The Kelowna AquaJets are seeking to hire an individual to perform the role of Club Administrator. This role is new to club and is intended to create a single point of communication for current and p...
The Kelowna AquaJets just hosted its largest annual Long Course Invitational to date this past weekend at the H20 with 391 swimmers in attendance from 16 teams across BC and Alberta. The AquaJets ...
Former Canadian Olympic swimmer and National team member Scott Dickens is coming to Kelowna, and is speaking to the Red and Gold group about his career as a swimmer on Wednesday at 640 pm on the gra...
The Kelowna AquaJets packed the bus and travelled 29 swimmers strong to the Chinook Invitational in Calgary this past weekend April 26-28th. This timed finals competition marked the first of the Lon...
A small contingent of 8 swimmers tested their skills at this regional meet last weekend. Led by 14yr. old Sam McDonald who placed first in 50m., 100m., and 200m. breaststroke, with a 3rd place in 20...
Heres the game........ We need help from the club to find a name that best represents the newest member of our team - our KAJ mascot!!!! Please get involved and tweet us your name ideas through twitt...
Congratulations to the 25 AquaJets who competed at the KISU Cherry Blossom meet and Jamboree this past weekend! This group of swimmers came away with some impressive results. Coming away with 100% be...
SAVE $100 when you join the Kelowna AquaJets Junior Jet pre-competitive swim program for 5-9 year olds at the Family Y in Rutland for the Spring Session (week of March 25 th to week of June 10 th )...
Congratulations to Katie and Josh for being named to the Prospects West Team BC invited to camp in Kamloops April 19-21st for their performances in Backstroke and IM in the Short Course season.
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Mar 5, 2013 Zakala shatters Provincial Record in 400 IM Kelowna AquaJets swimmers put in a remarkable performance over the 4 day competition last weekend in Victori...
A fantastic two days to finish a great competition for the AquaJets in Victoria, highlighted by a new Provincial Record for Josh in the 400 IM. On Saturday the team was 14 best times in 17 swims, with...
Day 2 at Commonwealth Games Pool in Victoria saw 18/21 best times int he morning, 8 finals and a pair of silver medals. 200 IM saw big time drops from Axana, Jenna, Skye, Cam and Sam. Clarisse droppe...
A fantastic first session of the meet for the AquaJets saw 2 relays and 5 swimmers int he distance events. On the girls side Axana Merckx dropped 30 seconds, placing 5th in the 11 and under girls 800 ...
AquaJets Shatter Records The Kelowna AquaJets saw 13 team records fall this past weekend over a 4 day competition in Saskatoon. Western Canadian Championships hosted 500 of Canada?s best, with 5 swimm...
Final day of action in the pool saw Julien in his third butterfly event, the 100 dropping a few second swimming in 101.7 placing 25th. Both Katie and Josh swam the 200 IM in prelims in best times 225...
The third day in Saskatoon saw all the Jets in the pool and 3 swimmers making second swims in the evening. Cam and Tia both dropped time in their 100 Free, the first race of the morning in a 1:02.1 fo...
Five more swims, 5 more best times at the Shaw Center in Saskatoon. While Julien and Tia had a day to rest Katie swam to two best times in the 50 Free 27.9 and the 100 Back 106.5 lowering the club rec...
First day of competition at the new Shaw Center in Saskatoon saw 4 of 5 AquaJets racing in 5 swims, all best times! KAJ scored 30 points in the first session with a 6th place swim from Tia Itterman in...
Another Successful AA Championships for the Kelowna AquaJets! We had 19 swimmers joined 370 swimmers from around B.C. in Surrey with some impressive results. "The swimmers stepped up and raced, many...
Eight Kelowna Aquajets took part in Kamloop?s Valentine Splash swim meet this past weekend. Our youngest, eight year old Lucy Hill, came home with 1 st in 50 free, 50 fly and 200 IM. She picked up a...
First off a BIG thank you to all the parents who came out on the heels of our SnowFest to volunteer and help make this meet work. It was exciting to have our new Dolphin System in place. Thank you to ...
