AAA Champs Wrap-up

Hyack swimmers made a big splash at the Long Course Provincial Championship, placing the team 4^th overall. “We have seen our team presence take a step forward over the last few provincial championships. The swimmers have been gaining strength to take a run against the upper echelon teams to not only swim well on their best events but also some other events that they wanted to score for the team point race. It takes a lot of psychological endurance to be able to swim well over 5 days and stay committed to your event slate and deliver those performances” stated Head Coach Mark Bottrill. “I believe we still have more in the tank, and with this positive outcome it establishes we can get to the next level”.

Led by Stefan Milosevic’s (14) 4 gold medals and 5 club records the boys side held strong in the competition. Hau-Li Fan (12)with 2 gold 2 silver 3 bronze, Matt Hua (17) 1 gold double silver and a bronze along with Daniel Gomez (15) 1 gold double silver and Hayden Pak (12) 1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze the boys added up the points quickly. From the girls side Wendy Yang (11) 4 gold 1 silver and 1 bronze, and Sara Whelan (12) Jacqueline Chui (15) and Kristine Lawson (18) double silver medals added to the team totals.

Other notable swims were:

Jeremy Au (11) silver 100 back 100 breast, bronze 50 Free

Paige Catlin (13) 4^th 200 Breast: Western Championships Qualifying time

May Li (13) bronze 100 back

Inder Pooni (13) 4^th 200 IM 5^th 100 back, 6^th 200 back

William Truong (11) 6^th 100 Breast 7^th 50 Free

Abi Sayer (16) 4^th 200 fly/800 Free

Taylor VanderBaaren (13) 4^th 50 free 6^th 100 Free

Keila Stark (14) 8^th 100 Breast, 7^th 200 Breast

Mark Pang (12) 5^TH 1500 Free, 7^th 200 Free