Pacific Coast Swimming win Island regional short course championship

With eighty-five Pacific Coast Swimming swimmers attending the regional meet in Nanaimo, the energy was electric on deck, helping us capture the Vancouver Island Regional Short Course Championships.

The PCS “Bolts” were short handed as a crew of the team’s top age-group swimmers raced at the Arena Grand Prix meet in Austin, Texas.

UVic-PCS topped the team standings with 9,426 points. Island Swimming was second with 5,135 points, Comox Valley Aquatic Club was third with 2,985, followed by the Campbell River Killer Whales (2,443) and Nanaimo Riptide (2,064).

A number of PCS swimmers qualified for AAA’s with big best times over the three day meet, as well as an astonishing forty five swimmers reaching the podium in individual events.

“I thought we rallied as a team and the swimmers really helped each other out at the meet,” said Pacific Coast Swimming general manager Mark Lancaster. “With [85] swimmers in the meet the PCS family felt right at home pushing each other to the reach finals and get ourselves on the podium.”

For some of the swimmers, it was their first time travelling with the team.  Getting the experience of looking after themselves, while still performing in the pool is an important aspect PCS promotes and encourages, Lancaster added.