Pacific Dolphin Swim Association (PDSA)

2003.08.04 Sheffield, GBR. Congratulations to Desmond Strelzow and the rest of the UBC Dolphin crew on a successful meet at the British Youth Championships this past week. Desmond lead the Dolphins and Canadian contingent with a win and the swim of the meet award in the 200 Back. For results see: British Youth Championship Results.

Canadian Club Nationals...

2003.07.24 Calgary, AB. The Canadian Club Nationals in Calgary, Alberta, start today. For Hy-tek Real-Time results see:

Swimming Canada Club Nationals Results.

World Championships...

2003.07.20 Barcelona, ESP. The World Championships begin today. Follow all the UBC Dolphins and Team Canada at the following sites:

Swimming Canada.

FINA.

Barcelona World Championships.

Tildesley Gold, Siver...

2003.07.18 Edmonton, AB. Donovan Tildesley won a gold in the 200 IM and a silver in the 50 Free on the first day of competition at the 2003 Canadian Open for Swimmers with a Disability. The meet continues through Sunday. For results and stories, see Swimming Canada and for real-time results see Canadian Open for SWAD Real Time Results.

BC AAA Championships...

2003.07.14 Kamloops, BC. The UBC Dolphins earned an overall second place finish at the long course AAA Provincial Championships. For results and stories, see Swim Direct and Swim BC.

Team Selection... 2003 World Championship Trials...

2003.07.01 Victoria, BC. "You gotta hand it to those Dolphins, they just wanted it more", quotes Homer. Contratulations to the UBC Dolphins for a spectacular meet at the World Championship Trials. Qualifying for the World Championship Team are:

Taryn Lencoe

Brent Hayden

Brian Johns

Mark Johnston

Mike Mintenko

Tom Johnson (coach)

Qualifying for the Pan American Games Team are:

Maya Beaudry
Kelly Doody
Scott Dickens
Steve Price (coach)

Qualifying for the FISU Games Team are:

Michelle Landry
Caitlin Meredith
Kelly Stefanyshyn
Derrick Schoof (coach)

For the complete teams, see Swimming Canada 2003 Team Selection Page.

Mintenko Owns... 2003 World Championship Trials...

2003.06.29 Victoria, BC. Mike Mintenko continued his 100 Fly winning streak tonight with time of 53.44. In other results, Taryn Lencoe won a silver in the women's 800 Free, Brent Hayden won a bronze in the 50 Free, and Kelly Stefanyshyn and Caitlin Meredith were 3rd and 4th respectively in the women's 200 Back.

Beaudry, Hayden Freestyling...

2003.06.28 Victoria, BC. Fifteen year old rookie star Maya Beaudry won a bronze medal in women's 200 Free, posting her best time of 2:01.97. Brent Hayden and Brian Johns also had wins on Saturday in the 100 Free and the 200 IM respectively.

Lencoe Shines...

2003.06.27 Victoria, BC. Taryn Lencoe of the UBC Dolphins earned a spot on the World Championship team in the women's 1500 Free. Her and winner Britney Reimer of Surrey shattered the Canadian record of 16:33.28. Brittany's 16:24.39 and Taryn's 16:25.64 were below the FINA C standard of 16:26:60. In other finals, Brian Johns won the 200 Fly and Darryl Rudolf was 4th. In the men's 200 Free, Mark Johnston, Brent Hayden, Mike Mintenko and Brian Johns finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively.

Follow the UBC Dolphins as they compete to earn positions on Canada's World Championship Swim Team, Pan-American Games Team and the FISU Games Team. The World Aquatic Championships Trials are taking place June 26-30 in Victoria, BC. For Hy-tek Real-Time Results, see Swimming Canada World Championship Trials Results.

