This past weekend, the Golden Dolphins hosted their annual BSCCA swim meet! Teams from across the region joined the competition, with 108 of our dedicated athletes representing the Dolphins. The meet was a fantastic display of the fun-loving community that our team is proud to be part of.
From parent volunteers setting up and running the event, to swimmers pushing themselves to achieve their best, to fans cheering from the sidelines, the entire Dolphins community came together to make the event a resounding success!
With approximately 250 athletes competing from seven different teams, it was a major event.
The Dolphins had a strong showing in the pool, with numerous personal bests, top-10 finishes, and new races attempted. The following swimmers achieved personal best times in all of their races: Aspen Bowers, Ruby Burford, Freya Denham, Hannah Fehr, Brynley Feuz, Olive Furfaro, Madilyn Granter, Graeme Harvey, Snow Hayter, Addie Johnston, Alisa Johnston, Stella Kells, Alexander Kirchmayer, Tereza Kohout, Hema Kumar, Vivienne McGrath, Wiley McLeod, Peter Mentz, Skylar Morgan, Owen Page, Hallie Peterson, Rudi Pitman, Anna Quanstrom, Nova Sparks, Micah Vanderhart, and Eric Wilson. Huge congratulations to these swimmers for their hard work!
Some of the youngest Dolphins competed in their very first swim meet this weekend. The coaches are incredibly proud of them for bringing so much confidence and energy to their first meet.
Several Dolphins also reached the podium in the aggregate awards, which recognize swimmers who earned the most points across all their races within their division. The following swimmers received aggregate awards:
Thomas McKnight (2nd in Division 2 Boys)
Liam McRoberts (3rd in Division 2 Boys)
Samuel McKnight (1st in Division 3 Boys
Nathan Tan (1st in Division 5 Boys
Malcolm Labonville (2nd in Division 6 Boys
Chris Granter (1st in Division 8 Boys)
Alisa Johnston (2nd in Division 1 Girls)
Ruby Burford (2nd in Division 3 Girls)
Aspen Bowers (3rd in Division 3 Girls)
Micah Vanderhart (1st in Division 4 Girls)
Anika Crawford (2nd in O-Cat 2 Girls)
Roxy Coasteworth (1st in Division 7 Girls)
Veronique Catin (3rd in Division 8 Girls)
A few Dolphins wrote themselves into the record book with some new club and meet record times. Roxy Coatesworth and Malcom Labonville achieved new club records for their divisions in the 100m breaststroke with times of 1:19.67 and 1:15.32, respectively. Coatsworth also set a new club record in the 50m freestyle with a time of 28.55. Coastworth’s 100m breaststroke time was also a meet record, along with Anika Crawford’s 1:14.05 and Malcom Labonville’s 1:03.02 in the 100m butterfly.
Congratulations to all our swimmers for their achievements, effort, and team spirit! This meet is by far the highlight of the Dolphins’ season, but they’re not done yet. 27 swimmers head to Kelowna this weekend for the last meet before the Regional Championship in Kamloops!
