News/Updates

 EKSC Swimmers in the Media Spotlight!

Fionnuala Pierse, Nick Kostiuk and Richard Funk were all highlighted in the Edmonton Journal today in a summary of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships. Click Here to read the story. In the latest ...

 Day 4 Report Junior Pan Pacs

Keyano swimmers stepped up big on day four finals of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships! Fionnuala Pierse started the night in the 200 IM placing 7th in the "A" final with a 2:18.85 in very windy ...

 Day 3 Report Junior Pan Pacs

Congratulations to Fionnuala Pierse and Team Canada's 4x100 Free Women's Relay earning a Silver Medal behind the USA and beating out Australia by .08 seconds. Fionnuala was given the anchor leg on th...

 Day 2 Report Junior Pan Pacs

Well done to Keyano swimmers on Day 2 of the Junior Pan Pacs in Kihei, Hawaii. Fionnuala Pierse opened the night holding her third place spot in the "B" final of the 100 Free in a new Open Club Recor...

 Congratulations to Richard Funk!

Congratulations to Richard Funk for being named by Ken McKinnon (Junior National Team Coach) to represent Team Canada at the opening ceremonies on the first night of finals at the Junior Pan Pacific C...

 Bears on Deck in Hawaii!

Fionnuala Pierse, Richard Funk and Nick Kostiuk are part of a 40 + member Junior National Team competing this week at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Kihei, Hawaii. After a successful two w...

 Congratulations Mercedes Sloane!

Congratulations to Mercedes Sloane for being selected by SNC as the Team Aquatic Supplies Female Junior Swimmer of the month for her great results at the LA Open. EKSC was also recognized for...

 Bear on Deck at Pan Pacs!

Kier Maitland starts racing this Wednesday at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Ervine, California. The meet runs this Wednesday to Saturday in the pool with the 10K Open Water race on Sunda...

 TAS Youth Recognition Award Winners

Congratulations to the following EKSC swimmers for achieving Swim Alberta Long Course Youth Recognition Times as part of the Team Aquatic Supplies Youth Recognition Award Winners Program. The list ...

 Funk and Kostiuk in Journal

Edmonton swimmers excelling after six years training side by side By John Korobanik, Edmonton Journal August 11, 2010 6:51 AM Richard Funk and Nick Kostiuk have been swimming beside each other f...

 Head Coach Steve Price in Journal

Price is right for Keyano rebuilding By John Korobanik When Steve Price took over as head coach of the once-powerful but then faltering Keyano Swim Club in 2007, he brought with him a dramatic change ...

 North American Challenge Cup Final Report

Hello Keyano members, After a long season, for most it has come to an end. The measure of how long we have extended the season for many of our Keyano swimmers, is a true testament to how the Keyano p...

 North American Challenge Cup Day 3 Report

Congratulations to Ryder McGinnis for his Gold medal and club record breaking performance in the 11-12 boys 100 Breaststroke and his Silver medal performance on Team Canada's 4 x 100 Medley relay ...

 North American Challenge Cup Day 2 Report

Congratulations to Lili Margitai for her Gold medal and Club & Provincial record breaking performance in the 11-12 girls 400 Freestyle, her Gold medal performance in the 11-12 girls 100 Freestyle ...

 North American Challenge Cup Day 1 Report

Congratulations to Ryder McGinnis for his Gold medal and club record breaking performance in the 11-12 boys 200 Breaststroke at the 2010 North American Challenge Cup. Ryder also set a new NACC meet ...

 Far Westerns Day 5 and Final Comments

Day 5 of the Far Western Championships drove our small group into the top 20 in team scoring. These 6 swimmers managed to push the Bears into 20th place out of 83 teams! Karah Folk continued to s...

 Bears on Deck!

This week we have EKSC swimmers competing for Canada and Alberta on Team tours. First up is Mercedes Sloane and Jennifer Morgan competing at the British Youth Nationals in Sheffield, GBR. Both are pa...

 Summer Nationals Day 4 Report

A challenge was put to the swimmers on the last day of Summer Nationals to see how fast they could swim and they rose to the occasion. Kier Maitland opened the finals up with a Silver medal performanc...

 The Pierse family reunion in Victoria

From the SNC Website - www.swimming.ca The Pierse family reunion in Victoria July, 31, 2010 VICTORIA ? World Record Holder Annamay Pierse is in Victoria this week to compete at the 2010 Summe...

 Far Westerns Day 4

Day 4 is now complete at Far Westerns in California and the team dug deep again and produced some good results. Today was a strong day for the 6 swimmers competing at this meet and they showed they...

 Summer Nationals Day 3 Report

Another good day of racing for the Bears and more records broken on day 3 of Summer Nationals. Kier Maitland swam a gutsy race in "A" final of the 400 Free missing the podium by 0.2 in a personal be...

 Far Westerns Day 3

Day 3 of Far Westerns is now complete and EKSC swimmers showed they are unwilling to give in despite their small numbers. This meet has been a tough one for our fine young swimmers. Five members o...

 Summer Nationals Day 2 Report

What a great night on day two for Keyano swimmers! Fionnuala Pierse opened up with a win in the 100 Free "C" Final in a personal best of 56.74 breaking Wendy (Johnson) Quirk's 30 year old LC Senior C...

 Far Westerns Day 2

EKSC swimmers stood firm and raced the tough California competition on Day 2 of the Far Western Champs in Concord, CA today. Karah Folk turned heads and raced very well. She finished first in the...

 News Flash!

News Flash - Richard Funk breaks Morgan Knabe's 1997 15-17 and Senior Club Records in the heats of the 100 Breast at Summer Nationals with a 1:02.74. Richard is sitting second going into tonight's fi...

 Summer Nationals Day 1 Report

Congratulations to Kier Maitland for winning the 1500 Free in 15:22.54 at Summer Nationals and earning his spot on the Pan Pacific Team competing in Ervine, California August 18-22. Kier who missed m...

 Far Western Championships Day 1 Report

Greetings from sunny California! Six of EKSC's finest are competing over the next 5 days here in Concord, CA. Far Westerns is an elite level meet that introduces our young swimmers to international...

 Age Group Nationals Day 6 Report

Congratulations to Claire Yurkovich for her 4th place finish within the 13 year old age category and 29th over all in the 5000m open water race, at the 2010 Canadian Age Group Nationals. Congratulat...

 Age Group Nationals Final Report

Hello Keyano Families, After 8 days on the road and 6 of them racing at the 2010 Canadian Age Group National Championship, 16 bears returned to Edmonton, excited and proud of their achievements. Wh...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers are racing at two meets this week and are ready to build off the great performances at Age Group Nationals. This Wednesday to Saturday is the Summer Nationals in Victoria, B.C. This ...

 KARAH FOLK - Canadian Record Holder!!!

Congratulations to Karah Folk who broke the Canadian Record in the 10u Girls 100m Breaststroke at Alberta Age Group Champs two weeks ago. Swim News magazine confirmed the new record in the most rec...

 Age Group Nationals Day 5 Report

After 5 days, it has come down to this.....8 points separate first and second for the women's national age group championship being fought for by the two of the best Alberta teams, Keyano & Cascade. ...

 Age Group Nationals Day 4 Report

Congratulations to Lili Margitai for her club and provincial record breaking & gold medal performance in the 200 Freestyle in a time of 2:09.63 & 4th place finish in the 100 Backstroke in a time of ...

 Age Group Nationals Day 3 Report

Congratulations to Ryder McGinnis for his 5th place finish in the 100 Breaststroke in a time of 1:14.67, at the 2010 Canadian Age Group Nationals. Ryder was the only 12 year old in the final! Con...