Making Waves at Home The Kelowna AquaJets hosted its 36 th annual KAJ SnowFest this past weekend at the H20, nearing 300 swimmers from teams in the Thompson-Okanagan and Kootenay regions. The AquaJet...
We have 63 AquaJets ready for our first meet of 2013 starting today at the H2O! The three day meet has prelims and finals Saturday and Sunday giving our swimmers the chance to practice this leadin...
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Dec 18th, 2012 Zakala in fine form at Ice Classic The Kelowna AquaJets travelled to Kamloops for the 20 th annual Ice Classic, hosting 18 teams and 550 swimmers...
33 AquaJets hit the road today to travel to Kamloops for the biggest meet of the season with close to 600 competitors across Alberta and BC competing over the three days. The Coaching Staff is very...
The Kelowna AquaJets are introducing a new sessional swim program at the Family Y in Rutland starting January 7, 2013. This program offers new swimmers to the AquaJets the chance to swim for a sess...
Jets Win Big at Home The Kelowna AquaJets hosted its annual KAJ Fall Classic and Jamboree swim meets this past weekend at the H20 with over 300 swimmers from 7 teams in the Thompson-Okanagan and Koote...
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Nov 13, 2012 Jets Face Fierce Competition in Coquitlam The Kelowna AquaJets had 48 swimmers representing the team over the weekend in three different meets. Whil...
48 swimmers take to the pool this weekend to compete. 34 head down to Coquitlam on the bus to race at the Hyack Fall into Finals, while the remaining 14 swim in Vernon at the Fall invitational and Ja...
Please note that due to a lack of interest from the club members Oktoberfest has been cancelled. Thanks to Tod and Carolyn Melnyk for their generosity to host this event at Tree Brewing and to Cor...
Congrats to Josh and Katie on making the SwimBC prospects camp both swimmers were selected to attend a training camp in Richmond at the end of October.
Congratulations to our 13 AquaJets (Jenna Butterworth, Kjel Cartier, Emily Epp, Madison Kornell, Sydney Hayes, Molly Hill, Ben Main, Haley Martin, Jaya Melnyk, Axana Merckx, Theo Mohamed, Mike Patora,...
Josh Zakala finished 5th in the 400 free final in a time of 4:24, 5 seconds under his best and good for another club record. Zakala also had a best and placed 12th in the 200IM. Katie Dunlop had a bes...
Continued great swimming by the team on Saturday. Josh Zakala dropped 5 seconds in the 200 breast to place 8th. He also placed 16th in the 200 free in a best time. Katie Dunlop broke the 110 mark twic...
Clarisse Obedkoff earned a bronze medal last night on her birthday in the 50 back in a time of 33.1. Katie Dunlop also placed 8th in the 100 free. Good swimming girls!
The team had a quiet day with only 3 swims on Friday. Josh place 6th in a best time of 9:09 in the 800 earning his first Western qualifying time. Katie broke another club record, making a second swim ...
Another great session for the Aquajets this morning in Calgary! Clarisse qualified 4th in 50 bk dropping more than a second. She also had a best in the 100 fr placing 11th. Josh broke an old Peter Fag...
Great swimming today in Calgary! Josh Zakala had two best times placing 7th both in the 200 bk in 2:19, as well as the 1500, 17:28. Katie Dunlop was 5th in her 200 bk in a time of 2:28. All three swim...
Good luck this weekend to T'Keya Delwo who will be competing in the BC Summer Games in Surrey. Results can be found at http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/SwimBC/LiveResults/SummerGames2012/...
The Gold group of the Kelowna AquaJets has formed a team, AquaJet Power ,which will be raising funds in support of this important cause! Please click here to read more on how you can join or suppor...
Unfortunately, we have to cancel the clinic scheduled for TUESDAY MAY 1st at CNC at 5pm due to lack of interest. We will certainly try to offer this course again in the fall. The LEVEL 1 (TIMER) CLINI...
Dr. Sally Stewart April 18: 4-5pm in on deck classroom. "Supporting your athlete, the demands of training and travelling. Common myths and misconceptions". Bring your questions... This is open to all ...
