Swimmers Success at Valleys 09

On Thursday November 5 at 6:15am eighteen spirited and dedicated swimmers boarded the bus to the Fraser Valley Championships in Surrey.  The team comprised of Matthew Bianchini, Christina Chow, Sarah Davies, Josh Davis, Burkely Duffield, Zoee Fenelon, Brittany Kopetsch, Terin Lovestar, Caleb Reardon, Joon Rho, Keenan Rogozinski, Alexa Tielmann, Taryn Waller, Curtis Yaffe, Dennis Baek, Luis Baquedano, Tori Wong and Jessica Barclay swam incredibly fast.  Every member of the team, swam a seasonal or personal best and nine members, incuding Matthew, Burkely, Caleb, Joon, Keenan, Curtis, Luis, Josh and Tori will be competing at BC Provincial Championships in Richmond on November 20-22.

Highlights

Dennis Baek took 3.5 seconds off his time in the 50 Free
Caleb, Keenan, Joon and Curtis qualified in both relays, placing sixth 200 Free Relay and seventh in the 200 Medley Relay.
Burkely qualified for provincials in three events.  He swam a personal best of 27.78 in the Boys 50m Free and placed 6th.
Matt, Josh, Burkely, and Luis all swam personal best times in the Boys 200 Free Relay.  Their outstanding performance resulted in a third place finish.
Tori qualified for provincials in all four of her events including the 100 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Back and 200 IM.
Taryn Waller swam a personal best time of 39.30, shaving 3.5 seconds of her personal best time.
Sarah Davies and Jessica Barclay competed in the first swim meet.  Sarah dropped 3 seconds off of her personal best and Jessica swam her way to a third place finish in her heat.
Zoee competing the open category against club swimmers held her own and swam a personal best time of 33.56 in the girls 50m Free. 
Christina, Brittany and Terin was personal best times in every one of their races and stepped up to complete against senior swimmers in the 200 Free Relay.  Way to go girls!
Alexa finished in the top 12 in all of her events and raced her way to a 1:11.63 in the 100m Freestyle.