Victoria Amateur Swim Club

1980/1981

Head coach was Mark Fellner and Ted Bannister was the assistant head coach.

Ted Bannister, Assistant Head Coach November 22 1980 Club Championships on November 22nd. 1980 Trophies 10 and under 12 and under 14 and under 17 and under Senior

Girls Carla Mowat Sandy Barrett Andrea Ranson

Leadership Most Improved Most Promise

Wayne Kelly Tanya Marquardt Neil Chizeck

Linda Kimmons

Boys Martin Lowen Dean Lindel Kelly Laur Bill Winram Stan Davis

The 1981 Vancouver Island Regional Short Course Championship was supposed to be held in Nanaimo but because of a strike by civic workers the meet was transferred to the Crystal Pool in Victoria. Sixteen individual records and five relay records were broken on the February 14th weekend. VASC record breakers were Sandy Barrett, Wayne Kelly, Bill Winram, Wayne Bonsdorf, Connie Schultz and Tanya Marquardt. VASC age group aggregate winners were Rosemaire Neroutsos (girls 9-10), Wayne Bonsdorf (boys 13-14) and Wayne Kelly (boys 1517).

Three members of the VASC were selected to the age group (11-12, 13-14) provincial squad and competed in a BC – Alberta dual meet in Calgary March 7th 1981. Selections for the team were based upon results at the BC Short Course Championships held at the Crystal Pool February 21st. Sandi Barrett two gold, two bronze(11-12 girls), Dean Lindall one gold, three silver, one bronze (11-12 boys) and Wayne Bonsdorf one silver, three bronze (13-14 boys) of the VASC were chosen to the team. March 12th – 15th 1981 Victoria hosts the National Winter Short Course Championships.

1981/1982 In 1981/82 Harry Wilson was President of the VASC, Sandy Sieradzan was the Secretary. Head coach was Mark Fellner and Ted Bannister was the assistant head coach. December 1st Club Championships 55th Annual Elementary School Championships held

VASC hosted, 315 swimmers from 41 western clubs, at the Western Junior National Championship at Crystal Pool on March 17 1982. VicO entered 23 swimmers, 13 men and 10 women. The club finished 1st overall in the country (last year the club finished 5th or 11th). Tanya Marquartdt, a 16 year old Mt Doug student, finished 1st in the 100 freestyle, 3rd in the 50 freestyle and 4th in the 200 freestyle. Lynda Kimmons, a 16 year old Reynolds student,finished 1st in the 200 breaststroke and 2nd in the 100 breaststroke. Connie Schultze, a 15 year old Arbutus student, finished 1st in the 100 breaststroke, 2nd in the 200 breaststroke and 5th in the 50 freestyle. Andrea Ranson, a 15 year old Claremont student, finished 3rd in the

100 freestyle and 4th in the 50 freestyle. Sandra Mason won gold with the girls in the relays, 4X100 freestyle, 4X50 freestyle and 4X100 medley. Four VicO swimmers qualified at this meet, Tanya Marquartdt, Lynda Kimmons, Connie Schultze and Bill Winram for the National Team Trials later on in Brantford Ontario.

Stan Davis VicO’s, 3 place 50 meter Freestyle Summer Nationals July 13th – 16th 1981 Montreal rd

1981-2 was a banner year for the club’s Senior program. At the Winter Junior Nationals VicO placed 1st overall in Eastern and Western Canada. On the Senior National circuit VicO remained in the top 20 clubs (both winter and summer). The highlight of the year was the placement of Wayne Kelly, 19, 2nd - 100 free at Nationals, on both the World Championship Team and the Commonwealth Games Team. Wayne’s accomplishment broke a 22 year dryspell for Victoria (last Victoria man on a National Rep Team – Bob Wheaton of the YMCA in 1960, last VASC member on a National Team Mary Pat Pumfrey at the Pan Am games in 1967). Another highlight is the fact that we had both a men’s and women’s relay team at the Senior Nationals this summer (1982).

1982/1983 In 1982/83 Joe Schultze was President of the VASC, Ann Lower was the Secretary. Head coach was Mark Fellner and Ted Bannister was the assistant head coach. November 25th 1982 Club Championships held (awards presented January 20th 1983) The VASC 60th awards night for the 1981 / 1982 season was held on January 22, 1983.

