Victoria, March 17, 2025 – Over 800 Canadian athletes, coaches and officials will converge on Victoria on March 17-23 to take part in this year’s National Artistic Swimming Qualifier. Held at Saanich Commonwealth Place, the 6-day competition will feature a total of 25 different events in the youth (13-15), junior and senior age groups. The competition will also feature 5 events in the Adaptive Artistic Swimming categories.
The 475 athletes will represent 36 clubs from 9 Canadian provinces at the competition hosted by the local club, Victoria Artistic Swimming, in collaboration with BC and Canada Artistic Swimming. 90 coaches, 40 officials and over 50 local volunteers will also be on hand for the biggest competition of the year on the national calendar.
A total of 42 athletes from the province of British Columbia will be taking part in the competition, including 13 of them from the host club.
The event marks the return of a national event to the Commonwealth Place exactly 10 years after its last edition in March 2015, when the 3rd edition of the National Qualifiers took place there.
“The Victoria Artistic Swimming club, its athletes, coaches, and community are thrilled to be the host club for the 2025 National Qualifier,” said Brenda Scott, Head Coach of the club. “We look forward to supporting not only the athletes from our club but also all the athletes from across the country who will compete to secure their place in the Canadian National Championships. It will be an amazing celebration of talent, dedication and sportsmanship.”
Towards the 2025 Canadian Championship
As the name suggests, the Canadian Qualifier is the opportunity for competitors to qualify for the final competitions of the year, the Canadian Championships.
Athletes will be looking to earn a ticket to the National Championships, which will be held on May 5-10 in Markham, ON
Canadian University League National Championship
Canada Artistic Swimming (CAS) is also very proud to continue its partnership with the Canadian University Artistic Swimming League (CUASL) and is holding the 2025 CUASL Canadian Championships at Saanich Commonwealth Place from March 21 to 23. This is the third edition of the competition held in partnership between the university league and CAS. Over 200 athletes will be on hand to take part in 7 events in the Novice, Experimented and Adaptive Artistic Swimming categories.
How to attend and watch
Tickets will be available at the door at Saanich Commonwealth Place (4636 Elk Lake Dr), at a price of $15 per day or $45 for an all-event package.
All events from the competition will be webcast live. Schedules, start lists, results and links to live webcast and live results can be found at www.artisticswimming.ca/qualifier2025.
Canada Artistic Swimming recognizes and appreciates the financial support of the following partners: Government of Canada, Greater Victoria Sport Tourism Commission, and BC Hosting through the ViaSport program . Thanks to these and all our suppliers for helping to make this important competition possible.
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Contact:
Stéphane Côté
Chief Operating Officer
418-420-2125
stephane@artisticswimming.ca