BC AAA Champs

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The club just competed at the BC AAA Champs which is the fastest provincial meet in the province.   Here are the results in reverse alphabetical order.

Thomas Yeo

-          4 of 6 best times

-          New AAA standard in 200 breaststroke

-          New AA standard in 200 free, 400 IM

-          Improved ranking in 5 of 6 events

-          First AAA level meet

Patrick Walkowski

-          4 of 6 best times

-          First time under one minute for 100 Free

-          Most improved ranking was 100 free by 7 positions

Dane Simmons

-          7 of 8 best times

-          New Age-Group National qualifying time in 1500 free for 14 yo and 15 yo

-          Swam a new unofficial AAA standard in 400 free during 1500 free

-          New club records in 1500 free, 100 back, 50 free, 200 Fly, 100 Fly, 100 Free,

-          Improved rankings in 6 events

-          Most improved ranking was by 9 positions in the 1500 free

-          Two top ten rankings (as a second alternate in 100 back and 100 free), eleventh in 50 free

-          Within immediate reach of 400IM, 400 Free and 800 free club records

Reeghan Osmond

-          4 of 5 best times

-          New Western National Championship time in 200 Free

-          Swam 50 free in finals, placed 8^th

-          Was entered in 50 free as a non-qualified (ie non-AAA) swim ranked 19^th with 29.22

-          Improved 50 free time by 0.72 seconds during heats and improved her rankings to 6^th with a time of 28.50

-          Only finals swim for HSSC at the meet, scored 11 points

-          New club record 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 free

-          New AAA’s in 50 free, 100 fly

-          Improved 5 of 5 rankings (most improved were 50 free 19^th to 6^th; 200 free 18^th to 9^th; 200 fly 15^th to 11^th)

Kaelen Osmond

-          6 of 6 best times

-          New AAA time standards in 1500 free, 400IM, 400 Free

-          Improved 6 of 6 rankings (most improved were 1500 free 17^th to 12^th; 200 free 21^st to 14^th)

-          Best swim was 1500 Free, improved by 1min, 13s which is an improvement of 5 seconds per 100

-          Closing in on 13yo Age-Group National QT for 1500 free by 26s (needs 2 more seconds per 100)

-          Closing in on 14yo Age-Group National QT for 1500 free by 44s (needs 3 more seconds per 100)

-          Swam best time for 400 free during 1500 free, and faster again for 400 free race

Jordan Morford

-          5 of 6 best times

-          Improved 5 of 6 rankings (most improved was 200 IM 33^rd to 26^th)

-          Best swims were 100 back (first time under 1:10) and 400 free (first time under 5:00)

-          Only 2.2 seconds away from 14yo Age-Group Nationals time in 100 back

-          Only 3.9 seconds away from 15yo Age-Group Nationals time in 100 back

Emily Halajian

-          2 of 5 best times

-          Best swims were 200 Fly (improved 7.70s), 400 free (improved 2.48s)

-          First AAA level meet

Overall Results

-          32 of 42 best times

-          76% best times (meet average was 50%)

-          Improved rankings in 32 of 42 swims (also 76%)

-          1 new Age-Group National Qualifier

-          1 new Western Champs Qualifier

-          6 new AAA Provincial Standards

-          2 new AA Provincial Standards

-          8 new club records

We actually had a lot of heat winners, probably around 33%.  Winning a heat is a reflection of how much more improved you are over seven other swimmers of the same swim time.