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By Coach Daniel, Last weekend (July 26-July 27) the team participate on the last swim meet of the season and it was a great participation for Gators Club. This was a travel meet, hosted at Victoria, BC, by Pacific Coastal Swimming club. The meet was a great experience for all the swimmers from our Elite, Senior and Junior groups who were able to close the season with great performances and achievements. Our athletes close the season with great enthusiasm, teamwork and collaboration among all. The meet was able to bring...

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By Coach Anchie, The Swim BC Summer Provincial Championships were held from July 17 to 20, bringing together over 650 swimmers from 39 teams across the province. Our club proudly sent Uma Sukkau, Jaden Leung, Freddy Ding, Steven Ge, Ryan Man and Joshua Chan, who delivered exceptional performances, set multiple new club records and gained valuable experience racing in a highly competitive field. Meet Highlights: Jaden Leung had an outstanding meet, earning a 3rd place finish in the 50m Freestyle with a time of 24.51. This swim not only set...

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By Coach Daniel, Under a challenging weather, from June 27 to June 29, Gators’ divisional team swam at Central Park pool during the 2025 summer divisionals. First day of the meet was cold, cloudy and rainy, but our swimmers were able to adjust to the environment. Their results began to shown up fast and by the second event the team had a new record for 10&U girls (Alicia Zheng), its first finalist in the 100 BK (Uma Sukkau). Uma was not the sole finalist, as 20 min after, Ethan Man,...

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By Coach Karman, On Sunday. June 22, 2025, Gators swimmers ranging from development to competitive groups attended the Gators Annual Time Trial at Templeton Pool. Every swimmer swam their hardest and strongest, demonstrating what they learned and their hard work from this season. For this time trial, swimmers were split into 4 teams to form a spirited team environment between swimmers from all groups. Each team cheered hard for one other during events and relays. During the end of relays, the coaches joined their team for relays and also swam...

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2025 Gators Swim Club Summer Clinic  Summer Clinic is for current pre-competitive groups and development groups (Youth B, Gold, Silver, Alligators, Crocodiles, Geckos and Salamanders) and new swimmers. It focuses on improving the technique of 4 strokes and basic swimming skills. Current Members Registration Guideline Current group Summer Level Sessions Gold, Silver, Youth B Level 4 July S1: July 7-19 July S2: July 21-Aug 2 August S1: August 5-15 August S2: August 18-29 Alligator, Crocodile Level 3 July S1: July 7-19 July S2: July 21-Aug 2 August S1: August 5-15...

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By Coach Daniel, With the summer key events approaching, some of our swimmers participated in the Rapids Summer Open. The meet ran for two days (June 14-15) and it was the last meet before Divisional and Provincial summer meets. Our swimmers were able to test some divisional events, while others had one more opportunity to make the club’s rosters for the summer divisional. Adella Duan added the 400 FR to her divisional events; while Seva Furanov got his first Divisional in the 50 FL. Over the weekend Gator Swimmers were...

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By Coach Kaylee, On Sunday, June 8, 2025, we had 24 of our development swimmers from Gold, Silver, Alligator and Crocodile attend the Wayland Development Meet, hosted by Wayland Swim Club. We achieved 5 new LMR qualifying times and had a lot of our swimmers try out the more difficult events like the 200 IM, 100 IM, and 100 freestyle for the very first time. The swimmers all supported each other through the challenges, cheering each other on and putting up some great times. This was the very last development...

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By Coach Daniel, Pacific Seas Wolf swim team hosted their annual June Jamboree meet last weekend (June 7-8, 2025). This meet was a great preparation for our competitive groups before summer divisional and provincial meets. Saturday was divided into two sessions and our swimmers preformed up to level from the first event. During Session 1, through 4 events, the team was able to get 7 new divisional standards. Three of them in the 50 FL by Emily, Grace and Keen; a fourth one during the 200 FR when Alicia broke...

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By Coach Daniel, As the second part of the season continues our athletes added another long course meet under their caps and googles. Hyack invitational was a three-day swim meet, that included prelims and finals sessions. This was an opportunity for our experienced and new swimmers (to this format) to be aware of the demand divisional and provincial meets could have. Day 1 was an exciting start for our swimmers as they were able to participate in four different events. The day open with 200 IM on which Steven Ge...

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By Coach Karman, On Sunday. May. 18, 2025, 21 swimmers from Gold, Silver, Alligator, and Crocodile attended the WVOS Development Meet at West Vancouver Aquatic Centre. The swimmers strongly swam 200 IM with a new LMR qualifier, 100 IM, and a variety of 50s. The swimmers also swam a 200 Freestyle relay, this was a fun experience for all 4 groups to split into teams and compete with each other. The swimmers had a great time competing in a new environment, cheering for their teammates, and achieving several prizes. Thank...