Aquatics History and Results

List of 20 items.

• Brandon De Costa ‘14

  • 2013 Saints Senior School Record holder 50m and 100m Backstroke
  • 2013 Western Canadian Champion 100m Backstroke
  • 2013 Canadian Age Group National Champion 50m Backstroke
  • 2014–16 Member of McMaster Varsity Swim Team

• Chris Hindmarch-Watson ‘97

  • 1997–00 member of University of Victoria Varsity Swim Team
  • 2016 Rio on deck announcer swimming events
  • Announcer at 2011, 2015 World Championships and 2012, 2016 and 2018 (upcoming) World SC Championships; 2006, 2010, 2018 Pan Pacific Championships
  • Executive Director – CSCTA (2008–present)

• Donovan Tildesley '02

  • 4 time Paralympian:
    • 2000 Sydney: 1 Bronze 200m IM
    • 2004 Athens: 2 Silver 400m Freestyle & 200m IM, and 1 Bronze 100m Freestyle
    • 2008 Beijing: 1 Bronze 400m Freestyle
    • 2012 London
  • 2002 IPC World Championships: 5 Gold and 1 Silver
  • 2007 Parapan American Games: 5 Gold
  • 2008 Flag bearer for Canada Beijing Paralympic Games
  • Current World Record holder 800m and 1500m Freestyle in the S11 disability category for swimmers with a visual impairment

• Dustin Hersee (Senior Swim Team Head Coach 2001-2016)

  • 2000 Canadian Olympian, Sydney, 200m Backstroke
  • 2001-15 Coached Senior Swim Team to 15 straight BCSS Provincial Championships, Boys & Overall

• Edison Jyang ‘11

  • 2010 BCSS Provincial Champion and Saints 100m Butterfly School Record holder, 0:56.96
  • 2011–13 Queen’s University Varsity Team:
    • 2013 Team Record holder 100m Butterfly 0:56.64

• Edward Zhao ‘12

  • 2011 BCHS Provincial Champion and Saints 100m Freestyle School Record holder
  • Three-time Canadian Youth National Team member
  • Co-holds the Canadian National Age Group record in the 800 freestyle relay for the 15 to 17 age group
  • 2012–13 Member of Brown University Varsity team

• Fraser Roberts ‘07

  • 2006 BCHS 100m Freestyle Champion
  • 2007–08 Member of University of Wisconsin-Madison Varsity Swim Team

• Gareth Jones ‘15

  • 2014 BCSS Provincial Champion and Saints Senior Swim Team Record, 50m Freestyle 0:23.90
  • 2016 Junior Pan Am Games water polo Gold
  • 2017 U20 Junior World Championship team

• Grant Jones ‘11

  • 2010 BCSS Champion and Provincial HS record 50m Butterfly, 0:26.70
  • 2012–13 Member of Queen’s Varsity Swim Team
    • 2013 OUA championship qualifier

• Harry Duan ‘16

  • 2012 & 2014 BCSS Provincial Champion and Provincial Record 100m Breaststroke, 1:04.49
  • Former Canadian National Age Group record holder 100m Breaststroke, still current BC Record holder 12&u boys 1:11.74
  • 2015 selected to BC Provincial team for the Western Canada Summer Games
  • 2016 selected to SwimBC Provincial Team Travel Squad

• Ian Chan ‘01

  • 2000 BCHS Provincial Champion 100m Breaststroke
  • 2001-06 Member of UBC Thunderbirds Varsity Swim Team that won 5 consecutive CIAU championships 2002-06
  • 2015 UBC Sports Hall of Fame Inductee: part of the ‘Decade of Dominance’ Men’s and Women’s Teams (1998-07)

• Jason Strelzow ‘00

  • 1998 BCSS Champion and Provincial Record holder 100m Freestyle 0:52.44
  • 2000–05 Member of UBC Thunderbirds Varsity Swim Team:
    • Won 5 consecutive CIAU championships 2001-05
    • Team Captain 2003-2004
  • 2015 UBC Sports Hall of Fame Inductee: part of the ‘Decade of Dominance’ Men’s and Women’s Teams (1998–07)

• Jonathan McArthur ‘91

  • 1990 Saints Senior  team record 100m Breaststroke
  • 1991–96 member of UBC Thunderbirds Varsity Swim Team:
    • Varsity team captain
    • former T-Birds 400m Individual Medley school record holder
  • Rhodes Scholar

• Julian Chan ‘08

  • 2006 BCSS 100m Breaststroke Provincial Champion
  • Member of Cornell Varsity swim team 2008–12

• Matthew Hart

  • 2012-16 played Varsity Water Polo for four years and was part of the team that won the 2016 Ontario University Athletics championships
  • Member of the 2017 Senior Men’s Water Polo National Champions, the Toronto Golden Jets
  • 2012 Pan American Junior Water Polo Championships
  • Won bronze medal at 2012 Junior Pan Am Games

• Matthew Lee ‘15

  • 2014 Saints Senior team co-captain
  • 2015 ongoing Member of Queen’s University Varsity swim team

• Michael Mitchell ‘18

  • 2017 Saints Senior team co-captain
  • Member of Provincial Record-Breaking 4x50m Mixed Freestyle Relay
  • 2018 Member of the UBC Varsity Thunderbirds swim team

• Sam Shen ‘17

  • 2016 Saints Senior team co-captain
  • 2017 ongoing Member of New York University Varsity swim team

• Steven Zheng ‘12

  • 2011 BCSS Provincial Champion 100m Butterfly, 0:58.54
  • 2012-16 Member of Georgetown Varsity Swim Team

• Victor “Butch” Batchelor ‘76

  • 1974 BCSS Provincial Champion and Provincial Record 100m Butterfly, 1:00.4
  • 1974–76 Canadian National Swim Team
  • 1975 Canadian World Games Team Cali, Colombia – 200m Backstroke
  • 1976 Canadian National Team Summer European Tour
  • 1977 World Student Games Sophia, Bulgaria – two 4th place finishes
  • SFU Clansmen Varsity Swim Team:
    • Member of 4 NAIA Championship teams
    • 5-time Individual NAIA Champion
    • Team Captain 2nd through 4th year
    • All-American all 4 years
  • Canadian National Masters Champion (3x) and National 45-50 yr old Record Holder (4x)