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The 2009-2010 Rapids Swim Club Registration Package is now posted Please take a look & E-mail us at [email protected] 2009-2010 Richmond Rapids Registration Package 1. SPECIAL NOTE: significant changes had to be made to scheduling & practice location between February 1st & March 15th due to the Olympics 2. we will not be running the Sears I Can Swim Program at Minoru, instead we will be running the newly created Rapids Swim School 3. Provincial Development is now called Regional Development 4. Senior Development...
The Rapids finished a successfull BC AAA Long Course Championship meet on an exciting note Sunday night! We had a number of great swims througout the evening, here are some highlights. 13 year old girls 200 Breastsstroke Tiffany Orr, went out very strong and held on for a bronze medal with a time of 2:54.64. A new Age Group National qualifying time! In the very next race was Daniella Koretchenko in the 14 year old girls 200 Breaststroke final. In a dominating fashion Daniella won the race in a time of 2:41.19! ...
New club records set in Kamloops Congrats to Matthew Crawford & Aleckxeis Afficionado for setting 4 new club records!
During the month of June the Rapids will be selling bags of Mogiana coffee. For every bag sold the club will get $5.00 in return. Free samples will be available at the General Meeting on June 11th and the Mini/PASS meet on June 13th. Click here for a copy of the flyer and order form. Order forms will also be available at the General meeting and mini meet.
This past April the AGD 1 & 2’s participated in the Swim News magazine’s Tiny Olympic Prospects program. This program encourages distance and IM swimming. The participants results then are ranked based on age. Teams from across the country take part. The next TOPS will take place in June. Congratulations to all those that participated! Top 20 finishes by RAPIDS were: 1500 FR Girls (10 years old): Aleckxeis Aficionado 10th, Jessica Jones 13th, Jaylene Berry 15th, Ada Zhang 16th, Selina Zhou 20th 400 IM Girls (10 Years Old): Aleckxeis Aficionado 9th,...
Men’s 50 free World record holder Fred Bousquet blazed by the field with a 21.33 for the U.S. Open record. That time cleared Garrett Weber-Gale’s U.S. Open record of 21.47 set last summer. "I am very happy I came here to swim," Bousquet said. "I came here three to four years ago, and had such a good memory. When I heard all my Auburn teammates were coming, [SwimMAC head coach] David Marsh was good enough to get me in even though I was late to register." SwimMAC’s Cullen Jones, who...
Session time outs Live Results Psych Sheets If any experienced officials would be interested in helping out as relief officials at the Mel Zajac International meet at UBC your help would be greatly appreciated. Here’s the email our office received form the UBC Dolphins club manager. I am wondering if one or both of you would be able to help with officiating at Zajac next weekend (May 22, 23 & 24). The meet is going to be a LARGE event with 520 swimmers in the meet, from USA, Australia,...