 ELLIE MARADYN - Canadian TOP time record holder

With the release of the latest Swim News Magazine, it is now official that Ellie Maradyn is the record holder of the girls 8&Under 400 Free with a 5:47.99, breaking a 27 year old record held by Sandy ...

 Age Group Nationals Day 2 Report

Congratulations to Lili Margitai for her gold medal performance in the girls 12&Under 100 Free at the 2010 Canadian Age Group Nationals. Lili's time was 1:00.93 Congratulations to Sophia Sarouk...

 SNC News - Three double winners to open 2010 Canadian Age Group Swimming Champs

July 21, 2010 WINNIPEG ? Devon Bibaul t and Paige Kremer, both of Edmonton , and Olivia Feschuk of Halifax posted two victories apiece on Wednesday to open the 2010 Canadian Age Group...

 Age Group Nationals Day 1 Report

Congratulations to Devon Bibault for her gold medal perfomances in the 100 Fly, in a time of 1:03.53 and the 1500 Free, in a time of 17:26.96 at the 2010 Canadian Age Group Nationals. Cong...

 Bears On Deck: Winnipeg - Age Group Nationals

BEARS ON DECK This morning, 16 bears are on their way to Winnipeg for the Canadian Age Group Nationals. The meet is a 5 day meet running from July 21 through July 26, gathers the best swimmers from ar...

 Rankings

Rankings As Keyano Swimmers head into the Summer Championships Meets, it is always good to see where they rank in Canada . Congratulations to the following swimmers for a Top 10 LC Ranking in ...

 Bears on Deck

Good to Bryner Robinson and Hadi Ali who will be competing at the Alberta Summer Games this week in Peace River. Go Bears! Click here for updates and results

 Day 4 Report LA Grand Prix

Day 4 of the LA Grand Prix produced some best times but also exposed the harshness of the level of competition if the swimmers don't execute their races properly. Richard Funk qualified for the "B" fi...

 LA Grand Prix Day 2 and 3 Report

The LA Grand Prix has produced some World Class results at the finish of Day 3 and the Keyano Swimmers are in the mix of things. The goal was to expose our National level swimmers to a higher level o...

 Congratulations Mercedes!

Congratulations to Mercedes Sloane for moving from 27th to 9th in the 800 Free at the Los Angeles Grand Prix finishing with a big best time of 8:51.96 . This is Mercedes first time at this level of ...

 Keyano's Youth Recognition Swimmers

There are 20 Keyano swimmers who made the Youth Recognition List at A Provincials this past weekend! The list is created to rank swimmers in the top 1, top 5, top 10 and top 25 in the province. As a...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers are at it again this Thursday to Sunday at the Los Angeles Grand Prix at the University of Southern California, the site of the 1984 Olympic Games. This Senior meet with over 1100 s...

 Keyano Kicks Off The Summer Race Season in Style!

The Bears kicked off their Summer season in fine fashion over the Canada Day long weekend, where a team of 59 swimmers took to the water against the best the Province had to offer. The competition to...

 More Details From Day 3 at Provincials

More news from Provincials, Congratulations to Lili Margitai who broke the 11-12 girls club record in the 50 Fly (LCM) in a time of 30.64.

 News Flash: Keyano Wins 14 & Under Provincials!!!!

Keyano Members: Your Keyano swimmers are the 2010 Alberta Provincial 14 & under long course CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!! Great job swimmers! The score break down is as follows Over All Edmonton Keyano Swim Clu...

 Team Scoring Update after Day 3

Team Scoring Update after Day 3 at Alberta Senior and Age Group Provincials 14 & Under Girls - Team Scores Edmonton Keyano Swim Club 1,748.50 Olympian Swim Club 1,270 Cascade Swim Club 1,181.50 Un...

 Provincials Day 3 Report

Hello Keyano Members, As day 3 of the Speedo Alberta Provincial Championship wraps up, the Bears continued their assault on the points table. After topping yesterday's points table on the age group...

 Rachel Maradyn Swims to a Gold Medal and Her First Western Qualifying Time!

Congratulations to Rachel Maradyn on her gold medal performance in the 11-12 girls 200 Fly tonight! Rachel is a very hard worker and her commitment to swimming is second to none. She has missed on...

 Mid Point Report - AB Provincials

At the mid-point of the Swim Alberta Age Group and Senior Provincials the Keyano swimmers are showing some great results. We have seen NAG & Provincial records broken, new Western Champs and Age Na...

 Lots of Bears on Deck!

The Alberta LC Senior and Age Group Provincials takes place this Friday to Monday at the Kinsmen Aquatic Centre. Keyano has 59 swimmers competing at this year's meet, which is a significant improve...

 Bears Across the Border

Bears Across the Border This weekend four Keyano Bears went to the Missoula Aquatic Club Firecracker Classic in Montana and expanded Bear Country. The swimmers competed across the border and enjoyed...

 Bears on Deck!

Seven young Bear swimmers are off to the Missoula Aquatic Club's Firecracker Invitational this Friday to Sunday in Missoula, Montana. This is a great meet for our up and coming swimmers and a chance f...

 Fierce Growl at AB Age Group Trials

This past weekend 11 of Keyano's finest up and coming swimmers competed at AB Age Group Trials in Lethbridge. The team swam very well and 7 of our Bears qualfied for AB Prov. Champs! Dino Neimarli...

 Bears on Deck!

For the third time in the last few weeks EKSC swimmers are competing in two meets this week. First up is the Santa Clara International Grand Prix in California where Lauren Gillespie will dive off the...

 Red Deer - No Freeze all Fry !!!!

The Bears had a very successful weekend in Red Deer at the Freeze or Fry Invitational. The coaches, swimmers, and parents were all very grateful that this year was a FRY year instead of the past thre...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano swimmers are off the blocks again this weekend in two meets. First up is the Mission Viejo Nadadores Swim Meet of Champions where Lauren Gillespie will test herself in her first LC meet of th...

 Cascade Meet Allows Bears to Test Themselves

Cascade International Allows Bears to Test Themselves Swimmers Undeterred by Tough Situation Last week swimmers from National Select, Age group Elite and Age Group Select departed Wednesday from Ed...

 10 and UNDER a huge success!!

The final 10 and under series has completed with great success for all Keyano Swimmers. Through out the 5 meet series keyano swimmers had 100 % improvement in either time or stroke technique. Well d...

 Congrats Jennifer and Mercedes!

Congratulations to Jennifer Morgan and Mercedes Sloane for being selected to the Swim Alberta - British Youth Nationals 16&Under Tour competing in Sheffield, GBR August 3 to 7, 2010. The girls were...

 Distance Swimmers to Train at Altitude

Kier Maitland, Mercedes Sloane, Devon Bibault and Molly Grove leave for Flagstaff, AZ for an 18 day training camp at Northern Arizona University. Coach Price who has much experience training swimmers...

 Coach Mandy off to the Amazon!

Hello Keyano Members, This week I will be leaving on a 3-week volunteer program in the Amazon with an organization called Volunteer Eco Students Abroad (VESA). The volunteering consists of buildin...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers will be racing at two meets this week. First up is the Cascade Swimming International where twenty-four EKSC Swimmers will compete. This three day competition runs from Thursday to S...

 Zajac Meet Report

Well done Bears at the Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet this weekend! The team placed 8 th out of 35 scoring teams. Congratulations to Kier Maitland, Mercedes Sloane, Fionnuala Pierse, Jen...

 Silver Cup Report

The Bears took to the pool for the SIlver Cup LC and stepped up once again!!!!. With only a month left in the season before the Championship meets, the team had numerous best times and put in a gre...

