June 2, 2023

Sylvan Lake Open Water Swim

Hi UCSC,Please see below info about an open water swim! If you are interested please reach out directly to them.GO DINOS GO!Hello University of Calgar ...

by UCSC Club Manager
June 1, 2023

Banquet Photos from Photobooth!

Hi UCSC,To see the photobooth photos from the banquet, please click here. The password is Limitless. Please note that this post is available for membe ...

by UCSC Club Manager
May 30, 2023

Cactus Classic Recap

Twenty-two swimmers from the National Squad made the trip south for a training camp and meet inArizona. They spent 6 days in Phoenix training hard, fo ...

by Haylie Burton
May 26, 2023

Head Lifeguard Position Open at UofC!

Hi UCSC,A head lifeguard position has opened up at the UofC. Interested parties can click here to see the job posting and apply. ...

by UCSC Club Manager
May 26, 2023

Swim Alberta Newcomer Grant

Hi UCSC,For any newcomers to Canada, Swim Alberta has started a program to help support the transition to Canada. Please see the information below.NEW ...

by UCSC Club Manager
May 8, 2023

Lethbridge Meet Wrap Up

Lethbridge meet – Coulee Kids Dentistry Spring Challenge, May 5-7The team departed from Calgary on two buses on Friday. The meet was mandatory team tr ...

by Haylie Burton
May 8, 2023

Spring Start Up

With the warm spring approaching, the UCSC Sprint start-up was hosted as scheduled last weekend.Despite there being just two sessions of swimming, the ...

by Haylie Burton
April 24, 2023

2023 Dino Cup!!

The Dinos had some great times April 22 & 23 at the UCSC Dino Cup meet. On Saturday morning, the youngest swimmers had the privilege of being marshale ...

by Haylie Burton
April 3, 2023

Neptune Wrap Up

The last meet to start in this cycle was the Neptune 1-2-3 Go Invitational, held in Montreal at the 1976 Olympic pool. 48 Dino swimmers were in attend ...

by Haylie Burton
March 23, 2023

Timmermans Wrap Up

We had 150 Dinos show up and show out for some great racing at Timmermans 2023. Amazing performances from the 13&overs. Great times had by the 12 stre ...

by Haylie Burton
March 20, 2023

UCSC Wins Western Canadian Champs!

A huge contingent of 75 UCSC swimmers were represented at the 2023 Western CanadianChampionships, for many of which, it was their first ever Westerns. ...

by Haylie Burton
March 10, 2023

TYR Pro Series Fort Lauderdale Highlights

Six UCSC swimmers swam at the TYR Pro Series in Fort Lauderdale this past weekend. The competition brought some of the world's best swimmers together ...

by Haylie Burton
March 10, 2023

Provincial Champs

Close to one hundred swimmers from UCSC competed at the Alberta Provincial Championships in Edmonton, March 2-5.  It was by far the biggest team at th ...

by Haylie Burton
March 7, 2023

AB Provincial Trials

2.5 days of sharp swimming, great cheering, and fast racing…. Alberta Provincial Trials were a hit.Over 300 athletes from across the province showed u ...

by Haylie Burton
February 7, 2023

Crazy Hat Fundamentals Meet Recap

We had 135 Development Dinos at our February swim meet this past weekend. This was a first meet for all of our SD1 and CH1 squads and they did fantast ...

by Haylie Burton
February 6, 2023

UCSC Grand Prix Write Up

The excitement of our annual UCSC Grand Prix meet did not disappoint! The meet featured over 250 ofour own swimmers, who were able to showcase their s ...

by Haylie Burton
January 30, 2023

TREX rocked the Winter Festival meet!

TREX rocked the Winter Festival meet!The young Dinos came together over the course of two exciting sessions at the Festival meet Jan 28 & 29 with shar ...

by Haylie Burton
December 22, 2022

JP Fiset Write Up

A big group of athletes from several different groups made the drive to Edmonton for four days of racing at JP Fiset. Thursday kicked off with some di ...

by Haylie Burton
December 22, 2022

Holiday Classic 2022 Recap

Last weekend, Dinos swimmers had a great and exciting time at the Holiday Classic Meet. It's the peak competition of the winter season. The medals mot ...

by Haylie Burton
December 22, 2022

Prairie Winter Invitational 2022

The Prairie Winter Invitational was the December travel meet for many swimming from the National and Provincial groups, with 54 swimmers making the tr ...

by Haylie Burton
December 20, 2022

Ontario Junior International - December 2022

Twenty-one swimmers made the trek out to Scarborough, ON for the 2022 edition of the Ontario Junior International swim meet.  This annual December eve ...

by UCSC Club Manager
November 29, 2022

UCSC November Invitational Recap

What. A. Weekend. UCSC came to impress over three days of racing at home. The first three-day meet of the season for most, the Dinos were ready to rac ...

