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MORE Club Records Broken!

Zachary Haw

The National, Provincial, and AGP groups conducted time trials this week for the Swim BC Virtual Divisional and Provincial Meets. Each day, the groups race a handful of events. 

Here are some notable swims:

Club Records Broken

  • Hugh McNeill (17 yrs) broke the 15-17 and Senior/Open 400 SCM Freestyle record by 2.31s with at time of 3:55.39. Old record holder for both 15-17 and Open was Willelm Hergesheimer in 2007.
  • Bailey Herbert (18 yrs) broke the Senior/Open 100 SCM Butterfly record by 1.11s with a time of 1:00.69. Old record holder was Kayla Rawlings in 2006.
  • Katie Schroeder (15 yrs) broke the 15-17 and Senior/Open 100 SCM Backstroke record by 0.09s with a time of 1:01.46s. Old record holder for both is Katie herself in 2020.
  • Katie Schroeder (15 yrs) broke the 15-17 50 SCM Butterfly record by 0.14s with a time of 0:27.96s. Old record holder is Bailey Herbert in 2020.
  • Leila Fack (14 yrs) broke the 13-14 100 Freestyle record by 1.44s and Senior/Open 100 Freestyle record by 0.43s with a time of 0:55.55. Old record holder for 13-14 yrs is Leila herself in 2020 and Open/Senior is Bailey Herbert in 2021. A fun fact for this is that this is faster than the current 13-14 yrs 100 SCM Freestyle BC Record held by Alexandra Gabor in 2007 with a time of 55.97s. 
  • Leila Fack (14 yrs) broke the 13-14 400 SCM by 4.64s with a time of 4:23.08. Old record holder for 13-14 yrs is Bailey Herbert in 2016.
  • Leila Fack (14 yrs) broke the 13-14 50 Butterfly record by 1.27s and Senior/Open 50 Butterfly record by 0.58s with a time of 27.31s. Old record holder for 13-14 yrs is Leila herself in 2020 and Open/Senior is Bailey Herbert in 2021. 
  • Alex Velicico (12 yrs) broke the 11-12 50 Backstroke record by 0.20s with a time of 31.10s. Old record holder was Alex himself in 2021.
  • Alex Velicico (12 yrs) broke the 11-12 50 Butterfly record by 0.09s with a time of 30.46s. Old record holder was Joshua Kim himself in 2014.

New Qualifiers

  • Keith Vermeulen (17 yrs) achieved his first Fraser and Island Divisional time with the 50 Backstroke.

Congratulations to all swimmers and keep up the good work!

LOSC Staff

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