BC AA Champs Day 2 Report

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...

 West Coast Aquatics Invit. (USA) Day 2

It was another exciting day for the Rapids down in Washington State. Here are some of our highlight swims ...

 West Coast Aquatics invitational Day 1 Report

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...

 Rapids Rumble to a strong start a BC AA Champs

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...

 Magnus Batara Qualifies for BC Summer Games Team

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...

 Rapids Swimmers named to BC Summer Games Team!

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...

 Rapids break New Provincial & National Record!

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...

 Rapids Summer Program Information

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...

 Hyack Hosts "Stroke & Turn" Clinic

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...

 Busy Weekend for Rapids Swimmers!

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...

 Latest Edition of "Streamline" the LMR Newsletter is here!

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...

 Rapids Welcome their Newest member!!

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...

 Pan PAcific Trials ( Spring Nationals) to be seen LIVE ON CBC

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...

 Rapids Swimmers Dominate LMR Championships

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...

 News flash: New provincial record

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...

 AAA's Day 1. New Provincial record

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' ...

 westerns day 1

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...

 Olympic Torch Relay Day - Update

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 ...

 new AAA qualifiers at day 3!

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...

 Day 2 at AA Champs

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. ...

 DAY 1 at BC AA CHAMPS

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...

 Olympic Update

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=""...

 Olympic Torch Relay Day - No Practice!

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...

 New club records

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...

 New Western National Qualifier

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 ...

 Available Parking Options for Minoru Pool

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...

 Rapids parkas have arrived

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...

 congratulations to Jack Hong for being named to the provincial swim team

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...

 Gold's Gym - New Corporate Sponsor for the Rapids!!

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...

 Holiday Schedule Update

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...

 Team Aquatic Supplies Christmas Sale

Team Aquatic Supplies is having a Christmas Sale at their North Vancouver headquarters. For more info check out this flyer.

 Young Rapids & The Beat 94.5 Cares

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...

 great finish at the Paul Bergen invitational

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...

 swim fast in the morning and faster at night

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...

 Record setting affair for the Rapids

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...

 The Oregon report

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 ...

 SwimmingWorld.TV to Broadcast Footage of Paul Bergen International Meet

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...

 RAPIDS COACHES RESPOND TO POWER OUTAGE AT WATERMANIA

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...

 Mogiana Coffee Fundraiser Update

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...

 Pub Night Update

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 ...

 To members of the Richmond Rapid Swim club:

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 ...

 Kevin Zheng New National Qualifier!

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!

 Upcoming schedule updates & reminders

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...

 It a happy Halloween for the Richmond Rapids

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

 H1N1 virus fact sheet for sporting organizations

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. ...

 rapids got off to a flying start at the ar circuit meet in Victoria

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

 Progressive Fundraising Gift Card Orders

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...

 Serena xue makes AAA's

Serena Xue had a great 100m breast to qualify for her first AAA champs

 The Undercurrent & Streamline Newsletters Now Available!

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...

 cheers a plenty for the Richmond Rapids

lots of team spirit and fast swimming on the third day of the kisu iron sprint

 Harry potter at kisu!!!

it's been magical start here at day 2 of the kisu meet!

 Cathy Ye leads the pack at the kisu iron sprint

Cathy Ye lead the rapids squad at the kisu iron sprint taking an impresive 30sec off her best time in the 800m free

 Letter from The President Re: Awards Night

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...

 Black & Blue Team lists

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**

 Awards Night Update

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 ...

 SFU LMR UPDATE

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...

 New Rapids "club survey"

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...

 Important Update

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...

 A word from Swim BC on high performance swim suits

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...

 A word from Swim BC on time standards

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...

 Welcome Back BBQ

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 ...

 June Swim News TOPS Results

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...

 UPDATE September & October Steveston pool schedule

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...

 Two more world records for Canada at British Grand Prix

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...

 CANADA Breaks World Records !!!!

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...

 FINA Bureau releases decision on swimsuits

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...

 The Big Deal About SwimSuits

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 ...

 Daniella Korotchenko wins bronze in California

Congratulations to Daniella on her first international medal performance Women?s 15-16 200m Breaststroke 2:44

 Results from California

Results from far Westerns in California

 Photos from California

Photos from California More photos to & highlights to follow

 The 2009-2010 Rapids Swim Club registration package is now posted

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...

 BC AAA Long Course Championships a Success!

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...

 New club records from Kamloops

New club records set in Kamloops Congrats to Matthew Crawford & Aleckxeis Afficionado for setting 4 new club records!

 Mogiana Coffee Fundraiser

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...

 Swim News TOPS Results Are IN!

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...

 LMR News letter

Click on the link to Check out the lastest edition of the Lower Mainland Region news letter.

 Rapids swimmers rewrite the record book at the recent Hyack youth cup

Rapids swimmers rewrite the record book at the recent Hyack youth cup PDF of all records broken

 Freb Bousquet (FRA) beats the 50m free field @ Charlotte UltraSwim

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...

 MEL ZAJAC INTERNATIONAL MEET: UPDATE

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...

 New Age Group National qualifier on day one of the Hyack Youth Cup

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 ...

 Michael Phelps Returns to the Pool

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. ...

 Age Group National Bonus Swim Rule Changes

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 ( ...

 Hyack Youth Cup Warm-Up Times (Updated)

Hyack Youth Cup Warm-Up Ti mes (Updated)

 Mike Zhang & Vincent Man: NEW PROVINCIAL CHAMP QUALIFIERS!

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...

 Swim BC Update on the BC High School Credit Program

Swim BC Update on the BC High School Credit Program

 May 4th 2009 P.P.P. update

May 4th 2009 P.P.P. Update

 Rapids Compete at the 10th annual Delta Triathlon

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 ...

 Mies Shootman Invitational Meet report

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 ...

 New Club Record Set at the Mies Schootman Invitational

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...

 2 NEW AAA PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS!

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...

 Team Sungod April Fools Invitational 2009 Meet Report

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...

 Assessment/ Registration Dates:

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