Masters / Triathlon Training - Summer Registration now Available
Registration is now available for the Summer session of our Masters and Triathlon program. Please click here to complete the online registration. A form for people wishing to pay by cheque or cash will be available shortly.
Session will run from June 30 - August 22, 2008.
Age Group Nationals - Day 1
The UBC Dolphins are currently third overall in the Combined Team Scores after the first day of the 2008 Age Group Nationals in Calgary, AB. Cascade currently leads with 349 followedd by Etobicoke in 331 and UBCD third in 268. The competition continues until SUnday at the Talisman Centre.
Swimming Canada is providing a live Web Cast of the finals session through their Web Site.
Live Results are also available for all sessions.
Kelly Stefanyshyn Announces Retirement
10 Year National Team veteran, UBC Dolphin and UBC Thunderbird Kelly Stefanyshyn announced her plans to retire at the 2008 Summer Nationals in Winnipeg. Kelly was a familiar face on the National team as she represented Canada at every level of competition including Commonwealth Games, Pan American Games, Pan Pacific Championships, World Championships and the Olympic Games.
Kelly was the Captain of the UBC Thunderbirds for two seasons helping lead them to five consecutive team titles during the Decade of Dominance. She finished her five varsity seasons as the most decorated athlete in the history of the CIS with 31 medals.
Kelly is the former Canadian National Record holder in the 100 and 200 backstroke and still holds UBCD club records in the 50, 100, 200 backstroke and 50 butterfly as well as the 4x50 and 4x100 freestyle relay.
Swimming Canada announced on Sunday that they were inducting Kelly in to the Circle of Excellence. |
Pierre Lafontaine and Tom Johnson present Kelly with her induction to the Circle of Excellence. (Scott Grant, SNC) |
Blake Worsley Names High Point Winner a US Sectionals
UBC Dolphin swimmer Blake Worsley won the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle events at the US Sectionals last weekend posting best times in each event. He was also named the Male High Point Award winner for the meet. Congratulations Blake!!!
Blake will also compete at the US Open in Minneapolis later this month.
Dolphins Win Women's and Combined Team Titles
The UBC Dolphins swam away with the Women's and Combined team titles at the 2008 Summer Nationals. On the women's side they scored 595.50 points to finish ahead of Toront with 277 and CAMO with 272. On the men's side UBCD finished in second with 498 points. Island Swimming claimed their first team banner on the men's side and the first team other than UCSC or UBCD to win the banner since 1982. Island finished with 652 points with UCSC third in 461. Combined team scores saw the UBCD well out in front with 1093.50, UCSC second in 659.50 and Island Swimming third with 652.
Brent Hayden won the Male Swimmer of the Meet and the Male High Point Award after winning the 50 freestyle on the final morning of finals. Tanya Hunks won the 800 freestyle and Brian Johns added a silver in the 200 IM. Annamay Pierse won the women's 200 breaststroke with Martha McCabe finishing second.
WAY TO GO BIG FINS!!!
National Record for Men's Relay
The UBC Dolphins 4x100 freestyle relay team boke the Canadian National club relay record during the morning finals session on Saturday at the Pan AM Pool in Winnipeg as part of the 2008 Canadian Summer Nationals. The team of Brent Hayden (48.71), Brian Johns (49.80), Scott Dickens (50.54) and Rory Biskupski (50.60) posted a final time of 3:19.65 to eclipse the old mark of 3:21.31 set by Island Swimming at the 2006 Pan Pac Trials in Montreal.
After the third day of competition the Dolphins are leading the women's and combined points scores and are second in the men's. In the women's rankings UBCD has 394.50 points ahead of CAMO in 229 and CNPPO in 194. On the men's scores Island has 533 ahead of UBCD at 371.50 and UCSC with 329. Combined rankings have UBCD leading with 766, Island second with 533 and UCSC third with 496.50.
Competition finishes Sunday morning with the last finals session.
Hayden Wins Gold at Canadian Summer Nationals - TSN.ca
Dolphins Leading Competition in Winnipeg
The UBC Dolphins are leading the team points rankings after the second morning of finals. UBCD sits in first with 629 points with Island Swimming second with 309. UCSC is currently third with 303.5.
On the second morning Brent Hayden won the men's 100 freestyle in a time of 49.01 followed by a sweep of the gold medals in next four events including the 100 breaststroke and 400 IM. Annamay Pierse won the women's 100 breast in a time of 1:09.32 with Scott Dickens taking the men's in 1:01.92. In the 400 IM Tanya Hunks swam away with the women's title in 4:45.14 while Brian Johns used a great freestyle leg to pull away from Keith Beavers and win the men's 400 IM in 4:18.13.
