The Langley Olympians Swim Club’s National and Provincial Groups participated in the Swimming Canada #RaceAgain Challenge. The Speedo #RaceAgain Challenge is a virtual ranking database open to all registered Swimming Canada club members. This is an opportunity for swimmers to get up on the block and #RaceAgain. The #RaceAgain Challenge is to be done over one pre-stage and 3 main stages. Age groups for the event are as follows: - Male: 11 yrs and under, 12-13 yrs, 14-16 yrs, 17 yrs and over - Female: 10 yrs and under, 11-12...

Looking for a spring time activity for your child/ren to participate in? Want to be part of an excellent and established program? How about a 60% Spring Discount? Look no further! The Langley & Abbotsford Olympians Swim Club is accepting NEW members for the 2020-21 Season! We have COVID safety protocols. New members that join receive a 60% OFF Spring Discount for their family membership and fundraising fees! Hurry and register NOW as spots are LIMITED! Call us at 604-532-5257 (Langley) or 604-825-1856 (Abby) to inquire more about the spaces...

The Langley Olympians Swim Club ranked 3rd overall in the Fraser and Island Divisional Championships! Overall points and results are in the following link: https://swimbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/Divisional-Scores.pdf The updated Fraser and Island Divsional Results are posted online. Please see this link for more information: https://swimbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021-Fraser-Island-Winter-Divisional-Results-version-3.pdf Langley Times article: https://www.langleyadvancetimes.com/sports/multiple-medals-for-langley-olympians-swim-club-at-virtual-meet/

Congratulations to Hugh McNeill, Katie Schoreder, Bailey Herbert and Leila Fack for being selected for Swimming Canada Camp Initiatives! Hugh, Katie, and Bailey were selected for the Tokyo to Paris Team Building Activities which includes a talk from Gold Medalist Mark Tewksbury and a Virtual Cooking activity. Katie and Leila were selected for the 2021 Youth Relay camp. Selection were swimmers born in the following years: females - 2005-2008 and males 2004-2007. Selection period was from 09/01/2019 to 02/15/2021 and included SCM performances. The Top 4 swimmers in the 100/200...

The Langley Olympians Swim Club’s National, Provincial, and Age Group Performance groups embarked on a Winter version of the Red vs White Effort Swim Challenge. Unfortunately, due to the current situation caused the COVID-19 pandemic, swim teams in BC are unable to race against each other. In order to fulfill the competitive aspect of the sport, help motivate and inspire swimmers, and have fun racing, the LOSC coaching staff created a venue where swimmers are able to execute “effort swims” in the context of a practice. The groups were divided...

The National, Provincial, and AGP groups conducted time trials this week for the Swim BC Virtual Divisional and Provincial Meets. Each day, the groups race a handful of events. Here are some updates from Monday and Tuesday (March 8 and 9)'s time trials: Katie Schroeder (15 yrs) broke the 15-17 and Senior/Open 100 SCM Backstroke record by 0.04s with a time of 28.56s. Old record holder for both is Katie herself in 2020. Leila Fack (14 yrs) broke the 13-14 400 SCM Freestyle by 1.07s with a time of 2:05.07....

The National, Provincial, and AGP groups conducted time trials this week for the Swim BC Virtual Divisional and Provincial Meets. Each day, the groups race a handful of events. Here are some notable swims: Club Records Broken Hugh McNeill (17 yrs) broke the 15-17 and Senior/Open 400 SCM Freestyle record by 2.31s with at time of 3:55.39. Old record holder for both 15-17 and Open was Willelm Hergesheimer in 2007. Bailey Herbert (18 yrs) broke the Senior/Open 100 SCM Butterfly record by 1.11s with a time of 1:00.69. Old record...

Congratulations to the following swimmers for breaking records in their age categories in this week's (March 1-4 2021) time trials: - Hugh McNeill broke the 15-17 yrs and Open/Senior 1500 SCM FR club record by 21.20s with a time of 15:37.80. Old record was by Hugh himself. - Alex Velicico broke the 11-12 yrs 100 SCM BK club record by 1.23s with a time of 1:06.37. Old record was by Alex himself. - Bailey Herbert for breaking the Senior/Open 200 SCM FL club record by 1.04s with a time of...

Yesterday, Friday, Feburary 26, swimmers from National, Provincial, and AGP raced in their 3rd Red vs White session for the January to March block. Swimmers continue to clock best times as a testament to the hard work and effort that have placed in their training. Racing for Red vs White has also elevated swimmer's performance! Currently, Team White has overtook the lead by a significant number! Team White currently is at 7,920 points and Team Red is currently at 6,070 points. Contributing to Team White's success is three bonus points...

Last Friday, Feburary 19, swimmers from National, Provincial, and AGP raced in their 2nd Red vs White session for the January to March block. Swimemrs continue to clock best times as a testament to the hard work and effort that have placed in their training. Currently, Team Red is only ahead of Team White by 30 points! Team Red is currently at 4,000 points while Team White is at 3,970 points. Two swimmers stood out by breaking club records: Bailey Herbert (18 yrs) broke the Senior/Open SC 50m Freestyle with...