Page 5th, Calder 9th on Day 4.

Jared Calder pulled out the swim of the day on the Sunday of Age Group Nationals in Calgary, clocking a time of 27.46 in todays 50 Fly. An improvement of two seconds, he narrowly missed the final by 0.05 seconds.

While the 200 Breasts and 100 Free's were average, the 800 Freestyles were excellent. Marisa got us off on the right foot. After a blazing 32.22 in her 50 Fly, she posted a very strong 10:02.4 in the 800 Free, 5 seconds under her best time from AAA's. Next up was Morgan, who posted a time of 10:51.2 which was 8 seconds better than her AAA's swim but off of her split from the 1500 on Thursday.

The last swim of the swason for our team was Alec,s 800, where he was looking for a Provincial Record in the event. In a very brave race, Alec split well but didn't quite have enough for the record but did finish 5th in a time of 9:42.2.

The Killer Whales finish the meet with 64 points, 4 more than last year with 5 scoring top 8 swims in Canada.

Congratulations.

8th Again

Kirsten swam a very hard fought 100 Breast Final tonight but still had to settle for 8th in tonights National Final. She will try, along with the rest of the team, to keep our string of 11 consecutive days of National level meets with at least one final tomorrow.

8th Again

Kirsten swam a very hard fought 100 Breast Final tonight but still had to settle for 8th in tonights National Final. She will try, along with the rest of the team, to keep our string of 11 consecutive days of National level meets with at least one final tomorrow.

Rowbotham to Finals again on Day 3

Kirsten was able to fight off a hard challenge this morning in the girls 100 breast to qualify 8th for tonights final. Her time of 1:18.43 is .6 off of her best time but her opening 50 in 36.9 looks promising for tonights final, to run at 5:40 PST.

In other action, best times were posted by Morgan Healy (1:27.6) in the 100 Breast and Jared Calder in the 200 free (2:08.5).

Rowbotham 8th in Final

Kirsten was a little slower than her morning swim in tonights National Final, swimming a 36.4, settling for 8th place. Her stroke was very good but lacked the speed in the stroke to really get the speed up where she wanted it. Congratulations Kirsten!!!

Rowbotham to finals on day 2

Kirsten Rowbotham swam a 36.06 in the 50 Breast tonight to qualify in 7th place for tonights 50 Breast National Final!!! Her race will be swum at approximately 6:00 pm PST.

In other action for the Killer Whales, Morgan Healy had a very strong 400 Freestyle, clocking a 5:11 for a best time while Andrea Gilbert swam a best time and club record in the 100 back with a 1:10.5.Rowbatham's 50 Breast was also a club record.

Gilbert 6th in National Backstroke Final

Not even a brush with the lane rope out in lane 8 could slow down Andrea Gilbert in the final of the 16-18 year old girls 50 Backstroke tonight. Her time of 32.34 was two tenths of a second faster than her morning swim and was good enough for 6th place. Congratulations Andrea!!!

Page 4th in the 1500, Gilbert to Finals in the 50 Back

On a morning that started out average, the Killer Whales finished it off in style. As reported earlier, Andrea Gilbert swam a time of 32.54 in the 50 back and was thought to be 10th. As it turned out, she ended up 8th and will swim in the National Final tonight at 6:00 pm PST.

Alec Page swam an incredible race in the 13 and under boys 1500 freestyle. Swimming the first 500 meters in 6:02 and holding a strong pace of 1:12's and 1:13's the rest of the way, he posted the 4th fastest time in his age group, narrowly missing the podium in the event by 0.3 seconds. His time of 18:11.7 was 10 seconds faster than his already club record swim at AAA Provincials. His 800 split in the race was 9:41.7, only 3 seconds off the BC PROVINCIAL RECORD for the 800 freestyle for 12 and under boys. He will look to eclipse that mark on Sunday in the 800 free.