2003 Swim Meet of Champions...

2003.06.23 Mission Viejo, CA. Mike Mintenko was the lone UBC Dolphin representative at the 2003 Siwm Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo this past weekend. Mike did the Dolphins and Canada proud by winning the 100 Fly amongst strong international competition. He also placed 6th in the 100 Free. For complete meet results, see Southern California Swimming Meets Results.

Canadian Dolphin Invitational...

2003.06.13 Vancouver, BC. The meet information and results for the 2003 Canadian Dolphin Swim Club Invitations this weekend are now online. See the following links:

Canadian Dolphin Invitational Swim Meet page.

Canadian Dolphin Invitational Swim Meet Hy-tek Real-Time Results.

Mel Zajac Jr International...

2003.05.29 Vancouver, BC. The Mel Zajac Jr International Swim Meet run from May 30 through June 1. The heat listings, final listings and results will be posted as they come available. See the following links:

Mel Zajac Jr International Swim Meet page.

Mel Zajac Jr International Hy-tek Real-Time Results.

For News see:

Meet Information...

2003.04.14 Vancouver, BC. Meet information for the Mel Zajac Jr International (May 30 - June 1) and the Canadian Dolphin Invitational (June 13 - 15) are now online. See our Meets page. Also, see our Mel Zajac Jr International Swim Meet page for information with regards to the Team Aquatic Supplies Golf Tournament held on May 29 at the University of British Columbia Golf Club.

US Spring Nationals...

2003.04.01 Indianapolis, IN. Follow the strong contingent of UBC Dolphins as they compete at the US Nationals in Indianapolis. Live timing is available at Omega Timing. Also see our Meets page for more results.

2003.04.04 Indianapolis, IN. On the final day of competition, the UBC Dolphin men's team of Brian Johns, Matthew Huang, Mike Mintenko and Brent Hayden won the men's 4x100 Medley Relay, their second gold medal of the meet. Also, Brian Johns took silver in the men's 200 IM, Kelly Doody was 11th in the women's 200 IM, and Taryn Lencoe placed 7th in the women's 1500 Free. Overall, a spectacular performance by the UBC Dolphins team. Foreign and university teams are not scored against the team championship at the US Nationals, but if they were, the UBC Dolphins would have won the men's team title, placed 6th in the women's team championship and second overall. For the re-scoring that includes foreign and university teams, see our Meets page. Way to go Fins!

Doug Wake Legal Fund...

2003.03.24 Vancouver, BC. A recap of the events that Doug Wake endured last summer leading up to the Commonwealth Games. Please see the documents below for all the information and a recent update. Thank you.

Description of the Events
Letter of Appeal
Form for Contributions
Legal Fund Update

Come and Play Bingo at Newton Bingo Country...

Newton Bingo Country will be offering a package deal to the association members to come out and play bingo on Monday, April 7, 2003 for its Charity Bingo night. It will consist of as many regular cards as they would like (maximum 30), 1 Bonus Bird special, 1 Lucky 7 special, and 1 Super G Exacto special, 1 Progressive special, 1 Night Owl special, 5 bonanza and 5 odd/even. This is everything you need to play the evening session. The session will start around 6:30 PM. Along with the bingo package, we will also include a coupon for a free coffee or fountain drink, a bingo dabber, a bingo country mug and a discount on a special dinner. The regular cost would be over $32.00 but will be offered to association members for $22.00. You must pre-register to play. If you are interested, please phone Flip Filippelli at 604-266-7845 to register

Splash...

2003.03.18 Vancouver, BC. The latest edition of Splash, the official newsletter of the Pacific Dolphins, is now online. See our Splash page.

Thunderbird Summer Camp...

2003.03.11 Vancouver, BC. Information for the upcoming UBC Summer Swim Camp is now available. See our Camps page.

Canada Cup...

2003.03.07 Calgary, AB. Competition at the Canada Cup in Calgary began today. The UBC Dolphins will be competing hard with a strong international contingent at the meet. For stories and results, see Swimming Natation Canada.

Garner, Beaudry Lead Dolphins...

