The Golden Dolphins Summer Swim Club turned in a strong performance while hosting the 2026 Golden Dolphins Swim Meet on July 18 and 19, collecting a long list of podium finishes, relay wins, aggregate honours, and one meet record of their own against visiting clubs from across the region.
Golden swimmers reached the top three in A finals throughout the weekend, with strong results across all age groups.
On Saturday, Alisa Johnston placed third in the Girls Div. 2 100 IM, while Sophie Gale-Speers finished second in the Girls Div. 4 200 IM and Lily Neilson was second in the Girls Div. 5 200 IM.
In sprint freestyle, Bria Cassman took second in the Girls Div. 1 50 freestyle. Micah Vanderhart won the Girls Div. 5 50 freestyle, and Stella Kells captured gold in the Girls Div. 6 50 freestyle. On the boys side, Leo Otcenasek was second in the Boys Div. 5 50 freestyle, while Chris Granter won the Boys O8 50 freestyle.
Golden also posted several top butterfly results. Leah Feuz won the Girls Div. 1 50 butterfly, while Liam McRoberts won the Boys Div. 3 50 butterfly and Felix Poulin won the Boys Div. 4 50 butterfly. Malcolm Labonville added a second-place finish in the Boys Div. 7 100 butterfly.
Sunday brought more podium success. Micah Vanderhart was second in the Girls Div. 5 50 butterfly, and Stella Kells was second in the Girls Div. 6 50 butterfly. Leo Otcenasek won the Boys Div. 5 50 butterfly, while Chris Granter won the Boys O8 50 butterfly.
In backstroke, Leah Feuz placed third in the Girls Div. 1 50 backstroke. Sophie Gale-Speers added a third-place finish in the Girls Div. 4 100 backstroke, Micah Vanderhart won the Girls Div. 5 100 backstroke, Nathan Tan won the Boys Div. 6 100 backstroke, and Malcolm Labonville was second in the Boys Div. 7 100 backstroke.
Golden also had a strong breaststroke showing. Alisa Johnston won the Girls Div. 2 50 breaststroke, Aspen Bowers was second in the Girls Div. 3 50 breaststroke, and Sophie Gale-Speers placed second in the Girls Div. 4 100 breaststroke. On the boys side, Theo Ewan won the Boys Div. 2 50 breaststroke, while Malcolm Labonville claimed top spot in the Boys Div. 7 100 breaststroke.
In Sunday freestyle finals, Leah Feuz was second in the Girls Div. 1 100 freestyle. In Girls Div. 2, Alisa Johnston finished second and Lucy Comstock was third. Abigail Comstock added a second-place finish in the Girls Div. 3 100 freestyle. Micah Vanderhart was third in the Girls Div. 5 100 freestyle, and Stella Kells was third in the Girls Div. 6 100 freestyle.
On the boys side, Frederick Aldinger earned second in the Boys Div. 1 100 freestyle, Leo Otcenasek was second in the Boys Div. 5 100 freestyle, Nathan Tan finished third in the Boys Div. 6 100 freestyle, and Chris Granter won the Boys O8 100 freestyle.
The Dolphins were also strong in relay racing. Golden recorded top-three finishes in the Girls Div. 3, 4, 5 and 7 200 medley relays, winning the Girls Div. 4 event and adding runner-up finishes in Div. 3, 5 and 7. The club also won the Boys Div. 4 200 medley relay and the Boys O8 200 medley relay.
On Sunday, Golden won the Girls Div. 1 200 freestyle relay, the Boys Div. 4 200 freestyle relay, the Girls Div. 7 200 freestyle relay, and the Boys O8 200 freestyle relay. The Dolphins also placed second and third in both the Girls Div. 3 and Girls Div. 4 200 freestyle relays.
The Golden Dolphins also came away with several aggregate medals.
Chris Granter earned silver in Boys O8 with 42 points.
Leah Feuz took bronze in Girls S1 with 37 points.
Abigail Comstock claimed bronze in Girls S3 with 40 points.
Sophie Gale-Speers won silver in Girls S4 with 49 points.
In Girls S5, Micah Vanderhart captured silver with 51 points, tied with Adele Bollans of Salmon Arm.
Stella Kells earned bronze in Girls S6 with 47 points.
On the boys side, Felix Poulin took bronze in Boys S4 with 43 points, while Page Blake was silver in the same division with 44 points.
Leo Otcenasek won bronze in Boys S5 with 49 points.
Nathan Tan earned bronze in Boys S6 with 48 points.
Malcolm Labonville claimed bronze in Boys S7 with 50 points.
The weekend also featured several meet records from swimmers across the competition. Using the fastest time from either prelims or finals, new records were set by Madden Green of Dawson Creek in the Boys Div. 5 200 IM (2:26.43), Boys Div. 5 100 butterfly (1:04.77), Boys Div. 5 100 breaststroke (1:11.57) and Boys Div. 5 100 freestyle (58.20).
Kyden Hurst of Penticton set new marks in the Boys Div. 7 200 IM (2:32.57) and Boys Div. 7 100 backstroke (1:06.53). Lutza Berkenbosch of Revelstoke broke records in the Girls Div. 7 50 freestyle (28.21) and Girls Div. 7 50 butterfly (31.13).
Golden’s own Malcolm Labonville joined that list with a new meet record in the Boys Div. 7 100 breaststroke, posting the fastest time of the day in prelims at 1:14.01.
Relay records also fell. Ogopogo set new meet records in the Boys Div. 2 200 medley relay (3:00.18), Boys Div. 2 200 freestyle relay (2:41.35) and Boys O1 200 freestyle relay (2:34.28). Revelstoke set a new mark in the Girls O8 200 freestyle relay (2:03.99), while Salmon Arm tied the meet record in the Boys Div. 3 200 freestyle relay (2:30.62).
For the host club, it was a successful weekend in the pool, highlighted by depth across the lineup, relay strength, aggregate honours, and a record-setting swim from Labonville in front of the home crowd.