A succesfull weekend for the team in Surrey last weekend at BC AAA Short Course Champs. Highlighting the weekend were 3 club records broken by Clarisse Obedkoff in the 100 Free, 100 Back, and 400 IM. ...
Left to right: Theo Mohamed, Kjel Cartier, Axana Merckx, Haley Martin, Madison Kornell (missing Clarisse Obedkoff) Congratulations to Clarisse Obedkoff, Haley Martin, Madison Kornell, Axana Merckx, Th...
Tia and Katie swum their last races this morning to finish the meet in Winnipeg. Tia posted a seasonal best of 2:13.69 in the 200 Free placing 35th, while Katie clcoked a 2:29.21, her first time under...
Saturday morning saw both Katie and Tia in action. Katie dropped 7 seconds in her 200 back, clocking in at 2:23.7 to break a Jennifer Goldsmith record from 1988. Katie follwed her race plan very well,...
Katie Dunlop, did not let her nevers get the best of her, swimming a well executed race dropping 1.3 seconds off her best, placing 24th with a 1:06.7 in the 100m Back this morning. Katies swim broke t...
Tia swum put on a show Thursday afternoon to start Western Championships for the Aquajets. Her swim was the first of the meet, and the longest. Tia dropped 40 seconds in her 1500 free, breaking a 24 y...
Good luck to Tia and Katie this weekend in Winnipeg. Both Aquajets will be competing in three events at the meet, hosting the fastest swimming prior to Olympic Trials in Canada this year. Competition ...
The 12 and Under Swim BC camp has now been moved to April 21-22nd. This camp will be hosted in Penticton at the new pool. Selection of the top 12 girls and boys in the region will be out shortly.
Day 2 of finals proved to be another good night of swimming for the AquaJets! Congratulations on the following medal perfomances: Sydney Rankmore, Gold 200 Breast Denzel Mohamed, Silver 100 Free Lau...
Another fast morning of swimming in Chilliwack! Today was highlighted by Denzel Mohamed making his first ever AAA Qualifying time in the 200 Back. Going on to finals tonight, congratulations to the ...
The AquaJets finished off the AA meet with a bang! Congratulations to Jaya Melnyk on achieving her first ever AA qualifying standard in the 100 breast. Tonight we also had the following medal winner...
Another strong morning session with the following Jets making second swims: Haley Martin, Kjel Cartier, Denzel Mohamed, Jenna Butterworth, Sydney Rankmore, Madison Kornell, Randi Thompson, Lauren Gate...
The AquaJets kept the momentum going from the morning session tonight in Chilliwack. With some great performances and 5 trips to the podium. The night started off with Haley Martin winning her swim o...
Hats off to all the AquaJets racing very well on the first morning of the meet. Best times from the following Jets! 200 IM: Madison Kornell, Haley Martin, Jaya Melnyk, Axana Merckx, Jenna Butterworth,...
The largest team in the clubs history will take to the pool tomorrow morning for the three day competition in Chilliwack. KAJ swimmers sporting the Blue and Red for the weekend are: Jenna Butterworth,...
Congratulations to the latest record breakers. Friday night saw three records in the 1500m free... Axana Merckx breaking the club record in the 10 and under girls 1500 fr 24:59.99 Clarisse Obedkoff ...
The Kelowna AquaJets have just launched their own YouTube Channel for swimmers and parents. http://www.youtube.com/user/KelownaAquaJets?feature=mhee#p/a
Congratulations to Emilia and Clarisse Obedkoff, Katie Dunlop and Josh Zakala on representing the AquaJets this past weekend in Kamloops at the Okanagan regional camp.
Congratulations to Tia Itterman and Josh Zakala (below) on qualifying for SwimBC Prospects Camp on the 15th and 16th of October down in Richmond. Josh and Tia will represent KAJ in the 13 and 14 yr ol...
Coaches are aiming to book times for parent meetings on the week of September 19th. These will be posted once confirmed . Rutland parent meeting has been booked for Sept 15th at 7pm.