 Bears on Deck! x 2

EKSC Swimmers will be competing at two meets this weekend. First up is the Mel Zajac Jr. International hosted by the Pacific Dolphins Swim Club at UBC in Vancouver, BC. This Canadian Grand Prix will...

 HYACK Meet Report

Keyano Members, Over the weekend of May 20-23, a 23 member squad of Keyano swimmers attended the Hyack Youth Cup, the meet plays host to teams from across Canada and the US. The meet attracts great c...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers will be competing at the Hyack May Festival Youth Cup 2010 in New Westminster, BC this Fri to Sun. We expect great results from the 22 Bear swimmers entered in the meet. For results...

 Final Vorgee Meet a Big Success

Congratulations to all 70 Bears who competed at the final Vorgee meet this past weekend! Over two afternoons these swimmers competed against two teams from Sherwood Park and a team from Beaumont. ...

 Inaugural Vorgee Record Breaker Program a Success!

Keyano Members, In November the EKSC Staff announced the debut of a new program that partnered with Vorgee; designed to impress upon it's swimmers, the need and the virtue of breaking club records, ...

 Great Job Bears! Report EKI 2010

WELL DONE BEARS! EKI 2010 proved to be a great meet for Keyano in and out of the pool. The meet produced a total of seven Meet Records and five Provincial Records. Keyano swimmers stepped up...

 Congratulations Mercedes Sloane!

Congratulations to Mercedes Sloane for being the first receipient of the ASC Keyano Grizzly Award. Well done to all the swimmers that applied for this award as there were many deserving candidates....

 Congratulations Lili Margatai!

Congratulations to Lili Margatai for breaking Janna Promislow's 26 year old Provincial and Club record in the 11&12 Girl's LC 200 Free tonight at EKI! Lili swam 2:11.84 Great job Lili!

 Bears on Deck!

Fourty-eight top Keyano swimmers will be in action at the Edmonton Keyano Invitational Thursday though Sunday. The club is hosting 350 swimmers from across Canada so the meet should prove to be f...

 10u Series #4 Report

OSC 10&Under #4: The fourth meet of the ten and under series was a huge success. Our young Keyano Bears had a real presence on deck: cheering and supporting team mates at the marshalling area, winni...

 Congratulations Mercedes Sloane!

Congratulations to Mercedes Sloane for being the first recipient of the Esquire Swimmer Bursary Award as presented by Swim Alberta. Thanks to Esquire and James Hood from Swim Alberta for selecting Me...

 Western All-Star Meet Report

Hello Keyano Members, Three Keyano swimmers were in action between the 15th and the 18th of April in Kamloops. Hannah Lantz, Alisia Saroukian & Chelsea Chan were selected off the short course provinci...

 Congratulations to Mercedes & Fionnuala!

Congratulations to Fionnuala Pierse and Mercedes Sloane for being selected to the 2010 SNC Short Course "ID Team". Fionnuala was selected for the 17 year old girls 400 Free Relay and Mercedes was sel...

 Penguin Novice Series Report

Penguin Novice Meet #3 Report Well it was a good morning of racing and even better for achieving best times! The Bears showed up prepared and ready to race and did an amazing job of racing all of th...

 EKSC Swimmers selected to the NACC!

Congratulations to the following EKSC swimmers for being selected to the North American Challenge Cup! Selection was based on their short course performances between September 1, 2009 and March 31, 2...

 Florida Camp Final Report

Hello Members, Our swimmers returned to Edmonton April 5th after a terrific 12 day camp in Fort Lauderdale, FL. We left Edmonton with 3 goals to complete before returning; 1) become faster and fitt...

 Welcome Saskatoon Goldfins!

Welcome to 15 swimmers and Goldfin Head Age Group Coach Tim Smith! The Saskatoon Goldfins group will be swimming with Age Group Select and Coach Brad over the next week. This is a great opportunit...

 Extraordinary General Meeting

Attention ALL members of the Edmonton Keyano Swim Club. In accordance of Article 5.2 (b) of our Bylaws, I convene an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING on April 21, 2010. This meeting is open to all me...

 Pan Pac Trials Report

Keyano swimmers took another big step forward as a team at the Pan Pac Trials in Montreal this week. The team goal going was to have everyone score and that goal was accomplished. Nine swimm...

 Report from Florida

Hello Keyano Members! As most of you are enjoying your spring break in one form or another, we thought a report on how the kids were doing in Florida was a great idea, as no doubt, your kids will ...

 Bears on Deck!

Nine Keyano Swimmers will be racing at the Spring Nationals/Pan Pac Trials in Montreal, March 31 to April 4. Swimmers representing the team are; Kier Maitland Fionnuala Pierse Nick Kostiuk (First Sen...

 The ASC Keyano Grizzly Award

The ASC ( Alberta Surgical Centre) Keyano Grizzly Award In association with the Alberta Surgical Centre (ASC), the Edmonton Keyano Swim Club (EKSC) is pleased to announce the ASC Keyano Grizzly...

 Clarification on Suit Rule

Hello Members, Swimming Canada has clarified their position to us on the suits: Suits appearing on the 2010 FINA list, in their older models are legal to race in. Please be aware, that when racing ...

 Dino Cup Report

At Dino Cup in Calgary this past weekend, nine of our 10&Under Keyano Bears competed hard and swam amazingly. The University of Calgary pool was packed with just over 200 10&Under swimmers from across...

 Bear on Deck!

Kier Maitland gets off the blocks this Thursday to Saturday at the Men's NCAA Division 1 Swimming and Diving Champs in Columbus, Ohio. Good luck to Kier as he competes in the 500 and 1650 Free. For...

 Swim Alberta 11-12 Camp and Duel Meet Report

This past weekend 9 Bears participated in the Swim Alberta 11-12 North South camp. The weekend opened with a team lunch and a discussion with CIS breaststroke champion Jason Block. The swimmers th...

 Congratulations Jason Chugh

Congratulations Jason Chugh for being named as an Alberta Staff Coach for the "Best of the West" Team tour competing in Kamloops, B.C. in mid April. Well done!

 Bears on Deck!

Ten of our top young up and coming swimmers are off to Calgary to compete in the Dino Cup this weekend. This 10&Under meet showcases some of the best 10&Unders in the Province and will be a good measu...

 Double Double Report

Well done to the swimmers at Double Double this weekend. It was great to see Keyano swimmers get off the blocks LC soon after the SC Championship season. Swimmers were able to race in events for...

 Mini Cooper Car Raffle Update

The draw date for the Mini Cooper has been moved to the EKI weekend (April 30 - May 2, 2010). Thanks you to all who supported this worthwhile fundraising project. GOOD LUCK!!

 The Swimming Culture by Dr. Cam McGinnis

THE SWIMMING CULTURE At the recent Age Group Championships, during a session where I was timing and turn judging, I had the pleasure of sharing timing duties with a new swim parent from Calgary. He...

 Congratulations Greg Farmer and Coach Brad

Congratulations to Greg Farmer for being selected to the North/South Dual Meet Team. Also, to Coach Brad MacCallum for being selected as a staff coach. Well done!

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers will be in action this weekend at the first LC meet of the season. The OSC Double Double will take place at KSC Saturday afternoon and two sessions on Sunday. Over 90 Keyano swimmers ...

 Alberta Age Group Champs Report (updated)

Bears in Action at the Alberta Age Group SC Provincials A team of 32 Keyano swimmers aged 14 & under, took to the pool over the weekend of March 4, 5 & 6 against the best that the province had to of...

