April Golden Flipper results are now available. The standings in the challenge have stayed steady this past month. Swim BC is holding a strong lead across all categories. On the club side of the results, HYACK is holding a strong lead in the SCM BC standings and SKSC has taken the lead in the LCM BC standings. With Spring meets heating up, we will certainly see some movement next month. Keep up the great work swimmers!
To allow for more opportunities for swimmers to access competition, Swim BC & Swim Alberta are adjusting the timeline for the Top Performer and Participation Prizes. The updated information is:
Top Performer Prizes
The top performer prizes are sponsored by Team Aquatic Supplies and Speedo and are based on LCM performances between January 1, 2022 and August 1, 2022. The top women and men in each of the following categories (Year of Birth 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, Open, and Para) will be awarded a $ 50.00 Team Aquatic Supplies online store purchase voucher for Speedo products. The award is open to swimmers from BC and Alberta.
Participation Prizes
The participation prizes are sponsored by Team Aquatic Supplies and Speedo and are based on LCM performances between January 1, 2022 and August 1, 2022. Thirty-six random draws of all scoring swims will be awarded a $ 25.00 Team Aquatic Supplies online store purchase voucher for Speedo products. The award is open to swimmers from BC and Alberta.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Swim BC.
The following summarizes the format for this summer’s BC Provincial Championships. The meet package will soon be available with detailed information.
Time Standards
The time standards will revert to the 2021-22 standards that were first published in September 2021, with the exception of the 11 – 12 year age group. The 11 – 12 year standard sits between the first published standards and the updated standards.
Please note that the time standards are for entry into the swim meet and do not indicate the age group divisions within the meet.
Age Groups
The age groups for individual events will be 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15 – 16, and 17 & Over. Relays will be swum in the 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15 – 17, and 18 & Over age groups.
Entries
Swimmers will be limited to a maximum of nine individual entries.
Distance Events
The 800 and 1500 Free events will be swum as timed finals with the top five swimmers from each age group (11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15 – 16, and 17 & Over) will be swimming in the finals. The final session will include one heat of each gender (five 11 – 12 plus five 13 – 14 age groups or five 15 – 16 plus five 17 & Over), depending on the day.
All other swimmers will swim in the preliminary session two per lane.
Relay Events
The top 10 seeded relays will swim in finals with all remaining relays swimming in the preliminary session. All relays must be entered with swimmers’ names and a validated entry time. Non-validated relays will be seeded as a ‘No Time’ entry.
Para-Swimming
Para-swimming events with more than five entries: Para-swimmers will have preliminaries and finals. Preliminaries will be swum with the able-bodied events where possible. Para-swimmers will be seeded in preliminaries according to entry times.
Para-swimming events with fewer than five entries: the event(s) will be para-swimmer only timed finals swum during the preliminary session.
Size Management
Upon processing of the meet entries, if the timelines are not manageable, Swim BC may modify the competition by adjusting the start times and limiting individual or relay entries.
Accommodations
The UBC Accommodations team has provided Swim BC with a booking link for on-campus accommodation for the 2022 BC Summer Provincial Championships. Swim Clubs can book using the link below and receive a group rate until June 13, 2022. UBC Accommodations is holding 300 beds at the Place Vanier Residence. After June 13, 2022, all unused rooms being held will be released back to general availability and the group rate may not be available. Book your team accommodations here.
The following summarizes the format for this summer’s BC Divisional meets. The meet package will soon be available with detailed information.
Time Standards
The time standards will remain as the updated standards published in January 2022.
Dequalifying Standards
The dequalifying standard is the 2022 Summer BC Provincial Championship standard by event. There will be no limitation on the number of BC Provincial Championship standards held by a swimmer for entry into the swim meet.
Swimmers who have achieved the BC Provincial Championship standard may swim up to a maximum of three BC Provincial Championship qualified swims as exhibition in the preliminaries and will not be eligible to advance to finals or to earn awards.
Age Groups
The age groups for individual and relay events will be 12 & Under, 13 – 14, 15 & Over.
Entries
Swimmers will be limited to a maximum of nine individual entries.
Relay Events
Relay swimmers may not swim in the relay in any event that they have achieved the BC Championship qualifying time.
Size Management
Upon processing of the meet entries, if the timelines are not manageable, Swim BC may modify the competition by adjusting the start times and limiting individual or relay entries.
BC swimmers had a busy weekend for records! Four relay records were broken, three of which are also National records! Congrats to the Pacific Seawolves relay team made up of Matthew Cao, Max Wu, Borui Zhang & Neil Zhou. They broke the provincial and national records for the 11-12 Men SCM 4x50m Freestyle Relay (1:47.66), 4x100m Freestyle Relay (3:57.01) and 4x200m Freestyle Relay (8:33.72). This is a huge accomplishment for these athletes and can’t wait to see what you do next.
At Western Canadian Championships, Katelyn Schroeder, Macey Larson, Madisen Jacques & Leilani Fack from Langley Olympians broke the provincial record in the 15-17 Women LCM 4x100m Medley with a time of 4:15.03. Congrats swimmers!
