Island Cup Results
Rapids Swimmers Get Opportunity to Compete Against World’s Best
November 16, 2011
There was a plethora of swimming talent at this year’s Island Cup in Victoria as some of the big guns from Canadian swimming and upcoming Canadian Olympic team hopefuls dove into the pools for some intense racing. The Richmond Rapids Swim Club sent representatives to the meet in the hopes of seeing and racing some of these talents.
Kyle Bower (16), Brandon De Costa (15), Nicolaas Dekker (15), Hau-Li Fan (14), Michael Jakac-Sinclair (14), Keegan Smith (16) and Kevin Zhang (15) had the opportunity to race Olympic silver medalist Ryan Cochrane and Commonwealth medalist Stefan Hirniak as well as some top level talent from around Washington State.
“It was quite an opportunity for the boys and one of the reasons we came to the meet,” says Richmond Rapids Head Coach Robert Pettifer. “With Olympic trials coming up in March the goal was to see and race some really fast swimmers.”
The meet was scored according to age and gender. Top 8 finishers in the meet were for the Rapids were: Brandon De Costa (15) gold 50 backstroke, silver 50 fly, 4th 100 back, 7th 200 IM. Nicolaas Dekker (15) silver 200 back, bronze 100 back/400 IM, 5th 200 fly, 8th 100 fly. Hau-Li Fan (14) gold 200 IM/200 fly/1500 free/400 IM, silver 200 back/200 breast, 4th 400 free, 5th 200 free. Michael Jakac-Sinclair (14) gold 100 free/200 free/50 free/50 fly/50 breast, silver 800 free, 6th 200 back/400 free. Keegan Smith (16) 4th 50 free. Kevin Zhang (15) 7th 200 breast, 8th 50 breast.
Club record breakers were Brandon De Costa in the 50 backstroke and Hau-Li Fan in the 1500 freestyle.
The Richmond Rapids are gearing up for their own invitational swim meet, FASTSwim. The meet will be held December 2-4 at Watermania. Come out and see BC athletes race for cash prizes. Finals swimming starts at 5:00pm.
The Rapids have also started a Master’s program. This program is for adults (over 18 years of age) who are looking for a place to refine swimming technique, join a group of like-minded trainers or competitive triathletes who are looking for an edge in the water. For more information email [email protected]
