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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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!

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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.

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Fraser & Island Divisionals

Hosted by the Nanaimo Riptides Swim Team at the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre

• Meet Package
• Officials Sign Up
• Livestreaming link (To Be Posted Closer to Event)

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North & Interior Divisionals

Hosted by the KISU Swim Club at the Penticton Community Centre Pool

• Meet Package
• Officials Sign Up
• Livestreaming link (To Be Posted Closer to Event)

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Vancouver Coastal Divisionals

Hosted by the Canadian Dolphin Swim Club at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre

• Meet Package
• Officials Sign Up  (Proof of Vaccination and photo ID are required)
• Livestreaming link (To Be Posted Closer to Event)

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To help send this message of anti-bullying, Swim BC is providing a “Pink Cap” for swimmers throughout the province.  We’re encouraging our clubs to make a statement in their local pool and wear their Pink Caps on Wednesday, February 23rd.  Here’s what we need from each club, age group and masters – please send us an estimate of the total number of Pink Caps you’ll need for February 23rd.  If you want to set up a special workout where all your swimmers come to participate, send us that number.  Please be as accurate as possible, it’s fine to ask for a few extra but let’s try to use all that is ordered.

We’re also encouraging you to profile your Pink Cap Day on your club’s social media and consider fundraisers through www.pinkshirtday.ca

To place your order please fill out this form. There is no cost to you as a club. Orders are due by Friday, January 14th, 2022.

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“It’s my honour to serve Swim BC and its members and I look forward to working with the team and the Board to build on the tremendous success of our past president. We are grateful for the strong leadership, vision and results-driven initiatives, and aim to carry on the legacy of achievement.”

• Finance Committee: Michael Hoche (Chair), Jeannie Lo & Mark Versfeld
• Policy Committee: Chair to be confirmed
• Human Resources Committee: Chair to be confirmed
• Nominations Committee: Chair to be confirmed

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Lo, Jeannie / Vancouver / Club Affiliation (CDSC) I am the Client Success Director at Blue Umbrella, an industry leader in regulatory compliance technology. I have become deeply involved in competitive swimming as a result of my children and their passion for CDSC. We have been members since 2015 and I became immediately involved as a volunteer. In 2016 I was invited to join the Board of Directors and have served as President since 2017. I am also a Level III Official and have gained meet organization and planning experience as Meet Manager for Winter AGC 2020 and our CDSC Invitational 2020.

McBain-Ferreira, Barb /North Vancouver I have been a Registered Nurse for Vancouver Coastal Health for 30 years, in a wide variety of roles from frontline staff, educator, operations manager and currently as a project manager for the VCH Regional Surgery Exec Council. Both of my sons played community baseball, one is still playing at UBC. I have been heavily involved in baseball in many roles – coach, manager, and on the board of directors for 15 years, including president, then past president. I was one of the founding six members of a new baseball club in 2016 (NSBA), which currently has 1,000 players from age 4-25. As a swimmer, I was a member of Vancouver Pacific, then the Canadian Dolphins, UBC and National Team – my last year of swimming was 1986. I was a volunteer swim coach at my sons’ high school for a few years before they graduated.

Stanley Wilson, Linda / Surrey / Club Affiliation (WRW) Retired university professor in teacher education and kinesiology specializing in aquatics and outdoor education (and weirdly, Instructional Technology). I was a collegiate swimmer, current master’s swimmer, & open water swimmer. I have had extensive board and committee experience over the years. I am currently the President of White Rock Wave Swim Club (master’s team).  Owner, Open Water Graphics (marketing, media, communications).

A warm welcome to Jeannie, Barb and Linda.

Swim BC would also like to thank the outgoing board members for their years of service and contribution to Swim BC and swimming in BC: Mike Ball, Liz Collins, Eric Gottardi and President Linda Metcalfe.

The new board will convene their first meeting on October 30th at which time a new President will be elected.

Please note: there is one vacancy remaining on the Board.  If you have an interest in participating and contributing to the effective governance and future of Swim BC, please do not hesitate to reach out to Executive Director Ken Radford (ken.radford@swimbc.ca).

The 2020/21 annual report, financial statements and Executive Director report are now posted here.

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