Morgan Healy was another standout for CRKW with a time of 20:12.70 in the girls 12 and under 1500 freestyle, placing 13th in Canada for her age group!!! She held a strong pace of 1:21.'s the whole way and finished great on the last 100. Marisa Gorjeu was the other 1500 freestyle competitor for CRKW and her time of 19:25.9 was a best time by 5 seconds and placed her 15th overall in Canada for 13 year old girls!!!

Also, going back to this mornings results, Jared Calder ended up 17th in the 50 free, Andrea Gilbert was 15th in the 50 free and Alec Page was 22nd in the 50 free, an off event for him.

This meet has an amazing new feature called SWIMMER MAIL. You can send your swimmer a good luck email and it will be delivered to the club file, right at the meet!!! Just click here to send your child / teammate / friend a good luck message.

More results after tonights final for Andrea in the 50 backstroke.

Day 1 Results Part 1

The first day of Canadian Club Nationals has started with some good results with 5 races having been swum thus far.

Andrea was the busiest of the lot so far, swimming lifetime bests in the 50 Free and 50 Back. Her times of 28.1 and 32.5 are lifetime bests, her 50 back time missing a spot in the final by less than a tenth of a second.

Jared (26.1), Kirsten (29.2) and Alec (29.4) were all very well done, Jared in a lifetime best time and Alec and Kirsten right on their best times.

Still to come are the 1500's, featuring Marisa, Alec and Kirsten.

Day 1 Preliminaries - Event Line Up

Day 1 Preliminaries at Canadian Club Nationals will see the following swims take place. Results will be posted as they happen. Live results can be found here.

50 Freestyle
Alec Page 9:50 am

Jared Calder 9:50 am

Kirsten Rowbotham 9:40 am
Andrea Gilbert 9:40 am

50 Backstroke
Andrea Gilbert 11:40 am

1500 Freestyle
Marisa Gorjeu 1:50 pm
Alec Page 2:33 pm
Morgan Healy 3:12 pm

Alec Page wins Regional Development Award

Alec Page, 12, fresh off of a top level performance from the AAA Provincial Championships, was awarded the Regional Development Award for the Vancouver Island Region after the meets conclusion, scoring a Provincial high 62 points. Points were accumulated over the course of all events swum and top performances were recognized with a cheque for $125 from SWIM BC. Congratulations Alec.

6 Killer Whales to Age Group Nationals this weekend

Six swimmers will represent CRKW this weekend in Calgary at the Canadian National Age Group Championships. Andrea Gilbert, Jared Calder, Kirsten Rowbotham, Marisa Gorjeu, Alec Page and Morgan Healy all qualified and will attend, going up against the best swimmers their age in the Country.

Swimmers will compete in the following events.

50 Freestyle
Andrea Gilbert
Jared Calder
Kirsten Rowbotham
Alec Page

100 Freestyle
Andrea Gilbert
Jared Calder
Kirsten Rowbotham
Alec Page

200 Freestyle
Jared Calder
Alec Page

400 Freestyle
Alec Page
Morgan Healy

800 Freestyle
Marisa Gorjeu
Alec Page
Morgan Healy

1500 Freestyle
Marisa Gorjeu
Alec Page
Morgan Healy

50 Backstroke
Andrea Gilbert

100 Backstroke
Andrea Gilbert

200 Backstroke
Andrea Gilbert

50 Breaststroke
Kirsten Rowbotham

100 Breaststroke
Kirsten Rowbotham
Morgan Healy

200 Breaststroke
Kirsten Rowbotham
Morgan Healy

50 Butterfly
Jared Calder
Marisa Gorjeu

100 Butterfly
Jared Calder
Marisa Gorjeu
Alec Page

200 Butterfly
Marisa Gorjeu
Alec Page

Results will be posted here daily during the meet, where live results will be found at www.swimming.ca

An article profiling all 6 swimmers attending the meet will be available online Wednesday at www.campbellrivermirror.com or in Wednesdays paper.

Words of encouragement for the team can be posted to this site and will be passed along to the swimmers when received.