The 56th Annual Elementary School Swim Meet took place February 3rd, 4th and 6th 1983.On February 3rd Victoria North ( Districts 61, 63 and private schools) held their preliminaries and on February 4th Victoria South (District 62 and private schools) held their preliminaries. On February 6th the finals were held at the Crystal Pool where the combined team of St. Michael’s University School and St. Margaret emerged as the overall and private school champions. Hillcrest Elementary captured the public school championship. At the 1983 Western Canadian Junior Championships in Edmonton Andrea Ranson (1st in the 50 free, 1st in 100 back consolation), Brad Johnson (4th in the 50 free, 6th in the 200 free), Wayne Bonsdorf (4th in 50 free consolation), Neil McKinlay (1st in the 200 free consolation, 1st in the 400 IM consolation) and Bill Winram (5th in the 400 IM consolation). With one day left VicO was in 5th place overall. The BC Championships were held at the Crystal Pool on the weekend of July 17/18 1983, the Vic-O club finished 3rd overall while the Cohoes finished 5th overall. As a result of the meet a total of 15 Vic-O swimmers qualified for the Western Junior Nationals in Vancouver on the weekend of July 29-31 1983. The Canadian Championships (Pan Am Trials) were also held on the July 27-30 weekend in Montreal, the 6 Vic-O swimmers swimming at the meet were Wayne Kelly 2nd - 200 free, Jon Kelly, Connie Schultz, Linda Kinnons and Neil McKinley. After the first day the VicO team was in 10th place and dropped to 11th after the second day. The team finished 13th overall after three days of competition.

Highlights of the 1982/83 season include; two national team members Wayne(20) Pan Am games in Caracas and Jon (17) Kelly, third place at the BC Senior and Age Group Championships, first place at the Vancouver Island Championships and seven athletes on the BC Western Canada Games Team.

1983/1984 Mark Fellner was the head coach and Ted Bannister was the assistant coach. At the Elementary School Swim Meet in 1984, 29 schools participated, over 1000 swimmers, St Margaret’s and SMU were combined winners while Torquay won the Championships meet. As a result of the summer nationals in Etobicoke June 16th – 20th 1984 Vic-O swimmer Wayne Kelly represented Canada at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984. As a result of the summer nationals in Vancouver August 15th – 18th two weeks after the Olympics in Los Angeles Jon Kelly, who won the 400 IM Championships, made the Canadian National Team (Olympians were not eligible) and embarked to Australia ( 2nd - 200 Fly and 1st – 200 IM) and New Zealand on a Pacific tour.

1984/1985 For the 1984/85 season Roy Sage was President, Joe Shultze Past President and Bernice Deering Secretary. The coaching staff was Ron Jacks was head coach, Brian Metcalfe, Rob MacGauley, Howard Firby and Jill Strachan. Elementary School Swim Meet Preliminaries January 21st and 22nd with finals on January 27th. The Canadian Winter Nationals took place in Calgary February 3-7 1985, Wayne Kelly, Jon Kelly, Pam Rai, Ann Martin, Tanya Marquardt, Rhonda Thompson, Mike Ball, Phil Skinner, Kim Bey, Serge Score and Connie Schultze represented the club which finished 5th overall, the men’s team finished 3rd overall. Wayne Kelly finished 2nd – 200, 3rd - 400 freestyle, 3rd – 100 fly Serge Score finished 3rd in the 100 breaststroke, 2nd – 200 breaststroke, Jon Kelly 2nd – 400IM and Pam Rai finished 2nd – 50 freestyle. VicO also finished 3rd in the women’s 4 X 100 Medley Relay while the men’s team finished 3rd in the 4 X 200 freestyle relay.

A total of 15 Vic-O and Coho swimmers swam at the Esso Youth Championships and Junior National Championship in Brantford Ontario February 9-12 1985. This was the first year for this type of national program involving youth 13 and under for girls and 15 and under for boys. This was also the first year for the junior championships to be run on a Canada wide basis. Youth VicO swimmers were Corinne Liedtke, Steve McLeish, Hurt Vollmerhaus, David Lowes, Chris Collins and VicO junior national swimmers were Tracey Lowe and Tracey Sieradzan.

The BC Open Age Group Short Course Championships were held at the Crystal Pool on the weekend of February 25-27 1984, Ann Barnes, Connie Schultze, David Sage, Tracey Lowe, and Stephan McLeish, medaled for the VicO’s, while Simon Bicknell (five golds, one silver, one bronze), Rosemary Neroutsos, Patty Armstrong, Chris McCarthy and Deanna Lane medaled for the Cohoes. The Cohoes finished 3rd overall at the Championship. At the Summer Nationals (Pan Pacific Trials) in Montreal July 31st to August 3rd 1985 Jon Kelly, Kim Bey, Finbar Donnelly, Pam Rai, Serge Score and Rod Archibald represented the club. VicO finished 6th overall and 4th in the Women’s score. Jon Kelly 3rd – 200 free, 2nd – 400 IM, Kim Bey 3rd – 100 back, 2nd – 200 back and Pam Rai 2nd – 50 free, 1st – 100 fly medaled for the club. VicO also finished 3rd in the 4 X 50 Medley Relay and 4 X 100 Medley Relay. Jon Kelly swam in the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo August 15th – 18th 1985 and was part of the 800 Freestyle relay team which finished 2nd.

