 Oct 17, 2009 An astounding 4 swimmers from Tsawwassen?s Winskill Dolphins Swim Club were selected to the Canadian Junior National Team for the 2009-2010! Morgan Mackenzie (14) , Noemie Thomas (13) , Meghan Kwi... Oct 15, 2009 The Winskill Dolphins Swim Club of Tsawwassen placed more swimmers on this year?s Team BC squad than any other club! An impressive 8 Winskill swimmers made the team, chosen for posting the fastest ti... Oct 9, 2009 H1N1 Policy Cold and flu season is upon us, and there is much concern regarding the spread of respiratory disease. Prevention is the first defence. We have adopted the following guidelines from the P... Oct 3, 2009 The Winskill Dolphins Swim Club opened the 2009-2010 competitive swim season with a bang at the SFU-Gators LMR meet! Clubs from across the Lower Mainland attended this ice-breaker competition to shak... Sep 19, 2009 Effective September 1, 2009, all swimwear worn in swimming competitions sanctioned under the authority of Swimming Canada must conform to the January 1, 2010 FINA swimwear approval guidelines as liste... Aug 26, 2009 Karyn Jewell's 1500m performance was highlighted in today's South Delta Optimist . Aug 25, 2009 From teambc.org Karyn Jewell (Delta) won Team BC?s first medal of the second week with a gold medal performance in the 1500m freestyle in 16:29.45. Julianne Brown (North Vancouver) was 4th in 16:3... Aug 24, 2009 Karyn Jewell , competing for BC at the Canada Games in PEI this week started the provincial team off to a great meet by capturing the Gold Medal in the very first event of the competition - the women?... Aug 21, 2009 CHARLOTTETOWN ? World championship team members Sinead Russell of Oakville, Ont., Bridget Coley of Hamilton Anders McIntyre of Vernon, B.C., and Alexandra Gabor of Whitehorse YK, headline the swimm... Aug 14, 2009 When the opening ceremonies begin on August 15 th in Summerside , Prince Edward Island it will mark the start of the 22 nd Canada Games. The games began in 1967 in Quebec City with a philos... Jul 26, 2009 Day 5 in Sheffield, England was all about Luke Reilly (13) once again as he posted his second fastest time ever in the final of the 400m Individual Medlay, finishing in 5th place, just off his PB fr... Jul 25, 2009 Mckenzie Summers (13) and Luke Reilly (13) highlighted the fourth night of finals at the British Age-Group Championships in Sheffield, England. Mckenzie Summers posted best times in both heats an... Jul 24, 2009 Noemie Thomas was the star of the session today as she squeaked onto the podium for a 3rd place finish, and a commemorative medal in the 13 year old girl?s 100m Butterfly. Noemie ends her first seaso... Jul 23, 2009 Day 2 of the British Age-Group Championships saw more exciting swims from the Winskill swimmers, highlighted by Luke Reilly (13) in the 1500m Freestyle. Luke smashed his personal best, set last week... Jul 22, 2009 Meghan Kwiatkowski highlighted the first day of competition in Sheffield, England with her first sub-minute clocking in the 100m Freestyle long course. After the Canadian Age-Group National champion... Jul 18, 2009 Saturday night proved the most succesful night so far for our Winskill swimmers at the age-group national championships in Montreal as they produced another gold medal, and two silver medals. Vito Zou... Jul 17, 2009 The third night of finals in Montreal saw more record breaking swims from WDSC swimmers, highlighted by Morgan Mackenzie 's (14) convincing victory in the 200m butterfly. Morgan stormed to a 3 second... Jul 16, 2009 WDSC swimmers added more medals to the cabinet on Thursday night in Montreal at the 2009 Age-Group National Championships. Mckenzie Summers (13) and Karyn Jewell (15) both contributed to the overa... Jul 15, 2009 Winskill swimmers got off to a great start at the 2009 Canadian Age-Group Championships in Montreal on Wednesday. In the first heat of the afternoon, Karyn Jewell (15) successfully defended her 2008... Jul 10, 2009 Another great morning of racing here in Montreal as our first swim of the day was a new BC Provincial record for Noemie Thomas . Noemie took the race out strong in 29.59 and came back with a solid 