Good luck to all the athletes competing at at the 2024 Summer BC Provincial Championship meet on July 11-14, 2024. Thank you to all officials and volunteers who have signed up to support this competition. Thank you to Kamloops Classic Swimming for hosting. For specific meet information see below: For more information please use the following link. For live streaming please visit the Swim BC YouTube Page The post 2024 BC Summer Provincial Championships appeared first on Swim BC ..read more

Good luck to all of the athletes competing in the Swim BC 2024 Summer Divisionals.  Thank you to all of the officials and volunteers who have signed up to support these competitions, they could not happen without you!  For specific meet information see below: Summer Divisionals – Island & Coastal Vancouver June 28-30 RAPIDS (Richmond) Click Here Summer Divisionals – North & Interior June 21-23 VKSC (Vernon) Click Here Summer Divisionals – Fraser & Vancouver June 28-30 SPART (Chilliwack) Click Here The post 2024 Swim BC Summer Divisionals Information appeared fir ..read more

With an abundance of caution, the Organizing Committee and Swim BC staff have decided to cancel the BC Open Water Championships. Originally scheduled for Friday, June 14th, the unseasonably cold spring has led to water temperatures falling below the thresholds set by Swimming Canada and World Aquatics rules.  The Competition Managers have been closely monitoring the temperature of the Sasamat Lake competition course. The temperature has consistently hovered between 15 to 16°C, which is below even the wetsuit threshold rules. Furthermore, the current weather forecast predicts overnight low ..read more

Congratulations to HYACK’s Shima Taghavi on breaking the National Age Group Record for the women’s SCM 200 Breast in a time of 2:29.69!  Shima broke the record previously held by Courtenay Chuy which had been on the record books since 1998.  In addition to her National Record, Shima also broke the BC Provincial Record in her 100 Breast with a time of 1:11.39.  Congratulations Shima! The post New Canadian Record! appeared first on Swim BC ..read more

Swim BC has an opportunity for a highly motivated and skilled individual to join our team in the position of Administration Coordinator.  The responsibilities of the position focus on the provision of support to Swim BC operations, administering the membership registration processes, expediting financial procedures, facilitating member communications, and coordinating the effective and efficient administration of the organization.  The role is suited for a team player with personal competencies in relationship building. More Information Job Posting The post Administrative Coordinator ..read more

Coaches Week 2021 is from September 18 to 26th. Swim BC would like to acknowledge the great work our coaches do in representing our sport and guiding our athletes. Thank-you for all that you do. We are sharing with you several initiatives to celebrate Coaches Week. Swimming Canada Swimming Canada is making the following eLearning modules free to coaches from September 18 – 26, 2021. Please visit the Swimming Canada LMS for any of these modules: Introduction to Para-swimming Introduction to Open Water Swimming Coaching Masters Swimmers Healthy Eating viaSport To celebrate Coaches Week viaSpo ..read more

The Junior Pan Pacific Championships took place from August 24th to August 27th in Honolulu. Three BC swimmers were selected for the team: Adam Wu (SKSC), Bill Dongfang (ISC) and Katie Schroeder (LOSC). After 4 days of competition, BC swimmers made numerous finals and brought home 1 medal. 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! The post Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships ap ..read more

The 2022 Canadian Junior & Senior Swimming Championships are taking place in Montreal from July 25th through August 1st. The competition has 638 swimmers representing 145 clubs. British Columbia has an excellent contingent of 114 swimmers, representing 24 clubs. 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 &am ..read more

The Canada Summer Games will be taking place this August in the Niagara region. Swim BC is pleased to be announcing the Team BC staff and swimmers. Congratulations! We look forward to productive preparations this spring and successful summer.   Women Men Sienna Angove (KCS) Natascha Borromeo (WVOSC) Kiah Craig (ISC) Nathalia Day (CDSC) Leila Fack (LOSC) Macey Larson (LOSC Kelly Qi (WDSC) Maria Saldana Riebeling (CDSC) Julia Strojnowska (CDSC) Genevieve Verge (CHIN) Taryn Weatherhead (KISU) Bronwen Wheeler (SPART) Lily Zhang (VPSC) Jihoon Bae (LOSC) Thomas Caruso (SPART) Cameron Cham ..read more

Hosted February 25th to 27th __________________________________________________________________________________________ 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) __________________________________________________________________________________________ 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) ___________________ ..read more