2017 Alberta Summer Championships
Riptides in the Outlook
Tag Archives: Medals
South Provincials Results
Jeremy, Joanna and Kiana led the Riptides at Alberta South Provincials with double medal performances and Ian, Kahlen, Kai and Kiana broke six club records.
Kiana – ABC standards in 8 events, two club records, bronze in 200 free and 50 fly
Jeremy – four championship standards and 7 PBs, bronze in 100 and 200 breast
Joanna – a successful return from an injury with 7 PBs, bronze in 200 and 400 free
Kai – two top 5 finishes and two club records
Jaime – 3 ABC standards and 4 PBs
Ian – 4 PBs and a new club record
Kahlen – 6 PBs and a new club record
Natalie – PBs in all 8 events!
Emily – 5 PBs and 3 top 10 finishes
Shallis – 6 PBs
Ella – her first Provincials and PBs in every race!
New records:
Girls 11&12 50 fly – Kiana 32.13 – Marin 32.35 (2016)
Girls 11&12 200 back – Kiana 2:48.61 – Emiko 2:50.76 (2015)
Girls 10&U 100 back – Kahlen 1:29.97 – Avi 1:30.36 (2013)
Boys 10&U 50 breast – Kai 44.97 – Kai 45.62 (2017)
Boys 10&U 200 breast – Kai 3:31.00 – Kai 3:35.86 (2017)
Boys 10&U 200 back – Ian 3:19.39 – no previous record
LASC Spring Challenge Results
Chantal and Shallis qualified for Alberta Summer Championships and the team finished fifth, winning 33 medals and breaking seven club records at the LASC Spring Challenge in Lethbridge.
Sam – 5 gold, 1 bronze and 3 new club records
Jeremy – 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. New Champs standard in 50 & 100 breast
Kai – 2 silver, 1 bronze and 2 new club records
Ian – 3 gold and 1 bronze
Chantal – 1 gold, 2 bronze and 1 club record
Natalie – 5 PBs, 1 club record, and a few new Provincial standards
Riley – 1 gold, 2 silver and 4 PBs
Jaime – bronze in 100 fly, Provincial standards and PBs in all events
Kahlen – 4 Provincial standards and PBs in all events
Sydney – silver in 50 breast and PBs in all events
Kiana – 1 silver and 2 bronze
Shallis and Renee – PBs in all events
Emily – PBs in all events and a few new Provincial standards
Jordan, Ruby, Sydney and Skye – 4 PBs
Ksenia – bronze in 400 IM
Avi – silver in 400 IM and 2 PBs
Pierre – PBs in all events and a new Provincial standard in 50 fly
Avery – 2 PBs and fourth in the 400 IM
Qualifiers for Alberta Southern Provincials and Summer Championships
Dino Cup Results
Natalie won gold in 25 breast and broke the 10&U girls club record
A small group of nine Riptides attended the Dino Cup and put up some big results. Kahlen qualified for Alberta Southern Provincials LC in June by achieving the time standard in the 200 IM and the 200 free. Natalie broke the 10&U club record in the 25 breast and Kai broke the 25 back record.
Natalie – gold in 25 breast, bronze in 25 and 50 free, 2 Provincial standards in 50 and 100 free and 7 PBs
Kai – silver in 25 back, bronze in 100 fly and 4 PBs
Kahlen – silver in 25 back, 5th in 25 fly and 4 PBs
Zephan – 3 PBs
Andrew – 5 PBs and 7th in 200 free
Madeline – 5th in 25 breast and 3 PBs
Chloe – 6 PBs and 5th in 25 free
Kiera – 4th in 25 back and 4 PBs
Will – 5 PBs
New records:
Girls 10&U 25 breast – Natalie 22.20 – Joanna 22.76 (2015)
Boys 10&U 25 back – Kai 19.96 – Anthony 20.74 (2016)
Alberta Spring Champs & Chinook Invitational Results
Sam qualified for Westerns in 100 and 200 fly.
Sam, Neo, Kiana, and Joanna had a strong showing at the first Alberta Spring Championships under the new long course format.
Sam led the Riptides with 4th in 100 fly, 5th in 200 fly and 7th in 50 fly. He set new club records in all three events. His times in the 100 and 200 fly qualified him for the Western Canadian Championships, which will be in Calgary in April.
Kiana swam PBs in all 6 events and was 8th in 50 fly and 50 free, and 10th in 100 back.
Neo broke two club records in 50 and 200 back, swam 4 PBs, and was 9th in 400 free
Joanna swam PBs in all 3 of her events.
On the following weekend, the Chinook Invitational was the first full long course meet of the season for most of our swimmers.
Jaime qualified for Alberta Summer Championships by dropping 15 seconds in 200 breast and finishing 4th. She also won bronze in the 200 fly in her first time swimming the event.
Natalie qualified for Alberta Southern Provincials LC by reaching the standard in 50 breast. She also won gold in that event and silver in 100 breast.
Avery – silver and a new club record in the 200 fly.
