About Us
We provide high quality swimming programs for the youth of our community as well as to deliver world class training opportunities to those who choose to pursue a high performance path in swimming.
UCSC is a nonprofit organization whose vision is to be recognized as the preferred swim club in Canada and to be a world leader in swimming programs at all levels.
Our Swimmers….
UCSC supports close to 300 swimmers from 6 years of age in our development program to national and international swimmers in our competitive program. Skills taught in our programs allow swimmers to reach their full potential both in the water and out. UCSC swimmers develop:
• Strong technical swimming and racing skills
• A belief in themselves and what they are capable of doing
• An ability to set goals and commit to goals while also overcoming hurdles and obstacles that they may encountered along the way
• A strong work ethic and time management skills
Our Achievements…..
We have placed 29 swimmers on 7 Olympic Teams since 1980, meaning we have sent swimmers to each and every summer Olympics since the club was formed in 1979. Our swimmers have won 11 Olympic medals. We have place 8 swimmers on 5 Paralympic Teams since 1980. Other achievements include:
• 2003 Canadian Record 100 m Breaststroke sc – Lauren Van Oosten
• 2003 Canadian Record 11/12 boys 200 m Breaststroke lc – Curtis Lutsch
• 2003 Canadian Record 11/12 boys 200 m IM lc – Curtis Lutsch
• 2004 CIS Varsity Women’s Coach of the Year – Mike Blondal
• 2004 CIS Male Athlete of the Year – Chad Murray
• 2004 CIS Female Swimmer of the Year – Erin Gammel
• 2005 Canadian Club Nationals Champions for Men, Women and Combined
• 2005 Swim Alberta 14 and under Male Swimmer – Curtis Lutsch
• 2005 Swim Alberta 14 and under Female Swimmer – Jessie Olson-Heisler
• 2005 FINA World Championships silver medal in 200 m breaststroke and 4 x 100 medley relay – Mike Brown
• 2005 FINA World Championships Trials Erin Gammel – first Canadian woman under 1:02.00 in 100 m backstroke
• 2006 Commonwealth Games Gold 200 M Breaststroke – Mike Brown
• 2006 Commonwealth Games Bronze 400 Medley Relay Team – Lauren Van Oosten
• 2006 Summer Nationals Men’s National Champions
A Club of Firsts….
In 1979, the UCSC became the first community based swim club in Canada to enter into partnership with a university. This allowed us to maintain a club program with high level coaching and management and also be able to offer sports science and excellent training facilities. In 1994 we partnered with the National Sport Centre to bring their swim program to Calgary. In 2006 the club took another unprecedented move to establish the first ever Academy for Swimming Excellence. This latest move will allow us to continue the strong work we have done in our developmental and age group programs and move forward to provide excellence in international competitive high performance swimming.