Day 4 - AAA Provincial Championships

The final day of the meet proved to be very successful for CRKW. Some timely performances and some good relays slingshotted us up the ladder into 10th place overall, a very excellent result for the team. Alec Page was again in fine form with a gold in the 400 free and a silver in the 100 fly, both club records. Kirsten Rowbotham was 6th in the girls 200 breast final while Marisa Gorjeu and Jared Calder got second swims in the 100 fly B final. Relays again proved to be good for the club as all three relays scored in the top 8 while the 10 and under girls relay was victorious again.

The final totals for the meet. 10 medals, 18 club records, 10th place overall, the 2nd and 5th best 10 and under girls in the meet (Jocelyn and Karlyn) and many outstanding performances. Congratulations to all swimmers for qualifying and doing such an incredible job.

Morgan Healy, Alec Page, Marisa Gorjeu, Kirsten Rowbotham, Andrea Gilbert and Jared Calder will travel to Calgary July 19th for Canadian Age Group Nationals. Good luck to them all!

Day 3 Finals

With the addition of 10 and unders to the meet, our session was very successful. Jocelyn Cormier, Karlyn Healy and Marissa Boyle combined for some great swims. Jocelun won two events, while Karlyn made three finals and Marissa made one final, the 50 free. All times will be combined for 10 and unders at the end of the meet and swimmers will be ranked from there.

In the main event, the finals kept racking up for the Killer Whales. Alec Page had a tremendous 200 freestyle, swimming a 2:14.3 for a silver medal. Alec and Tylor Love both made the 11-12 100 breast final, placing 6th and 8th while Kirsten swam a 1:18.1 for 5th in the 13-14 girls 100 breast.

The final event of the night was the 11-12 boys 400 medley relay. The team of Carter, Tylor, Alec and David, bronze medalists in the relay on Thursday night, repeated their success tonight with a 5:11.7 clocking for bronze.

Day 3 Preliminaries - AAA Provincial Championships

Day three saw some successful swims resulting in some finals tonight. Swims from this morning making it to finals were...

10 and under girls 100 backstroke - Jocelyn Cormier - 3rd, Karlyn Healy - 8th
11-12 Boys 200 Freestyle - Alec Page - 2nd
10 and under girls 50 freestyle - Jocelyn Cormier - 1st, Marissa Boyle - 3rd
10 and under girls 100 breaststroke - Jocelyn Cormier - 3rd, Karlyn Healy - 7th
11-12 boys 100 breaststroke - Alec Page - 5th, Tylor Love - 8th
13-14 girls 100 breaststroke - Kirsten Rowbotham - 5th

Other mentionable swims for the Killer Whales were best times in 200 Backstroke by Morgan Healy, Carter Gorjeu and Alisha Clark, best times in 200 freestyle by Tylor Love, Taylor Padington, Jennifer Guindon, Jane Pomeroyand Kirsten Rowbotham while more best times came in the 100 breaststroke by Morgan Healy, Jennifer Guindon, Tylor Love, Alec Page and David John Palmer.

Day 2 - AAA Provincial Championships

Day 2 had it's ups and downs like any other swim meet but the ups outweighed the downs and the result was a great day, including maintaining our 3rd place ranking overall and the introduction of the 10 and unders to the meet.

The morning session started with 200 IM's. The swims were soft for the most part, but some very good swims did come out. Jared Calder swam a 2:27.8 for a lifetime best time by over three seconds, while Jane Pomeroy took 2 seconds from her best time with a 2:47.6. Tylor Love and David John Palmer both took more than 7 seconds off their best times, Tylor swimming a 2:59 while David coming in at an even 3:00. Jennifer Guindon chopped 6 seconds from her best time with a 3:00 clocking as well. Alec Page swam a 2:42 morning swim which was good enough to qualify him for the final in 3rd place.

200 Fly was next and even though we only had two swimmers in the event, both were good swims. Alec was first with a 2:41.0, only 0.1 over his best time, qualifying in first place. Marisa Gorjeu was next and her time of 2:39.9 was a 6 second improvement and was good enough for 10th place in the event.

