BC SUMMER PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP - CDSC RANKED 2ND PLACE OVERALL – BEST PLACING IN OVER A DECADE!

BC SUMMER PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP

CDSC RANKED 2^ND PLACE OVERALL – BEST PLACING IN OVER A DECADE!

The Canadian Dolphin Swim Club accomplished their best ever performance in over a decade in the recently concluded BC Provincial Championships which were from Thursday July 13^th to Sunday July 16^th at the UBC Aquatic Centre. The 36-strong team came in 2^nd overall in the meet, only behind the recently merged team of LOSC. The Women’s team came in 2^nd overall as well, and the men’s came in 9^th. 

There were multiple highlights of the meet. To begin with, the 13-14 Girls 4x50 Freestyle Relay Team comprised of Lauren Day, Lucy Liu, Danica Lambke, and Emma Liu broke the Provincial Record by 0.36s held by the Kelowna Aquajets from 2019 with a time of 1:50.11. They also set a new club record in the process.

Emma Liu (14 yrs) won the 13-14 yrs Aggregate Meet Award with 177 points, 26 points ahead of the 2^nd place, a testament to Emma’s swimming versatility over multiple events. In the process, Emma won 8 GOLD medals in the 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 FR, 200 FL, 200 IM, 400 IM. Emma won 1 SILVER medal in the 100 FL. Emma also broke club records in the 100 FL, 100 FR, 200 IM, 400 IM.

Nathalie Day (16 yrs) won 1 GOLD in the 100 BR, 1 SILVER in the 50 BR, and 4 BRONZE in the 50 BK, 100 BK, 200 BR, and 50 FL. Nathalie broke her own 50 BK and 50 FL club records in the process. 

Audrey Chow (12 yrs) won 1 GOLD in the 1500 FR, 2 SILVER in the 400 FR and 800 FR, and 2 BRONZE in the 200 FR and 200 BR. In the process, Audrey broke the 1500 FR club record.

Maria Saldana Riebleling (17 yrs) won 2 GOLD in the 400 FR and 1500 FR and 2 SILVER in the 200 FR and 800 FR. 

Ivan Sun (15 yrs) won 1 GOLD in the 50 BR and 1 BRONZE in the 100 BR.

Cici Sun (15 yrs) won 1 SILVER in the 200 FL and 1 BRONZE in the 200 BK. 

Abigail Skinder (16 yrs) won 1 SILVER in the 200 BK. 

Lauren Day (14 yrs) won 1 SILVER in the 200 FR. 

Lucy Liu (13 yrs) won 1 SILVER medal in the 50 BK. 

Alvin Chan (16 yrs) won 2 BRONZE in the 100 FR and 100 BK.

Justin Guo (12 yrs) won 1 BRONZE in the 100 BK. In the process of swimming his 50 BK, he broke the club record as well.

Luna Cheung (14 yrs) won 1 BRONZE in the 200 BR and achieved a new 15 yo WESTERN cut in the event.

Relay GOLD Medalists

• 13-14 yrs 4x50 Free (1:50.11) – Lauren Day, Lucy Liu, Danica Lambke, Emma Liu
  • New Club Record and Provincial Record!
• 13-14 yrs 4x50 Medley (2:03.00) – Emma Liu, Jobia Plata, Lucy Liu, Lauren Day
  • New Club Record!
• 13-14 yrs 4x100 Medley (4:31.46) – Lucy Liu, Luna Cheung, Emma Liu, Lauren Day
  • New Club Record!

Relay SILVER Medalists

• 17&O 4x50 Free (1:49.35) – Nathalie Day, Maria Saldana-Riebling, Charlotte Bell, Angel Yao
  • NEW CLUB RECORD!
• 4x100 Medley (4:28.10) – Charlotte Bell, Nathalie Day, Cici Sun, Maria Saldana-Riebling
• Relay BRONZE Medalists
• 11-12 4x50 Medley (2:17.69) – Yara Madkour, Audrey Chow, Mia Lin, Dana Fawzy
• 11-12 4x100 Medley (5:09.86) – Yara Madkour, Audrey Chow, Mia Lin, Dana Fawzy