Kai – 2 silver, 3 bronze, 6 PBs and a new club record in 50 breast
Sam – 2 gold, 2 silver and a massive 98 second drop in 200 breast!
Chantal – 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze and PBs in all 7 events.
Neo – 1 gold, 4 silver
Anthony – 7 PBs, 1 silver and 1 bronze
Pierre – PBs in all events
Avi and Emily – 4 PBs
Ksenia – 5 PBs
Joanna – 6 PBs
Riley – 2 bronze in 50 and 200 back and 6 PBs
Kiana – bronze in 50 fly and 3 PBs
New records:
Girls 15&O 200 fly – Avery 3:07.44 – Avery 3:11.19 (2016)
Boys 10&U 50 breast – Kai 47.45 – Kai 47.99 (2016)
Boys 15&O 50 back – Neo 30.23 – Neo 30.46 (2016)
Boys 15&O 200 back – Neo 2:25.49 – Neo 2:27.60 (2016)
Boys 15&O 50 fly – Sam 28.02 – Neo 28.41 (2016)
Boys 15&O 100 fly – Sam 1:01.92 – Sam 1:03.45 (2017)
Boys 15&O 200 fly – Sam 2:20.92 – Neo 2:25.06 (2016)
Wild Hair – Coach’s report
Kai smashed the 100 IM boys 10&U club record at the Wild Hair Jr Circuit meet in Canmore.
Congratulations to all the swimmers who swam this weekend! The results were amazing. Every swimmer had at least 1 PB. A shout out to Kai, Ian, Keith and Ella!
I am proud to say a week of just kicking has paid off! We saw a lot more kick in this meet and I am seeing it more in practice! Very happy!
Kai has the boys 10&U 100IM record of 1:30.23
Ian with the boys 10&U 25 fly record of 18.40
Keith with a record of 1:02.32 for the boys 8&U 50 BR
Ella got her Provincial time in the 50 back and a new record for the girls 10&U 25 fly
Ian – 4 PBs, 1st in 50 fly, 50 free and 100 IM, 2nd in 25 fly
Zephan – 3 PBs, 2nd in 50 fly, 3rd in 50 free and 100 back
Isabelle – 1st in 50 breast
Andrew – 1st in 100 back, 2nd in 50 fly and 100 IM
Ani – 1st in 25 breast and 25 back, 4 PBs
Andrian – 4 PBs, 3rd in 50 free and 50 fly
Madeline – 4 PBs and 1st in 25 breast
Chloe – 2 PBs and 3rd in 100 IM
Jordan – 2 PBs
Natalie – 1st in 100 IM, 2nd in 100 free and 50 back, 4 PBs
Keira – 2nd in 25 fly and 2 PBs
Anjah – 3 PBs and 3rd in 50 breast
Kai – 4 PBs and 1st in all events
Skye – 3 PBs, dropped 12s in 100 free
Ella – 1st in 50 back and 25 fly and 2 PBs
Calvin – 3 PBs and 1st in 25 free
Keith – 3rd in 50 breast and 3 PBs
Sydney – 1st in 25 fly, 2nd in 50 free and 50 breast, 4 PBs
Cale – 4 PBs
Rune – 2 PBs
Girls 10&U 25 fly – Ella 18.39 – Shallis 18.99 (2015)
Boys 10&U 25 fly – Ian 18.40 – Anthony 18.45 (2015)
Boys 10&U 100 IM – Kai 1:30.23 – Anthony 1:32.90 (2016)
Boys 8&U 25 breast – Keith 1:02.32 – Liam 1:15.43 (2008)
Ella is our newest qualifier for Alberta Southern Provincials with a new Provincial time standard in 50 back. The youngest member of the team!
Southern Alberta Provincials – Coach’s Report
The Riptides had 9 swimmers attending the Southern Alberta Provincials under the new format of all Finals swims with no prelims.
Congratulations to all the swimmers attending for their professionalism in representing the club and their effort throughout all 4 sessions. For many of the JO swimmers this was their “Big” Meet for the Spring and to see some big time drops is fantastic and a testament to their hard work.
Special congratulations to:
Joanna for achieving the ABC standard in the 400 free with a 19 second time drop from 3 weeks ago and to Kai and Kiana for setting 3 new club records.
Joanna – silver in 400 free and bronze in 200 free, and PBs in all 8 events!
Kiana – bronze in 200 free, 6 PBs and ABC times in all events!
Kai – 2 new club records and 5 PBs
Emily, Jaime, Natalie and Ruby – 6 PBs each!
Anthony – 4th in 100 fly, 6th in 100 free and 200 IM
Jeremy – 5 PBs, 4th in 100 breast, 5th in 200 IM, 6th in 400 free
New records:
Girls 11-12 100 back – Kiana 1:15.59 – Emiko 1:16.87 (2015)
Boys 10&U 100 breast – Kai 1:38.66 – Kai 1:41.89 (2016)
Boys 10&U 200 breast – Kai 3:38.55 – Anthony 3:38.55 (2016)
We now roll onto Spring Championships in Edmonton where Kiana, Joanna, Sam and Neo will represent the club against the best in Alberta.
