 Jun 26, 2010 Day 2 at the BC AA provincial Championship was another impressive day for our athletes! After a slow start in the 100 freestyle our swimmers stepped up and got on a roll in the following events perfo...  Jun 26, 2010 It was another exciting day for the Rapids down in Washington State. Here are some of our highlight swims ...  Jun 25, 2010 The First Day of the West Coast Aquatics invitational was a huge success for the first wave of the Rapids crew. With 4 swimmers at Day 1 of the meet we had 8 PB?s, 3 swims moving onto the...  Jun 25, 2010 Surrey, BC - Day 1 of the BC AA Long Course Provincial Championships began today and our team got off to a great start. At the conclusion of prelimainaries, Selina Zhuo dominated the girls 11 & und... Jun 10, 2010 Congratulations to Magnus Batara for qualifying for the BC Summer Games team. Magnus in his first full season competing as a Rapid, has performed extremely well. Magnus will be joining 6 other Rapids...  Jun 8, 2010 6 Rapids Swimmers have qualified to represent Zone 4 at the 2010 BC Summer Games! The Rapids swimmers who are all in our Provincial Age Group Program, will be competing in Langley July 23-25th. Th... May 29, 2010 This morning at the Mel Zajac International swim meet at UBC, Rapids swimmers set a new 13-14 year old boys provincial and National Age Group Record in the 800 Freestyle Relay! The team of Bill Li, N...  May 27, 2010 The Richmond Rapids are proud to annouce that we will once again be running a summer program. In the past few years the Rapids Summer program has been responsible for helping young athletes improve t... May 13, 2010 On May 22nd, the Hyack Swim Club will be hosting a "Stroke & Turn" Officials Clinic. Any parents that would like to take this clinic please email our officials director, Jennifer McCord at jennifer... Apr 16, 2010 This weekend will be a busy & exciting weekend for the Rapids Provincial and National swimmers. Competing at UBC in the Mies Schootman Invitational is the enire PAG and National programs. This is th... Apr 13, 2010 To read the latest edition of the LMR newsletter please go to our News letter section under the heading Groups & Notices. Or just click here. The news letter is put together by the volunteer Paren... Apr 5, 2010 Congratulations to Coach Doug and his wife, Kara, who on Saturday April 3rd at 7:04am were proud to announce the birth of their second daughter weighing in at 8lbs 6 oz, Audrey Lucy Ann Thompson!! Co... Apr 1, 2010 This Saturday ( April 3rd ) CBC will be airing LIVE from 2-3pm the finals of the Pan Pacific Trials that are taking place in Montreal. Winners of each event will automatically get selected to be a pa...  Mar 25, 2010 On March 13 & 14, the Richmond Rapids competed at the Lower Mainland Championships held in Tsawwassen. The Rapids took as large contingent of swimmers from their Age Group & Regional Development progr...  Mar 5, 2010 The rapids 13-14 boys finished off the second night of finals by crushing the existing provincial record in the 4x50 IM relay. The old provincial record stood at 1:54.44 by UBCD, our boys posted a st...  Mar 4, 2010 The first day of the 2010 SCM provincial championships got off to a flying start when the 13-14 boys smashed the provincial 4x100m freestyle record by over five seconds RAPID 'A' ...  Feb 16, 2010 After a short flight to Saskatoon the rapids crew sits down to a late lunch. later in the day we'll head to the pool for a light training session (4000m or so) and then back to the hotel to catch some...  Feb 8, 2010 Torch relay Update: Walter Wu (Rapids Alumni) will be carrying the Olympic Flame from River Rd at the Olympic Oval Sign to: 180-5200 Hollybridge Way at approximately 7:06 pm. If you can make it to ...  Feb 7, 2010 Day 3 at AA's was a great success with Tony Ma and Serena Xue qualiying for AAA's and both winning gild in the 12 & under 200 BR! Serena dominated from start to finish to finish with a time of 3:05. T...  Feb 6, 2010 Day 2 of racing at AA champs saw many exciting swims from our team. Whether it was one of our youngest swimmers, in Kevin Ye to our eldest in Sara Lau, our athletes performed very well this evening. ...  Feb 5, 2010 Penticton, BC On day 1 of the BC AA Championships our team has started off very well with numerous individual best times, and many swimmers qualifying for finals or consolation finals. In the finals...  