 Keyano's 14 & unders set a strong standard!

Keyano's 14 & unders set a strong standard! On day 2 of the Alberta short course provincials, bears of all ages hit the blocks in night 2 of finals. A complete report will follow Monday, but suffice...

 Bears on Deck!

32 of the top 14&Under Keyano swimmers will be in action at the Alberta Age Group Championships at KSC this weekend hosted by EKSC. All EKSC members will be involved in this meet and we are looking fo...

 Bears Growl at Age Group Trials - Day 3

The third and final day was our best day qualifying another three swimmers into the Age Group Championships. Well done swimmers. At finals on Sunday the kids got up and swam tough, fighting for spots ...

 Well Done Kier Maitland and Lara Sreibers

Six-Peat Rebels! UNLV wins a sixth straight MWC Championship after dominating the final night of competition. Kier Maitland claimed the 1650 free title on Saturday night on his way to being name...

 BEARS GROWL - DAY 2

Age Group Provincials Day 2 was long but the team had some great swims in the morning and returned to fight again for medals in the evening. Keyano was well represented in tonight's finals and we came...

 BEARS GROWL!!!

DAY 1 of Age Group Trials has begun with a growl!!! Keyano walked into the Provincials ready to go. It was great to see that we were the only team that seem to do activation all together before we ...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers will be in action at two meets this week and weekend. Twenty-seven of our finest up and coming swimmers will compete at Millennium Place in Sherwood Park at the 2010 Alberta Age Group ...

 Canadian Western Champs Report

Keyano Swimmers just came off a very successful meet at the Canadian Western Championships in Saskatoon . Nineteen swimmers represented EKSC and pulled together as a team to produce some of the...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers will be in action this weekend at the first of the Short Course Championship Meets. Buoyed by the inspiring Gold Medal performance by Alex Bilodeau on Sunday, I know they will rise u...

 Vorgee Meet Report

The Bears stood up and raced well at the Vorgee Novice Series #3 on Friday, February 14th. It was exciting to see our swimmers support one another and swim fast with just a few weeks to go until Alb...

 Bears On Deck!

FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE RACES! Close to 70 Keyano swimmers will compete this Friday night at the Vorgee Series #3 Novice Meet at Bonnie Doon Pool. Come out, show your support and help at the meet. GO B...

 Black and Blue Report

Congratulations to the 24 swimmers who competed in Okotoks this past weekend. It was a great meet and the Bears continued to race very well against their competitors from southern Alberta. Our 12...

 Bears on Deck!

24 Keyano swimmers will be representing the team at the Foot Hills Swim Club, Black and Blue Invite in Okotoks this Saturday and Sunday. This is a prep meet for the upcoming Provincial A&B Champs and...

 Alberta Senior Champs Report

Well done to the following girls at the Alberta Senior Champs this weekend in Medicine Hat. Devon Bibault - Silver 200 Fly, Bronze 400 MR PB - 200 Free, 200 IM Mercedes Sloane - Bronze 400 Fre...

 Penguin Meet Report

Keyano went with a small group to the Penguin Mmeet and showed up ready to swim!! It was a quck meet of sprinting and a 200 IM with great swims by all who attended. Kids looked ready to go as they ge...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers will be competing at two meets this weekend. Twelve kids from the Satellite pools will compete at the Penguin's Novice Series #2 at Grant MacEwan on Saturday. These swimmers are vyin...

 Good Luck Nicole & Welcome Mandy!

Attention Keyano Members, Coach Nicole Gurney will no longer be with EKSC after January 31st. Nicole starts student/teaching at St. Mary?s Elementary, the school of her choice, February 1st. ...

 OSC 10&Under #3 Series Report

10&Under Series #3 Well, we are at the half way mark of the 10&Under Series and the Bears are getting faster and faster. This past meet saw a lot of improvements in best times, and we also have been...

 Congratulations Jason Chugh!

Well done Jason! Swimming Canada Announces Coach Mentorship Recipients for 2010 January, 26, 2010 OTTAWA - Swimming Canada announced today the names of the five recipients of the domestic coaching ...

 Bears in Action at CDSC

Bears in action in Vancouver: After a week end of tough racing at the Blue Bears invitational, a small contingent of bears were in action in Vancouver this past weekend. The CDSC meet has serve...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano swimmers will be competing at the Canadian Dolphin's New Years Invitational this weekend in Vancouver. This is a last chance meet to qualify for Western Champs so we expect good things from th...

 Bears In Action At Blue Bears

Bears In Action At Blue Bears Over the weekend of January 15 th , The Bears were in action at the annual Blue Bear meet. Keyano fielded its largest team in years, with over 100 swimmers in the me...

 New Senior Development & Masters Coach (update)

Braiden Beamish will be taking over the duties as Senior Development and Masters Coach on Monday, Jan 18 for the remainder of the season. Erin Sutherland has done a great job in the interim but found...

 Gibson and Whidney Shine

Congratulations to Cheryl Gibson for being inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. Click here for more information. Cheryl will be a torchbearer for the Olympic Torch Relay in downtown Edmonton...

 Price & Sloane in Yellowknife, NWT

Head Coach Steve Price and Mercedes Sloane have been invited to put on a swimming clinic for the Yellowknife Polar Bears Swim Club this weekend. The three day clinic aimed at swimmers from Alberta "B...

 Christmas Camp Report

The Christmas Camp went very well for the EKSC swimmers that attended and proved again a great opportunity for the swimmers to move their fitness, speed and technical ability forward over the week. ...

 PCS Christmas Cracker Final Report

Congrats to all the swimmers who competed at this meet. Below is a brief outline of each swimmer's highlights. Noor Ali - 13th in the 100 fly and 1500 fr. 14th 50 fly and 200 fly Lauren Becker - 11...

 Cascade Age Group Challenge Report

Great job to all Keyano swimmers that attended Cascade Age Group Challenge this past weekend! Almost all of our swimmers took off large chunks of time in their races and many swam new events for the f...

 PCS Christmas Cracker Day 3 Report

PCS Christmas Cracker Day 3 Report: Day 3 saw the bears racing hard in the morning qualify the greatest number of finals of the week-end. The morning session went extremely well, with best times had...

 PCS Christmas Cracker Day 2 Report

Keyano raced very well on Day 2 of the PCS meet in Victoria. The team now sits in third overall and stands as the top ranked Alberta team. Alot of really fast swimming was done on day 2. Special ...

 VORGEE NOVICE MEET #2 ROCKS

Well it is great to see that we had such a great turn out for the Vorgee Novice Meet #2, and there were a lot of amazing swims to prove it. The Bears showed up ready to race and proved their readiness...

 PCS Christmas Cracker Day 1 Report

PCS, Victoria, Meet Report Day 1 A contingent of bears in action in Victoria put on a good showing on day one. 2 meet records were broken and two club records. The kids raced hard to a second plac...

 Bears Everywhere!

This week Keyano Swimmers are competing at four competitions. The Satellite and some Select 2 swimmers will compete at the EKSC Vorgee Novice Meet # 2 this Friday at Bonnie Doon Pool. The Cascade A...

 JP Fiset Report

Well done Keyano Swimmers on four days of quality racing at the JP Fiset Meet! Countless best performances were posted, club records broken, podium finishes, and new qualifying times achieved at a ...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers will be in action this Thursday to Sunday at the OSC - JP Fiset Invitational at our home pool, Kinsmen Sport Centre. We expect to see lots of best performances, podium results and a s...

 10&Under Series #2 Report

The OSC #2 Novice Series was held this past Sunday at the Fountain Park Pool in St. Albert. The Keyano Bears came out with a roar and had many top place finishes as well as lots of best times! Congrat...

