By Kyle Cheng On April 30/May 1, Gators sent 40 swimmers to compete at West Coast Open. It was our second long course meet. However, our club did not do as well as the coaches expected with swimmers still trying to adjust to the long course. Over the course of meet, our coaches discussed and identified a few key things to work on to further improve our performance. With Championships meet just around the corner, we are determined to get do better! While our results did not meet our coaches'...

2022 Summer Program Registration Overview We are offering two summer programs for our current members and new swimmers this summer. Summer Camp Summer camp is for current competitive groups (LMR qualifiers: Elite, Senior, Age, Junior and Gold). The Camp focuses on refining the technique of 4 strokes, improving turns/starts and conditioning. The Camp starts on July 2 and ends on July 30. Registration start date: TBA Summer Clinic Summer Clinic is for non-competitive swimmers (LMR non-qualifiers: Silver, Bronze, Alligators, Crocodiles, Gecko and Salamander). It focuses on improving the technique of...

COACH BULLETIN May 3rd, 2022 In this bulletin: Swim BC Divisional Swim Meets Swim BC Provincial Championships Please read to the end of this Coaches Bulletin for all the latest information from Swim BC. SWIM BC DIVISIONAL SWIM MEETS The following summarizes the format for this summer’s BC Divisional meets. The meet package will soon be available with detailed information. Time Standards The time standards will remain as the updated standards published in January 2022. Dequalifying Standards The dequalifying standard is the 2022 Summer BC Provincial Championship standard by event....

- May 23, Monday is Victoria's Day. No practice for all groups! - May 21, Saturday, Elite is attending a swim meet. Killaney pool Saturday 6:00-8:00am will be cancelled. Junior have practice at Renfrew from 6:45-8:15pm. - Refrew pool has annual maintenance from June 6 to July 3. It will impact Elite, Senior, Junior, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Alligator B, Gecko B, and Salamander A. The practice will be rescheduled. The alternated schedule will be sent out soon.

Dear Gators Family, Our Club would like to resurrect the fundraising initiative this season. For a start, we set up a Bottle Drive to raise a fund that will be allocated to alleviate our increasing pool rental costs. We would like to start with a modest $1000 as our target for this fundraising activity. We encourage our members to participate and be part of it as it will raise money and save the environment at the same time. How it works: Put your containers in clear plastic bags, no sorting...

Coaches that attended the meet: Anchie, Agatha, Bryan, Leo, Tommy and Victoria On April 17, Gators hosted our Development Meet at Templeton pool. There were 93 swimmers from Gators, Chena and West Vancouver Otter participated in this meet. This was the first swim meet for some young swimmers, and swimmers were excited and cheered for each other. We made over 50 best times and had three new LMR qualifiers. Excellent job, Gators! The swim meet went smoothly and successfully. Thank you to our official director Patrick Lim, PPP coordinator Peter...

- April 15th, Friday is Good Friday. No practice for all groups! - April 16th, Saturday morning (5:45-8:00am), Elite, Senior, Age, Junior has practice as regular schedule. - April 16th, Saturday evening, Elite, Gold, Silver, Bronze has no practice at Renfrew. - April 17th, Sunday morning, Senior, Age has no practice at Templeton. - April 17th, Sunday 7:00-11:00am, Gators Development meet at Templeton. Gold, Silver, Bronze, Alligator A/B, Crocodile A/B, Gecko A/B, Salamander A/B participate. - April 18th, Monday is Easter Monday. No pracice for all groups! - April 30,...

By Anchie Xu On March 10-13, 2022, Over 720 swimmers from 44 swim teams participated in the 2022 BC Winter Provincial Championships at Saanich Commonwealth Place, Victoria. We had 11 swimmers representing our club attend the meet. Some young swimmers had just qualified the provincial standards in the Divisional champs two weeks ago. They were very excited to have their first long travel meet and gain racing experience from the higher-level competition. We made 24 personal best times. Our 13-14 years Girls: Nathalie Ng, Helen Shen, Melissa Zeng, Sephora Lee,...

By Kyle Cheng On March 12/13, Gators sent 34 swimmers to compete at the Delta Sungod LMR. This is the last meet before we go on our Spring Break. For some of our 12 and under swimmers, it was their first meet! It was a great experience for our younger athletes swimming with older athletes and long events. Out of 200 events swam by our swimmers that weekend, a whopping 160 events were personal best times with 3 new provincial event qualified and 5 new divisional events qualified. Congratulations to...

By Tommy Chung On Sunday, March 6th, our Gators development groups attended the Hollyburn Development Meet. Our athletes competed in various events, including some team relays. Coming out of the meet, we have numerous new LMR qualifiers! Congratulations to all swimmers for their hard work and efforts. The coaching staff is looking forward to seeing you all compete at our upcoming meets. Go Gators Go! Congratulation to the following swimmers who qualified LMR standard at this meet: Marcus Xiong Yssa Ventura Gurjap Sunner