Pointe-Claire Swim Club

Sport-Études Concentration

 

Pointe-Claire Swimming

Come join a part of Canadian swimming history located right in your backyard! Since 1967, the Pointe-Claire Swim Club has produced 18 Olympians and is known for developing hard working and dedicated young adults. We don’t just produce top athletes, we produce top people!

 

“Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only thing you'll have left is your character.” - Vince Gill

 

Why Sport-Etudes at PCSC - The Pointe-Claire Advantage

A Focus on Athlete Development: Our program is built around the development of our athletes, with a commitment to developing the best athletes and people possible. Over 95% of our National level athletes have been with us for over 6 years!

A Culture of Excellence: Pointe-Claire Swimming has been ranked in the top three programs in the country for the last 15 years.

Performance: The home of multiple home-grown National and Junior National champions, a 2024 Olympian, three 2023 World Championship games participants and 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth games medalists.

Experience: A highly experienced, passionate, and dedicated full-time coaching staff with over 150 seasons (years) of combined coaching experience.

World class facilities: two 50m training pools (one with 10 lanes and one with 6 lanes), multiple dryland rooms, and a well-equipped weight room.

Travel Opportunities in and outside Canada including training camps and swimming competitions.

A Sport-Études program offering a joint study and sport partnership with multiple local schools.

Sport-Scholarships: No other club in Quebec has provided more post-secondary scholarship opportunities to their athletes.

 

Pointe-Claire Swim Club: Dedicated to Sport and Academic Excellence

  • Our Development, Provincial, and Performance pathways can lead to many post-secondary swimming scholarships.
    • Over the years, no other team in Quebec has provided the same amount of post-secondary scholarship opportunities to their athletes.
    • Our reputation is well known amongst both Canadian and American universities, with many schools eager to recruit our athletes for scholarships.
    • We have 28 currently active PCSC athletes attending universities across North America, most of them on scholarships.

 

 

Sport-Etudes Application Process

Academic acceptance

Athletes interested in joining will need to be accepted academically by one of our 4 partner schools:

Entrance exams are normally written in grade 5 or 6 (depending on the school). Exam times/dates vary by school. More information can be found on the school’s websites regarding these dates.

 

Sport acceptance

Step 1: If you are interested in joining our program please fill out the Intent to Join Sport-Etudes form

 

The Sport-Etudes program at Pointe-Claire Swim Club is an advanced program with a focus on training and compeition. 

 

*Minimum Requirements:

  • Athletes must have at least 12 months of competitive swimming experience.
  • Athletes must have competed in a provincial-level competition the year prior to them joining.
  • Must first and foremost display a good technical foundation in the sport.
  • Acceptance is based on the coach's evaluation and the PCSC Development Model.

 

*The acceptance criteria will evolve with the current available standards and competitive swimming situation in the club and in Quebec.

 

Step 2: If these requirements have been met, then we will schedule a tryout with a Sport-Études coach.

 

Information Documents

Sport-Études Information Package 2024-2025 (English)

Sport-Études Information Package 2024-2025 (French)

Example Evaluation