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Happy Easter!!!! There will be no practice on Monday, April 9, 2012 for every group (including Masters). Enjoy your Easter dinner and we will see you on Tuesday. KURT
Check out this article on Scott Dickens, and his journey from Olympian in 2004, to missing the 2008 team, to qualifying again yesterday for London. http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news/newsid=1230088.html Results for the meet can be found here: http://www.omegatiming.com/index_home.htm#swimming/racearchives/2012/Montreal/index_by_events.htm
Great Conclusion to Rapids’ Short Course Season March 7, 2012 Short course swimming is racing in a 25m pool, long course changes the pool configuration into 50m lengths. Long course swimming is the way most major championships as well as the Olympics are swam. In British Columbia the conclusion of the short course swimming is the BC AAA Championships. It is held in a different city each year and over 600 athletes from around the province take part. Swimmers 18 years and under get together to race the...
Rapids Swim Club Host LMR Swimming Championships February 29, 2012 The Richmond Rapids Swim Club hosted the LMR swimming championships over the weekend at Watermania Aquatics Centre. With over 400 swimmers in attendance there was lots of fierce competition in the pool. The meet, geared as a stepping stone to provincial level competitions allows swimmers to compete at a championship level. The hope is to acquire enough racing experience to move to the provincial arena. The club had 4 new BC AA championship qualifiers. The AA standard...
This year's short course LMR champs was a great success! We had over 400 athletes compete at Watermania over the two days. Thank you to all the parents and senior swimmers who volunteered their time to help out with timing, food service, ribbons, officiating and clerking. A special thank you to our meet secretary Carrie Murray, our Officials Co-Ordinator Mike Crawford and our meet manager Pam Gosel. Other notable helpers: Gary Orr - starter for the weekend Adrian Fung - electronics Michelle Jones - Food Coordinator - A very...
Rapids’ Dekker Wins Gold at Western Canadian Championships February 24, 2012 The Speedo Western Canadian Championships were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba last weekend with the best swimmers in the western provinces attending. For Nicolaas Dekker (16) it was his time to shine on the national stage. Dekker walked away with two gold medals in the 100 and 200 butterfly, a silver in the 100 backstroke and a bronze in the 50 butterfly. This was a huge step in the right direction for the young Rapid swimmer whose...
Members of the PAG, Regional and ND groups stepped up to race this Friday evening. This was an unsanctioned event done during practice and as a result none of the times here are valid. It was a great opportunity for swimmers to get on the blocks and see how they were doing. New techniques and tactics were tried and the swimmers had a great opportunity to sharpen up going into Championship month. Click here for results.
February 16-19, 2012 - Winnipeg, MB About the Speedo Western Championships The Speedo Western Championships brings together a great mix of Canada’s senior, youth and junior swimmers. This regional competition is held annually in February in various cities throughout Western Canada and is held on the same weekend as the Speedo Eastern Championships. In 2012, the competition will be hosted in Pan Am Pool, February 16th -19th. This short course competition serves as an excellent racing and development opportunity for Youth and Junior competitors. Psych sheet Live results ...
BC AA Champs Great Success for Rapids Swimmers February 15, 2012 For Richmond Rapids swimmers this weekend culminated 5 months’ worth of training and preparation. The BC AA Championships were held at the Chilliwack Leisure Centre this past weekend. Three hundred and sixty swimmers from all over the province attended the meet. Competition was fast and furious with swimmers achieving new personal bests, higher standards and of course bragging rights on the podium. Coach Alex Pettifer was extremely happy with the performances of her athletes. She believes the...
