Last weekend the Riptides hosted their first meet of the season with 150 swimmers from the Cochrane Comets, Killarney Swim Club, Glencoe Gators, Cranbrook Tritons, Columbia Valley Otters, and the host club. The meet featured a variety of events, but in order to compete for medals in the Pentathlon, 11 & over swimmers had to enter the 100 IM, 50 fly, back, breast and free, while 10 & under swimmers had to enter the 100 IM, 25 fly, back, breast and free.

Highlights of the meet:

Seven Riptides won the Pentathlon in their age category – Kai, Joanna, Avi, Domenic, Emiko, Avery, Alex and Neo.  Alex was the only Riptide to win every event that he entered!

3 new club records:

100 IM – Neo’s 1:10.07 breaks Jason Evans’ 1:11.68 13-14 record

25 breast – Kai’s 27.49 breaks Magnus’ 28.35 10&U record

25 breast – Joanna’s 25.28 breaks Avi’s 27.00 10&U record

New Alberta Age Group Trials qualifier: Jeremy in 100 IM

New “A” time – Emiko in 50 free

New “B” times – Avi, Alex, Emiko and Sean

Most improved – Aydan dropped a total of 40 seconds from her 5 events

Biggest drops – In 100 IM Sean and Maja took off 27 and 26 seconds respectively