June 30,2009
Fall Registration
Fall Registration will take place on the following days;
Walnut Grove Pool
Wednesday Sept. 9 at 4pm-6pm
Friday Sept. 11 at 4pm-6pm
Saturday Sept. 12 at 9am-noon
WC Blair Pool
Saturday Sept. 12 at 9am-noon
Our Fall season begins again on Monday September 14, 2009. Walnut Grove Pool is shut down until Sunday September 27 so all practises will be dry until Monday Sept. 28. We look forward to seeing you all in September.
June 29, 2009
June 27 IntraClub and Year End Awards
Well done to everyone who attended the Year End IntraClub Meet and to all members of Team O who won the Candy Cup this year! A big thanks to all parents who helped out on deck with the meet and to those who provided food for a brunch. Please see the link below for a list of all Year End winners.
Club records this weekend were set by:
William Karpan - 9-10 boys - 50 fly - 39.29
Trista Tetreault - 9-10 girls - 100 IM - 1:18.38
Morgan Mark - 13-14 girls - 100 IM - 1:09.52
Romina Worthington - 11-12 girls - 50 fly - 33.38
Thank you to all the parents who helped out this weekend. We cannot run the meets without you.
Special thanks to Sheila MacDonald who helped with inputting the results so we could determine a winner.
JULY REGISTRATION
The Langley Olympians will be hosting a 1 month session for swimmers 10 & under (Olympic Way) or 11 & over (Stroke Improvement and Conditioning).
Session runs from July 1st through July 31st, 2009 out of Walnut Grove Pool
To register,
download the registration form, print it, fill it out and bring it to one of the coaches on pool deck. Please bring payment in the form of cash or cheque.
Swimmers must be able to swim 1 length of the pool (25m) and be comfortable in deep water. If you have any questions contact Brian Metcalfe at 604-532-5257.
Hope to see you all there.
June 22, 2009
BC AA Champs in Surrey!
Langley had 2 new AAA qualifiers this weekend at the BC AA Championships in Surrey.
Congratulations to Brennen Taylor (13) and Jessie Gibson (11) on their successes at the meet.
Medalists from the Olympians were:
Kyla Barton (12) - silver - 200 Breaststroke
Jessie Gibson (11) - Gold - 50 free, 200 IM, 100 back, 100 fly, 200 back, 400 IM
Lauren Hurley (11) - Silver - 400 free, bronze - 100 back, 200 free, 200 back
William Karpan (10) - Silver - 200 fly
Michelle Kragt (17) - Silver - 100 free, Bronze - 800 free
Brennen Taylor (13) - Gold - 400 free, 100 free, 200 free, Silver - 1500 free
Ilian Urquidi (11) - Bronze - 400 IM
Amelia Blair - 4th - 200 free
Lauren Hurley achieved 100% Personal Bests this weekend!
June 15, 2009
TOPS Records Fall
Congratulations to all swimmers who completed their Tiny Olympic Prospects swims (TOPS). We had 2 new LOSC TOPs records broken.
Trista Tetreault (10) broke the female 1500 record going 22:11.00 while Devon Mark (10) broke the female 400 IM record. She went 6:00.10.
Both girls swim in the Provincial group.
Look for your names in the SwimNews Magazine. The TOPs results rank 10 & under swimmers from across the country in distance events.
June 15, 2009
Pre-registration
Pre-registration forms have now been completed for all swimmers and are available in the swimmers box at the pool. Please note that if you pre-register for Fall 2009 before July 31, the family membership fee is $90 rather than $100. This is applicable to all groups.
June 8, 2009
LMR Champs Results
Congratulations to all swimmers who attended LMR Champs this past weekend in Burnaby. The meet was short in length but fast in time as Langley Olympians posted event winners in both the male and female age groups.
Congratulations to finalists:
Liam Taylor (10), Renae Ledoux (10), Carly, Dreyer (17), Kennedy Douglas (10), Paige Dong (10), Chelsea Borrowdale (9).
Swimmers who achieved 100% Personal bests this weekend were:
Merideth Clark (9), Kennedy Douglas (10), Renae Ledoux (9), Gabriella Szalkai (9).
Way to go Olympians!
June 9, 2009
Tapp Brothers Final at SouthWest Classic Invitational
Charlie and Jake Tapp, both former Langley Olympians swimmers attended the Ford Southwest Classic Invitational Swim Meet this past weekend where both boys finaled in their specialty events.
Swimmers from Canadian swim teams, around the US and Australia competed in Tuscon, Arizona for a chance at prize money and bragging rights.