2003.02.23 Victoria, BC. Brea Garner and Maya Beaudry lead the Dolphins this past weekend with 3 win each at the BC AAA Short Course Championships in Victoria. For complete results, see Swim Direct.

The Mix for Six is Complete...

2003.02.23 Victoria, BC. The UBC Thunderbird are once again CIS Champions, completing their drive for their sixth straight women's and men's titles. One world, one Canadian, and five CIS records were set by the T-Birds this past weekend in an awesome display of high performance. UBC finished up on day three of the championships with a gold and bronze finish by Brian Johns and Roland Bauhart in the men's 200 Back, a gold and silver finish by Brent Hayden and Mark Johnston in the men's 100 free, Brian Johns gold and new Canadian Record in the men's 200 IM (1:56.23), and Mark Johnston's win in the men's 1500 free. Roland Bauhart, Matthew Huang, Brian Johns and Brent Hayden finished out the meet with a new CIS record in the men's 4x100 medley relay. The women, gave a complete team effort, each being able to move up in the finals to earn enough valuable points to win the team title. The Thunderbird women defeat the University of Calgary 666.5 - 616.5, a substantial margin over the slight lead they had going into day 3. The Thunderbird men also defeat the University of Calgary 618.5 - 428. With their sixth straight win, the women need one more to equal the all time consecutive wins in CIS history by the 1986-1993 University of Toronto teams. The men's sixth title equals that of the 1965 - 1971 University of Toronto teams. No school has ever won as many consecutive titles at the same time as UBC has just completed. Way to go 'Birds! For complete results, see our CIS Meet Page page.

Thunderbirds Finding A Way...

2003.02.22 Victoria, BC. Despite being outnumbered by the University of Calgary, the UBC Thunderbirds continue to find ways to win and are still leading after day 2 of the 2003 CIS Swimming Championships in Victoria. The women closed out day two 12 points ahead of Calgary, 448-436. The men are up 85 points, 386-301, also over the University of Calgary. Saturday wins came from Liz Collins in the 50 fly, Mark Johnston in the 400 free, Brent Hayden in the 50 free and WORLD RECORD HOLDER, Brian Johns in the 200 fly. Liz Collins, Kelly Stefanyshyn, Deanna Stefanyshyn and Jessica Deglau won the 4x200 free relay. To cap off the evening, Brian Johns, Mark Johnston, Brent Hayden and Justin Tisdall smashed their own Canadian record in the 4x200 free with a 7:10.95, the old mark being 7:13.16. The final day of competition is Sunday. For complete results, see Swim Direct.

As in WORLD RECORD...

2003.02.21 Victoria, BC. Congratulations to Brian Johns of the UBC Dolphins & Thunderbird as he set a new world record in the men's 400 individual medley. Brian's 4:02.72 shattered the old mark of Australia's Matthew Dunn at 4:04.24 from 1998. Brian's spectacular swim was ahead of the old record pace the whole way and he said it was the noise from the crowd that really made the difference after the 200 metre mark. The T-Birds also had win's from Mark Johnston in the men's 200 free and Kelly Stefanyshyn in the women's 100 fly. The Thunderbird capped off a rather exciting evening by setting CIS records in both the women's and men's 4x100 free relays. Kelly Stefanyshyn, Caitlin Meredith, Liz Collings and Jessica Deglau broke the old record held by the 2002 T-Birds by swimming a 3:44.01. Brent Hayden, Mark Johnston, Justin Tisdall and Brian Johns followed, also breaking the 2002 UBC mark, finishing in 3:17.53. UBC is winning both women (214-191) and men (173-159) over the University of Calgary following day 1. For complete results, see Swim Direct.

Western Canadian Championships...

2003.02.20 Regina, SK. Follow the UBC Dolphin contingent as they compete at the Western Canadian Championships in Regina. This meet will be combined with the Eastern Canadian Championships to create the mythical national championships results. For complete results, see Swim Direct. For stories, see Swimming Canada.

