Canada's best swimmers including many locals will battle for spots on Canada's Pan Pacific Championships and Nations Cup Team at Saanich Commonwealth Place, 4636 Elk Lake Dr., today through Sunday. Preliminaries begin at 10 a.m. Finals have a 6 p.m. start for the Senior National Championships.

Admission is free to the preliminaries and for children eight years old and under for preliminaries and finals. A day pass to the finals is $8, $25 for the weekend. Tickets are available at Saanich Commonwealth Place 9 Main desk and Gordon Head Recreation Centre main desk or can be reserved by mail at meets@pacifico

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There is also an Open Water swim at Thetis Lake Sunday at 9 a.m. Call 250-475-7600 for more information.