Feb 2, 2010 Rapids Practice Schedule Olympic Update new="" roman="" serif="" style= "font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;" times="">Feb 5 th to March 20 th (All workouts at Watermania pool) new=""... Feb 2, 2010 On Tuesday February 9th the Olympic Torch Relay will make its way through Richmond. The relay will begin its journey through Richmond at Steveston & No 5 Road at 4:30pm. There will not be any afte...  Jan 31, 2010 It was a a great weekend of racing at the CDSC invitational for the Richmond Rapids One of the many highlights of the weekend included 8 new club records sans-serif="">Male 7-8 100 Fr...  Jan 30, 2010 Bill Li qualified for his first Western Canadian Nationals in the 800m Freestyle early this morning, swimming a time of 8:54 at a time trial hosted by the Chilliwack Spartans. Congratulations to both ... Jan 27, 2010 List of available parking options for Minoru pool. Richmond High Brighouse Park School District Office's parking lot after 4pm Richmond Tennis Club Seniors Centre Parking Lot Street parking on Minor...  Dec 21, 2009 The new Richmond Rapid team parkas have arrived If you would like one prior to January 4th (first day back from winter break) please come to Watermania on December 22nd between 4:00pm & 5:00pm. I'l... Dec 19, 2009 Congratulations to Jack Hong for being named to the provincial swim team Team B.C. will be on the move to Southern California January 08-10, 2010 for the Pacific Coast All-Star Meet. This year th...  Dec 17, 2009 The Richmond Rapids are excited to announce that Gold's Gym is a new sponsor for our swim club. As a sponsor of our team, Gold's Gym is providing family and friends of the club an outstanding member... Dec 16, 2009 Rapids Swim School RSS 1A/B, 2A/B, 3A, 4A, 5A: Last Practice is Friday December 18th. Regular Schedule begins Jan 4th RSS 1C/D, 2C/D, 3B, 4B, 5B : Last Practice is Thursday December 17th. Regu... Dec 16, 2009 Team Aquatic Supplies is having a Christmas Sale at their North Vancouver headquarters. For more info check out this flyer.  Dec 15, 2009 During the month of November, four members of our team organized a toy and food drive in conjunction with The Beat 94.5?s annual toy and food drive called The Beat Cares. Samantha Gosel, Nicole W...  Dec 13, 2009 Daniella Korotchenko had a great last race at the Paul Bergen invitational. she finished 14th over all in the womens 100m breaststroke. her first 50m split and final 100m time were both under the exis...  Dec 13, 2009 battling a cold and fatigue all week Daniella put together a great morning swim on the final morning at the Paul Bergen invitational. her 1:13.85 in the heats earned her a spot in the "b" final of the...  Dec 10, 2009 The Richmond Rapids Boys 13-14 relay team of Nathan Muszynski, Jack Hong, Bill Li, and Nicolaas Dekker, set a new provincial record in the 13-14 boys 4x200m free relay, posting a time of 8:12.68, br...  Dec 10, 2009 pre-meet training at the Paul Bergen meet was a very Canadian affair with teams from Alberta , Quebec, Ontario & BC all showing up at the same time it looks like it will be a vary fast meet with tour ...  Dec 10, 2009 THIS weekend, SwimmingWorld.TV continues its pursuit to bring some of the greatest swimming around the nation to its viewers. After an incredibly successful Speedo Tom Dolan Invitational last weeke...  Nov 26, 2009 T he Rapids parents would like to commend our Coaches for the expedient and efficient response during the power outage at Watermania on Wed. Nov. 18, 2009. The Rapids Coaches were organized an... Nov 23, 2009 Dear Parents, The coffee fundraiser order deadline has been extended to Friday November 27, 2009. Please submit your orders to Wendy Berry, Synthia Kloot or Stephanie Hui on or before Friday. The club... Nov 23, 2009 The Rapids Parents Pub Night was a great success! Over 50 parents had a blast at Legends Pub. Congratulations to Carrie Murray who won her PPP for the entire year! A special thanks goes out to ...  Nov 20, 2009 To members of the Richmond Rapid Swim club: In the spirit of the holiday season, the Richmond Rapids Swim Club will be taking part in a canned food drive in conjunction with our annual FastSwim ...  Nov 14, 2009 At the LOSC meet this morning Kevin Zheng dropped 15 seconds in the 200 BR in prelims to qualify for age group nationals this summer. Kevin's time: 2:50.4! Way to go Kevin!  