The Riptides won 23 medals and broke 15 club records at the Killarney SC Invitational in Calgary, a big two day meet featuring 350 swimmers from southern Alberta.
Neo – gold in 100 fly and 200 free, silver in 100 and 200 back
Jaime – gold in 100 fly and 400 free, silver in 100 back and bronze in 200 breast
Jeremy – gold in 50 breast, bronze in 100 and 200 breast
Joanna – silver in 50 free and bronze in 200 back
David – silver 200 free
Shallis – silver in 100 fly
Kiana – bronze in 400 free
Chloe – silver in 50 breast
Sydney – bronze in 50 breast
Sam – bronze in 100 fly
Kai – bronze in 100 breast
Alberta Provincials qualifiers – Kahlen, Ian, Carter, Jaime, Natalie, Kai, Jeremy, Joanna, Shallis and Kiana
Notable new records:
Boys 17-18 100 breast – David 1:14.19 – Ben Bronsch 1:16.45 (2007)
Girls 14 200 breast – Emily 3:08.97 – Avery Spence 3:23.04 (2016)
Girls 13 400 free – Kiana 4:56.66 – Alison Donelon 4:56.70 (2004)
Girls 12 100 back – Jaime 1:15.57 – Kiana 1:15.69 (2017)
Girls 8&U 100 back – Ani 2:03.63 – Bryn Williams 2:14.13 (2016)
Boys Open 200 free relay – Neo, Sam, David, Riley 1:47.07
Boys Open 200 medley relay – Neo, David, Sam, Riley 2:02.80
Full results and new club records on our website: https://riptides.ca/swimmers/results
Coach’s Alex’s report for Wacky T-Shirt
What a fantastic weekend for the Novice swimmers! For some this was their very first competition, and for some it was their first out of town competition. I am so proud of everyone with their results and how they swam. Congratulations to you all.
Andrew: 1 PB and two 2nd place finishes!
Ani: Taking 26 seconds off her 50 fly! 1st in the 25 BR, and 1PB!
Finlay: 3 PB’s! Well Done
Heather: 2 PB’s and a second place in the 25 BR
Madeline: 2 PB’s! Awesome work!
Spencer: 2 PB’s, way to swim fast!
Amyryn: PB in the 100FR and a great 25 fly!
Ben: PB’s in all his events! Great first swim meet Ben
Sydney S: 1 PB, and 2 3rd place finishes!
Cale: All 4 races were PB’s! Great work
Rune: 2 PB’s! Awesome
Will: 1 PB, Great job!
I have seen so much improvement on our ‘little things’. Keep that up and bigger results will come! Keep coming to practice to enjoy swimming and to train hard, then compete to show how much faster you can go! Well done everyone.