Divisional and BC Provincial Championships

Mar 16, 2022

On January 26th Swim BC made the decision to move forward with the 3 Winter Divisional Swim Meets and the BC Winter Provincial Championships. In six short weeks, our swimming community rallied to host these four competitions amidst COVID-19 restrictions and an ever-changing environment. Our membership pulled together and through a massive hosting effort, the four meets were successfully held. It can’t be said enough that there are many “thank you’s” to go out to all who made these events happen, thank you! In particular, a special acknowledgement of thanks goes to the host clubs and their meet organizing committees, the officials, facilities as well as our dedicated swimmers, their coaches, and club support systems. Over the three Divisional meets, and the Provincial Championships 1,140 swimmers were able to compete, representing 49 teams from each region of the province.
Divisionals
The three Divisional Swim Meets, held concurrently February 25 – 27, 2022, included 675 swimmers from 43 clubs. A total of 263 swimmers achieved 592 swims at the BC Winter Provincial Championships standard. The results for the three meets have been correlated and can be viewed here. We would like to recognize the extra efforts of the following partners in the hosting of these meets:
Vancouver Coastal Fraser & Island North & Interior
Canadian Dolphin Swim Club Meet Manager – Jeannie Lo Meet Referee – Linda Metcalfe Vancouver Aquatic Centre   Nanaimo Riptide Swim Team Meet Manager – Jeremy Orton Meet Referee – Glenn Greig Nanaimo Aquatic Centre   KISU Swim Club Meet Management Team – Pam Rutten, Sharon McLeish, Rebecca Wickett, and Jacki Kliever Meet Referee – Mike Stamhuis Penticton Community Centre  
Winter Provincial Championships
The Swim BC Winter Provincial Championships were held in Victoria March 10 – 13, 2022. The meet was attended by 45 teams and 703 swimmers. The results of the individual swims have been compiled into a filterable file and can be viewed here. PDFs of the results can also be found on our results page. Thank you to everyone’s effort in the running of the BC Championships with a special mention to our partners:
  • Pacific Coast Swimming
  • Meet Manager – Jeff Stevens
  • Meet Referee – Glenn Greig
  • Saanich Commonwealth Place
 
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Winter Provincial Club Champions Congratulations to the Surrey Knights Swim Club for winning the Team Banner as the Top Scoring Club at the meet. The top 10 teams are listed below, with the full team scores available here:
  1. Surrey Knights Swim Club – 1,957. 50
  2. Simon Fraser Aquatics – 1,691
  3. Kelowna AquaJets – 1,598. 50
  4. Island Swimming – 1,479. 50
  5. Langley Olympians – 1,328
  6. Pacific Sea Wolves – 1,293
  7. Canadian Dolphin Swim Club – 1,218. 50
  8. Hyack Swim Club – 1,144
  9. Vancouver Pacific Swim Club – 1,135. 50
  10. Pacific Coast Swimming – 849. 50
Aggregate Awards The following Individual Aggregate Awards have been earned by the top-scoring swimmers in each of the age categories:
Women Men
11 – 12 Years 11 – 12 Years
Kelly Choi PRASC Matthew Cao PSW
13 – 14 Years 13 – 14 Years
Kelly Qi WDSC Laon Kim HYACK
15 – 17 Years 15 – 17 Years
Julia Strojnowska CDSC Adam Wu SKSC
18 & Over 11 – 12 Year
Erin Epp KAJ Cale Murdock WLBF
The top three finishers in each age group are available here. Provincial Records Four Provincial Records were achieved, all in relay swims. Congratulations to swimmers and their coaches on this achievement:
  • 11-12 Men 4X50m Free (SCM) PSW – Neil Zhou, Max Wu, Borui Zhang, Matthew Cao
  • 11-12 Men 4x100m Free (SCM) PSW – Neil Zhou, Max Wu, Borui Zhang, Matthew Cao
  • 15-17 Men 4x50m Medley (SCM) ISC – Marcus Mak, Kristofer Hulten, Bill Dongfang, Ethan Fast
  • 15-17 Women 4x50m Medley (SCM) LOSC – Katelyn Schroeder, Sienna Harder, Madisen Jacques, Leilani Fack
Congrats swimmers! We can’t wait to see everyone’s performances in our next Provincial Champs.
Swim BC Divisionals

