For the last swim meet of this decade Kelowna Aquajets had 76 represent the club at the MJB Ice Classic in Kamloops. The club swam to a second-place finish overall for the meet.
Para swimmer Patrick Waters set a new Canadian record in the Men’s 100 breast on his road to making Team Canada’s Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2020.
Liam Chew set two new club records for 10 and under boys in 100 breast and 400 IM. Erin Epp set new records in the 50 & 200 breast in the 15-17 girls and the Open girls division.
Photo credit: Contributed
Kelsey Fillion broke two club records for the 15-17 yr old girls in both the 50 free & fly. Aiden Kirk broke club records for 11-12 yr old boys in 200, 400 and 800 free, set a new record in the 200 back & the 200 IM while Abigail Jerome broke club records in both the 50 & 100 fly for 13-14 yr old girls.
The swimmers who swam to 100% best times were Avery Deis, Tuja Dreyer, Tim Novitski, Andrew Hwang, Justin Kim, Joshua Yoon, Liam Collie, Flynn Huber, Rachel McInnes, Jacklyn Pengilly, Patrick Waters, Oliver Dickieson, Abigail Jerome, Nica Robertson, Kodi Wiman, Leonie Klimas, Aomsin Nimsombun and Cameron Yakimchuk.
Swimmers who were just shy of 100% best times were Ethan Gray, Courtney Pequin, Kaleigh Reese, Madison Seeley, Avery Simpson, Juliet Nicholson, Mila Wall, Scott Watson, Dakota Wiman, Jared Moore, Nathaniel Hees, Cameron Chambers, Kelsey Fillion, Erin Epp and Daniil Savelev.
Photo credit: ContributedAbigail Jerome
Swimming to the podium were Kelsey Fillion, Erin Epp, Rachel McInnes, Liam Collie, Paul Neupert, Daniil Savelev, Tuja Dreyer, Emilie Golinowski, Andrew Hwang, Justin Kim, Joshua Yoon, Caede Manzini, Sara Gray, Oliver Dickieson, Jared Moore, Aiden Kirk, Abigail Jerome, Kodi Wiman, Meagan Corrigan, Nica Robertson, Scott Watson, Liam Chew and Sawyer Nabozniak.
It was gold for the 14 & Under Mixed FreeRelay made up of Abigail Jerome, Jared Moore, Avery Simpson and Aiden Kirk and gold for the 14 & Under Mixed Medley with Liam Collie (back), Meagan Corrigan (breast), Abigail Jerome (fly) and Jared Moore (free).
The 12 & Under Mixed Free Relay consisting of Sawyer Nabozniak, Dakota Wiman, Emilie Goliowski and Aiden Kirk, the 15 & Over Mixed Free Relay with Paul Neupert, Kelsey Fillion, Erin Epp and Pierson Piche along with the 15 & Over Mixed Medley Relay with Daniil Savelev (back), Erin Epp (breast), Paul Neupert (fly) and Kelsey Fillion (free) all swam to silver medal finishes.
Photo credit: Contributed
Big time drops of greater than 10 seconds were had by Avery Simpson, Jovin Bertoia, Liam Chew, Juliet Nicholson, Mila Wall, Scott Watson, Dakota Wiman, Cameron Yakimchuk, Helene Denney, Oliver Dickieson, Johnny Ekinci, Lauren Griffin-Lepine, Abigail Jerome, Aiden Kirk, Ashley Moore, Isla O’Connor, Nica Robertson, Will Thorsteinson, Gabriel Widing, Kodi Wiman, Andrew Hwang, Justin Kim, Erin Epp, Flyn Huber and Liam Collie.
KAJ’s newest Age Group Provincial qualifiers are Justin Kim and Tuja Dreyer and Abigail Nicholson, Emma Berg, Isla O’Connor, Sarah Courtenay, Kassua Dreyer and Flyn Huber are the newest qualifier for the Provincial Championships.
Photo credit: ContributedLiam Collie
Those who swam to new Provincial qualifying times were Liam Chew, Juliet Nicholson, Scott Watson, Dakota Wiman, Emma Hawkins and Caede Manzini.
Strong swims were had by Victoria Koehle, Sam Pringle, Jordan Meyer, Keaton Russell, Noah Semashkewich, Madi Fourie and Sarah Moore.
Photo credit: Contributed