 Volunteers needed for JP Fiset and 10 and under series

The Olympian Swim Club is looking for help on deck. If you have a swimmer attending JP Fiset or the 10 and under series , and have not yet signed up to volunteer, please do so. It is a part ...

 Bears on Deck!

Molly Grove and Lauren Gillespie will compete this weekend in the University Cup at the University of Toronto and the Canada Cup at the Etobicoke Olympian. Molly will represent UBC and EKSC and Laure...

 Kier in Texas!

Kier Maitland is competing this weekend at the University of Houston Invite with his college team the University of Nevada Las Vegas Rebels. Kier won the 500 Free on Friday under the NCAA "B" standard...

 Awards Banquet a success!

Thank you very much to Ruth Folk and her organizing committee for putting on a fantastic EKSC Awards Banquet at the Royal Mayfair Golf & Country Club. It was great to see over 110 members come out to...

 BEARS GROWL at POPPY MEET

The Bears rocked two days in their own stomping grounds this past weekend.!!!! Many kids form every group stood up and swam hard this weekend, across the board were best times and qualifiyng times. Al...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano swimmers will be competing at the STSC Poppy Invite this weekend at KSC. For results click here. Go Bears!

 Cascade Speed Meet Results

Cascade Speed Meet Report: November 7 th & 8 th the Bears were in action in Calgary, the annual Speed Meet plays host to some of the best clubs in Alberta. After getting off to a roaring star...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers will be in action at the Cascade Speed Meet this weekend in Calgary. EKSC swimmers will compete in the Blue Meet. Click here for the psych sheets. Molly Grove, Lauren Gillespie and ...

 Bear on Deck!

This weekend Kier Maitland and Lara Sreibers were on deck at dual meets against BYU and Utah. For results click here. Molly Grove competed at the BC Senior Circuit. For results click here. Go Be...

 Saskatoon Meet Report

Saskatoon Meet Report Over the week end of October 22, the Bears were in action in Saskatoon. Although we entered the meet with specific individual goals, as a team we set a goal to win the meet. ...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano swimmers will be competing at the Saskatoon Goldfins Invitational this weekend at the new aquatic center and home of the Western Champs in February 2010. Results can be found here. Go Bears!

 10 Under Series #1 Report

Keyano is in the house!!!!! we were all impressed with the great swimming we saw at the first 10 and Under series meet. It is a great meet for beginner swimmers, although we didnt look like beginner...

 Oktoberfest Report

The Oktoberfest, in its new format, was a success. Although the meet started late due to some technical difficulties, it ran as planned. There were many best times posted by the younger swimmers...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano swimmers are racing this weekend at local meets. First the Oktoberfest hosted by ESKC and the OSC 10&Under Series at Fountain Park. Go Bears!

 Timers clinic

For those members wishing to get their "official timer" qualifications, please click on the timer?s hand and it will take you to swim ab for the online course . Once finished the test, let Julianne ...

 Swim Alberta Youth Recognition and Top 5 Rankings

Attention Keyano Members, Please see the following links for the Swim Alberta LC Youth Recognition Recipients and the updated Top 5 Provincial Rankings. Youth Recognition Top 5 Rankings

 Fionnuala Pierse to compete at Canada Games this week

Fionnuala Pierse will represent EKSC as part of Team Alberta at the Canada Games in Charolettetown, PEI, Aug 24-28. Team Alberta will be out to win the meet against tough provinces like B.C., Ontario...

 Provincial Rankings

Please see the following links for the latest Provincial Rankings. Youth Recognition Top 5 Age Group Rankings FINA Top 24 Rankings

 Molly Grove wins Kilkee Bay swim in Irleand

Congratulations to Molly Grove for winning the 1.5 Km Open Water Kilkee Bay swim in Ireland. Molly is in Limerick visiting Fionna Doyle and her family. Well done Molly!

 Day 3 - North American Challenge Cup

On day 3 of the NACC Keyano?s Lili Margitai continued to swim very well. In addition to a relay spot and the 50 free Lili also swam the 200 im. During heats she recorded a personal best of 2:38....

 Day 2 North American Challenge Cup

EKSC swimmer Lili Margitai continued to represent her club and country very well on Day 2 of the NACC. Team Canada's youngest member swam to a 13th place finish in the 100 freestyle and a 10th pl...

 Day 1 - North American Challenge Cup

Congratulations to Lili Margitai who swam to a personal best of 2:15.89 in the prelims of girls 11-12 200fr at the NACC meet in California. Lili qualified for the final and placed 7th. She is Team ...

 Far Westerns Day 4 & 5 Report.

Far Westerns Report day 4 & 5: Now that the meet has wrapped up, the times are all posted, its all said and done: Congrats to all the bears in action this past week. Day 4 did have a lot of activit...

 Kier and Lili on Deck!

Kier Maitland competes at the Tri-Nations Cup in London this weekend in the 1500 Free. The results of the meet can be found here . Next week he competes in the British SC Grand Prix and those resu...

 Far Westerns Day 3 Report.

Far Westerns Day 3 Report Before getting to the details of day. As a group of Keyano members, made up of coaches, swimmers & parents, the collaboration from all involved has been exceptional. A spec...

 Far Westerns Day 2 Report.

Far Westerns Report Day 2 As day 2 wraps up, some details from yesterday and today Ommitted from yesterdays results were these 1500 placings: Devon Bibault - 1st Claire Yurkovitch - 3rd Tanner Haffer ...

 Far Westerns Day 1 Report.

Far Westerns Day 1 Report: Far Westerns kicked off today, with 1400 swimmers attending, there is some good competition here. Unfortunetly, Live Results are not available, as such, we will do our b...

 Bears on Deck!

Fionnuala Pierse and Molly Grove are competing this week at the British Youth and Open Championships in Sheffield, GBR. For results Click Here . Keyano Swimmers start competing this Wednesday throu...

 AGE GROUP NATIONALS REPORT

Age Group Nationals Report The week following World Championship Trials, three Keyano swimmers stayed back in Montreal for Age Group Nationals, a competition playing host to 1600 of the best age gro...

 Where are the Bears this Summer?

Where are the Bears this summer? With the end of the swim season coming up in August, Keyano swimmers will be spread out and competing around the world. First up is Age Group Nationals in Montreal ...

 World Trials Report Day 3 & 4 - Final

Day 3 and 4 of the World Championships Trials continued to be a success for Keyano swimmers. Day 3 saw Erin McDermott swim to her first National cut in the 100 Fly LC with a 1:04.12. Molly Grove and...

 World Trials Day 1 & 2 Report

Keyano Swimmers have shown they are on their game with great results in Montreal over the first two days of the World Championship Trials. The team is sitting at over 82% best times with two top 8 f...

 Bears on Deck in Montreal!

The World Championship Trials will be held in Montreal from July 8 to 11. EKSC will be represented by the following swimmers. Lydia Schramm Molly Grove Patricia Pierse Mercedes Sloane Erin McDermott ...

 Keyano Swimmers Shine In Calgary

Keyano Swimmers Shine In Calgary The swimmers from the Edmonton Keyano swim club were in action in the last days of June competing at the Alberta Age Group and Senior Provincials at the Talisman C...

 Firecracker Invite Report

Hey Everyone, Well we are all finally back in the City of Champions with our Montana meet now behind us, but we enjoyed every bit of it. Each swimmer walked away with at least two medals and three r...

 Bears In Montana - Day 1

Hello from Montana! Well we had a long drive yesterday, but woke up today refreshed and ready to go. We had Akesha swimming the 200 I.M. and Alec swimming his first 1500 free. Both of them swam ...