by Haylie Burton
November 21, 2022

Killarney SC Invitational Recap

The Killarney meet Nov 19 & 20 was chock full of new experiences for the TREX squads.  There were many swimmers trying events for the first time ever, ...

by Haylie Burton
November 16, 2022

NCSA November Invite Recap

The NCSA November Invitational last weekend was full of big swims from our UCSC athletes. The 12 stream showed up ready to put their skills to the tes ...

by Haylie Burton
November 14, 2022

Wacky T-Shirt Fundamentals Recap

Our Development program had another awesome meet on Saturday! We had amazing Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle races and a meet filled with smile ...

by Haylie Burton
November 10, 2022

Dinos at World Cup

Six Dinos traveled to Toronto to catch the Canadian leg of the FINA World Cup, October 28-30. Our swimmers wasted no time making their mark and on day ...

by Haylie Burton
October 19, 2022

Team Champs Write Up

UCSC kicked off the season in our bi-annual Team Champs intra-squad meet. Bronto, Rapto, and Ptero fought head-to-head in what was a nail bitter of a ...

by Nick Lapointe
October 17, 2022

Fall Start-Up Write Up

The Fall Start-Up was the second meet of the season and showed the strength of the UCSC program. For most of the groups the two-session meet gave ever ...

by Nick Lapointe
October 17, 2022

Halloween Howler Write Up

Hello Dinos,Our Development program had a fantastic first swim meet! We attended the Halloween Howler with 86 athletes and had a very successful day o ...

by Nick Lapointe
June 3, 2022

JP Fiset - Meet Write Up

Edmonton was cold but inside the Kinsmen Sports Center the action was hot. The meet kicked off with a 4x200 Free relay where the 13-14 girls team of M ...

by Jessika Craig
June 3, 2022

UCSC Grand Prix - Meet Write Up

The 2022 UCSC Grand Prix kicked off our long course racing for the season. For many of the 12 and TREX group swimmers this was their first-ever taste ...

by Jessika Craig
June 3, 2022

Update on Meet Schedule - March - August 2022

Hello UCSC,Below is an updated competition schedule to the end of the 2021-2022 swim season. As always, this will be subject to change, but we hope th ...

by Jessika Craig
June 3, 2022

Western TransMountain Festival - Meet Write Up

What could have almost been considered an ‘out of town’ competition the Western Transmountain Festival was a great success out at Seton YMCA.  The fac ...

by Jessika Craig
June 3, 2022

Killarney LC Invitational Meet Write Up

The Killarney Meet was a great opportunity for our TREX, 12 stream, Regional and some Provincial level swimmers to hone their raacing skills and strat ...

by Jessika Craig
June 3, 2022

NCSA John Timmermans - Meet Write Up

NCSA John Timmermans Invitational was a great meet to kick off the month of March with. It served as a last chance qualifier for Provincial Trials for ...

by Jessika Craig
June 3, 2022

Alberta Provincial Trials - Meet Write Up

Alberta Provincial Trials was the first provincial meet in so long that there were so many athletes attending a meet that size for the first time. Tea ...

by Jessika Craig
June 3, 2022

Alberta Provincial Championships

Alberta Spring Champs was the final age group meet of March. UCSC sent the largest team in the province to the meet. This is typical due to the huge n ...

by Jessika Craig
June 3, 2022

Dino Cup - Meet Write Up

The Dino Cup meet is a UCSC tradition and served as another great learning experience for Churchill, Shouldice and TREX squads this season.  It's not ...

by UCSC Club Manager
June 3, 2022

Summer Provincial Qualifiers

UCSC is set to host the LC Summer Provincials at Repsol Centre July 28-31, 2022. Through preliminary qualifications, we have a huge contingent of 134 ...

by Jessika Craig
June 3, 2022

UCSC Wins Westerns Team Banner

A strong forty-four-member team was in Edmonton last weekend (April 20-24) racing at the Canadian Western Swimming Championships. The UCSC contingent ...

by Jessika Craig
June 3, 2022

Spring Start Up - Meet Recap

The UCSC Spring Start Up, the first meet after spring break, showed the strength of the whole club. After the great performances at Canadian Trials an ...

by Jessika Craig
June 1, 2022

Notice of Spring AGM

Hi UCSC,Please click here to see the 2022 Spring General Meeting notice. Please note that the meeting has been moved to June 15, 2022, it will take pl ...

by Jessika Craig
June 1, 2022

Lorna's Retirement (continued...)

The final installment of our tributes to Lorna. For March and April we had current athletes in UCSC from 12 to 18 years of age share their memories an ...

by Jessika Craig
June 1, 2022

A Look Back At the Season so Far

Well, who knew our swimming would look like this 6 months ago? Our first big set of meets since COVID are in the rearview mirror and we sure showed th ...

by Jessika Craig
May 25, 2022

Speedo Grand Challenge

The three UCSC athletes representing Canada at the World Championships in Budapest are having one last tune up event in Irvine California this weekend ...

by Jessika Craig