Swimming

Okanagan Para Swimming members Senna Entner of Vernon (left) and Brea Duncan of Armstrong won silver and gold, respecively, in the S7 100 metre backstroke at the B.C. Winter Provincial Swimming Championships in Victoria. (Facebook photo)

North Okanagan Para swimmers rock B.C. Winter provincials

Brea Duncan, Senna Entner and Jacob Brayshaw return with medals, records, personal best times

 

Penticton swimmer Hannah Rutten after qualifying for the 2023 Junior Nationals in Toronto. (Submitted)

Penticton swimming star collecting cans to help pay for Toronto-bound travel expenses

14-year-old Hannah Rutten is listed as one of Swim BC’s brightest prospects

 

(Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Vernon Winter Carnival’s Polar Bear Swim a real splash

Dozens of people jumped into a frigid Okanagan Lake Saturday

 

Canada’s Markus Thormeyer (left) huddles with Brent Hayden, Yuri Kisil and Joshua Liendo following a fourth place finish in the men’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay during the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, July 26, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn photo)

B.C. Olympian Markus Thormeyer banned 12 months for doping violation

Sanction stems from unintentionally ingesting a banned agent in his partner’s water bottle last year

Canada’s Markus Thormeyer (left) huddles with Brent Hayden, Yuri Kisil and Joshua Liendo following a fourth place finish in the men’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay during the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, July 26, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn photo)
Lifeguard Chantal Wong stands next to the newly installed diving board at the Vernon Aquatic Centre.<ins> The board will be ready for use later in the day Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.</ins> (City of Vernon photo)

New diving board makes a splash at Vernon pool

The old diving board was decommissioned in November after a deficiency was found

Lifeguard Chantal Wong stands next to the newly installed diving board at the Vernon Aquatic Centre.<ins> The board will be ready for use later in the day Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.</ins> (City of Vernon photo)
The Polar Bear Dip at Tugboat Beach to kick off 2023 in Kelowna. (Trudy Jane Janicki/Facebook)

Sun’s out, buns out: A cool start to 2023 with Kelowna’s annual Polar Bear Dip

Dippers jumped in at 2 p.m. on Jan. 1

  • Jan 2, 2023
The Polar Bear Dip at Tugboat Beach to kick off 2023 in Kelowna. (Trudy Jane Janicki/Facebook)
Members of the Vernon, B.C. Lake Plunge Club start off 2023 with a New Year’s Day dip in Kal Lake. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

PHOTOS: Coldstream lake dippers plunge into New Year

Eager souls brave ice, frigid waters of Kal Lake Sunday, Jan. 1, to start 2023

Members of the Vernon, B.C. Lake Plunge Club start off 2023 with a New Year’s Day dip in Kal Lake. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
Coldstream’s Jacob Brayshaw (left) with his dad and official race starter, Doug, swam for Penticton’s KISU Club at the Ken Denchuk Invitational Meet in Vancouver Dec. 16-18. The event was an all-Para swimming meet which saw Brayshaw establish five new Canadian records. (Facebook photo)

Coldstream man swims to five national records for Penticton

Jacob Brayshaw lights up all-Para Ken Demchuk International Invitational Meet in Vancouver

Coldstream’s Jacob Brayshaw (left) with his dad and official race starter, Doug, swam for Penticton’s KISU Club at the Ken Denchuk Invitational Meet in Vancouver Dec. 16-18. The event was an all-Para swimming meet which saw Brayshaw establish five new Canadian records. (Facebook photo)
Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil in action during World Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 21, 2021. On Dec. 18, 2022, she set a new world record at the FINA World Swimming Championships. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Canadian swimmer Maggie Mac Neil sets world record at short course worlds

Mac Neil trimmed over a half-second off the previous record

Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil in action during World Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 21, 2021. On Dec. 18, 2022, she set a new world record at the FINA World Swimming Championships. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Penticton Community Centre’s pool. (File photo)

Changes coming to swim lessons in Penticton amid absence from Canadian Red Cross

The Lifesaving Society will now provide local swim programs, starting January 2023