2003 BC Senior Championships...

2003.02.09 Vancouver, BC. Complete meet results are now online. Please see our Meets page for all the details.

World Cup VI: Congratulations Guys...

2003.01.22. Congratulations to Brian Johns for winning the 200 Free at the World Cup Meet in Stockholm, Sweden, today. Also, to Brent Hayden for winning the bronze in the same event and to Mike Mintenko for his bronze in the 100 Fly. A pretty good haul of hardware!

The three guys along with Tom Johnson are representing the UBC Dolphins and Canada on the World Cup circuit. Following Sweden, the group moves on to Berlin. For all the results, see Omega Live Timing .

Host Families Needed...

2003.01.21. To all UBC Dolphin and member club families: we need 100+ families to host swimmers for the Mel Zajac Jr. International Meet, May 30 through June 1, 2003. If you can host a swimmer (or two) please contact Barb Goodridge by e-mail or at 604-264-9732. Thank you.

2003 CWUAA: Thunderbirds Excite...

2003.01.19 Calgary, AB. The UBC Thunderbirds continued their winning ways on Sunday taking gold in 7 of 14 events. The highlight of the meet was having the T'Birds sweep the premier event, the men's 100 Free. Mark Johnston, Justin Tisdall and Jason Strelzow finished 1-2-3. In the women's 100 Free, Liz Collins, Kelly Stefanyshyn, Anna Lydall and Caroline Clapham finished 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th respectively. Jessica Deglau and Michelle Landry took gold and bronze in the 200 Fly while Darryl Rudolf added a bronze on the men's side. Michelle Landry had another brilliant come-from-behind win in the women's 200 IM and Francine Ling added the bronze.

Kelly Stefanyshyn, Caitlin Meredith, Liz Collins and Caroline Clapham finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th respectively in the 100 Back for women while Roland Bauhart and Jason Strelzow finished 2nd and 3rd in the 100 Back for men. Jessica Deglau and Deanna Stefanyshyn brought the 'Bird's a 1-2 finish in the 400 Free and Mark Johnston took gold in the men's 400 by blowing the competition away. Finally, Kelly Stefanyshyn, Serena McGibbon, Liz Collins and Jessica Deglau finished 2nd in the 4x100 Medley Relay for women and Roland Bauhart, Matthew Huang, Darryl Rudolf and Mark Johnston easily won the 4x100 Medley Relay for men.

Even with all that winning, the Thunderbirds came up short on both team championships. The Bird's women's team was second overall, finishing behind Calgary and ahead of Alberta, 869 - 756 - 385. Having the same order of finish on the men's side, the scoring was 702 - 619 - 386. The Thunderbird will be hungry for the titles at the CIS Championships in Victoria in four weeks time.

2003 CWUAA: T'Birds In Tough...

2003.01.18 Calgary, AB. The UBC Thunderbird are in tough against the University of Calgary and the meet will go down to the wire for both the women's and men's championship. The T'Birds opened up day 2 of the Canada West Champs by winning the first three events. Caroline Clapham won the 50 free and Kelly Stefanyshyn added the silver. In the men's 50 free, Justin Tisdall won while Jason Strelzow added valuable bronze points. Michelle Landry came from behind for an exciting win over two Calgary girls in the women's 400 IM. In the 100 Fly, Liz Collins and Darryl Rudolf both won silver.

Kelly Stefanyshyn found her form again setting a new Canada West record in the 200 Back, finishing in 2:11.35. Caitlin Meredith added the bronze. Roland Bauhart, Robert Miller and Jason Strelzow placed 2nd, 4th and 6th in the men's 200 Back. Matthew Huang won the 100 Breast to keep the men in contension. Stacking the final in the women's 200 Free, Jessica Deglau took gold, Liz Collins silver, Michelle Landry 5th, Deanna Stefanyshyn 6th and Caitlin Meredith 7th. Mark Johnston and Justin Tisdall place 1 and 2 in the men's 200 Free. Mark's 1:47.53 was a new Canada West record.