Nov 10, 2009 November 11 th Practices are as regularly scheduled November 20th All Rapids practices at Watermania are cancelled because of the High School Swimming championships being hosted at Watermania...  Oct 31, 2009 Jack Hong and Nathan Muszynski got off to a flying start on day two of the BC Sr. Circuit going 1 & 2 in the first heat. Jack Hong 2:19.95 ** New club Record** Nathan Muszynski 2:21.30  Oct 30, 2009 With the recent publicity surrounding the spread and health risks associated with the H1N1 virus, the BC Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport has released a fact sheet for sporting organizations. ...  Oct 30, 2009 Marisa got things started early with a personal best in the 200m fly by almost 2 seconds. live results are available at the pacific coast swimming website Oct 27, 2009 Hi everyone We have revised the gift card fundraiser this year to optimize the benefits derived by the swim club with the amount of effort to order and administer the process. In doing so we hav...  Oct 24, 2009 Serena Xue had a great 100m breast to qualify for her first AAA champs Oct 21, 2009 The first issue of the Rapids official newsletter, The Undercurrent is now availble in the Groups and Notices section. Also availble is Streamline , the Lower Mainland Region?s newsletter. Str...  Oct 18, 2009 lots of team spirit and fast swimming on the third day of the kisu iron sprint  Oct 17, 2009 it's been magical start here at day 2 of the kisu meet!  Oct 16, 2009 Cathy Ye lead the rapids squad at the kisu iron sprint taking an impresive 30sec off her best time in the 800m free Oct 15, 2009 14300 Entertainment Boulevard, Richmond, B.C. Canada V6W 1K3 Ph: 604-275-7946 Fax: 604-274-7946 Email: rapids@shaw.ca www.richmondrapids.com Dear Rapids, We would like to take thi...  Oct 9, 2009 Click here for the Black & Blue Teams Note: Paula G & Brandon Y. you are on the blue team **if you haven?t signed up yet & would like to participated please just show up at** Oct 1, 2009 It has just been confirmed that any kids 5 years old and younger attending the Rapids Awards Banquet on October 8th are free to attend. Thy will not be charged for food. Remember the deadline ...  Sep 29, 2009 SFU LMR Time line update Saturday distance session (1500?s then 800?s): - 8:30 am warmup - 9:15 am start time - 2 per lane - 4 heats of 1500 (full heats) - 4 heats of 800 (full heats) - approximat...  Sep 23, 2009 Dear Members The first Richmond Rapids online club survey is now available on the club web-site. You can access and fill out the survey by "clicking? on the feedback button on the top right corner...  Sep 15, 2009 Update: All Steveston Workouts will be canceled on Friday September 18 th The Richmond Rapids staff will be up in Whistler for the annual Swim BC coaches conference. Regular workouts at Steveston wi...  Sep 10, 2009 So, there?s this great deal on a Jaked or LZR on ebay?. Don?t do it! Don?t do it!! Just walk away. Nothing to see here, folks. Just keep on moving? Ya see, by now, most are probably aware that FINA as...  Sep 10, 2009 Time Standards As far as we?ve been told, all time standards (both Swimming Canada and Swim BC) are staying as they were last year. Remember, though, that Swimming Canada has announced previously th...  Sep 9, 2009 Rapids Welcome Back BBQ Friday, Sept 11th, 4pm -7pm (Rain or Shine) Steveston pool Everyone Is Welcome To come! The Rapids will provided The Burgers or hotdog , veggies, chips & juice ... Aug 27, 2009 The final Swim News Magazine's Tiny Olympic Prospects results for the 2008-2010 season are now posted. Many of our youngest swimmers took part and performed very well. Swimmers times were taken fro...  Aug 20, 2009 UPDATE September & October Steveston & Minoru pool schedule for all Watermania groups Watermania Aquatic Centre will be shut down for regular maintenance from September 14 th to October 4 t...  Aug 9, 2009 Two more world records for Canada at British Grand Prix August, 09, 2009 LEEDS England ? Canada broke the world record in both the men?s and women?s 4X100 medley relays on Sunday to conclude the Brit...  Aug 8, 2009 Annamay Pierse and men?s 4X200 freestyle relay break World Records LEEDS, England ? Annamay Pierse of Vancouver and Canada?s men?s 4X200 freestyle relay broke world short course records on Friday a...  Aug 5, 2009 On Tuesday, the FINA Bureau released the following decisions regarding the use of high-tech suits in FINA competitions. FINA RULING: July 28, 2009 (From a FINA press release) Rome (ITA), July 28...  