In the 4x200 Freestyle relays the team of Savannah King, Tanya Hunks, Lauren Lavigna and Martha McCabe finished second in 8:21.88. The men's team of Brent Hayden, Scott Dickens, Rory Biskupski and Brian Johns finished third in 7:29.14.
The competition continues this evening in Winnipeg with preliminaries in the 50 backstroke, 400 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 backstroke and 4x100 Freestyle relay.
Swimming Canada is providing a Live Webcast of every session through their website.
Live results are also available.
Great Opening Morning in Winnipeg
The UBC Dolphins had a great opening morning of finals in Winnipeg at the 2008 Summer Nationals.
Savannah King started the morning off winning the 1500 freestyle in a solid 16:52.25. Annamay Pierse won the second straight event for the Dolphins claiming the 50 breaststroke title. Scott Dickens claimed the silver medal in the men's 50 breaststroke in 28.75 just being out touched in 28.73 by Minkwang Shu from Toronto.
Brent Hayden won the men's 200 freestyle with a smooth 1:47.43 with Brian Johns second in 1:48.88. Tanya Hunks claimed the bronze medal in the women's 200 butterfly in a personal best time of 2:11.99.
Swimming Canada is providing a Live Webcast of every session through their website.
Live results are also available.
World Record for Tildesley on Last Day of CAN AM Championships
Donovan Tildesley smashed his own World Record in the S11 category of the men’s 1500m freestyle this morning at the 2008 SWAD Can-Am Swimming Championships in Victoria, BC.
Tildesley clocked 19:02.11 to eclipse his previous mark of 19:51.12 set in 2005. Congratulations Donovan!!!
Donovan Tildesley Set for CAN AM Championship
In a final tune up before the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China this September, Donovan Tildesley will be racing this weekend in Victoria at the 2008 SWAD CAN AM Swimming Championships.
Live results will be available through Swimming Canada.
UBC Dolphins win BC Provincial Championships
The UBC Dolphins won the 2008 Team Aquatic Supplies BC Provincial Championships scoring 4,888.50, more than doubling second place Langley Olympians at 2,402.
Two club records were broken during the weekend in the 4x100 freestyle relays. The girls 11-12 team of Meghan Kwiatkowski, Alicia Chung, Mckenzie Summers and Nina Dauvergne posted a time of 4:25.52 to break the old record of 4:25.60 set in 2002. The boys 11-12 team of Vito Zho, Keith Eriks, Luke Reilly and Sungjin Lee swam to a new record time of 4:19.60.
Congratulations to all the UBC Dolphin swimmers who swam this past weekend at the meet in Richmond.
Next up for UBCD is the Canadian Senior Nationals in Winnipeg from July 16-20 and the Age Group Nationals in Calgary from July 24-27. Also Donovan Tildesley will be competing at the 2008 CAN AM SWAD Swimming Championships in Victoria, BC this weekend from July 11-13, 2008.
UBC Dolphins Lead the Way at BC Provincial Championships
The UBC Dolphins are currently leading the points scores at the 2008 Team Aquatic Supplies BC Provincial Championships in Richmond, BC. After Friday night UBCD was up by over 1300 points on second place.
The meet continues through Sunday. For results please visit Swim BC.
Hayden and King to Race in Montreal
Brent Hayden and Savannah King will be in Montreal this weekend racing at the Quebec Cup as part of their preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Brent will swim the 50 and 100 freestyle while Savannah will take to the pool in the 400 and 800 freestyle events. Both Brent and Savannah will only race on Saturday and Sunday of the four day competition.
Psych sheet is available online.
Results will be available on the CNPPO website starting Thursday. .
Don Talbot to Speak to UBC Dolphin Parents
UBCDolphins presents legendary Australian coach, Don Talbot - a talk for ALL PARENTS in the Pacific Dolphin Swim Association. This includes VPSC / CDSC and WDSC parents.
This Saturday, June 21st in conjunction with our ’swim with the stars’ workout we will be hosting Don Talbot from 8:00 - 10:00am in the Wood 6 room, beside the UBC Hospital.
