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Magnus Batara was recently selected to represent British Columbia in this summer's Western Canada Games. Magnus was one of only two male para-swimmers selected to the team. This August, Magnus will travel to Kamloops with 19 other BC swimmers to compete. This is Magnus's first selection to a provincial team, and we are all very proud of him. Congratulations, Magnus!
At the SFU LMR today, Melissa Quon (12) qualified for the BC AAA Championships in Victoria this March! Melissa qualified in the 200 butterfly by swimming a gutsy 2:59.26. Taking it out strong Melissa's 100 split was faster than her personal best time in the 100 fly! With the AGD 2's cheering her on, Mel kept pushing through the pain and dropped 8 seconds off her best time to achieve the AAA cut by 1.3 seconds! Since the start of the season Melissa has dropped 26 seconds from her best...
This weekend at the SFU LMR, Ryan Murray had an outstanding competition. Ryan went 6 for 6 achieving best times in his races! Ryan also made his BC AA 11 & under standards in 100 & 200 Bk. Ryan also achieved A times in the 400 FR, 100 Fly, 100 FR & 200 IM. Matthew Crawford (9) also had a strong competition placing 1st in many of his events and coming close to breaking club records for 9-10 year old boys in the 50 FR and 200 Fly! Matthew and...
This past weekend at the CDSC New Year's Invitational a new club record was set by Cathy Ye in PAG 3! Cathy set a new mark in the 13-14 girls 200 Butterfly with a time of 2:33.53. Cathy only turned 13 in November too! Cathy's time is the 5th fastest in BC and 20th in Canada for 13 year old girls this season. Congratulations Cathy!
Last weekend at the CDSC New Years Invitational, several Rapids showed major guts despite a tough week in the water, several bouts of illness, and some issues with legal fishkicks. The Rapids really swam into the meet, getting tougher as the weekend progressed. In addition to Cathy Ye's 200 fly record, Jack Hong broke the team record in the 800 free with a time of 9:06.57. Brandon de Costa dropped three seconds on his 100 breaststroke (1:15.48), qualifying for Age Group Nationals. Michael Jacak-Sinclair, Kevin Ye, Andrew Hung, Nathan Muszynski,...
Brandon DeCosta represents BC and the Rapids at the Pacific Coast All-Star Meet in Gresham, OR The Pacific Coast All-Star meet ran January 8-9, 2011, in Gresham, OR. Team BC's Age Group (11&12) and Prospects (13&14) squads are going up against all-star teams from Pacific Northwest Swimming (Washington), Oregon Swimming, Pacific Swimming (San Francisco Bay Area), and SoCal Swimming (Los Angeles area). While Pacific Swimming and SoCal Swimming are historically the front-runners at this annual event, TeamBC is looking to finish ahead of Pacific Northwest Swimming for the first...
Fastswim was the Rapids’ first three-day meet this season, and despite a tough heats and finals schedule, the team showed how much work they’d put in so far, and how much more they’re excited to do. Here are some of the highlights. Ada Zhang won the 200 IM, 400 IM and the 50 fly, and finished top three in the 50, 100, & 200 back, the 50, 100 & 200 breast, and the 400 free! Kyle Bower, showing great acceleration at the 30-meter mark, came back hard to win the...
12/10/10 Magnus Batara competed today in the Speedo CAN-AM Para-Swimming Championships in Toronto. The field not only included Canadians and Americans, but para-swimmers from Sweden, Brazil, and five other countries. Magnus made finals in both the 100 free and the 100 breaststroke. Magnus swam a personal best and came in sixth in the 100 free (1:10.27 LCM). Even more impressive, Magnus won the bronze medal in the 100 breaststroke (1:24.53 LCM) in his first international competition. A HUGE congratulations goes out to Magnus! With two more days of swimming to go,...
From November 11-13th over 150 Richmond Rapids Swimmers took part in the annual Swim A Thon and National 5 KM Challenge. There were some outstanding results from every level of the club from RSS 1 to our National swimmers. The RSS swimmers swam during their normal practice time. Level 1 & 2 swimmers had 30 minutes, 3 & 4 had 45 minutes and the level 5's had 60 minutes. 71 swimmers took part including Isaac Zhao in level 1 that swam in the BIG pool and completed 300 meters! The...
3 time Canadian Olympian, Brian Johns, has launch a new website. Brian grew up in Richmond swimming for the Aquanauts, Richmond Racers and the Richmond Rapids. Brian holds many our senior male club records as well as provincial and national age group records. Brian qualified for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games as a member of the Richmond Rapids! He also graduated from McRoberts High School in the same year. He has been swimming for the past decade with the UBC Thunderbirds and the National Training Centre at UBC where he...
