News & Updates

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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:

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 …

Challenge Set #6 is completed which wraps up our Challenge Set Initiative. We had a great turnout for the initiative and would like to thank everyone who participated. Now that the Challenge Sets have completed, it …

Swimming Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have announced Canada’s swimming team nominated to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. 26 athletes were nominated to the team to represent Canada in Tokyo. Swim BC would …

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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 …

Yesterday, the Provincial Government released an amendment to the Gatherings and Events Public Health Order. This revision made some moderate changes to the sport section of the order. The changes were regarding group size. They are …

The Provincial Government has now released a revised Gatherings and Events Public Health Order, dated June 15, 2021.  The changes for sport are profound and particularly significant for swimming: Sport is now defined as “an individual …

Challenge Set #5 results are now available! Swimmers have been working incredibly hard on these Challenge Sets and it has been really fun to see our membership engage with this program. With only one Challenge Set …

Swim BC is pleased to be announcing Challenge Set #6 – the final challenge.  We are pleased to have been able to work in partnership with Team Aquatic Supplies and RaceTek to offer awards totalling over $ 15,000 to the cumulative top …

The draft competition calendar has been completed and posted to the Swim BC website for the 3-year period 2021-22 through 2023-24 Seasons. The meet dates for next season are summarized below for your convenience: 2021-22 Swim BC Meets  Winter Divisionals – February 25 – 27, …

Last week the Provincial Government announced their Restart Plan, which includes the next steps for Sport. At the beginning of this week, viaSport released their Return to Sport Restart 2.0 chart. Swim BC has adapted that …

Challenge Set #4 results are now available! Swimmers have been working incredibly hard on these Challenge Sets and it has been really fun to see our membership engage with this program. As in previous weeks, the …

Big congrats to Leilani Fack of LOSC for breaking two provincial records!

Swim BC is pleased to be announcing Challenge Set #5 in partnership with Team Aquatic Supplies and RaceTek. Awards totalling over $ 15,000 will be presented to the cumulative top point earners in each of the categories at the …

As I’m sure you’re aware, BC received some very good news yesterday as the Provincial Government announced a 4-step plan focused on safely getting life in BC back to normal – BC’S RESTART: A PLAN TO …

Challenge Set #3 has wrapped up and the results are now available! We have half way done the Challenge Set Initiative, which means it’s time to award the interim awards. The top 3 performances in each …

FINA has released their rankings for the Top 10 Masters performances from 2020. More than 30 BC Masters Swimmers made the Top 10 Rankings for 2020.

Swim BC is pleased to be announcing Challenge Set #4 in partnership with Team Aquatic Supplies and RaceTek. Awards totalling over $ 15,000 will be presented to the cumulative top point earners in each of the categories at the conclusion …

The Swim BC Board of Directors has recently passed the following new policies: Anti-Doping Policy  Athlete Selection and Coach Appointment Policy  Provincial Records Policy  Commitment to Fair Play Policy  We encourage all members to review these …

Swim BC is excited to announce that we will be offering the 2021 BC Swimming Congress this year! The dates for the 2021 BC Swimming Congress will be October 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The 2021 Congress includes …

As we progress towards warmer weather across BC many member’s have been inquiring about open water training opportunities.  Open water training will definitely create opportunity for Masters as they can move from limitations placed on training by the Provincial Health …