Renowned internationally as the greatest swimming coach in the world, Don Talbot led Australian swimming to new heights. Steering Australia to major successes at Olympic, World Championships and Commonwealth Games, Don Talbot’s proudest moment came when Australia was crowned number one at the 2001 World Championships in Japan. Never before had Australia come out on top since the beginning of the championship in 1973, and not since the 1956 Melbourne Olympics had they beat the Americans in the pool.
Don Talbot first started coaching in 1956, coaching brother and sister John and Ilsa Konrads. Two extraordinary swimmers, John broke and held every freestyle world record from 100m through to the 1500m and helped launch Don’s career. In 1964 Don Talbot became Australia’s Head Coach, a position he retained until 1972, when unhappy with Australian swimming and its lack of funding, he moved to Canada.
Appointed Head Coach of the Canadian Swim Team in 1974, Don Talbot remained in Canada until 1988, during which time he was appointed Executive Director of Canadian Swimming and was twice named Canadian Coach of the Year.
A compelling speaker, Don Talbot’s philosophy of “doing the best you can, going to the bottom of the barrel and finding everything you’ve got” is the basis of his presentations.
For the swimmers the schedule on Saturday at the UBC Aquatic Centre will be as follows;
Swim: 7:30 - 10:00am
7:30 - 8:00 dryland
8:00 - 10:00 swim with the stars/relays etc.
9:45 - 10:30 pancakes/breakfast
Brian Johns on CTV News
Brian Johns was on CTV News last night (Monday June 16, 2008) with Perry Solkowski talking about the Olympics and his involment with the charity KidSport.
Watch the interview online.
Learn more about KidSport in British Columbia. Click here.
More Great Performances in California; Club Record For King
The Janet Evans Invitational finished on Sunday evening in Los Angeles with some more great performances by members of the UBC Dolphins.
On Saturday Brian Johns picked up the bronze medal in the men's 200 freestyle clocking 1:49.52. In the 400 IM events Scott Dickens finished 5th in 4:31.66 while Tanya Hunks claimed silver on the women's side in 4:44.33.
During the final session on Sunday Savannah King picked up her second gold medal of the meet winning the women's 800 freestyle in a new UBC Dolphin 15-17 Age Group record time of 8:36.33. Annamay Pierse finished second in the women's 200 breaststroke in 2:26.28 with Martha McCabe finishing 6th in the A Final in 2:32.71. Brian Johns finished 5th in the 100 backstroke in 57.20 while Tanya Hunks added to her medal collection from the weekend with a bronze in the 200 butterfly in 2:12.86. Brent Hayden won the bronze medal in the 100 freestyle clocking 49.09 after a 48.99 in the preliminaries. Matt Pariselli was fifth in the men's 1500 freestyle behind a Canadian Record performance by Ryan Cochrane. Pariselli finished in 16:07.78.
Tom Rushton Crowned World Champion
Tom Rushton, Head Coach of the Winskill Dolphins, won the Triathlon World Championships in the 25-29 age category on Friday in Stanley Park. Rushton clocked 1:09.48 in the Sprint Category (750m swim, 20 km bike and 5 km run) to win by over one minute over the next competitor. Congratulations Tom!!!
King Claims Gold in California
The first night of finals in Los Angeles at the Janet Evans Invitational saw several UBC Dolphins in the finals claiming four medals while there was some great swimming across the international field.
The women's 400 freestyle saw the UBC Dolphins claim the gold and silver medals with Savannah King (4:13.57) taking gold with Tanya Hunks silver in 4:13.96. Scott Dickens won the silver medal in the men's 100 breaststroke posting a time of 1:01.73. In the men's 200 IM Brian Johns won the bronze medal in the 200 IM in a time of 2:02.83.
Tanya Hunks finished 4th in the women's 200 IM in a time of 2:17.53 behind the winner Natalie Coughlin who broke the American Record in 2:09.77. Coughlin's time was the third fastest of all time in the event. Annamay Pierse finished fifth in the women's 100 breaststroke in 1:08.81 and Brent Hayden was 4th in the men's 50 freestyle in a final time of 22.59.
In the final events of the night the UBC Dolphins Relay team of Scott Dickens, Rory Biskupski, Stefan Mikuska and Duncan Furrer won the silver medal in a final time of 3:31.59.
Competition continues through Sunday.
UBC Dolphins in California this Weekend
Several members of the UBC Dolphins will be taking part this weekend in the Janet Evans Invitational in Los Angeles from Friday to Sunday.
Live Results are available.
