Members of the KISU swim club had success at the 2014 B.C. Short Course AA championship in Chilliwack at the end of February.
Coach Tina Hoeben said her swimmers had a great meet achieving new time standards, along with earning medals and best times.
Coming home with medals were Wynn Nordlund, Evan Peters, Belize Souch-Tremblay and Jackson Logie.
Nordlund, 14, cut 13 seconds from his 200-metre breast stroke to finish in 2:40.31 and earn a AAA time while taking gold. Evan Peters, 11, also medalled taking silver and bronze in the 100- and 200-m back stroke, respectively. Peters completed the 200-m backstroke in 2:55.53, cutting 18.02 seconds from his original time. Belize Souch-Tremblay pocketed gold and silver in the 400 IM and 800-m freestyle, respectively. She also earned bronze in the 200 IM. In the 400 IM, she finished in 5:36.42 after cutting 6.56 seconds from her time. In the 800-m free, Souch-Tremblay cut 36.28 seconds.
Emily Caruso, 12, earned a AA time in the 200-metre breast stroke clocking in at 3:07.02. She improved her time by 8.99 seconds. Bryce Doroshuk chopped 12.52 seconds from his 200 individual medley to earn a AA time in 3:16.87. Justin Fotherby, 10, earned a AAA time in the 100-m fly when he chopped 15.95 seconds to finish in 1:28.22. Liam Wallich, 10, trimmed the time on his 400-m free by 47.41 seconds, finishing in 6:08.91.
“There were a lot of impressive swims at the meet,” said Hoeben. “Wynn Nordlund stood out in a big way, winning the gold in the 200-m breast stroke was a phenomenal swim.”
In the standard meet, Doroshuk placed sixth in the 100-m backstroke finishing in 1:26.85. Fotherby was fifth in the 100-m fly. Kenzi Haberstock placed sixth in the 200 IM in 2:41.93 and was sixth in the 400 IM. Reece Haberstock was sixth in the 200-m fly finishing in 2:38.54, as well as the 200-m back and 400 IM. Logie, 11, was first in the and 400 IM and eighth in the 100-m fly. Nordlund fifth in the 400 IM. Souch-Tremblay won gold in the 400 IM, finishing in 5:37.42, silver in the 800-m freestyle and bronze in the 200 IM.
Kristen Vandeweghe placed fifth in the 200-m freestyle and 400 IM. Mackenzie Wallich placed fifth in the 100-m backstroke, sixth in the 200-m backstroke and eighth in the 400-m freestyle.
“It is a great meet for swimmers to develop both their racing speed and confidence at higher level meets,” said Hoeben.