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Swim BC would like to recognize the performances by BC athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Swim BC would like to recognize the performances by BC athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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 at this time is truly impressive. Congratulations to all the participating swimmers, coaches, and clubs!

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 at this time is truly impressive. Congratulations to all the participating swimmers, coaches, and clubs!

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 will take place on August 4th and 5th. We can't wait to cheer on Team Canada during the games. Keep an eye out for the following BC swimmers who will be competing at the games

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:

Top 10 finishes by BC swimmers – Day 5

Top 10 finishes by BC swimmers - Day 4

Top 10 finishes by BC swimmers – Day 3

Top 10 finishes by BC swimmers – Day 2

Top 10 finishes by BC swimmers – Day 1

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.

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.

Swim BC is pleased to be announcing Challenge Set #6 – the final challenge. 

At the beginning of this week, viaSport released their Return to Sport Restart 2.0 chart. Swim BC has adapted that chart to reflect how the current Return to Sport plan affects Swimming.

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