Evening of Dreams Raises $25 000 for Zajac Ranch
Canada's Olympic Swim Team was honored yesterday during the "Evening of Dreams" fundraising dinner for the Zajac Foundation held at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver, BC. The event, organized by UBC Dolphins, raised twenty five thousand dollars for the Zajac Ranch for Children, a summer camp for children with serious illnesses or disabilities.
Canada's 27 member Olympic Swim Team where in Vancouver this week competing at the Mel Zajac JR International swim meet followed by a training camp.
The Zajac Foundation is a non-profit organization registered as a charitable institution with the Government of Canada whose mandate is to support children, seniors and those with special needs through innovative community projects focused on developing life long skills and independence. In 1987, The Zajac Foundation was formed as a non-profit organization in honour of Mel Jr. and Marty Zajac who lost their lives in separate sporting accidents.
The Zajac Ranch for Children is a summer camp set on the shores of Stave Lake in Mission, BC. The ranch serves children with serious and chronic illnesses and disabilities. The Zajac Ranch seeks to normalize and enhance the lives of the children that attend camp by offering innovative and unique programs in a caring and supportive environment.
For over 30 years, Mel and Irene Zajac raised funds for the children of British Columbia through the proceeds from the Mel Zajac Golf Classic and private donations from friends and family members.
Zajac Closes with 23 Meet / 2 National Records
The 2008 Mel Zajac Jr International Swim Meet concluded on Sunday May 25 with an amazing 23 meet records and 2 Canadian National Marks. Julia Wilkinson broke the Canadian mark in the 50 backstroke followed by Erica Morningstar breaking the 200 IM Canadain record that had stood since 2000 by former Dolphin Marianne Limpert.
Thanks to all of our officials and volunteers and a big thank you to Margaret Durward for her role as our Meet Manager once again. Look our for the 2009 Mel Zajac Jr International Swim Meet next May 22-24, 2009.
Swimming Canada inducts Flip Filippelli into its Circle of Excellence
Canadian swimming long time contributor Guiseppe Filippelli was inducted into Swimming Canada’s Circle of Excellence in the builder category today at the 2008 Mel Zajac Jr International swim meet in Vancouver, BC.
The Circle of Excellence provides Swimming Canada with the opportunity to recognize swimming heroes, coaches and builders of the past. Canada has a very strong alumnus of swimming champions and contributors, who, as mentors, inspires current and future national team members. The Circle of Excellence honors those individuals who have made such a significant contribution to the sport of swimming in Canada.
Known simply as “Flip,” Guiseppe Filippelli served for over 25 years as a swimming official representing Canada at Olympic Games competitions, where he was everything from deck official to competition referee. As a member of the Amateur Swimming Union of the Americas Board for the past 30 years and as 12 year member of FINA’s Technical
Swimming Committee, he has always had a helping hand in organizing swimming in the Americas and around the world. Along with his credentials as listed above in “For the Record,” Flip served in leadership positions at Lakeside and Pointe Claire Swim Clubs (1969-1970), Canadian Dolphin Swim Club (Director 1971-1991), 1973 Canada Games
Swimming Venue Manager, CASA British Columbia Section Officer (1977-present) and has participated in numerous Swimming Canada committees over the years.
During his involvement in swimming, Flip received several awards including Swimming Canada Administrator of the Year, Air Canada Executive of the Year (1990), Swimming Canada’s Presidents Award (1997), FINA Silver Pin and the Olympic Ring—only the second volunteer to gain this honor.
GUISEPPE LORENZO “FLIP” FILIPPELLI
FOR THE RECORD:
• OFFICIAL AT FIVE OLYMPIC GAMES: 1984 (Clerk Assistant), 1988, 1992 (Deck Official), 1996 (Women’s Referee), 2000 (Official);
• OFFICIAL AT THREE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1982, 1990, 1998 (Deck Official);
• 1978 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Head of Delegation; 1986 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Chef de Mission;
• OFFICIAL AT SIX COMMONWEALTH GAMES: 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 (Referee 1986, 1990);
• OFFICIAL AT SIX PAN AMERICAN GAMES: 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999 (Referee in 1987, 1991, 1995);
• MEMBER/DIRECTOR ASUA: 1979 to present;
• PRESIDENT AQUATIC FEDERATION OF CANADA: 1982-1986;
• FINA TECHNICAL SWIMMING COMMITTEE MEMBER: 1988-2000;
• ASUA MEMBER: 1979 to present;
• SWIMMING CANADA COMMITTEES MEMBER: 1989 to present.
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