Due to the Hillcrest pool staff shortage, our training schedule has changed accordingly. Please click here to view the updated competitive groups schedule for the new season. These changes only affect the Elite A/B schedule and one practice for Senior B. Starting from October 3, Tuesday. Additionally, please note that Renfrew will undergo annual maintenance from August 28 to end of September, impacting our schedule for the first month. You can find the training schedule for September by clicking here. Schedule of September 11-29. No practice on September 30 to...

Hi everyone, Thank you for your patience. Our new season registration is ready and will be open to our current members at 12:00 am tonight. Current members are the swimmers who registered and swam until the end of the winter season 2022-2023. Summer clinic swimmers and current members' siblings are considered as new swimmers. Please click here for the 2023-2024 season registration package. The spaces are on a first-come, first-served basis, so we suggest you register your swimmers as early as convenient. On August 26, the remaining spaces will be...

By Daniel Camacho, Summer is a great time to keep our swim meet skills. On July 22nd and 23rd , Camp B and Camp C swimmers, were part of the Hollyburn Summer swim meet. The last swim meet of the season for many of the swimmers. The swim meet format was prelims and finals which allowed some swimmers to be around this format for first time. On Saturday, Gator swimmers had a good participation in prelims and finals, adding some awards and points to gators. Second Place �� Sam Halton...

By Anchie Xu, On July 13-17, the Swim BC Summer Provincial Championship was held at UBC. Sephora Lee, Melissa Zeng, Helen Shen, Alessandra Ysabelle Guzman, Janine Lee, Sophie Chan, Ryan Wang, Eugene Park, Kohen Lee, Nathan Lee, Ryan Man, and Freddy Ding represented Gators to compete with other six hundred athletes. That was a great experience for all our swimmers! Highlights from the meet: On the first day, Alessandra Ysabelle Guzman got time of 2:49.91 that placed 5th in 13-14 girls 200Breast. Her time qualified Western and Canadian Junior Championships....

By Karman Wong, On June. 25, 90 swimmers from Junior, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Alligator, Crocodile A/B/C, Gecko A/B/C, and Salamander A/B attending the 2023 Gators Year-End Club Time Trial at Templeton Park Pool. Many of the swimmers times were dropped, this is the result of each swimmer putting in such hard work during practices throughout the season. Congratulations to Ethan Chong and Xia I Liu qualified LMR standard at this meet. This was the last time trial of the season and we hope everyone had a great time. We hope...

By Daniel Camacho, From June 23rd to June 25th Gators attended the Summer Divisional Championship. The thirty-one gators were able to show the improvement they had during the second training cycle of the season. For some of the swimmers this was the peak race of the summer, while some others worked through the meet to get new times and get ready for the provincial championship. Being the race, Prelims and Finals, our gators required energy to swim up to six times on a day. Gators' mental and swimming skills led...

By Agatha Leung On June 2nd and 3rd, 42 Senior, Age and Junior swimmers attended LMR Championships hosted by Langley Olympians. Swimmers arrived at Walnut Grove Community Centre, bright and early, and were eager to get their day started. Gators performed wonderfully on both days, dominating the competition and ranking first out of nine clubs. LMR Champs was the last meet of the season for many swimmers. Reflecting on the season, these swimmers consistently demonstrated dedication and improvement from their hard work in practice. For the remainder of the swimmers,...

2023 Summer Program Registration Overview and Guidelines We are offering two summer programs for our current members and new swimmers this summer. Summer Clinic  Summer Clinic is for current non-competitive groups (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Alligators, Crocodiles, Gecko and Salamander) and new swimmers. It focuses on improving the technique of 4 strokes and basic swimming skills. The clinic will be run 10 classes/2 weeks per session (Monday to Friday), total 8 sessions throughout July and August. Location: Killarney Community centre Pool - 6260 Killarney St, Vancouver Registration starts dates: Current members-...

By Leo Zhi, On Sunday, May 21st, the Gators Swim Club made a remarkable splash at the West Vancouver Otters Swim Club Developmental Meet. What truly stood out was the exceptional camaraderie and infectious energy that permeated the event, as both seasoned veterans and aspiring newcomers joined forces. It was a sight to behold as these swimmers, united by their shared passion, created an environment brimming with positivity and enthusiasm. Despite it being the first time for some of our athletes to compete in the challenging 200IM race, their performances...

By Octavian R. On May 13th and 14th, Gators hosted LMR meet at Hollyburn Country Club. Although, we did not bring a lot of other clubs during this meet, 73 Gators swimmers showed their energy and cheered each other during the individual event and relays. This also might be a first LMR meet for some of our young swimmers, but they showed up a very good result. The rest of the swimmers also showed really good result and got most of the bellringer prize during this meet. Some of Gators...