Provincials Recap

Josh Sorensen

This past weekend saw over 550 swimmers from more than 30 teams descend upon the UBC Aquatics Centre in Vancouver for the Summer edition of BC Provincials.

While Inconnu had a small group of swimmers hit qualifying standards, just one swimmer made the trip down for the meet. Ryder Modde competed in 8 events garnering lifetime bests in 6 of them over the duration of the weekend. 

 

Ryder was best able to showcase his efforts and skill in the breaststroke races where he made sure to leave his mark on the competition. Across the three distances in Breast (50m, 100m, 200m), Ryder swam to two 4th place finishes in the sprints as well as a Top 10 A-Final finish in the 200m. He was within a second of the podium on both of his 4th place finishes as he fought for every inch and millisecond in his race. Further adding to these achievements, his times in the 50m and 100m also put him in the National Top 20 12&U Rankings with his 200m time sitting just outside. (National Ranks: 50m Breast - 16th, 100m Breast - 19th, 200m Breast - 21st) From a club perspective, the times saw him rewrite the Inconnu record books as all three breast swims set new standards for the club. The 50m and 100m races broke five and six year old club records while he rebroke the 200m record he set earlier in the season. 

Overall the meet demonstrated his improvement from Winter Provincials, as Ryder qualified in more events overall and improved on his rankings in each of the events he did swim. 

 

Ryder will now be joined by teammates Kieran Rogers and Mya Waberski as the trio heads to Prince George to represent Zone 8 at the BC Summer Games this weekend. There they will be on a team with swimmers from Prince George, Williams Lake, and Chetwynd as they take on the best in the province. 


 

Full Results - BC Summer Provincials 

 

Modde, Ryder

 

50 Freestyle - 31.32 - 25th  (PB)

100 Freestyle - 1:10.96 - 23rd

200 Freestyle - 2:35.88 - 27th

50 Breaststroke - 36.67 - 4th  (PB)  (Club Record)

100 Breaststroke - 1:21.37 - 4th  (PB)  (Club Record)

200 Breaststroke - 2:58.85 - 9th  (PB)  (Club Record)

50 Butterfly - 36.11 - 21st  (PB)

200 Individual Medley - 2:49.41 - 19th  (PB)