Congratulations to the 19 brave AquaJets who took to the course and completed the Kids of Steel triathalon last weekend. Competing in the girls 8-9 category were: Amber Crack, Ella Rolleston, Paige Me...
The AquaJets had 9 swimmers representing the team this past week in Montreal for the National Age Group Championships, Canada largest and most competitive meet with 1700 swimmers and over 200 clubs at...
The Kelowna AquaJets are very pleased to announce and welcome Cody Hitchcock, Assistant Head Coach for the upcoming season. Hitchcock, a Regina native has been involved with swimming for the past 17 y...
An amazing weekend for the team in Victoria. Highlight performances Sam McDOnald - New Age Group National qualifier, 200 Breast - Gold, 100 Breast - Gold, 100% Best times Katie Dunlop - 100 Free and B...
The Kelowna Aqua Jets has 8 swimmers competing for the team this past weekend in their home pool, the H20 Center, for the Sun Rype AA Provincial Swim Championships. Representing the club in fine form ...
If you have not fulfilled your required volunteer hours for the Club, be sure to get yourself trained during the following upcoming Clinics as we really need your HELP at KAJ's swim meet May 6-8th. Sa...
A big breakthrough weekend for Emilia Obedkoff, swimming her way to double gold in the 100 and 200 meter breastroke, shattering best times and qualifiying for AAA provincials in Victoria in three week...
Valentine Splash in Kamloops This past weekend, 31 Kelowna Aquajets attended the Valentine Splash swim meet in Kamloops. It was the first meet for several swimmers and the first regional meet for many...
KAJ is sending a large team of 33 swimmers and three coaches to Kamloops this weekend to compete in the exciting annual Valentine Spalsh hosted by Kamloops Classic Swimming! The event is a two-day tea...
"Hard Work, really does pay off" says coach Jacqualyn, after the meet. Seven new swimmers from the AquaJets made their regional qualifying time in the 200 IM. Congratulations to Jenna Butterworth, Cai...
Congratulations to the 21 AquaJets who were part of a successfull team meet in Kamloops. Every KAJ helped make the following achievements happen.... Josh Zakala club record 50 back - 32.76 Erik Krueg...
Records continue to shatter this fall, as the AquaJets swam their way to three new club records last Friday at the H20. 33 swimmers hit the pool against teams from Penticton and West Kelowna. Two reco...
Swimmers, parents and coaches made the team proud last weekend at home, hosting the annual Fall invitational at the H20 center with 110 swimmers contributing to success of the team, placing first plac...
A job well done by the AquaJets for a tough early season meet. Senior swimmers are right in the middle of some heavy training, and the group perservered showing their determination and swum their way ...
The AquaJets had a lot of fun this last Sunday at the H20 with a whopping 64 swimmers participating in the KISU Jamboree. Over half the swimmers were racing for their first time at a competition, and...
A fantastic show of swimming last weekend at our home pool for the LLSC Distance and Sprint Challange. The club sent 23 swimmers to the meet, and swum to 78% best times. Swimmers did a solid job on th...
Happy Thanksgiving and a Big Thanks are given to all of our volunteers this weekend. Our swim meet went well with the help from all of you. Christa and Bruce made sure we were doing everything by the ...
KAJ equipment will be available for purchase this Thursday, October 14th from 3:30 - 5:30pm on the bleachers at H2O. Come see Jodi if your swimmer needs goggles, caps, etc. Also, Jodi will be at H2...
The Kelowna AquaJets just hosted its largest annual Long Course Invitational to date this past weekend at the H20 with 391 swimmers in attendance from 16 teams across BC and Alberta. The AquaJets ...
Former Canadian Olympic swimmer and National team member Scott Dickens is coming to Kelowna, and is speaking to the Red and Gold group about his career as a swimmer on Wednesday at 640 pm on the gra...
The Kelowna AquaJets packed the bus and travelled 29 swimmers strong to the Chinook Invitational in Calgary this past weekend April 26-28th. This timed finals competition marked the first of the Lon...
Heres the game........ We need help from the club to find a name that best represents the newest member of our team - our KAJ mascot!!!! Please get involved and tweet us your name ideas through twitt...