Finally, both the women's and men's 4x100 free relays set new Canada West records. Kelly Sefanyshyn, Jessica Deglau, Caitlin Meredith and Liz Collins won gold in 3:47.53. Justin Tisdall, Darryl Rudolf, Jason Strelzow and Mark Johnston also won gold in 3:23.15. At the end of day 2, the women lead Calgary 409-402 while the men trail Calgary 381-359. Tomorrow is the final day of competition. Go Birds!

For Real-Time Results see Canada West Athletics.

2003 CWUAA: T'Birds Off To A Flying Start...

2003.01.17 Calgary, AB. The UBC Thunderbird got off to a great start to open the Canada West Conference Championships Friday evening in Calgary. The Thunderbirds won the first event with Jessica Deglau taking the gold in the women's 800 Free. Deanna Stefanyshyn placed third and Carolyn McNeill sixth. In the men 1500, Mark Johnston placed second, Darryl Rudolf fifth, and Will Walters eighth. In the non-scoring 50m stroke events, Serena McGibbon won the 50 Breast, Matthew Huang was second in the 50 Breast, Caitlin Meredith and Caroline Clapham placed 1 and 2 in the 50 Back, Roland Bauhart won the 50 Back for the men and Liz Collins won the 50 Fly. The T'Birds finished off the evening with wins in both women's and men's 4x200 Free relays. The women's team of Liz Collins, Caitlin Meredith, Michelle Landry and Jessica Deglau set a new Canada West record finishing in 8:11.94, five seconds better than the 2001 UBC record. At the end of day 1, the UBC women lead Calgary 91-83 and the UBC men also lead Calgary 91-89. The competition continues through the weekend.

For Real-Time Results see Canada West Athletics.

Updated Meet Schedule...

2003.01.14 Vancouver, BC. The UBC Dolphins & Thunderbirds have an updated meet schedule. Please see our Meets page for this updated document.

Doug Wake Legal Fund...

2003.01.13 Vancouver, BC. A recap of the events that Doug Wake endured last summer leading up to the Commonwealth Games. Please see the documents below for all the information. Thank you.

Description of the Events
Letter of Appeal
Form for Contributions

Dr Keith Bell Seminar...

2003.01.12 Vancouver, BC. Distinguished sports psychologist Dr Keith Bell will be speaking to the swimmers and parents of the UBC Dolphins and member clubs. For more information, see the following links:

For Swimmers
For Parents

Sydney Youth Olympic Festival Results...

2003.01.11 Sydney, AUS. Matthew Huang won gold in the 100 Breast, while Darryl Rudolf won silver in the 200 Fly and 800 Free Relay and Michlle Landry won gold in the 800 Free Relay. For detailed results, see the links below.

Sydney Youth Olympic Festival...

2003.01.08 Sydney, AUS. Three UBC Dolphins are competing for Canada at the Sydney Olympic Youth Festival in Australia in January. Follow Matthew Huang, Michelle Landryand Darryl Rudolf as they begin competition on January 9.
Swimming Natation Canada
Postcards from Junior Team Canada
Australian Youth Olympic Festival
2001 Olympic Festival Results

Falling into the Canyon...

2003.01.01 Flagstaff, AZ. Four UBC Dolphins enjoy a moment of down time at the Grand Canyon. The group continues their altitude training camp with coaches Tom Johnson and Steve Price through January 11.

High Atop Phoenix...

2003.01.01 Phoenix, AZ. A group of 18 UBC Dolphins Celebrate New Year's Day on top of Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona. The group continues their training camp with coach Derrick Schoof before heading home on January 7. The Pacific Dolphin Swim Association, UBC Dolphins and member clubs would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.