1985/1986 At the Esso Cup/Commonwealth Games Trials in Montreal February 28th to March 4th 1986 Jon Kelly 2nd – 400 IM, Pam Rai 3rd – 50 Free, 2nd – 100 Free, 3rd 100 Fly, Kim Bey 3rd – 200 Back medaled for the club. At the Commonwealth games in 1986 in Edinburgh Scotland, Pam Rai (7th – 100 free and 100 fly, 1st 4 X 100 metre free relay) and Jon Kelly represented the club following their performances at the Esso Cup/Commonwealth Games Trials in Montreal February 28th to March 4th 1986. Both these swimmers also went on to swim at the 1986 World Aquatic Championships in Madrid Spain August 17th to 23rd. At the Summer Nationals in Edmonton August 6th to 9th 1986, Pam Rai 3rd – 50 Free, 3rd – 100 Free and Serge Score 3rd – 100, 3rd - 200 Breaststroke and Kim Bey 3rd – 200 Back, medaled for the club.

1986/1987 The Victoria Amateur Swim Club finished 1st at the 1986 Vancouver Island Championship short course swim meet. The 60th Annual Elementary School Swim preliminary meet was held January 18-19 1987 with the finals held on February 1 1987. At the Winter Nationals in Winnipeg Jan 31st to Feb 3rd 1987, Jon Kelly 2nd 200 Fly, 2nd – 200 IM medaled for the club.

July 11-13 1987, Ryan Diehl may skip the Victoria ferry and swim home instead, based on the success he had over the weekend in the B.C. Age Group Championships at Vancouver Aquatic Centre. The 12-year-old Victoria native collected three gold medals Sunday to close out a triumphant three days at the event hosted by the Canadian Dolphins Swim Club. He also had a first (100 metre backstroke) and second (400 individual medley) Friday and another gold Saturday in the 50 freestyle. Diehl, a member of the Victoria Amateur Swim Club, eclipsed the B.C. record in the 200 individual medley Sunday with a 2:28.53 in the final. Other swimmers representing the club were: (10 and under) David Fairhurst, Suzanne Weckend, (11-12) Josh Young, Nikki Dryden, Anna Leong (who set a new BC record in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:47.21), (13-14) Chris Van der Steeg, Mike Golin, (15-17) Jeff Ratcliffe, Andrew MacPherson. The meet's overall title went to the Vancouver Dolphins with a point total of 1079. The Vancouver club has won 17 of the last 19 B.C. Age Group Championships which are held twice a year. New Westminster's Hyack Swim Club was a distant second with 763 points followed by Victoria Amateur Swim Club third with 620 points and the Aquanauts with 399 points. About 50 clubs, 30 from B.C., were represented at the event for up-and-coming swimmers under the age of 18. At the Summer Nationals in Calgary (Pan Pacific and Pan Am Trials) July 22nd to 25th 1987, Jon Kelly won the 200 Fly, for the club. Jon Kelly was a member of the 1987 National Team and swam in the Pan Pacific meet in Brisbane Australia (4th – 200 Metre Fly and 5th – 200 IM).

1987/1988 On October 14th 1987 Tommy Wellburn a long time VASC swimmer and member passed away. The Victoria Amateur Swim Club finished 1st at the 1987 Vancouver Island Championship short course swim meet. At the B.C. Long Course Age Group Championships in 1988 Vic-O finished 2nd overall. At the Winter Nationals in Edmonton February 2nd to 6th 1988, Jon Kelly 2nd 200 Fly, 2nd – 200 IM, 2nd - 400 IM medaled for the club. At the 1st Olympic Trials in Montreal May 26th to June 1st 1988 Jon Kelly won the 400 IM and finished 2nd – 200 Fly and 3rd - 200 IM.

At the BC Junior Long Course Championships (A level swimmers) at the Crystal Pool on July 9/10 1988 Vic-O finished 3rd overall while the Juan de Fuca Cohoes finished 4th overall. Tamiko Grealy won the Individual Aggregate award for girls aged 11-12 while Alan Cameron won the award for the boys aged 13-14. In the 1988 Short Course TAG Club Rankings Victoria Olympians were ranked 9th in the country based upon the TAG recorded in Swim Magazine. At the Summer Nationals and 2nd Olympic Trials in Etobicoke August 17th to 20th 1988 Jon Kelly 2nd – 200 Fly, Fin Donnelly 3rd – 800 Free, Anne Barnes 3rd – 100 Back and the women’s 4 X 200 Freestyle Relay medaled for the club.

As a result of the two Olympic Trial meets , Jon Kelly qualified for the Olympics in Seoul. At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Vic-O’s only representative on the team Jon Kelly, set a BC Senior Age Group record in the 200 Butterfly with a time of 1:59.40.

