Mies Shootman Swim Meet Great Success For Richmond Swimmers

April 19, 2012

                The Mies Shootman Invitational hosted by the Canadian Dolphins Swim Club remembers the substantial contribution of its namesake.   Shootman, who was inducted into the BC Swimming Hall of Fame as a builder was a huge contributor in Provincial swimming.

                The Richmond Rapids Swim Club attended the meet in her honour with the hopes of the next level of personal achievements.   The Rapids had 62 athletes attend the meet and had 26 athletes achieve 100% personal bests.

                Throughout the meet’s prestigious history records have been kept of the fastest results.  Kevin Ye (12) from Richmond set a new meet record in the boys 12 year old 200 IM.

Rapids’ Coach Drew McClure seemed very pleased with his swimmers results.

“It’s great to see the kids so enthusiastic about swimming.  It bodes well for a great long course season.”  McClure’s 13 & under swimmers were one of a large group of Rapids’ swimmers who achieved both second swims in finals and some medals at the meet.

Rapids’ swimmers who achieved a top 3 placing were: 
Austin Berry (12)silver 400 freestyle
Arvin Chua (13) silver 50 free, bronze 400 free/200 fly/50 breaststroke
Brandon Crawford (14) silver 200 fly/200 IM, bronze 100 fly
Matthew Crawford (10) silver 50 fly/50 back/ 50 free, bronze 200 IM/200 back
Paula Gosse (16) bronze 100 breaststroke
Celine Hong (15) gold 100 back/100 breast/200 IM, silver 50 back, bronze 400 free
Adrian Hsing (11) silver 400 free/100 free/100 back, bronze 200 free
Thomas Huen (10) bronze 50 free
Mike Jakac-Sinclair (15) silver 200 fly
Christopher Lam (13) silver 400 IM
Jerry Lui (13) gold 400 free/50 free/200 free, silver 50 fly/50 back/200 fly
Ryan Murray (12) gold 400 free, silver 50 free/200 back
Melissa Quon (13) bronze 200 fly
Richard Rakchtis (11) gold 400 free/100 back/200 IM/200 breast, silver 200 free/200 back, bronze 100 free/50 breast
Maximilian Schaffler (13) gold 50 back/1500 free/100 back, silver 200 back, bronze 100 breaststroke/100 fly
Nichole Welsh (14) bronze 200 fly
Serena Xue (14) silver 200 breast, bronze 100 breaststroke
Kevin Ye (12) gold 50 fly/50 breast/400 IM/200 free/100 breast/200 IM/100 fly/200 back/200 breaststroke
Kevin Zheng (15) gold 200 fly, silver 200 breast, bronze 200 IM
Steven Zhou (12) bronze 100 back/100 breaststroke

                Club records were broken by Celine Hong in the girls 15-16 200 IM while the 10 & under boys broke five.  Jeremy Fung (10) broke the 9-10 boys 100 fly while Matthew Crawford (10) broke the boys 50 fly, 200 back, 50 back, 200 IM.  Kevin Ye broke the boys 11-12 200 free, 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 100 fly, 200 IM.  Hau-Li Fan (14) broke the male 13-14 1500 freestyle.

                The Rapids had 2 new qualifiers; Anthony Chan (11) qualified his first ever AA championship standard while Thomas Huen (10) qualified for BC AAA Championships which are held in Richmond this July.

                Rapids swimmers will be gearing up for West Coast Open which is hosted out of Watermania pool.  Swimming runs all weekend May 5-6 and will host clubs from all across the Lower Mainland Region.

                For more information on the Richmond Rapids Swim Club click on www.richmondrapids.com or call 604-275-7946.  The Richmond Rapids will be running summer training throughout the month of July.