 Bears on Deck in Calgary!

The Keyano Swim Club has 44 swimmers representing the team this weekend at the Alberta Age Group & Senior LC Provincial Championships in Calgary . This is our biggest team in some time and is ...

 Bears on Deck in Montana

Good Luck to the Keyano swimmers heading to Montana this weekend to compete in the Firecracker Classic. Akesha Minifee-Cox Eric Bilan Alec Bilan Vanessa Pinel GO BEARS!! Coach Brad

 Santa Clara International Report

The Santa Clara International proved to be a very fast meet with the quality of performances posted by the various Olympic Medalists and World Record holders in prep for the World Championships in Jul...

 Age Group Trials Report

The Bears came to swim!!!! Last weekend we travelled to Calgary and came together as a team. Throughout the weekend we saw alot of stand up and fight swims from everyone on the team and it was great t...

 Bears on Deck

Good luck to all our swimmers on the Age Group Trials team heading to Calgary today. Swim fast in the morning and make that second swim in finals! Keep up with the action...live results can be fou...

 Welcome Silver Tide Swimmers

Thursday, June 11 to Saturday, June 13 a group of 12 and under swimmers from Silver Tide SC will be swimming with the Age Group Selects. We had a great practice Thursday evening together and all th...

 Cascade Meet Report

A good showing by our swimmers this past weekend at the Cascade Meet in Calgary. Many swimmers competed in multiple finals and recorded best ever times. GO BEARS!!! Here are some of the highlights...

 Bears on Deck!

Kier Maitland and Lauren Gillespie are attending the Santa Clara International Swim Meet this weekend in California. This prestigious meet will see some of the biggest names in the sport compete in p...

 10&Under Series 5 Report

Congratulations to all our Bears who competed in the final meet in the 10 & Under Series! There has been a marked improvement in our swimmers? performances over the course of the Series meets. I have ...

 Freeze or Fry Report

Excellent Job to all Keyano swimmers on their performances at Freeze or Fry this past weekend in Red Deer! Although this meet was more of a freeze than a fry, our club showed resilience and a willingn...

 Bears all over the Deck!

This weekend there are Keyano swimmers competing at three different meets around the province. The Calgary Cascade Swimming International - Real Time Results can be found here. The Red Deer Catali...

 Bears Growl at Silver Cup

Congratulations to all Keyano swimmers on their performances at Silver Cup! Our swimmers raced really well and showed huge improvements in technique. Many of our swimmers swam 100% best times. We...

 Team Aquatic Supplies Youth Recognition Recipients

The Team Aquatic Supplies Youth Recognition Recipients for the 2008/09 Short Course Season have been posted on the Swim Alberta website. Well done to Keyano swimmers that made the standards. We expect...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano swimmers will be in action this weekend at the Silver Cup Invitational hosted by the Silvertide Swim Club. Real time results and meet start times can be found here. Please look under "Events...

 Keyano Swimmers very successful in Vancouver!

The week in Vancouver was very successful with the Keyano program taking another step forward. Molly Grove and Mercedes Sloane had the opportunity to train with Olympic Gold Medalist, Bronte Barrett a...

 Bears on Deck!

Kier Maitland will lead a strong group of Keyano swimmers attending the Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet this Fri through Sun, at the UBC Aquatic Centre in Vancouver, B.C. The meet boasts World ...

 Keyano swimmers were in action over the May long week-end in New Westminster at

Hyack Report Keyano swimmers were in action over the May long week-end in New Westminster at the storied Hyack Youth Cup. We traveled to the meet with a small contingent, only 17 swimmers from 10-16...

 Update from Hyack Meet

Hi from Hyack!!! There were some good swims today at the Hyack Meet! Coach Jay and I are excited about how our swimmers performed on the first day of the meet. Many of the results have not been pos...

 May's BearTracker Newsletter!

Check out May's Beartracker Newsletter now: click here for a good read.

 EKI Coaches Report

Congratulations to Keyano Swimmers and Coaches for a job well done at the 30th Anniversary Edmonton Keyano International Swim Meet. EKSC finished third in the meet, 7 points behind second place OSC. ...

 Swim Alberta Top 5 SC Rankings

Congratulations to all Keyano swimmers that ranked top 5 in their age group for the short course season. I would like to see more swimmers ranked in the top 5, in more events, this spring and summer. ...

 Bear on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers will be competing at our flagship meet this weekend at the Kinsmen Sport Centre. This is the 30th Annual Edmonton Keyano International and we look forward to some fast racing! Please ...

 Congratulations to Annamay Pierse!

Congratulations from EKSC to Annamay Pierse for winning the CIS Female Athlete of the Year for 2008/09. Click here to read more . Well done Annamay!

 13-14 Alberta/B.C. Dual Meet Report

This past weekend Mercedes Sloane, Chelsea Chan, Samantha Dimma and Sabra Starman represented Alberta at the Alberta/B.C. Dual Meet and Camp in Kamloops, B.C. 64 swimmers from both provinces came toge...

 Double Double Success

This past weekend our swimmers competed very well at the OSC Double Double meet. EKSC had many great swims and a large number of swimmers in finals! Our swimmers showed a real improvement in not o...

 Florida Training Camp Report

The training camp in Fort Lauderdale March 30 to April 9, for swimmers in the Age Elite and National Select Groups was a great success. The theme of the camp was to train and play hard! The kids that ...

 Cascade Camp

April 16-18 a small group of swimmers from Keyano visited Cascade for a three day mini camp. This was a unique opportunity for our swimmers to practice with many of the top age group swimmers in Al...

 AB North/South Dual Meet Report

This past weekend many of Keyano's Age Group Select swimmers participated in the Swim Alberta North-South Duel Meet and Camp. The following Keyano swimmers were selected for this unique opportunity to...

 Congratulations Lili Margitai!

This past weekend Swim Canada informed us that one of our young swimmers was selected to join a Canadian National Team heading to Veracruz, Mexico in August 2009. Congratulations to Lili Margitai who...

 Swim-a-thon April 22

Swim ? A ? Thon Prizes !!! Top Collector PRIZE from each group: $50.00 gift card Top 3 overall collectors PRIZES are: # 1 $200.00 Gift Card ...

 Dino Cup Report

Congratulations to: Micheal Antifaoff Ysannah, Avient-Lario Gabriella Belony Alec Bilan Eric Bilan Victoria Caldwell James Church Madeline Durocher Karah Folk MacKenzie Hempel Aliesha Meagher Emily Mi...

 Alberta Age Group Championships Report 2009

Congratulations to all our Keyano Swimmers who competed at the 2009 Alberta Age Group Championships this past weekend in Calgary. Our team was much improved in overall performance at the meet. He...

 Congratulations Keyano Swimmers!

Congratulations to the following Keyano swimmers for qualifying for the various Swim Alberta Tour Teams this spring and summer! Canada Games Fionnuala Pierse Alberta/B.C. Dual Meet Mercedes Sloane Che...

 Kier Maitland to Compete at NCAA's

Kier Maitland will be competing at his first NCAA Div 1 Men's Swimming & Diving Championships this week. The meet is in College Station, Texas and runs from March 26-28. Kier will compete in the 500 ...

 Bears on Deck!

This weekend there are 28 Keyano swimmers representing the club at the Speedo Alberta Age Group Provincial Championships in Calgary. This is the last Championship meet of the SC season, and we are lo...

 Spring Nationals Report

The Canadian Short Course Nationals in Toronto was an exciting meet with many Senior National and Age Group National records broken. Of course the highlight of the meet was Annamay Pierse breaking the...