1988/1989

In 1988 the two Victoria based clubs, Victoria Amateur Swimming Club and Juan de Fuca Coho Swim Club, along with other island swim club such as Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Campbell River, Comox and Duncan Swim Clubs signed a Memorandum of Agreement to swim together competitively at most senior level and non-regional swim meets off Vancouver Island as “Island Swimming”. Over the next two years the majority of clubs withdrew from this agreement and 1990 only the VASC and JDF Cohoes where left. A contest was held to design a logo which would be used for caps and other items. Colours to be used were blue and green. Island Swimming was ranked 4th in the 1989 Long Course TAG Club ranking and show the coaches to be; Bezaire, Campbell, Clarke, Drydale, Radford and Jacks.

At the Winter Nationals in Montreal, January 26th to 31st 1989, Jon Kelly 3rd – 200 Fly, 2nd – 200 IM, 1st in the 400 IM and Anne Barnes 3rd – 50 Back, 3rd – 100 Back, 3rd – 200 Back medaled for the club. This was the last National meet where VicO swam as a team, after this they competed at a national level as Island Swimming. In 1989 the Vic-O’s won the BC Age Group Short Course Championships held at the end of February for the first time, this follows a Short Course 2nd place finish in 1988 and a Short Course 3rd place finish in 1987. The Summer Nationals in Calgary at Lindsay Park Pool August 1st to 5th were the trials for the Pan pacific meet to be held in Tokyo 12 days later. This was the first national meet where we competed under the Island Swimming banner. Anne Barnes from Island Swimming won the 50 Backstroke, 200 backstroke and finished second in the 100 backstroke. The women’s team finished third overall and Anne and Jon Kelly, 2nd - 200 fly, were selected to the Pan Pacific team where Anne finished 5th in the 100 Metre Backstroke while Jon finished 4th in the 200 Metre Fly.

1989/1990 At the Winter Nationals (Commonwealth Games trials) in Montreal November 25th to 28th 1989, Jon Kelly who won the 200 Fly, 3rd – 200 IM, 3rd – 400 IM, Nikki Dryden who won the 100 Back and Anne Barnes who won the 200 Back medaled for the club. At the Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand in January 24th -29th 1990 Island Swimming was represented by Jon Kelly and Anne Barnes. Anne finished 7th in both the 100 and 200 Backstroke. The Kelly family is getting a rare opportunity - a second chance to capture a Commonwealth Games medal. Jon Kelly of the Victoria Olympians Swim Club qualified for five events in the 1990 Commonwealth Games at Auckland during last week's national trials in Montreal. Kelly has chosen to swim only four events because of time constraints between events, but he has a good crack at winning medals. That would make up for the medal that was denied his brother Wayne at the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games. The 1982 Canadian 4x200 freestyle relay team lost the silver medal after Kelly was ruled to have left the blocks too early. Later evidence showed that wasn't the case. But the ruling, once made, stood. Jon Kelly finished the XIV Commonwealth Games in Auckland New Zealand with three medals, bronze in the 200 Butterfly(he was ranked 8th in the world), bronze in the 400 IM (4:23.96 a personnel best time), and silver in the 4 X 200 Freestyle Relay. At the Winter Nationals In Saskatoon February 28th to March 3rd 1990 Island Swimmers competing there were Jon Kelly 1st – 200 fly, Nikki Dryden 1st – 800 Free, 3rd – 400 Free.

On the weekend of March 16-18 1990, two BC Short Course Age Group Records were set in the 13-14 age group. Allison Barriscale set a BC Record in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 1:03.07 and Leanne Wilkinson set a BC Record in the 400 IM with a time of 4:52.39. In Vancouver on the weekend of July 8/9 1990 at the Provincial Long Course Championships the Island Swimming relay team of Michael Calkins, Greg Downing, Wayne Linner, and Lee Dryden set a BC record in the 200 meter Freestyle relay for 11-12 boys with a time of 1:55.53. Michael Calkins also set a BC and Canadian record in the 100 meter Butterfly for 11-12 boys with a time of 1:03.26. Both records still stand. Island Swimmers who medaled; Seniors Jon Kelly, Brett Regan, Mike Effray, Justin Alms, Greg Streppal, Dave Ferguson, Lisa Woods, Karen McMahon and Corrine Liedtke, 15-16 year olds Stefan Jacobson, Leanne Wilkinson, Tanya Tighe, Nikki Dryden and Ryan Diehl, 13-14 year olds Suzanne Weckend, Erin Harris, Allison Barriscale, Shannon Brown and Senta Kaiser, 11-12 year olds Marlena Prill, Greg Downing, Wayne Linner and Michael Calkins 10 and under Meridith Handysides, Amanda Downing, Wayne Nelson, Daniel Weckend, Sean Wall, Blair Nelson and Caitlin Carlson. At the Summer Nationals in Etobicoke August 1st to 4th Nikki Dryden 2nd - 100 Back medaled.