Penticton Community Centre’s pool. (File photo)
Recreation services director Doug Ross gives guests at a pop-up information booth the facts about Vernon’s proposed Active Living Centre prior to the referendum. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

UPDATE: Vernon affords city new active living centre, for 2026

Referendum passes for $121 M facility borrowing, total number in favour underreported by 100 votes

Recreation services director Doug Ross gives guests at a pop-up information booth the facts about Vernon’s proposed Active Living Centre prior to the referendum. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
Recreation services director Doug Ross gives guests at a pop-up information booth the facts about Vernon’s proposed Active Living Centre Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Vernon affords city new active living centre

Referendum passes for $121 M facility borrowing

Recreation services director Doug Ross gives guests at a pop-up information booth the facts about Vernon’s proposed Active Living Centre Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
The Towns of Osoyoos and Oliver and the Osoyoos Indian Band are looking at the feasibility of a regional aquatic centre. (Metro Creative Graphics)

Proposed South Okanagan Aquatics Centre to cost around $54 million

The facility would be phased in to include swimming lanes, leisure pool and fitness centre

The Towns of Osoyoos and Oliver and the Osoyoos Indian Band are looking at the feasibility of a regional aquatic centre. (Metro Creative Graphics)
Coldstream's Jacob Brayshaw (left) is presented with the Senior Swimmer of the Year award by Swim B.C. technical director Cory Beatt at the recent Team Aquatic Supplies B.C. Swimming Awards and Hall of Fame Banquet in Whistler. (Swim B.C. photo)

Historic honour for North Okanagan swimmer

Jacob Brayshaw becomes first Para swimmer named Swim B.C. Senior Swimmer of the Year

Coldstream's Jacob Brayshaw (left) is presented with the Senior Swimmer of the Year award by Swim B.C. technical director Cory Beatt at the recent Team Aquatic Supplies B.C. Swimming Awards and Hall of Fame Banquet in Whistler. (Swim B.C. photo)
Ashley McMillan captured an international medal at a recent swim championship in Hawaii. (Mark Brett photo)

Penticton swimmer captures international medal at championships in Hawaii

Ashley McMillan is a recent graduate of Pen High and is going to USC on a swimming scholarship

Ashley McMillan captured an international medal at a recent swim championship in Hawaii. (Mark Brett photo)
The historic Peanut Pool at Vernon’s Lakeview Park is being deconstructed, to be replaced by new pool in 2023. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

Historic Vernon pool shelled by machinery

Peanut Pool being demolished this week; new facility at Lakeview Park to open in summer 2023

The historic Peanut Pool at Vernon’s Lakeview Park is being deconstructed, to be replaced by new pool in 2023. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
Drowning is “not the violent splashing and shouting for help that one sees on TV. There’s no screaming or flailing of arms,” writes reporter Jenna Hauck. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

COLUMN: Drowning is silent; familiarize yourself with the signs of it

Chilliwack reporter shares what signs of drowning look like after incident with son in pool

Drowning is “not the violent splashing and shouting for help that one sees on TV. There’s no screaming or flailing of arms,” writes reporter Jenna Hauck. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
Kelowna Dachshund Club

Kelowna wieners know how to keep cool, they jump in the pool

On July 24 the Kelowna Dauschund Group gathered for a pool paw-ty

Kelowna Dachshund Club
“No swimming” signs are located at the boat launch and near the slough on McArthur Island, but are not near the area in which the presumed drowning occurred. (Jessica Wallace/KTW)

Kamloops to review river safety measures after Vernon man presumed drown

Dr. Michael Mthandazo of Vernon was swept away in the Thompson River at McArthur Island on July 30

  • Aug 10, 2022
“No swimming” signs are located at the boat launch and near the slough on McArthur Island, but are not near the area in which the presumed drowning occurred. (Jessica Wallace/KTW)
Legion Beach in Osoyoos. (Destination Osoyoos)

Swimming not recommended at Osoyoos beach due to poor water quality

Town says Legion Beach contains high levels of E. coli bacteria

Legion Beach in Osoyoos. (Destination Osoyoos)
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