33... Jul 9, 2009 The second day of preliminary action continued the trend of fast swimming from the night before here in Montreal at the 2009 World Championship Trials. Karyn Jewell got the team started with a soli... Jul 8, 2009 The first EVER night of swimming at Senior Nationals for Winskill swimmers went very well with both Morgan Mackenzie and Karyn Jewell representing the team well First up, Karyn Jewell opened str... Jul 8, 2009 Today is the first day of the 2009 World Championship Trials here in Montreal, QC. We have a group of 6 Winskill swimmers out who are the ?advance party? before the big group of 19 come out for Age-Gr... Jul 5, 2009 For young competitive swimmers in British Columbia, July is synonymous with championship meets, not unlike the 2009 BC LC Provincial Championships. This year, the Long Course Provincial Championships... Jul 5, 2009 Winskill swimmers came away with another two gold medals on the final night of the 2009 BC LC Provincial Champinships.Tonight it was Nicole Currie and Clarissa Tan stealing the show and taking home ... Jul 4, 2009 Winskill swimmers came away with three more victories on Saturday night in Victoria at the BC Provincial Championships. Stefanie Serka, Taylor Reilly and Markus Thormeyer all took the first place ... Jul 3, 2009 There were more awesome swims tonight in Victoria, the Winskill swimmers at the meet amassed another gold medal - Alyssa von Ende in the 200m Butterfly, her first ever provincial medal! - 6 total me... Jul 2, 2009 Provincial group rolled out some impressive individual statistics tonight over in Victoria at the BC Provincial LC Championships. They finished the evening 1 gold medal, 4 total medals and 8 finals sw...  Jun 8, 2009 Mark Booth, The Delta Optimist Published: Saturday, June 06, 2009 The Kiwanis Delta Memorial Sports Award not only provided financial help to rising stars Cecylia Witkowski and Karyn Jewell. It gave... Jun 2, 2009 Check out our blog for openwater news postings over the next few weeks. Also check out some great pictures from our Kits Beach excursion on Monday night - courtesy of Lynda Mageau. May 28, 2009 National group swimmer Karyn Jewell was selected as one of the best distance swimmers in the country to participate in a week long camp leading up to the Zajac meet. Below is a summary of the camp. C...  May 24, 2009 This past weekend, UBC held the annual Mel Zajak International swim meet, British Columbia?s only recurring international swim competition and undisputedly the fastest meet in Western Canada. Mel Zaj... May 19, 2009 Over the Victoria Day long-weekend New Westminster held its annual Hyack Festival, this year celebrating the event?s 50th anniversary with parades, concerts, and athletic competitions. In the thick o... May 18, 2009 This year's 'Mel Zajac Jnr' International swim meet at UBC has attracted one of the most competitive fields in history, ranging from World Champions and World Record holders to up and coming Junior At... May 13, 2009 Four of our Winskill Dolphin swimmers posted performances that rank them amoung the top 100 swimmers in BC from the recent Short course (25m) season . Edging in at 100th place was Caitlin Quon - he... May 10, 2009 From Tsawassen to Burnaby Mountain is no small journey but no journey is too long for a Winskill Dolphin seeking to represent their club and hometown. Recently, club teams from across the Lower Mainl... Apr 18, 2009 Day two and more exciting results from the Provincial and Regional swimmers at the Mies Schootman LCM Invitational; 400 IM; Gabe Lee - 3rd 100 Back; Sarah Yeo - 2nd Markus Thormeyer - 1st Matt Lock - ... Apr 17, 2009 A quick rundown of the Provincial and Regional group?s activities of the first day of prelims and finals at the Mies Schootman Invitational; 400 Freestyle; Nunu Singh - 3rd Meghan Quon - 5th - new WDS... Apr 1, 2009 KidSport? launches key Vancouver chapter KidSport? opens its 27 th BC chapter to ensure all kids have an opportunity to play organized sports Richmond, BC: For children in the City of Vancouver, p... Mar 15, 2009 Pierse Breaks 200 Breast World Record at CAN Nationals Mar 14, 2009 Nikki Dryden d < Jan 3, 2009 The January group calendars are now posted for the most part - links are below. The Group Calendar on this site should also be updated with the schedule for your group shortly as well - please check t... Jan 1, 2009 Calendars for January 2009 are coming soon! There will not be significant changes from the 'regular' weekly schedule. Does anyone remember what that was? Meets for January/February; Jan 3/4 - Senior ... Dec 18, 2008 Winskill Dolphin swimmers made a big splash in Victoria this past weekend at the Pacific Coast Swimming Christmas Cracker Invitational, where participants from across B.C. and Alberta came out to comp... Dec 14, 2008 Winskill Dolphin results from this year's PCS Christmas Cracker Invitational are now available on-line: http://www.pacificcoastswimming.com/LiveResults/2008-09/XmasCracker/ Dec 12, 2008 This weekend marks the end of our winter cycle - for most of our swimmers this will be their biggest meet of the season so far. All the swimmers are looking to build on their performances from the pas... Dec 12, 2008 Day one preliminaries are done with at the 2008 Paul Bergen Junior International here in Beaverton, OR. The first day?s prelims were fantastic for all the Winskill Dolphin swimmers, we set seven club ... Dec 12, 2008 Another great morning of swim-racing down in Beaverton, Oregon! This morning we had more stellar performances from Elliott Lee - not quite at the club record level, but massive best times in both the... Dec 7, 2008 The December group calendars are now posted - links are below. The Group Calendar on this site should also be updated with the schedule for your group shortly as well - please check there. National gr... Dec 3, 2008 In case you missed it, here is the webcast version of the recent 60 Minutes interview with Michael Phelps. Nov 17, 2008 Winskil Dolphin swimmers continued to build on their success from last summer?s Age-Group National swim meet last weekend with performances in Victoria that are the best the province of BC has ever se... Nov 17, 2008 Congratulations to all those athletes who swam this weekend at Langley, Richmond and SFU. Results are in from Richmond - congratulations to our newest AAA qualifier Brittany Mageau , qualifying fro t... Nov 15, 2008 Our website now has added functionality - all your meet results will be imported into the website, beginning with this weekend's meets (SFU, Langley and Richmond) you will see your results when you cl... Nov 9, 2008 Congratulations to all our swimmers for their performances at the Island Pacific Cup. We had many awesome performances including; - 2 BC Provincial relay records from Mckenzie Summers , Sidney Peake... Nov 8, 2008 On Thursday several of our Winskill Dolphins competed at their high school regional meet. Congratulations to; Nicole Currie , Francine de Lotbiniere-Basset , Danielle Mageau , Madison Milford , Ki... Nov 2, 2008 This Saturday some of our swimmers ventured up Burnaby Mountain to compete in the SFU Clan Cup. The meet featured mostly university teams - SFU, UVIC, UofA as well as KINKI university from Japan. Our ... Oct 30, 2008 The annual VPSC Invitational is always a good way to judge where you are at the beginning of the season - have you improved this year vs. last year ? Many of our athletes did; Clarissa Tan - 20... Oct 27, 2008 The November group calendars are now posted - links are below. The Group Calendar on this site should also be updated with the schedule for your group shortly as well - please check there. National gr... Oct 25, 2008 The second day of the Senior Circuit meet only had three of our Winskill athletes in attendance as the other members of the National squad made their way back across the Georgia Straight to the VPSC I... Oct 25, 2008 After the first two sessions at the VPSC Invitational the Winskill crew are in 3rd position in the team rankings, just a bit behind Simon Fraser Aquatics and narrowly heading off CHENA swim club... we... Oct 24, 2008 Day one of the BC Senior Circuit meet in Victoria was a good one for our Winskill Dolphin swimmers - lead by Karyn Jewell , our girls broke nine club records with Karyn taking 