, representing 24 clubs. After Day 1 of the competition, BC Swimmers had 45 A Final swims and earned 15 medals. Congrats to the following medal winners: Gold
  • 19 & Over 200m IM – Brodie Young (UBCT)
  • 18 & Over 100m Fly – Danielle Hanus (UBCT)
  • 14-15 200m Free – Laon Kim (HYACK)
  • 16 – 18 400m Free – Adam Wu (SKSC)
  • 13-14 400m IM – Emma Liu (CDSC)
  • 19 & Over 100m Breast – Justice Migneault (UBCT)
Silver
  • 14-15 200m IM – Laon Kim (HYACK)
  • 13-14 100m Fly – Paige Korbely (HYACK)
  • 15-17 100m Fly – Leila Fack (LOSC)
  • 19 & Over 400m Free – Hugh McNeill (UBCT)
  • 13-14 400m IM – Kelly Qi (WDSC)
  • 15-17 400m IM – Sienna Angrove (KCS)
  • 14 – 15 100m Breast – Joshua Wall (RAPID)
Bronze
  • 13-14 100m Fly – Emma Liu (CDSC)
  • 15-17 400m IM – Alexanne LePage (VKSC)
Congrats swimmers! Good luck on Day 2.
CANADA SUMMER GAMES TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT

CANADA SUMMER GAMES TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT

Apr 20, 2022

The Canada Summer Games will be taking place this August in the Niagara region. Swim BC is pleased to be announcing the Team BC staff and swimmers. Congratulations! We look forward to productive preparations this spring and successful summer.  
Women Men
Sienna Angove (KCS) Natascha Borromeo (WVOSC) Kiah Craig (ISC) Nathalia Day (CDSC) Leila Fack (LOSC) Macey Larson (LOSC Kelly Qi (WDSC) Maria Saldana Riebeling (CDSC) Julia Strojnowska (CDSC) Genevieve Verge (CHIN) Taryn Weatherhead (KISU) Bronwen Wheeler (SPART) Lily Zhang (VPSC) Jihoon Bae (LOSC) Thomas Caruso (SPART) Cameron Chambers (KAJ) Sergey Chernomorchenko (PSW) Bill Dongfang (ISC) Aiden Erickson (LOSC) Tristan Govier (HST) Kristofer Hulten (ISC) Peter Huang (SKSC) Justin Jung (HYACK) Laon Kim (HYACK) Aiden Kirk (KAJ) Paul Orogo (HYACK) Ramon Siytangc (VPSC)
   
Staff  
Team Leader Team Manager Canada Games Apprentice Coach Team Coach Team Coach Team Coach Cory Beatt (Swim BC) Carrie Matheson (Swim BC) Haley Bennett (RAC) Dave Tontini (ISC) Jy Lawrence (PSW) Andrew Lennstrom (HYACK)

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