50 freestyle was the last event of the morning and there were some very strong swims. Tylor Love swam a best time in the boys 12 and under event while Kirsten Rowbotham was a solid 28.87 in the 50 freestyle, a lifetime best, qualifying her for the final in 8th place. Andrea Gilbert was also very close to a best time with a 28.35 clocking and a 11th place finish, qualifying her for the B final of the senior girls. Tyson Berkenstock was in best time form with a 27.0 clocking.

Before the 10 and under took to the pool, Marisa got to swim her 800 freestyle and knocked off a 10.07.0, good enough for 11th place, moving up from 20th place in the rankings. She was 9 seconds better than her previous best time in the race, splitting perfectly.

The 10 and unders then got into the act, with the 400 freestyle and the 200 medley relay. Jocelyn Cormier, Karlyn Healy and Marissa Boyle are representing the club at the meet and they didn't dissapoint. Jocelyn swam a 5:31 for second place, Karlyn Healy was 5:48 for 4th and Marissa Boyle was 5:51 for 6th place. After the dust settled in that race, it was time for bragging rights as the relay was up. With the winning team widely recognized as the best 10 and under team in BC, the Killer Whales pulled off what they were expected to do...win the relay. In a comeback effort worthy of mentioning, the three girls, plus Kiersten Padington, pulled off a come from behind win in the medley relay, recording a time of 2:45.0 for a new club record and one of the fastest times in Canada this year.

In tonights finals, Alec Page was once again a one man point machine. First up was the 200 IM where he dropped 4 seconds from his morning swim with a 2:38.0, good enough for a bronze medal. But what he didn't have yet was the color he wanted most - gold. In his final event of the night, he had that chance. Taking the lead from the beginning of the 200 fly and then pulling away dramatically on the last 5o, Alec took the gold medal in a time of 2:35.0, a new club record and the third fastest time in Canada this year.

Kirsten overcame a poor start in the 50 free to post an 8th place finish while Andrea Gilbert came away with a 10th place finish and a blazing time of 28.05 in the 50 free in the senior girls 50 free.

Day 1 Finals - AAA Provincial AAA Championships

Day 1 Finals saw some exciting finals and the best relays I've ever seen!!! More on the relays in a moment.

Alec had a big night, starting the night off with a mamoth 1500 freestyle where he beat his own club record and best time by over 30 seconds, recording a silver medal performance of 18:21.6. Less than 10 minutes later, he had to contend in the 100 freestyle. With a very tough fought performance of 1:03.6, he was rewarded with a bronze medal. Kirsten Rowbotham had a lifetime best time and club record in the 100 free consolation final with a 1:03.5.

Andrea Gilbert was our only 100 backstroke of the night and her time of 1:10.8 was the same as her morning swim and only slightly slower than her lifetime best time in the event.

400 IM's were last and Alec Page, still smarting a bit from his swims earlier in the evening, had a better swim from heats and recorded his third medal of the night, a silver, in the event.

Then came the relays and boy oh boy were they good!!!

The 12 and under girls were first and they all swam out of their minds, stepping up from 9th seed to score in 7th place overall. Split of 31.7 (Taylor), 32.3 (Morgan), 31.3 (Jennifer) and 31.9 (Jocelyn) put them in at a 2:07.6, a club record. The 13 and 14 girls, not to be outdone, swam this clubs very first LC free relay for girls under 2 minutes, setting a club record with a 1:59.99. Kirsten (28.9), Jane (30.4), Marisa (29.6) and Taylor (31.3) combined for the record setting swim.

Maybe the most exciting relay of the night was the 12 and under boys. Seeded 5th and looking to move up, their time of 2:02.4 was outstanding and good enough for the bronze medal. Alec (29.1), Tylor (31.8), David (31.0) and Carter (30.4) combined for the event, coming within half a second of the gold.

CRKW currently sits in 13th place after the first day, their best opening day in many years.

