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Days two and three at the North Amarican Challange cup were again very sucessful for Rapids swimmer Nicolaas Dekker Day 2 Highlights Gold in the Men's 15-16 200m Fly 2:06.04 (PB by almost 2sec) 27.77 / 32.65 / 32.84 / 31.78 [1:01.42 / 1:04.62] Member of the Mens 4x200m "B" team splitting 2:00.51 (almost 3 sec under his PB) Day 3 Highlights 5th in the Men's 15-16 100m Breaststroke 1:08.78 (PB by almost 2 sec) 33.08 / 35.70 Gold in the Men's 4x100m Medley relay Nic...
Congratulations to Nicolaas Dekker who won the gold medal representing the Rapids and Canada in the Mens 100m Butterfly at the North American Challenge Cup Swim meet Splits: **26.94 / 29.48 for a **56.42 final time **this is a Rapids Record in both the 50m fly and 100m Fly a little about the NACC The North Amariacan Challange Cup ia an annual Age Group competition is being hosted in Edmonton, Alberta this year. There are five teams competing in this year’s competition including; Canada, Southern California Swimming, Pacific Swimming,...
Rapids Have Historically Summer Nationals and Age Group Nationals The Richmond Rapids Swim Club finished out the year with two major meets in Edmonton and Calgary, competing against the strongest age group athletes the country has to offer. Nicolaas Dekker and Brandon de Costa represented the Rapids at Canadian Summer Nationals, which showcased the fastest overall Canadian swimmers, excluding the Olympic team. Dekker set a club record in the 50 butterfly (27.05), and de Costa took down the 100 back club record (1:00.98). This was Dekker’s second and de...
Hello Everyone I've have a bunch of requests for pictures of the new baby for thoes of you who are interested here is a link to a few photos Photos of Sydney Page Pettifer Robert Pettifer Head coach/ Director of swimming Richmond Rapids Swim Club
The club and coaching staff would like to congratulate first time daddies. Congratulations to Head Coach Rob Pettifer and his wife Pam on their new born daughter, Sydney Page Pettifer, born 6 lbs, 12 ounces on Monday July 23, 2012. As well, congratulations to Coach Dennis Silva and his wife Carol on their new baby girl, Sophia Angela Silva, 9 lbs, 1 oz on Sunday, July 22, 2012. All of our best to you and your new families.
The Swimmers and Coaching Staff would like to send out a very big Thank you to all the volunteers, officials and coordinators who helped make this weekend's BC AAA Champs so successful. Thank you to everyone who came out and volunteered time and expertise to make the event run so smoothly. Timers, officials, food helpers are huge parts of this event; we cannot do it without you! A special shoutout to Mr. Craig McCord, our meet manager/announcer/gopher and Pam Gosel, our meet referee. We could not have done it without...
Even if days one through three had been easy, day four of Provincial Championships promised to be a hard-fought battle. With the top six teams in close contention, every point mattered, and every race was going to be a tough one for the worn out athletes. The races were all difficult, all consistently tight, down-to-the-wire dragouts. The province was stepping up. Times were consistently faster than they were at 2011 Long Course AAAs, and records were being broken left and right. It took a mental strength sofar unrequired this season. Anything...
Day 3 was a high point for the Rapids Provincial Team. After slipping in the ranks on Friday, our athletes came back fighting strong, earning the best medal count we've had all weekend. Included in that count was a podium sweep for the Boys 13 Year Old 200 IM (pictured). With Kevin Ye taking the Gold, Max Schaffler taking Silver, and Jerry Liu taking Bronze, the Rapids accomplished a feat rarely seen. In an edge-of-your-seat battle, the Boys 12&U A team (Berry, Rakchtis, Hsing, Murray) earned the Gold in the...
The second day of Provincial Championships was full of ups and downs for the Rapids. It was a challenging day, due to a tough schedule of speed and endurance. At the end of finals, the Rapids had slipped to fifth place overall. Considering the lack of event entries, though, this positioning was encouraging. "We knew it would be tough to hold on to that second place spot through Friday," said Coach Drew McClure. "It was through great performances in finals that we were able to stay near the top of...
The Rapids AAA team was off to a strong start at this weekend's Long Course Provincial Championships. At the end of day one, the team was ranked second overall, showing that they were prepared to defend their home territory! "Though there were some mistakes made in the morning swims, finals went really well," said Head Coach Rob Pettifer. "That's because our swimmers learned from those mistakes and used them to prepare for the next race. That made for success." And lots of successes were had! The Rapids walked away with...