New Event Qualifiers

• Senior Trials
  • Emma Liu 50 FR, 800 FR
• Junior Trials
  • Nathalie Day 50 FL
• Canadian Junior Championships
  • Jobia Plata 13 yrs 100 BR
  • Lauren Day 13 yrs 50 FR, 200 FR
  • Lucy Liu 13 yrs 100 FL
  • Alvin Chan 16 yrs 50 FR
• Westerns
  • Luna Cheung 15 yrs 200 BR

Finalists

• Alvin Chan – 6^th 50 FR, 4^th 200 FR, 5^th 50 BK, 6^th 100 FL
• Tyler Clogg – 9^th 200 FL
• Justin Guo – 8^th 50 FR, 9^th 100 FR, 7^th 200 FR, 4^th 50 BK, 4^th 200 BK, 10^th 100 FL,, 6^th 200 IM
• Sam Heusel – 5^th 50 FR, 5^th 100 FR, 9^th 200 FR, 4^th 50 BR, 6^th 100 BR, 5^th 200 BR, 8^th 50 FL, 10^th 400 IM
• Atom Jin – 8^th 400 FR, 4^th 1500 FR, 10^th 200 FL
• Dmitrii Oleinic – 5^th 50 FL
• Ivan Sun – 5^th 200 BR
• Kris Yang – 10^th 50 FR
• Charlotte Bell – 9^th 50 BK, 10^th 200 BK
• Sophia Chen – 10^th 100 FL, 10^th 200 FL
• Luna Cheung – 7^th 100 BR
• Tera Cheung – 7^th 200 BK, 9^th 200 IM
• Audrey Chow – 4^th 50 BR, 4^th 100 BR, 4^th 200 FL, 4^th 400 IM
• Lauren Day – 5^th 50 FR, 6^th 400 FR, 10^th 800 FR, 5^th 1500 FR, 7^th 50 BK, 5^th 100 BK, 4^th 200 BK
• Nathalie Day – 5^th 50 FR, 5^th 200 IM
• Dana Fawzy – 6^th 50 BR, 7^th 100 BR, 10^th 200 BR
• Queeny Gong – 10^th 200 BK, 10^th 200 BR
• Ridley Jenkins – 8^th 400 FR, 8^th 800 FR, 6^th 1500 FR, 9^th 200 FL, 8^th 400 IM
• Danica Lambke – 7^th 50 FR, 8^th 100 FR
• Mia Lin – 8^th 100 FR, 9^th 50 BK, 9^th 50 FL, 6^th 100 FL, 7^th 200 IM
• Lucy Liu – 8^th 50 FR, 5^th 100 FR, 4^th 100 BK, 8^th 200 BK, 6^th 50 FL, 6^th 100 FL
• Jobia Plata – 6^th 50 BR, 8^th 100 BR
• Maria S-R – 9^th 50 FR, 10^th 50 FL, 4^th 200 FL, 5^th 400 IM
• Abigail Skinder – 6^th 800 FR, 5^th 1500 FR, 4^th 50 BK, 5^th 100 BK
• Anna Skinder – 10^th 50 BR
• Cici Sun – 7^th 100 BK, 5^th 50 FL, 6^th 100 FL, 10^th 200 IM, 9^th 400 IM
• Angel Yao – 8^th 50 FR, 9^th 100 FR, 9^th 200 FL, 8^th 400 IM, 6^th 100 FL, 5^th 200 FL, 10^th 200 IM

Overall, Head Coach Kelly was impressed with the results of the meet:

“Our swimmers are continuing to buy in to their performance goals and it is great to see swimmers step up and become part of our teams overall success.

Next up, we look forward to seeing the 8 person team traveling to Toronto to take part in the Canadian Swimming Championships to race against the best swimmers in Canada and reach even greater heights!

Please also take a moment to cheer and support Team Canada as they compete in the 2023 World Aquatic Championships from July 23 to 30, 2023 held in Fukuoka, Japan. Go Team Canada!”

Thank you to all families for the hard work and dedication. Congratulations to all swimmers for a job well done and have a great summer!

Go Fins!