Congratulations to Katie and Josh for being named to the Prospects West Team BC invited to camp in Kamloops April 19-21st for their performances in Backstroke and IM in the Short Course season. 
AquaJets Shatter Records The Kelowna AquaJets saw 13 team records fall this past weekend over a 4 day competition in Saskatoon. Western Canadian Championships hosted 500 of Canada?s best, with 5 swimm...
Another Successful AA Championships for the Kelowna AquaJets! We had 19 swimmers joined 370 swimmers from around B.C. in Surrey with some impressive results. "The swimmers stepped up and raced, many...
Jets Win Big at Home The Kelowna AquaJets hosted its annual KAJ Fall Classic and Jamboree swim meets this past weekend at the H20 with over 300 swimmers from 7 teams in the Thompson-Okanagan and Koote...
Congrats to Josh and Katie on making the SwimBC prospects camp both swimmers were selected to attend a training camp in Richmond at the end of October. 
Congratulations to our 13 AquaJets (Jenna Butterworth, Kjel Cartier, Emily Epp, Madison Kornell, Sydney Hayes, Molly Hill, Ben Main, Haley Martin, Jaya Melnyk, Axana Merckx, Theo Mohamed, Mike Patora,...
Thanks to all of the AquaJets who suported the Terry Fox Run Sunday! 
Clarisse Obedkoff earned a bronze medal last night on her birthday in the 50 back in a time of 33.1. Katie Dunlop also placed 8th in the 100 free. Good swimming girls! 
The team had a quiet day with only 3 swims on Friday. Josh place 6th in a best time of 9:09 in the 800 earning his first Western qualifying time. Katie broke another club record, making a second swim ...
Another great session for the Aquajets this morning in Calgary! Clarisse qualified 4th in 50 bk dropping more than a second. She also had a best in the 100 fr placing 11th. Josh broke an old Peter Fag...
The team is ready to compete tomorrow in Calgary at Age Group Nationals after a fun camp with the Okanagan region. Good luck team! 
Left to right: Theo Mohamed, Kjel Cartier, Axana Merckx, Haley Martin, Madison Kornell (missing Clarisse Obedkoff) Congratulations to Clarisse Obedkoff, Haley Martin, Madison Kornell, Axana Merckx, Th...
Saturday morning saw both Katie and Tia in action. Katie dropped 7 seconds in her 200 back, clocking in at 2:23.7 to break a Jennifer Goldsmith record from 1988. Katie follwed her race plan very well,...
Katie Dunlop, did not let her nevers get the best of her, swimming a well executed race dropping 1.3 seconds off her best, placing 24th with a 1:06.7 in the 100m Back this morning. Katies swim broke t...
Tia swum put on a show Thursday afternoon to start Western Championships for the Aquajets. Her swim was the first of the meet, and the longest. Tia dropped 40 seconds in her 1500 free, breaking a 24 y...
Good luck to Tia and Katie this weekend in Winnipeg. Both Aquajets will be competing in three events at the meet, hosting the fastest swimming prior to Olympic Trials in Canada this year. Competition ...
The AquaJets kept the momentum going from the morning session tonight in Chilliwack. With some great performances and 5 trips to the podium. The night started off with Haley Martin winning her swim o...
Hats off to all the AquaJets racing very well on the first morning of the meet. Best times from the following Jets! 200 IM: Madison Kornell, Haley Martin, Jaya Melnyk, Axana Merckx, Jenna Butterworth,...
Congratulations to Emilia and Clarisse Obedkoff, Katie Dunlop and Josh Zakala on representing the AquaJets this past weekend in Kamloops at the Okanagan regional camp. 
Congratulations to Tia Itterman and Josh Zakala (below) on qualifying for SwimBC Prospects Camp on the 15th and 16th of October down in Richmond. Josh and Tia will represent KAJ in the 13 and 14 yr ol...
The AquaJets had 9 swimmers representing the team this past week in Montreal for the National Age Group Championships, Canada largest and most competitive meet with 1700 swimmers and over 200 clubs at...
