Leilani Fack of the Langley Olympians has done it again and broke 2 provincial records! She is the new provincial record holder if the Women 13-14 SCM 100m Freestyle with the time of 55.63 and the Women 13-14 LCM 50m Freestyle with the time of 26.13. She broke 2 other provincial recorders earlier this season. Congrats Leilani!
Swim BC Virtual Summer Provincial Championships have successfully completed with 347 swimmers participating from 28 clubs. Clubs should be very proud of their accomplishments through such a challenging time. The quality of swimming in the province at this time is truly impressive. Congratulations to all the participating swimmers, coaches, and clubs! You can view the full results linked below:
Able-Bodied and Para ResultsTeam Scores
Swim BC would like to congratulate all teams on their outstanding performances at the Summer Virtual Provincial Championships. The top five finishers are:
Simon Fraser Aquatics – 1780 Pts
Hyack Swim Club – 1263 Pts
Langley Olympians – 894 Pts
Canadian Dolphins Swim Club – 877 Pts
Kelowna Aquajets – 777 Pts
Congrats again to all the swimmers. We can’t wait to host in-person provincials again next season.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are upon us! The games will run from July 23th until August 8th. Swimming will take place from July 24th until August 1st in the pool. The 10km Open Water events will take place on August 4th and 5th. We can’t wait to cheer on Team Canada during the games. Keep an eye out for the following BC swimmers who will be competing at the games:
Brent Hayden (HPC-V) – Pool
Kierra Smith (KAJ) – Pool
Markus Thormeyer (UBCT) – Pool
Hau-Li Fan (UBCT) – Open Water
Also special recognition to BC Coach, Tom Johnson will be coaching the team in Tokyo, Chris Hindmarch-Watson who will be the English language announcer at the venue in Tokyo, and the support staff (Janice Hanan, Ron Mattison, Graham Olson) who will be travelling with the team.
You can stream all the events through CBC Sports. To keep up with all the action in the pool during the games check out the following links:
CBC Sports – Streaming Schedule | Swimming Schedule & News
Olympics – Pool Schedule & Results | Open Water Schedule & Results | Live Blog (All Events)
Swimming Canada – News & Articles
Swim Swam Canada – News
Swim BC is very pleased with the continued support of the Virtual Divisionals. We have had many reports of how this virtual meet generated direction, excitement, and great swims from our teams from across the province. A total of 571 swimmers from 30 teams participated in the three Divisionals. Congratulations to all the participating swimmers, coaches, and clubs!
Vancouver Coastal Summer Results (2021-07-14)
Fraser & Island Summer Results (2021-07-14)
North & Interior Summer Results (2021-03-12)
Summer Team Scores
2 National & BC Records Broken!!
They did it again! The Hyack relay team broke two more relay records over the weekend. Laon Kim, Paul Orogo, Matthew Wang, and Justin Jung set the following new records:
SCM 13-14 4x50m Free Relay – 1:38.09
SCM 13-14 4x100m Free Relay – 3:35.10
They broke 3 other relay records in June: 4x50m Medley, 4x100m Medley & 4x 200m Free. Way to go!
Congratulations to Paul Orogo, Justin Jung, Laon Kim, & Matthew Wang from HYACK for breaking three Provincial and Canadian National records this weekend.
They are now the record holders for following events:
13-14 Male 200m Medley Relay with a time of 1:47.77
13-14 Male 400m Medley Relay with a time of 3:53.74
