Congratulations to May 2021 Swimmer of the Month for Improved Technique! Improving strokes is fundamental in improving efficiency in the water and swimming faster! Swimmers that won are as follows: - OW - Simon Jiang, Eunice Chun, Tevin Kim, Luca Pitaru - SIC - Morna Aziz - Regional - Alex Donnelly - Provincial - Judy Juggiah - National Group - Sam Park Next month is for COACHABILITY and POSITIVE ATTITUDE Keep up the great work!

The Langley Olympians Swim Club swimmers competed in their first official Swim Meet since March of 2020. Five (5) Langley Olympians participated in the Spartan CSI Pacific Athletes Meet in Chilliwack BC. This meet welcomed seven (7) teams within the Lower Mainland area from May 21st – 23rd. This was a great meet for the Langley Olympians Swim Club swimmers who placed first overall and reach the podium in 11 events. The highlight of the meet was a swimmer from LOSC, Leila Fack, broke two Provincial Records! Lelia Fack (14...

Congratulations to Leila Fack (14 yrs), for breaking the Female 14 yrs and Under LCM Club Record in the 200 Freestyle during an effort swim session held last Friday, May 14. Leila broke the record by 2.76s with a time of 2:07.90. Old record holder was Bailey Herbert in 2017. Great Swim Leila! Keep up the good work! LOSC Staff

Over the past six weeks, LOSC swimmers from Provincial, Age Group Performance, and National Groups particiated in the Swim BC Challenge Set Initiative. Over 500 swimmers from 28 clubs in BC particiated in the challenge. There are nine (9) categories for the meet: Swimmers born 2008 and younger, 2007-2006, 2005-2004, 2003 and older, Para, and Varsity. Both male and female athletes each have their own ranking board. The Challenge Set Initiative is a six stage motivational program designed to reward training-based efforts. The first week of the challenge started the...

Congratulations to April 2021 Swimmer of the Month for Hardest Worker! Hardest Worker goes to the person who consistently works hard in practice and applies the skills that are asked of them by their coach. Swimmers that won are as follows: - OW - Amelia Gazo-Dobrianski, Raymond Kong, Juha Lee - SIC - Denis Klimau and Melanie Aziz - Regional - Peter Peng - Provincial - Sunny Sandhu - Age Group Performance - Keith Vermeulen - National Group - George Matheos and Piyush Kaul Next month is for IMPROVED TECHNIQUE...

LOSC swimmers have been participating in the SBC Challenge Test Sets. These sets are done in practice and we send in results to Swim BC every 2 weeks. These sets aims to help swimmers "compete" and see how they rank against some of their peers in the province. At the end of the challenge, Swim BC will be awarding top swimmers in their age category. For more details, please refer to the website link. We have done two sets as of far - a Freestyle/IM Mixer and a Freestyle Swim...

Congratulations to Ian Cho and Oliver McPherson for being invited up to Provincial Group starting May 6th! Being invited up is a huge milestone and recognition for the swimmers as they worked hard and excelled in Regional Group. It is also an exciting milestone for the Provincial Group as it allows for the continuation of excellence and sucess for swimmers aged 14 yrs and under. Congratulations and keep up the great work! #GoOlympians LOSC Staff

Congratulations to the following swimmers for breaking multiple club records in Long Course Fashion done on Effort Swims last Friday and Saturday April 30 & May 1! - Katie Schroeder broke the 100 Backstroke record in the 15-17 yrs by 2.56s and Senior category by 1.63s with a time of 1:01.94. Old club record holder is Katie herself for both. - Hugh McNeill broke the 100 Backstroke record in the 15-17 yrs category by 0.15s with a time of 57.23. Old club record holder was Jake Tapp in 2005. -...

Congratulations to Leila Fack (14 yrs) for breaking two Long Course Club Records from effort swims done last weekend in the following events: - 13-14 yrs and Open 50 Freestyle with a time of 26.50. Leila broke the 13-14 yrs and Open record by 0.40s. Leila was the former record holder from Jan 2021. - 13-14 yrs 100 Freestyle with a time of 58.29 by 1.40s. Katie S was the former record holder from 2020. In addition, Leila swam the 200 FL this weekend and UNOFFICIALLY made the Senior Trials...

LOSC coaches won two awards during the BC Swim Coaches Association Awards presentations held last Thursday, April 8. These awards were for the 2019-2020 season. . Brian Metcalfe, CEO/Head Coach of the Langley Olympians Swim Club won the Junior National Coach of the Year. The award is based off the highest ranking FINA Point performance in an Olympic Event held Long Course from September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020. This performance was Bailey Herbert’s 200 Individual Medley performance in the 2020 Winter Provincial Championships with a time of 2:15.27,...