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Sherry Liu is through to the Olympic Trials final in 400 free! Sherry qualified 8th on a great cagey swim from the fastest seeded heat this morning. Now for an outside smoke! Remember this is televised so set your pvr or be ready in front of your tv. It is going to be very fast tonight as the top seeds are all looking for their FINA A time of 409.35. Stefan Milosevic continues his hot hand and swam tough in the 400IM where he went a best time and qualified...
In the A final Sherry Liu raced to her best time in the 200 split of the 400 as she courageously stuck with the field as they set up what would become two under the FINA A standard and a Canadian record. Sherry need up 7th moving up a spot. Stefan chipped away at his best time from the morning as he finished 4th in the B final in 4.33.11.
Congratulations to Wendy Yang, Sara Whelan, and Chris Baker for qualifying for the Swim BC Prospects Camp! The camp will be held in Montreal and they will have an opportunity to watch finals at Olympic Trials! Full article: http://swimbc.ca/provincial-team-news/2012/3/15/prospects-west-2012-team.html#entry15445672 Prospects West 2012 Team THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012 AT 8:15AM Thirty-two swimmers and five coaches will travel to Montreal March 26 to participate in the annual Prospects West camp. The camp will take place during the first four days of Olympic Trials. Team BC will be joined by 32 swimmers from...
With one day to go before we start the final preparation comes to its conclusion. Swimmers appear relaxed as we look over the Olympic pool
Hyack finished the camp with 10*100@3 min max effort and even though tired the swimmers pulled off a good set to close camp. From the pool we went to a surprise evening for the team and took in the Florida Panthers hockey game vs Edmonton Oilers. For most it was their first NHL game and we had overtime and a shoot out to boot! It was a great camp overall and you couldn't have had better weather or pool conditions to train in. Now the groups split to the Olympic...
With one day to go the swimmers had an eventful day. We rented surf boards and spent a day surfing prior to the afternoon training session. Surf was up and our beginner status was pretty evident on the boards but we looked good! Dinner was on the canal at a hotspot called FlipFlops. It was Abi Sayer's 18 birthday dinner. Today with a cake we celebrate tomorrow with a birthday swim! Overall the camp has been great with the swimmers fully involved in the sessions and running to the pool...
From New West News Leader (Link here: http://www.newwestnewsleader.com/news/141930883.html) Pondering a pool's future Mark Bottrill, the coach at the Hyack Swim Club, says the while the pool is still adequate, the rest of the Canada Games facilities have become strained by demand, meaning his swimmers have very little space on the deck to do dryland workouts. By Grant Granger - New Westminster News Leader Published: March 08, 2012 4:00 PM With apologies to W.P. Kinsella, New Westminster Hyack Swim Club coach Mark Bottrill says, “If you build it, we will come.”...
Started off the evening with Haydn's silver and Sherry's gold in the 400fr. Sherry's 400 is also the swim of the meet! She broke her own club record and had an excellent race. Definitely brought a lot of excitement to the rest of the night. Next medal was Abi's bronze in the 200bk. Stefan swam an awesome 200bk after and got a gold and a new club record! Then came 10 year old Kiana's 100br silver. She swam a blistering 50 and got a new club record in the 50br...
Another good night for finalists. 2 new meet records from Ethan Laing and Chris Baker in the 200br and 100fly, respectively. One new club record from Sherry Liu in the 400im. Also, we had 10 year old Kiana Stark get a bronze in the 11&under 200br. Better finishes tonight then last night, with no one being outswam in the last 15m. We managed to move up to third place overall at one point in the meet, but slid back down to 6th after relays. We got a steep hill to...