Day 1 Preliminaries - AAA Provincial Championships

Day 1 had it's ups and downs like most meets but the ups were pretty good. 100 freestyle was the first event. Best times were recorded in the event by Alec Page (1:02.91 - 2nd going into finals), Carter Gorjeu (1:09.2 - 19th), David John Palmer (1:10.41 - 26th), Tylor Love (1:14.27 - 36th), Jane Pomeroy (1:05.89 - 31st) and Jared Calder (56.93 - 25th). Kirsten Rowbotham will also be in the consolation finals for the 100 free (1:03.71 - 15th).

The 100 backstroke saw Andrea Gilbert make the consolation final (1:10.81 - 16th), while Morgan Healy narrowly missed making the consolation final with a 1:19.96, a best time). Taylor Padington swam a best time (1:23.79 - 32nd).

The 400 IM's were next with Alec Page qualifying for the final in 2nd place while Marisa Gorjeu swam a best time in 5:45.65, placing 30th.

The 12 and unders then swam the 800 / 1500 freestyle events. Alec Page, ranked 2nd in the event, will swim it during tonights final session. Morgan Healy and Taylor Padington swam the 800 free while Carter Gorjeu raced the 1500 free for boys. While Carter struggled in his race, Morgan swam a best time 10:59.3 while Taylor swam a 11:15.3. Both girls improved their seed times by about 15 seconds.

Tonights finals will include the following.

1500 Freestyle
Alec Page - 11-12 Boys A Final

100 Freestyle
Alec Page - 11-12 boys A final
Kirsten Rowbotham - 13-14 Girls B Final

100 Backstroke
Andrea Gilbert - Senior Girls B Final

400 IM
Alec Page - 11-12 Boys A Final

200 Free Relays
11-12 Girls - Morgan Healy / Jennifer Guindon / Taylor Padington / Jocelyn Cormier
11-12 Boys - Alec Page / Carter Gorjeu / David John Palmer / Tylor Love
13-14 Girls - Kirsten Rowbotham / Marisa Gorjeu / Jane Pomeroy / Undecided

AAA Provincial Begin Thursday, July 6th

17 CRKW swimmers will compete this weekend at the BC Provincial Swimming Championships. Sending it's biggest team in anyones memory, CRKW is looking to continue to show it's improvement over the past few seasons. Live results can be found by clicking here.

The following news article was in the Saanich News today, talking about the increase in the level of swimming in British Columbia.


05-Jul-06by Don Descoteau Saanich News
Young swimmers are getting faster in British Columbia.

That much is clear by the fact that more than 600 athletes will be at Saanich Commonwealth Pool and Elk Lake between this Thursday and Monday contesting the B.C. Provincial AAA-Open Long Course Championships.

"It says good things about swimming in B.C.," said Margaret Penning, club president of meet host Pacific Coast Swimming and co-manager for the provincial meet. "I think you're seeing more people who are working hard and being committed."

The Capital Region is no slouch in contributing to that total, as about 100 athletes from PCS, Island Swimming and the JayVacs club are suiting up. In fact, Greater Victoria, with its outstanding facilities and top-notch coaches, is one of the fastest growing areas in B.C. for competitive swimmers, Penning said.

Rod Barratt, athletic development co-ordinator for PCS, also coaches young swimmers for the club at Commonwealth pool. He expects the meet to be a fast one.

"It's going to be very competitive to get into the top eight," he said. "I'd say very few kids are going to sail into the finals."

Qualifying for this meet in the first place is no small feat for the swimmers age 15 and under, since they must record AAA-level times in their events. Despite the stringent requirements, an amazing 50 of 52 clubs provincewide will be represented.

Competitors at this week's events run the gamut, from eight year olds getting their first taste of a high-level meet to Olympian Rick Say and open water specialists Karley Stutzel and Dave Creel, who could represent Canada in Beijing in 2008 when their discipline is included for the first time in the Olympics.

The provincials get underway tomorrow (July 6) at 9 a.m. and run through Sunday. Heats run daily with finals set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Open water competition goes Monday at Elk Lake. For ongoing results go to http://www.pacificcoastswimming.com.