Charlie was 6th in the 50 free, 20th in the 100 free and 9th in the 100 back.
Jake was 5th in both the 100 and 200 metre backstroke events.
June 5, 2009
Swimmer of the Month - May - Positive Attitude
This month's swimmer of the month was given for Positive Attitude during workouts and meets.
Congratulations to:
National -
Provincial - Liam Taylor
Regional -
OW - Annie Kim, Gabriel Perralta, Khushbash Dhillon
OW WCB - Hali Johnson
Canadian National Prospect Teams
See link for Canadian prospect teams, what the requirements are and which age groups will be targeted.
Let's See LAOSC members on these teams. This is an opportunity to set your goals high!
May 25, 2009
LAOSC Novice Results
Congratulations to all those who attended this past weekend's Novice meet.
We had one new Regional qualifier, congrats Gabriella Szalkai (10) who made her LMR Regional Times.
As well, we had 1 new club record broken, Devon Mark broke the club's 100 IM SC record in the 9-10 year old girl's age category. Her time was 1:20.61.
A special thanks to all the parents who helped time. Thank you we cannot run the meet without you.
May 17, 2009
Hyack Youth Cup Results
Wow, what a weekend! New Age Group National Qualifiers, new National qualifiers.... things are looking great for the upcoming championship season.
Congratulations to Tricia Kiss who made her Senior National qualifying time in the 200 backstroke as well as Rachelle Kichton who made it in the 200 butterfly. Hillary Metcalfe made her 11 & under Age Group National time in the 200 breaststroke. Both meets will be held in Montreal this July.
Club records were broken by Trista Tetreault in the 50 free (32.02), 200 free (2:35.62), 100 fly (1:24.91), Romina Worthington in the 50 butterfly (33.38) and Michael MacDonald in the 400 free (4:21.97).
Great work Langley!
May 11, 2009
SFA-WVOSC LMR Meet Results
Congratulations to all those who attended this past weekend's LMR meet at SFU.
First time attendees of a regional meet were Hamish Frayne (14), Liam Taylor (10), Trevor Voisey (10) and Merideth Clark (9).
Medalists for the Olympians were: Kyla Barton (12) silver 200 fly, bronze 200 back, Amelia Blair (10) bronze 400 free, Chelsea Borrowdale (9) gold 400 free, 200 IM, 200 fly, silver 100 fly/100 breaststroke, Merideth Clark gold 50 fly, Paige Dong (10) bronze 200 butterfly, Jessie Gibson (11) gold 100 fly/200 free/200 back/200 IM, silver 100 breaststroke/100 back, Lauren Hurley (11) bronze 200 back, William Karpan (10) 200 fly, Renae Ledoux (9) silver 200 free, bronze 100 fly/200 back/100 breaststroke, Brennen Taylor (13) silver 200/1500 free, bronze 200 IM/400 free, Ilian Urquidi (10)
bronze 200 breaststroke.
Swimmers achieving 100% personal bests during the meet were Paige Dong, Lauren Hurley, Renae Ledoux, Liam Taylor (10).
Great work Langley!
Apr. 27, 2009
BC vs Alberta Dual Meet
Michael MacDonald spent this past weekend in Kamloops for the BC vs Alberta Dual Meet & Training Camp. Day 1 was spent doing team workouts and attending seminars while day 2 of the trip was a head to head meet against Team Alberta.
Mike was selected based on his 100/200 freestyle results at this year's short course provincial championships.
He finished first in the 100, 200 freestyles and 100 butterfly.
Apr. 21, 2009
Mies Shootman Results
What a great weekend of racing out at UBC. Langley swimmers had tons of final swims, some new qualifiers and a club record.
Congratulations to Lauren Hurley who qualified for AA champs this June in Surrey.
Kyla Barton and Justin Schramm qualified for AAA champs in Victoria in July.
Devon Mark set a new club record in the 200 fly by going 3:06.92.
Duncan Gleed and Chelsey Salli walked away with 100$ each in the cash prize events (100 fr -boys, 400 IM - girls).
Chelsey Salli and Mike MacDonald were high point winners in their age divisions.
Swimmers with 100% personal bests were Amelia Blair (10), Paige Dong (10), Jessie Gibson (11), Lauren Hurley (11), William Karpan, Michelle Kragt (17), Brennen Taylor (13), Ilian Urquidi (10) and William Vosper (17).
Langley was 1st Place Overall in the Team Standings!
Looking good Langley!
