Some Blue Fins Swim Club athletes travelled down to Penticton for the Swim BC North & Interior Winter Divisional Championships Feb. 24 and 25. The Blue Fins raced against 15 teams of swimmers from all over the province, including the Okanagan, the Kootenays, Kamloops, Prince George, Prince Rupert, and even a team from Whitehorse.
With only one set of finals this year, swimmers had to give every race their all in the morning prelim sessions in order to earn a coveted spot in finals, and the competition for those 10 spots was fierce, reported assistant head coach Amanda Nemeth.
“Our team did a great job of not only qualifying for finals, but digging deep and making big improvements on their morning swims,” said Nemeth, noting the swimmers represented the club well.
Highlights:
Championship Team: Julien Allaire, Eleanor Dean, Aliya Grant, Jadyn Grant, Gavin Reedman, Lilly Reedman, Maya Robinson, Hunter Stokes, Jordyn Stoked, Emmeline Theriault
Finals Swims:
Emmeline: 100 back (9th), 50 breast (2nd), 100 breast (3rd), 200 back (6th), 200 breast (3rd), 50 back (3rd)
Jordyn: 100 back (2nd), 50 breast (1st), 400 free (4th), 50 fly (9th), 50 free (8th), 400 IM (5th)
Hunter: 200 back (6th)
Lilly: 50 back (9th)
Gavin: 200 IM (5th), 100 back (4th), 400 free (8th), 200 free (10th), 200 back (3rd), 400 IM (4th), 100 free (10th), 50 back (3rd), 800 free (7th)
Jadyn: 100 back (9th), 200 free (8th), 50 free (10th), 200 back (5th), 50 back (8th)
Aliya: 200 IM (6th), 50 breast (5th), 100 breast (4th), 200 back (7th), 400 IM (7th), 200 breast (3rd)
Eleanor: 50 back (8th)
Julien: 100 back (10th), 50 breast (7th), 200 free (5th), 50 fly (3rd), 50 free (7th), 50 back (10th), 100 fly (4th)
Podium Finishes
Gold: Jordyn: 50 breast
Silver: Emmeline: 50 breast; Jordyn: 100 back
Bronze: Aliya: 200 breast; Julien: 50 fly; Gavin: 50 & 200 back; Emmeline: 100 & 200 breast, 50 back
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