 Bears on Deck!

Molly Grove, Fionnuala Pierse and Grainne Pierse will be competing at Spring Nationals, March 11-15 at the University of Toronto. Lauren Gillespie, representing Uof A, will also be competing. For res...

 Congratulations Kier Maitland!

Congratulations to Kier Maitland for his record setting performances at the Mountain West Swimming and Diving Championships this weekend. Kier won the 500 Free, 1650 Free and ...

 Kier Maitland Competes in Oklahoma

Kier Maitland will compete today through Saturday at the Mountain West Conference Swimming Championships in Oklahoma City. Story from the UNLV Rebels website The UNLV men?s and women?s swimming and d...

 AB Trials Report

Congratulations to Rebecca Campbell, Rebecca Carrick, Jaycee Conroy, Claire Grehan, Tess Hafer, Lexi Saldivar, Lydia Woo, Mychaela Zack, Noor Ali, Grahamn Campbell and Lucas Green for their efforts at...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers will be competing at the Speedo Alberta Senior Provincial Champs (15 & Over swimmers) this weekend in Medicine Hat. You can fine the results here . Good luck and go Bears!

 Five Sisters = 14 records!

Five Sisters = 14 records! It?s official; all five Pierse sisters are now holders of EKSC Club Records. Grainne Pierse is the latest to add her name to the club record book with her swim in the 50...

 Congratulations Lauren and Grainne!

Congratulations to Lauren Gillespie (UofA) and Grainne Pierse (UBC) for their outstanding results at the CIS University Swimming Championships this weekend at the University of British Columbia. B...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers are competing this weekend at the AB Age Group Trials at Millennium Place in Sherwood Park. This is the last meet for swimmers to qualify for AB Age Group Champs at the end of March...

 Updated Team Records

Please go to the "Team Info" tab to view the updated Team Records. Congratulations to Molly Grove for breaking her own record in the 1500 Freestyle for girls 15-17 and to Patricia Pierse for her recor...

 Western Champs Report

Four days of racing saw some much improved performances from Keyano Swimmers at the Speedo Western Canadian Champs. As a team we placed 12 th overall and 8 th in the Women?s category. Last season in...

 Bright Future in Edmonton Pools

Please go to this link to read a story on Molly Grove, Deanna Mathews and Lori Layne Kremer in today's Edmonton Journal. Click here to read.

 Congratulations Molly Grove and all the Bear swimmers!

Congratulations Molly Grove and all the Bear swimmers! Bear swimmers had a great first night of racing with an impressive amount of personal best times and podium finishes. Molly Grove started the...

 Canadian Swimmers to hit the water this weekend at Speedo Western Champs

?Olympic Bronze Medallist Ryan Cochrane to headline Westerns" Ottawa, ON (February 11, 2009) ? Over 1200 swimmers will compete this weekend at the Speedo Eastern and Western Championships in Halifax...

 Bears on Deck at home in Edmonton!

Keyano Swimmers will be competing this week at Speedo Western Canadian Championships at the Kinsmen Sport Centre and at the Penguins Development Series 2 at UofA. Good luck to all EKSC swimmers. Go Be...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers will be competing this weekend at the University of Alberta at the Fast Eddies Sprint Invitational, hosted by the Penguin Swim Club. Go Bears!

 OSC 10&Under Report

OSC 10&Under Series Report It was a great meet for the 10 and under athletes of Keyano. Not only did we make an enormous amount of best times, we also stepped up and won multiple heats. It was great t...

 CDSC Invite Report & Other

Congratulations to Hayley Smith and Sabra Starman for qualifying for Western Champs at the Canadian Dolphin?s Invitational this weekend. Both girls made their cuts in the 400 IM and produced best tim...

 Bears on Deck in Vancouver!

Keyano Swimmers will be competing at the Canadian Dolphin New Years Invitational this weekend. Results and Psych Sheets can be found here. Click Here .

 Blue Bears Report

Congratulations to all Keyano swimmers who raced at Blue Bears this past weekend! I am very impressed with how well our team swam. Many of our swimmers had 100% best times! We also raced very well ...

 Welcome Coach Reid

Welcome to Coach Liz Reid from Belfast , Ireland ! Liz is here on a visitation and professional development opportunity to view the Keyano Swim Club and work with the coaches. Liz will travel w...

 Blue Bears Invitatonal: A Great Success

Congratulations to the organizing committee for a successful swim meet over the weekend. The Keyano parents worked extremely hard to produce a well run and effcient meet. A HUGE BEAR HUG and thank ...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers will be competing at the Blue Bears Invitational and the University of Alberta's Green and Gold Meet this weekend. You can find results for the Blue Bears Meet on the club website. Go...

 Blue Bears Web Page is now live

All Blue Bears info is now available on the real time site: Blue Bears Check back often for late breaking news and during the meet for live results.

 Blue Bears Invitational Sign-Up

The sign up deadline for Blue Bears Officials has been changed to January 14, 2009. If your swimmer is competing in this meet you are requested to officiate 3 of the 5 sessions. Please go to the Job...

 Age Group Challenge - Report

The Cascade Age Group Challenge was a great success for Edmonton Keyano. Alec Bilan led the way with multiple medals, winning gold in the 50 BK, which also qualified him for Alberta Age Group Champ...

 Annual EKSC Awards Brunch Recipients

Congratulations to the following Keyano swimmers for winning awards for the 2007/08 season. Thank-you to Jitu King Meagher and her helpers for putting on an fantastic Awards Brunch! ...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano Swimmers will be in Calgary this weekend at the Cascade Age Group Challenge. To see their results please click here . Go Bears!

 PCS Christmas Cracker Report

The Pacific Coast Swim Club?s, Christmas Cracker Meet was a success for the Keyano Swimmers. Keyano swimmers were dominating in their age groups and came together well in support...

 Fionnuala Pierse - Global Athlete of the Week

Congratulations to Fionnuala Pierse for being named the "Global Athlete of the Week" for the week of Dec 9, 2008. Fionnuala was featured at her High School Swimming Championships last week. To watch F...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano swimmers will be racing at the Pacific Coast Swimming - Christmas Cracker Invitational Meet this weekend. Bear swimmers will be looking to improve their perfromaces from the JP Fiset Meet this ...

 Morgan Returns

Jen Morgan wrapped up her Toronto tour with success. Jen had this to say "It was a great experience and a very fast meet, I was happy with several swims and had a lot of fun." After fighting off a ...

 JP Fiset Report

Keyano swimmers stepped up at the JP Fiset Meet over the weekend and produced many personal best times and medal winning performances. The meet with over 800 swimmers was very competitive and Bear swi...

 Morgan in TO

Jen Morgan is in action this week-end on the other side of the country, at the North York Youth Cup competing with Team Alberta. You can keep up to date on how she id oing by clicking here Go JEN...

 Bears on Deck!

The JP Fiset Meet will be hosted at the Kinsmen Sport Centre from Thu to Sun this week. We have over 90 Bear swimmers in the meet and it should be a fast weekend of swimming! For live results and to ...

 OSC 10&Under Series #2 Report

Hello Parents and Swimmers, This past Sunday, our 10 & under swimmers successfully competed at the 10 & Under Series #2 meet at St. Albert. Many swimmers improved on their previous best times for t...

 Bears on Deck!

Lauren Gillespie, competing for the University of Alberta, will be racing at the Canada Cup in Toronto this weekend. To see Lauren's results, click here . Keyano swimmers will also be competing at ...

 Long Course Club Records are now online

All Club Long Course Records are now available on the Team Records Page!

