There were many standout moments in the swimming pool last weekend when the Quesnel Waverers Swim Club hosted the Waverers Gold Pan Invitational Meet.
Thirty-eight Waveriders competed in the meet, which was held Feb. 9-10 at the Quesnel Arts and Recreation Centre, and 19 won medals. Twenty-seven swimmers earned new personal best times at the meet.
Waveriders head coach Jeritt Brink was impressed by eight-year-old Elise Jonasson’s performance, and he thought Chloe Hopton was another standout.
“Chloe Hopton showed the pool just how butterfly is done, taking out the competition in her race by a whopping 12m or more,” he said.
The coach also singled out the club’s 10 & Under 100m Individual Medley swimmers, Memphis Swaan, Garrett Van Horne and Petra Peter, for “a fantastic showing in placing, but also in the keenness to learn all four strokes.”
“It’s important to do to balance muscles and reduce injury from repetition of the same stroke over and over while young,” he said.
Ten-year-old Memphis Swaan won gold medals in the 25m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke and 100m medley and silvers in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle, while nine-year-old Garrett Van Horne won three silver medals (25m freestyle, 100m backstroke and 100m medley) and one bronze (50m freestyle).
Stella Buys, who is nine, won a silver medal in the 50m freestyle and a bronze in the 25m freestyle, and 12-year-old Norah Cameron won a bronze in the 50m butterfly.
Sixteen-year-old Grace Currie won a bronze medal in the 50m butterfly, while 12-year-old Evie MacDougall won a silver in the 50m backstroke, and 15-year-old Darby O’Hara won silver in the 50m butterfly.
Twelve-year-old Boroka Peter won one silver (50m freestyle) and one bronze (50m breaststroke), and nine-year-old Petra Peter won gold in the 24m freestyle and bronze in the 50m freestyle and the 100m medley.
Nine-year-old Jasreet Samra won a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle.
Sixteen-year-old Audrey Jespersen won five gold medals in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 50m breaststroke and 50m butterfly, and her 100m freestyle time of 1:01.69 was a provincial championship qualifying time.
Twelve-year-old Chloe Hopton won gold medals in the 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly, and she earned an age group championship qualifying time in the 50m freestyle with her 31.59 winning time. Horton also won silver medals in the 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle and 50m breaststroke.
Thirteen-year-old Luca Armstrong won a gold medal in the 200m backstroke, earning an age group championship qualifying time of 2:38.37, and also won three silver medals (50m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke and 50m butterfly) and three bronzes (100m freestyle, 200m freestyle and 100m backstroke).
Eleven-year-old Francois Buys won the 50m freestyle in an age group qualifying time of 33.93 and won another gold in the 50m backstroke, as well as a silver in the 50m butterfly and bronze medals in the 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle.
Fifteen-year-old Seth Reddemann won four gold medals (100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke and 100m butterfly), one silver medal (400m medley) and two bronzes (200m backstroke and 50m freestyle). He earned provincial championship qualifying times in the 100m freestyle (58.74) and 200m freestyle (2:11.94).
In the mixed 4x50m freestyle relay, Billy Swyers swam a provincial championship qualifying time as the lead-off swimmer.
For full results, visit swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=613631&clubId=86203.