News and Announcements
Bell Canadian Swimming Trials were held in Victoria, BC. Where Dakota Dotzlaf finished 8th the 100 Backstroke, in the 18 & Under age group. Finishing 21st over all—in Canadas strongest women’s event.The meet was exciting as Dakota raced various Olympians in her heats—like Canadian Record Holder Kylie Masse In addition to the 100 backstroke Dakota raced the 50 and 200 backstroke. Although she didn’t make it back to finals, Dakota swum a life time best in the her 200 backstroke, while lowering 2 team records.The experience of attending the weeklong Trials and racing the nations “Big Dogs” will help prepare her for Trials next year, with an eye on Olympic Trials in 2024. Trials is an important meet for anyone wanting to make any Canadian Team, as a handful of swimmers from the meet were selected to represent Canada at the upcoming FINA World Championships in Budapest, Junior Pan Pacific Championships (Pan-Pac’s) in Hawaii, FINA World Open Water Championships, Junior Open Water Championships; as well as nominated for the Commonwealth Games.Dakota’s presence & performance at the meet will hopefully fuel the dream of many other Pirates. A couple of years ago, before COVID—when she was 12, Dakota was not ranked #1 in Canada in her age group, she didn’t have a Western cut yet, etc….However, with work and persistence she has accomplished a lot to get herself to this point.
The schedule for the clinic can be found at the following link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cvmzbtG8HGv249LtGGtuz4UwjZbVbVRa_xxLD7Rmp-0/edit?usp=sharing
Expectations:
- Swimmers are not expected to come everyday; however, the more they come the more they will get out of the swimming experience.
- Come dressed in a swim suit and have a fitted pair of goggles.
- No Parents on the pool deck—ever.
- Each swimmer will receive the following:
- Swim Cap
- T-Shirt
- (2) Fun Pirate Intra-squad Meets held on
- May 21
- June 25
- Pirate Hosted Competitive Swim Meet on July 16-17.
No extra fees or commitments (However, volunteering to be a timer on July 16-17 would be welcomed and much appreciated)
The last day is July 17th.
Pirates Make Statement with 7 swimmers, by Placing 2nd in Medium Size Team Scoring and 9th overall in Swim Alberta Provincial Championships
Among 433 swimmers from over 20 teams across Alberta and BC, the Pirates demonstrated strength, speed, and endurance in every stroke and distance!
Recapping:
Neil Lepps
Winter Festival North
Western Transmountain Festival
Killarney Swim Club Invite
Alberta Provincial Trials