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Swim BC is now accepting nominations for the Volunteer of the Year award for review by the Awards Committee.

Criteria:

The Swim BC Volunteer of the Year Award will be presented to a Swim BC member who has displayed outstanding contributions to the sport of competitive swimming through leadership and volunteerism to make a positive impact as:

• A club volunteer, Swim BC or Affiliated Board Member, or Swim Official who saw a need and responded
• Promoted and supported the development of volunteer networks in their local organization
• Has been involved in swimming for at least three (3) years

Please click here to apply.

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He first got to represent Canada at the 2009 Junior Pan Pacific Championships before gaining multi-sport games experience at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010 where he won the bronze medal in the 200m freestyle. In 2015 he was part of Team Canada at Pan Am Games where he helped Canada win bronze in the 4x200m freestyle relay while making the finals in the 200m and 400m freestyle events. He returned to the Pan Am Games at Santiago in 2023, again winning a bronze medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay and a finalist in the 200m freestyle. He came home from the 2022 Commonwealth Games with a bronze medal after swimming the preliminaries of the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay.

Bagshaw continued his success as an NCAA at the University of California-Berkeley, where he swam for the California Golden Bears. In 2014, he was appointed team captain, leading the Bears to victory in the NCAA championship. After completing his undergraduate studies, Bagshaw came back to Victoria to train with his club at Saanich Commonwealth Place and work towards a Master of Science in Kinesiology at UVic.
During the Paris Olympics 2024, his team placed 7th in the Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay heat 2.

Following the Olympics, Bagshaw plans to transition from the pool to a medical career, as he gets ready to begin work at the Royal London Hospital in the U.K. just two days after the closing ceremony in Paris on Aug. 11. Bagshaw recently graduated from medical school in Limerick, Ireland.

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With the Canadian Olympic Team now in Paris in final preparations for their Olympic swims (opening ceremonies are July 26^th), the Canadian Swimming Championships present a significant opportunity for the “next generation” to challenge for podium positions and experience winning at the national level.

The top BC clubs attending include:

Olympians Swimming (Langley / Burnaby – 34 swimmers)
Island Swim Club Victoria – 18 swimmers)
Kelowna AquaJets (Kelowna – 12 swimmers)
Canadian Dolphin Swim Club (Vancouver – 11 swimmers)
Hyack Swim Club (New Westminster – 11 swimmers)
Vancouver Pacific Swim Club (Vancouver – 10 swimmers)

You can track the BC results through the Swimming Canada website. The competition site is here:

https://www.swimming.ca/en/events-results/events/2024-speedo-canadian-swimming-championships/

And Live Results can be found here:

https://results.swimming.ca/2024_Speedo_Canadian_Swimming_Championships/

Good luck and strong swims to all swimmers!

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Thank you to all officials and volunteers who have signed up to support this competition.

Thank you to Kamloops Classic Swimming for hosting.

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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. 

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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.

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