The 2012 TAS BC AAA short course (25m pool) championships took place on Thursday March 1 through Sunday March 4 at the Surrey Sports and Leisure Complex. There were a total of 640 swimmers taking part with 42 teams scoring points. 91原创 Olympians Swim Club swimmers finished in 8th place overall. The meet was a huge success for the team with many swimmers making finals, winning medals, breaking meet and club records, achieving new qualifying times and new best times.
Gold medal winners;
Hillary Metcalfe (13) in the 800 free, 200 IM, 200 free, 400 IM, 200 breast, 400 free, 100 breast; Chelsea Borrowdale (12) in the 100 breast, 200 breast; Robyn Nakano (12) in the 200 fly and Justin Schramm (14) in the 200 fly.
Silver Medal winners;
Chelsea Borrowdale (12) in the 400 IM; Martha Metcalfe (15) in the 400 IM; Robyn Nakano (12) in the 100 fly; Justin Schramm (14) in the 200 IM; the 11-12 girls 'A' 4 x 50 free relay team (Alysse Franklin, Robyn Nakano, Renae Ledoux and Chelsea Borrowdale); the 11-12 girls 'A' 4 x 50 medley relay team (Robyn Nakano, Chelsea Borrowdale, Gabby Szalkai and Alysse Franklin) and the 11-12 girls 'A' 4 x 100 medley relay team (Robyn Nakano, Chelsea Borrowdale, Gabby Szalkai and Alysse Franklin)
Bronze Medal winners;
Chelsea Borrowdale (12) 200 IM; Kennedy Douglas (12) 200 breast; Michael MacDonald (16) 100 back; Martha Metcalfe (15) 200 IM; Robyn Nakano (12) 200 back and Justin Schramm (14) 400 IM.
Other Top 8 placings;
Siobhan Board (14) 5th 50 free, 100 back, 200 back, 100 free, 8th 100 fly; Chelsea Borrowdale 7th 400 free, 6th 200 fly; Mackenzie Dong (11) 7th 400 IM, 8th 200 free; Kennedy Douglas 5th 100 breast; Lisa Grier (11) 4th 400 IM; Jenessa Hillman (11) 6th 800 free, 400 free; Joshua Kim (10) 4th 200 breast, 5th 100 breast, 6th 200 fly; Renae Ledoux (12) 5th 200 breast; Kelley MacDonald (12) 6th 200 breast; Avery Martin (11) 7th 400 IM, 200 breast; Martha Metcalfe 4th 200 fly, 6th 800 free, 200 breast, 8th 400 free; Robyn Nakano 4th 400 IM, 5th 100 back, 7th 200 IM; Justin Schramm 4th 100 fly, 400 free, 6th 200 free; Gabby Szalkai (12) 7th 200 fly; Hannah Weinkauf (13) 6th 50 free; Alysse Franklin (12) 8th 50 free and 100 free.
New Qualifiers;
Renae Ledoux - Age Group National 200 breast 2:53.19
Kelley MacDonald - Age Group National 200 breast 2:54.69
Kennedy Douglas - Age Group National 200 breast 2:50.15
Robyn Nakano - Western Canadian Champs 100 back 1:09.99
Meet Records;
Justin Schramm 14 year boys 200 fly 2:10.68
Hillary Metcalfe 13 year girls 200 IM 2:18.95; 400 IM 4:58.13; 200 free 2:06.47; 400 free 4:28.29 and 800 free 9:13.38
Hillary Metcalfe also won the Regional Athlete Development Award.
Club Records;
Chelsea Borrowdale 11-12 girls 400 IM 5:17.63
Joshua Kim 9-10 year boys 100 breast 1:29.70 and 200 breast 3:10.18
Justin Schramm 13-14 boys 200 fly 2:10.68; 200 IM 2:14.47 and 400 IM 4:44.86
Hillary Metcalfe 13-14 girls 200 free 2:06.47; 400 free 4:28.29, 800 free 9:13.38 and 200 IM 2:18.95
Siobhan Board 13-14 girls 50 back 31.02 and 100 back 1:05.77
Robyn Nakano 11-12 girls 100 fly 1:08.03, 200 fly 2:30.89, 50 back 33.41 and 200 back 2:28.44
11-12 girls 4 x 100 medley relay and 4 x 50 medley relay team Robyn Nakano, Chelsea Borrowdale, Gabby Szalkai and Alysse Franklin
13-14 girls 4 x 100 medley relay team Siobhan Board, Hillary Metcalfe, Robyn Nakano and Alysse Franklin
100% Best Times;
Gabby Szalkai, Kelley MacDonald, Renae Ledoux, Joshua Kim, Karl Hallquist and Siobhan Board
Head Coach of 91原创 Olympians Swim Club, Brian Metcalfe, said of his team, 鈥淲e had a really good meet, the kids all swam excellently. It鈥檚 always very pleasing when so many of our swimmers come away with medals, meet records, club records, qualifying times and best times. I am very happy with my team.鈥�
91原创 Olympians Swim Club are currently offering a free month of swimming to new members. Please call 604-532-5257 or visit the website www.langleyolympians.com for more details.