5 down. The meet starte... Oct 23, 2008 Congratulations to all the swimmers that swam last weekend at the PSW Invitational over in Fleetwood. It was a good opportunity for some of our new members to get some times behind their training, we... Oct 20, 2008 Last night?s awards dinner and AGM had a our best turnout in years. The potluck was great with lots of good food, and many delicious desserts. After the swimmers grabbed some food and had a chance to ... Oct 16, 2008 We are (finally) ready to begin our first competition weekend of the season, and it?s going to be a very busy few days. Junior Dolphins have their first Mini-Meet of the season at Watermania (14300... Oct 2, 2008 Wednesday nights are a special night for the National group - we have a Sprint specific practice and a Distance workout. The swimmers each have their own personalized schedule that includes which work... Oct 2, 2008 This year?s PDSA Cup at UBC was an awesome success. We opted to bring in some of our Junior Dolphins for the meet and have them be a part of the event, which was just great. We had 41 Winskill Dolphi... Sep 27, 2008 The October group calendars are now posted - links are below. The Group Calendar on this site should also be updated with the schedule for your group as well - please check there. National group Octo... Sep 18, 2008 Today was our all-team timed kick session, the results look pretty good - kicking speed can be a great indicator of future performance. We?ve been tracking some of our club members for three years n...  Sep 14, 2008 Four Winskill Dolphins have been selected to participate in fall season training camps with the best swimmers in British Columbia. Elliott Lee (17) will be one of thirty 15, 16 and 17 year olds partic... Sep 13, 2008 This is an update and a one-stop-shop for all the links you need... please get the updated September calendars here, which include changes on from September 13th onward because of pool availability. ... Sep 10, 2008 A welcome letter from UBC Dolphins Head Coach, Derrick Schoof Read More Sep 9, 2008 Click here to download the letter. UBC DOLPHINS ?The Pursuit of Swimming Excellence? September 5, 2008 Dear UBC Dolphin Swimmers, Coaches, Parents, and Supporters: Welcome back to another great ye... Sep 7, 2008 Elliott Lee has been selected to the 2008 Team BC Junior training camp - this year held in Victoria, BC on October 24-26th in conjunction with the BC Senior Circuit meet. Elliott was selected for his ... Sep 5, 2008 September calendars for the groups are posted below. The schedules for the beginning of next week (all at Winskill) are; Monday, September 8th; Evaluations for C+T, Junior Dolphins - 4-6pm National gr... Sep 4, 2008 Today was our all-team timed 400m kick session, the results look pretty good - kicking speed can be a great indicator of future performance. We've been tracking some of our club members for three year... Sep 4, 2008 Three Winskill swimmers have been selected to the 2008 Team BC Prospects training camp - this year held in Victoria, BC on October 17-19th. Caitlin Quon, Micaela Kwiatkowski, and Karyn Jewell were all... Sep 3, 2008 Today I arrived in Las Vegas, NV for the Keynote Address of the 2009 World Swimming Coach's Conference. The keynote is being performed this year by Bob Bowman - Michael Phelps' coach, so I'm sure it... Sep 2, 2008 This 2008/2009 season's time standards are all up. For the Swim BC cuts (A, AA, AAA) click here . For the SNC Age-Group National cuts click here . For the SNC Western/Senior cuts click here . The ... Aug 27, 2008 The National group started practice on August 25th, since Winskill is still closed for maintenance we are swimming out at Ladner Outdoor pool until September 8th. For the first few weeks the focus is ... Aug 25, 2008 Winskill Dolphins extend their thanks to the Kiwanis club of Tsawwassen for their generous donation of $500. These funds will be well used towards an underwater camera to assist the swimmers and coach... Aug 21, 2008 Michael Phelps' coach, Bob Bowman has made sure that Phelps is prepared for any circumstances by throwing some wrenches in his plans at minor meets. Read More |