Swim BC Divisionals

Feb 4, 2022

Hosted February 25th to 27th

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Fraser & Island Divisionals
Hosted by the Nanaimo Riptides Swim Team at the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre Esquire (TSHIRTPEOPLE) – order form for Divisional T-Shirts and Hoodies  __________________________________________________________________________________________
North & Interior Divisionals
Hosted by the KISU Swim Club at the Penticton Community Centre Pool Esquire (TSHIRTPEOPLE) – order form for Divisional T-Shirts and Hoodies  __________________________________________________________________________________________
Vancouver Coastal Divisionals
Hosted by the Canadian Dolphin Swim Club at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre Esquire (TSHIRTPEOPLE) – order form for Divisional T-Shirts and Hoodies 
TAS Golden Flipper Butterfly Challenge Announcement

TAS Golden Flipper Butterfly Challenge Announcement

Sep 27, 2021

Swim BC and Swim Alberta have come together to create a friendly rivalry to develop spirit, story, and a rallying cry to inspire and motivate coaches and swimmers to improve their butterfly development. The challenge is open to all fully registered swimmers in the competitive category in their respective provinces. Paralympic swimmers must have a Level 2 classification. Olympic Events include the 50m, 100m and 200m Butterfly. Paralympic Events include S1 – S7 50m Butterfly & S8 – S14 100m Butterfly. “We are aiming for novel ways to capture excitement and interest in swimming fast through all of the age groups.”, Dr. Stephen Norris, Swim Alberta’s Performance Technical Director explained. “It’s highly competitive and friendly fun rivalry between the provinces. It’s meaningful competition that raises the stakes with an edge to it. I can only see this growing.” Butterfly development was chosen to build on underwater dolphin kicking as well as basic butterfly techniques.  It is easily the weakest stroke in our country and BC & AB want to build strong swimmers with skills that will advantage Canada in future international competitions. “The Golden Flipper Challenge is an innovative initiative designed to re-engage our swimming community.”, Cory Beatt, Swim BC’s Technical Director said. “Swim BC is looking forward to this challenge with Swim Alberta and to developing a healthy rivalry between our two provinces.” Rankings will be posted at the end of each month from October 2021 – August 2022. The winning province will be announced in September 2022. Both Directors are excited about the friendly challenge between the provinces and shared their words of encouragement. “Swim Alberta is a worthy rival and Swim BC will require its collective efforts in this challenge.” Cory Beatt said, “[The goal is] keeping the WEST the BEST. Good luck to all participants from Alberta and BC.” Steve shared Alberta’s pride is on the line’ and every swimmer can be a part of this challenge. “Eventually [this will lead us to] contributing to future Canadian performances on the world stage”. Swim BC is the provincial governing body for competitive swimming in British Columbia (swimbc.ca) and Swim Alberta is the governing provincial body for Competitive Swimming in Alberta (swimalberta.ca). Good Luck Swimmers!
Team Aquatic Supplies Virtual BC Swim Coaches Conference

Team Aquatic Supplies Virtual BC Swim Coaches Conference

Sep 16, 2021

Swim BC is excited to announce the Team Aquatic Supplies BC Swim Coaches Conference will be offered virtually. Since the cancellation of the in-person Coaches Conference in Whistler, we have been working to provide this great content in a virtual format. The full virtual schedule is linked below and registration is now open. The dates for the virtual conference are listed below:

Session #1 – Friday, October 1st, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm PDT

Session #2 – Saturday, October 2nd, 11:00 am – 2:40 pm PDT

Saturday will include two streams: Grassroots and Age Group & Senior. The conference is $ 20.00 per participant. If you have questions about the Team Aquatic Supplies BC Swim Coaches Conference, please email conference@swimbc.ca.
2020 Canadian Olympic Trials Results

2020 Canadian Olympic Trials Results

Jun 21, 2021

Canadian Olympic Trials run from June 19th to 23rd. Daily preliminary heats begin at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. ET. Evening finals follow beginning at 5:30 p.m. All sessions from Swimming Canada’s flagship event are streamed in English at cbcsports.ca, the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android devices and the free CBC Gem streaming service. Additionally, CBC Sports weekly staple ROAD TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES will provide broadcast coverage on Saturday, June 26 starting at 2:30 p.m. ET on CBC TV. RESULTS: https://results.swimming.ca/2020_Olympic_Swimming_Trials/ Qualified BC Swimmers 6 swimmers were provisionally nominated for Tokyo before Trials. You can find that list here. Below are the swimmers that were nominated during Trials: Daily Recaps on BC Swimmers can be found below:

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