Aug 5, 2009 For Swim Parents; ? The Big Deal About SwimSuits ? by John Leonard, Executive Director, American Swimming Coaches Association. Over the past 18 months, the swimming world has been a frenzy ...  Aug 3, 2009 Congratulations to Daniella on her first international medal performance Women?s 15-16 200m Breaststroke 2:44  Aug 1, 2009 Results from far Westerns in California  Jul 26, 2009 Photos from California More photos to & highlights to follow  Jul 22, 2009 The 2009-2010 Rapids Swim Club Registration Package is now posted Please take a look & E-mail us at rapids@shaw.ca 2009-2010 Richmond Rapids Registration Package 1. SPECIAL NOTE: sign...  Jul 6, 2009 The Rapids finished a successfull BC AAA Long Course Championship meet on an exciting note Sunday night! We had a number of great swims througout the evening, here are some highlights. 13 year old g...  Jun 8, 2009 New club records set in Kamloops Congrats to Matthew Crawford & Aleckxeis Afficionado for setting 4 new club records!  Jun 1, 2009 During the month of June the Rapids will be selling bags of Mogiana coffee. For every bag sold the club will get $5.00 in return. Free samples will be available at the General Meeting on June 11th a... May 25, 2009 This past April the AGD 1 & 2?s participated in the Swim News magazine?s Tiny Olympic Prospects program. This program encourages distance and IM swimming. The participants results then are ranked b... May 19, 2009 Click on the link to Check out the lastest edition of the Lower Mainland Region news letter. May 19, 2009 Rapids swimmers rewrite the record book at the recent Hyack youth cup PDF of all records broken May 16, 2009 Men?s 50 free World record holder Fred Bousquet blazed by the field with a 21.33 for the U.S. Open record. That time cleared Garrett Weber-Gale?s U.S. Open record of 21.47 set last summer. "I am ver... May 15, 2009 Session time outs Live Results Psych Sheets If any experienced officials would be interested in helping out as relief officials at the Mel Zajac International meet at UBC your help would be greatly... May 15, 2009 Congratulation to Neil Brow who swam an impressive 33.80 in the heats of the Boy?s 50m Breast to qualify for his first National level competition. En route to this result Neil also broke the Rapids ... May 15, 2009 This weekend is the 1st time Michael Phelps is competeing since the Bejing Olympics. At the Charlotte Ultra Swim Meet in North Carolina he won the 100 Butterfly and 200 FR setting a meet record. ... May 13, 2009 Swimming Canada has made some changes to the Bonus swim rule for swimmers that have 1 Age Group National Qualifying time. To read about these changes, click here. To see the Age Group National ( ... May 13, 2009 Hyack Youth Cup Warm-Up Ti mes (Updated) May 9, 2009 At the WVOSC/SFU LMR Vincent Man in AGD 2 even split his 100 Backstroke to qualify for the BC AA Championships. Then just a few minutes later, PD 3's Mike Zhang rocked his 100 Backstroke as well t... May 7, 2009 Swim BC Update on the BC High School Credit Program May 6, 2009 May 4th 2009 P.P.P. Update Apr 27, 2009 Rapids Results from the 10th Annual Delta Triathlon Adults 16+ (Swim 700m, Bike 20km, Run 5km) Neil Brow 91 st overall 71 st in his age category (6 th ) 9:55 (70 th ) 38:44 (264 th ) 29:59 ... Apr 20, 2009 Richmond Rapids at Mies Schootman Invitational April 17 th to 19th the Richmond Rapids competed at the Mies Schootman Invitational at UBC aquatic centre. With over 40 swimmers in attendance, the ... Apr 20, 2009 Congratulations to Daniella Korotchenko who broke the Richmond Rapids club record for the girls 13-14 200m IM (LCM) 2:34.56 34.61 / 41.31 / 44.39 / 34.25 Her time eclipses the previous club record... Apr 6, 2009 This past weekend at the Delta Sungod LMR, Nicole Welsh and Aleckxeis Aficionado qualified for the BC AAA Long Course Championships in Victoria this July! Nicole & Aleckxeis are both 1st time AAA qua... Apr 5, 2009 Team Sungod April Fools Invitational 2009 Meet Report On April 4 th & 5 th swimmers from the Richmond Rapids Development program competed in Delta. The team performed very well with a number g... Apr 4, 2009 Watermania Pool 4:00- 5:30pm The last 2 Tuesdays of every month Regular office hours Monday through Friday 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm |
