Killer Whales Seeking Head Age Group Coach

While our club grows, so does our need for staff. The Killer Whales are seeking a new Head Age Group coach for our program. Details of the position are located here.

Good Times at Coach Healy's

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A great time was had by all on Friday as the Gold and Silver groups converged on Coach Dave's for fun in the sun, good food and a night time movie on the big screen outside. At the same time, the junior and senior groups were at Barb Sharpes for more fun.

VIR's is quickly approaching but, before that, the Nanaimo Outdoor meet will occur this weekend. New to follow.

We're on our way home

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After another successful session, we ended up 11th overall, far outdistancing the 12th place team after swimming only 4 out of the 5 sessions...an excellent result. For all parents, we will be returning at 7:00 pm and will meet at the budget in Willow Point at that time. We'll see you then!

Preston to join team at Canadian Club Nationals

Aven Preston has been seeking a club national qualifying time for a while now. But before this mornings preliminary session, she knew that she had a chance if she swam her best race...and she did. Her time of 33.16 in the girls 50 meter fly was .24 under the standard and will get the 12 year old to the Canadian Club National Championships in Winnipeg in late July. Her and Marisa Gorjeu went head to head and in the end Preston was the victor with Gorjeu coming agonizingly close with a clocking of 33.61, only .21 over the standard of 33.40.

Day 2 at the meet - Team Cheer

Our 12 and unders got us off on the right foot this morning with a great team cheer prior to the relays. The 10 and unders broke the girls club record to get us started. More results to follow but see live results here.

Take Me Out To The Ball Game!

36 Killer Whales, parents and coaches joined 37, 250 of their closest friends at Safeco field in Seattle to watch the Seattle Mariners beat the San Diego Padres 5-3, snapping the Padres 8 game winning streak. We saw two home runs and Ichiro steal a home run with an above the wall catch to keep the lead. This is a video of us at the game, having a great time and eating lots of junk food, including garlic fries, foot long hotdogs and cotton candy. Hope we can sleep it off well enough to swim fast tomorrow. Highlights of the day at the pool included Carter Gorjeu breaking three club records, Kyron Winkelmeyer winning the mens 100 meter breaststroke and the 12 and under girls and 15 and over boys 200 medley relay placing 4th and Aven Preston and Andrea Gilbert also placing 4th in the 100 fly and 100 back respectively.

Here's a video of Alec and Carter placing 1st and 3rd in their heat of boys 50 free. Alec was in lane 4 (4th from the bottom) and Carter is lane 6th (3rd from the top). Their times of 33.22 and 34.03 were both lifetime best times and Carter's time was a new club record for 10 and under boys.

Well...you all thought the Commonwealth Pool was big??? This is our home for the next two days. 2500 seats, 8 lanes LC, 7 lanes sc yards warm down. Here's a video of the dump. Make sure you check back often for live race results here as well as race videos from all the sessions.

Day 1 Report

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Well...we made it despite all the traffic, the wait at the border and more traffic. After a night out at the mall, everyone is now back in their rooms at the hotel, excited to swim fast tomorrow at the meet. Remember to watch for live results here and to check back daily for news and highlights as well as video from tomorrow's races.

Seattle Swim Weekend

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We are expecting great things this weekend at the Pacific Invitational Meet in Federal Way. I am sure there will be many stories and events to talk about. Good Luck to all the swimmers!

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The Team is heading down to Seattle this weekend to race at the Pacific Coast Invitational Swim Meet. Real time results will be posted online at here and can be checked throughout the weekend. Also stay tuned for almost live race video as well as interviews throughout the weekend.

I'm playing around with something called VIDEOBLOGGING so I thought I would test it out with my 5 year old daughter, Emily. Here is her take on Mini Whales.

Schedule Change

Please note the following changes to the schedule for the holiday weekend. Gold will swim on Friday with the silver group from 3:15 - 5:00 pm. There will be no practice for gold on Saturday, May 21st and there will be no practice for any of the groups on Monday, May 23rd due to the Victoria Day holiday.

Canada announces 23-member swimming team for the 2005 World Aquatic Championships

MONTREAL- Riley Janes of Nanaimo, B.C., and Chuck Sayao of Toronto came agonizingly close but there were no new qualifiers in the final day of competition Saturday at the 2005 World Aquatic Championship Trials. Therefore Canada has a 23-member team set in the pool and open water events in swimming at the worlds this summer. Full report here.

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Vancouver’s Kelly Stefanyshyn rediscovered her magic touch in women’s 200 backstroke at World team trials

<>MONTREAL- Kelly Stefanyshyn of Vancouver rediscovered her magic touch in the women’s 200-metre backstroke Friday night winning the race and qualifying for the world team at the 2005 World Aquatic Championship Trials in swimming. More here.

Battle lines drawn for tonight’s finals at 2005 World Aquatic Championship Trials

MONTREAL-There could be some close battles in tonight’s finals for world team spots after several solid performances in the preliminaries Friday morning at the 2005 World Aquatic Championship Trials in swimming being held this week at the Claude-Robillard Centre.

In the women’s 100 freestyle prelims, Jenna Gresdal of Toronto was first in 56.32 with Laura Nicholls of Toronto second in 56.71 while Victoria Poon of Montreal and Sophie Simard of Quebec City tied for third at 56.92. The qualifying standard in 56.01. Read more here.

Calgary’s Erin Gammel breaks Canadian record qualifies for worlds at swimming trials

<>MONTREAL- Erin Gammel of Calgary broke her Canadian record in the women’s 100-metre backstroke Wednesday and earned a spot on the world team at the 2005 World Aquatic Championship Trials in swimming being held this week at the Claude-Robillard Centre.

Five new names were added to the world team after Wednesday’s performances bringing to 12 the number of Canadian swimmers qualified for the 2005 World Aquatic Championship July 17-31 in Montreal. More here.

World Championship Trials - Day 1 Finals

MONTREAL- Mike Brown of Calgary and Scott Dickens of Vancouver grabbed the two available spots for the world team in men’s 100-metre breaststroke Tuesday to highlight the first night of finals at the world championship trials in swimming.

In all seven swimmers earned a nomination Tuesday to race for Canada at the 2005 World Aquatic Championships July 17-31 in Montreal.

In the men’s 100 breaststroke, Brown won the race in 1:01.83 after posting a personal best 1:01.66 in the preliminaries. Dickens grabbed the second spot clocking 1:01.97 while Canadian record holder Morgan Knabe of Victoria, first at the turn, was third in 1:02.42. All three beat the qualifying standard of 1:02.52 but ...more news here.

Killer Whales Very Strong at COHO All Level

<>With most of the top swimmers traveling to Seattle at the end of the month for a big meet, it was up to 8 young Killer Whales to carry the banner for the whole team at the annual May All Level Meet in Victoria at the Saanich Commonwealth Pool. But those 8 swimmers did a great job, including capturing 8 top three finishes from four different swimmers.

Tulsa Massee had four of those top 3 finishes, including a second place finish in the 50 freestyle and three third place finishes in the 200IM, 50 Backstroke and 100 Backstroke. Mitch Rioux had two first place finishes in the 13 and 14 boys age group, in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle while Karlyn Healy scored a second place finish in the girls 800 freestyle and Kieran Poile scored a third in the boys 10 and under 100 Fly.

Overall the club was 67% personal best times at the meet. Massee once again led the way in that category, swimming 9 best times out of 9 events including a 6 second drubbing of his old 200 freestyle time. Karlyn Healy had 6 best times while Mitch Rioux had 5 and Vera Leivsdottir and David John Palmer both chipped in with 4. Morgan Healy and Kieran Poile rounded out the best time brigade with three each.

David John Palmer had a 50 second improvement in the 200 breaststroke while Kieran Poile had a 16 second improvement in the 100 breaststroke. Karlyn Healy took 40 seconds from her 800 freestyle while sister Morgan improved 77 seconds in the same event. Vera Leivsdottir dropped 11 seconds from her 200 freestyle in another excellent improvement.

Mike Brown and Morgan Knabe beat standards in opening heats at the World Aquatic Championship Trials in swimming

<>MONTREAL- Mike Brown of Calgary and Morgan Knabe of Victoria beat the time standard in the men’s 100-metre breaststroke Tuesday to highlight the opening preliminary session at the World Aquatic Championship Trials in swimming being held this week at the Claude-Robillard Centre,

Brown, sixth in the 200 breaststroke at the Athens Olympics, clocked 1:01.66 to beat the 1:02.52 standard. Canadian record holder Morgan Knabe of Victoria clocked second at 1:02.21. Brown and Knabe can solidify their nominations to the world team in tonight’s final.

Scott Dickens of Vancouver was third in this morning’s race, coming close to the standard at 1:02.78.

More results and information on the meet found here.

COHO All Level Meet

Coach Dave Healy and 8 silver and gold squad swimmers are in Victoria today and tomorrow for the COHO All Level Meet. Early in the meet Tulsa Massee has had some very strong performances, including a second place finish in the boys 10 and under 50 freestyle. Updates and results can be found live here.

Killer Whales Great in Nanaimo!

The Killer Whales Swim Club sent 12 very feisty bronze group swimmers to Nanaimo to race in their annual progressive meet held at the Nanaimo Aquatic Center. The 12 swimmers captured 20 top 3 finishes, including 5 firsts, 10 seconds and 5 more thirds.

Alex Baird won two first and two seconds place finishes while, Finn Page turned the same trick. Also winning an event for the Killer Whales was Brandon Pehrsson, who had an amazing showing at the meet, improving his time in his 4 events by a total of 87 seconds, including a 51 second improvement in his 200 freestyle. He also won the 100 backstroke with a 22 second improvement.

Brooke Guindon cracked the top three a total of three times, including a second place finish in the 8 and under girls 50 fly with a 12 second improvement. She also dropped 24 seconds from her 100 backstroke and placed third. Also picking up second place finishes at the meet were Vanessa Mae Harrison (50 Breast), Rio Massee (50 breast) and Siobhan Hudson (50 Free). Third place finishes went out to Dalynn Briggs-Austin (50 fly) and Leah Kumagai (50 breast).

Tamasyn Kennedy had a 3 second improvement in the 50 fly while Natasha Swan placed 4^th in the 50 free and Annalies Turley was 7^th in the 50 breast and 50 free.