 Bear Tracker Newsletter for November is now Available

The November 2008 edition of the Bear Tracker Newsletter is now available for download here . Thanks to Julianne Hafer for putting this together!

 Cascade Blue Meet Report

The Cascade Blue Meet was a success for Keyano swimmers with many best times posted. Bear swimmers are finding the podium more often and have become a much more competitive team in the province. This ...

 Poppy Meet Report

Hi Swimmers and Parents, This past weekend, our swimmers successfully competed at the Poppy Invitational swim meet at Kinsmen. We had many swimmers destroy their previous best times, achieve new Alb...

 Updated EKSC Short Course Club Records

Please go to the "Team Info" tab to see the updated EKSC SC Club Records. Congratulations to Lili Margitai for breaking the 10&Under Girls Club and Provincial SC Record the 200 Free and to Fionnual...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano swimmers will be competing at the Cascade Blue Meet and the Poppy Invitational this weeknd. Results for the Cascade Meet can be found here. http://www.cascadeswimming.com/2008SlinshotSpeedMeet....

 Bears Are On The Prowl!

The first Penguin Novice Series was a huge success for the Bears. We were the only team to start of with a group stretch, and before warm up we kicked things off with an excellent Keyano cheer! We had...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano swimmers are at the University of Alberta this Saturday competing at the Penguin's Novice Series Meet. Go Bears!

 Updated EKSC Short Course Club Records

Please go to the "Team Info" tab to see the updated EKSC SC Club Records. Congratulations to Lili Margitai for breaking the 10&Under Girls Club Records in the 400 Free and the 200 back at the Saskat...

 Bears rule the pool in the toon

Bears rule the pool in the toon There were bears on deck over the week end of October 24th. They took to the road Thursday morning for their first hit out of the season, a three and half day meet in...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano swimmers are in Saskatoon this weekend competing at the Saskatoon Goldfins Invitational. For results please go to http://goldfins.ideapoint.ca/ Go Bears!

 EKSC Masters/Triathlon Club Registration Now Open!

The New Edmonton Keyano Masters/Triathlon Club is now accepting registration for the upcoming season ! (Season Starts Nov. 1) Simply download the form below, fill it out, then bring it to the pool a...

 10&Under Series Report

The OSC 10& Under Series was an amazing start to the year of racing. Everything went well, Dev 3's were enjoying the swim meet, Dev 2's are starting to race, and Dev 1's are swimming faster and its aw...

 Oktoberfest Success!

Our first meet of the year was a great success. A huge thank you goes out to the officials, parents, swimmers and coaches for a fantastic team effort. A special thank you to all those ...

 EKSC Girls 10&U 200 m Freestyle Relay Breaks Provincial Record!

At the Octoberfest Meet this past Saturday, the EKSC Girls 10&U Relay broke the provincial record in the 200m Freestyle Relay, clocking in at a blistering 2:10.97, bettering the previous record of 2...

 Congratulations Molly Grove

Congratulations to Molly Grove for receiving the City of Edmonton?s Citation and Performance Award for her outstanding 5KM Open Water win in her age group at Age Nationals last summer. Mo...

 Congratulations Jennifer Morgan

Congratulations to Jennifer Morgan for being selected to the Swim Alberta Youth Tour Team that will compete at the Youth Cup in North York, Ontario in early December. This is the second sea...

 Edmonton Keyano Masters/Tri Club

Attention All Bear Swim Parents: The resurgence of the Edmonton Keyano Masters/Tri Club will begin on November 1, 2008 . We encourage you all to take part and swim with Coach Josh Hockin for fun,...

 Octoberfest Update

A reminder to parents and swimmers that there will be regular training on Saturday morning starting at 6:45AM in the program room. Be sure to check the event for the entry file. CAUTION: When wri...

 Location for Officials Clinics

The Level 1 and 2 Clinics will take place on the third level above the pool. Please meet at the Southeast corner on the main level at 4:50 pm on Wednesday, October 15th. There is still time to ...

 Officials Clinic Update

Attention all participants registered in the upcoming Officials Clinics: Please email Norma Lachance ( mathdva@hotmail.com ) which clinic you are attending (Level 1 Timing or Level Stroke/Turn) ...

 Provincial Stroke Camps

Congratulations to the following EKSC swimmers for being selected to the Swim Alberta Stroke Camps this fall and spring. Fall Camp - Fort McMurry Chelsea Chan Jennifer Morgann Spring Camp - ...

 Congratulations Kier Maitland

Congratulations to Kier Maitland for being named to Swimming Canada?s carded athlete?s list. Based on Kier?s performances last season he is the only swimmer from the Northern Region to be...

 Updated Meet & Event Schedule

The updated EKSC Meet & Event Schedule is now posted under the ?Team Info? tab. This is draft 3 and will be updated for meets and events runing from March to August 2009.

 Bingo Scoreboard Update to August 31st,2008

Please Note: Excessive Outstanding Bingos have been applied to member accounts Name Obligation at Sep 01/07 Carry forward Worked Sep 01-Dec/ 07 Worked Jan 08 Worked Feb, 08 Worked March N. R. Casino...

 Looking for a Car Pool? Try carpool.ca!

Families who would like to start carpooling to and/or from workouts can register on www.carpool.ca to hook up with other familes to organize group carpools. Thanks to Deanna Zack for the heads up!

 Alberta Summer Games

Congratulations to Keyano Swimmers Pearce Hanna and Tanner Hafer for earning medals in Triathlon and Swimming at this year?s Alberta Summer Games ! Pearse earned a BRONZE medal as the youngest o...

 Congratulations Lili!

Congratulations to Lili Margitai for a job well done at Far Westerns this past weekend. The meet had 1300 swimmers and 120 teams competing and Lili was very competitive throughout the 4 days of racin...

 Bears on Deck!

Kier Maitland will be competing at the Tri-Nations Cup, Aug 1 - 2 at Laval University in Quebec city. This inaugural competition will showcase Canada?s 2012 Olympic potential hopefuls. Swimmers wil...

 Little Bear on Deck!

Lili Margitai will be the lone Bear competing at Far Westerns in San Jose, California Jul 30 - Aug 3. This will be Lili?s first time competing in an outdoor pool and she will have a big challenge tak...

 Bears on Deck!

Keyano swimmers will be in Calgary from July 23-28 at the Age Group Nationals. The 13 member squad will be looking for strong performances as they compete against the best young swimmers from accross...

 Team Photo Album

Attention Keyano Membership: Team photos can now be found under the 'Members Info' tab. You must be logged in to access these pictures. Thanks to Craig Maitland for the great shots!

 2007-2008 Bingo Scorecard

Ple ase Note June 3 and June 25 bingos not listed below as yet Name Obligation at Sep 01/07 Carry forward Worked Sep 01-Dec/ 07 Worked Jan 08 Worked Feb, 08 Worked March N. R. Casino/bingo cha...

 August Bingo Roster update

August Bingo Rosters are now available under "Members Info" tab, Bingo Info.

 New Web Site

Welcome to the new EKSC Web Site! This site will provide more options to the membership and will be updated throughout the season. Registration information for New and Returning Members can be foun...

 EKSC Registration Information and Summer Office Hours

EKSC will begin accepting registrations for the 2008/2009 swim season on August 11th 2008. You may sign up before this, but you will not receive a confirmation e-mail until after August 11th. The K...

 Bears on Deck!

Lauren Gillespie is the lone Keyano swimmer representing the club at Summer Nationals in Winnipeg. The meet runs from July 16-20 and is the final tune up for Canada?s Olympic Squad before heading to ...