Nanaimo White Rapids swimmers combined to win more than 50 regional titles at Vancouver Island championships this past weekend.
The Rapids hosted Islands this past weekend, Aug. 5-7, at the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre, and the home team combined for 53 regional championships. Nanaimo will send a contingent of athletes to the B.C. Summer Swimming Association championships in Kamloops next week, Aug. 15-21.
Vancouver Island champions include:
Div. 1 - Hadley Palmer, 50m breaststroke, 200m medley relay; Piper Collishaw, 200m medley relay; Laina Romanik, 200m medley relay; Sydney Leggett, 200m medley relay; Rowan Collishaw, 200m medley relay; Quinn Cowie, 200m medley relay; Ryder Dilleyn, 200m freestyle relay; Xavier Huston, 200m free relay; Stellan Kydd, 200m free relay; Edourd Fontaine, 200m free relay.
Div. 2 - Evander Huston, 100m individual medley, 50m freestyle, 100m free, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Owen Wetklo, 50m butterfly, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Jakob Rajchert, 50m backstroke, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Finn Jakobsen, 50m breast, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Silas Vieaux, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Maximus Gadsby, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay.
Div. 3- Jude Diebert, 50m free, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Gavin Kirk, 50m fly, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Isaiah Briese, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; James Boulding, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Daniel Nakagawa, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Chase Goerzen, 200m medley relay; Zane Ibrahim, 200m free relay.
Div. 4 - Hudson Palmer, 100m breast.
Div. 5 - Mitchell Gauthier, 100m fly, 50m fly, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Elsa Romanik, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Amariah Zult, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Samantha Williams, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Aurora Richards, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Faith Telfer, 200m medley relay; Raine Deschambault, 200m medley relay; Connor Blackburn, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Hudson Palmer, 200m medley relay; Drew Duffell, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Nathan Nakagawa, 200m medley relay; Connor Goerzen, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Clare Boulding, 200m free relay; Avery Klan, 200m free relay; Quinn Gadsby, 200m free relay; Gavin Diebert, 200m free relay.
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Nanaimo White Rapids swimmers won more than 50 Island titles at summer swimming regionals this past weekend at the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre. (Here's Nyah De Pol on her way to an Island title in the 100m breaststroke.) Will be posting an article later tonight… pic.twitter.com/qi90frilln
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Div. 6 - Danielle Barberie, 200m IM, 100m back, 100m breast; Lukas Elzinga, 200m IM, 100m fly, 50m fly, 100m breast, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Aiden Telfer, 50m free, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Reese Deschambault, 100m fly, 50m fly; Dylan Barberie, 100m back, 100m free, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Hazel Elliott, 200m medley relay; Kathryn Say, 200m medley relay; Hannah Duffell, 200m medley relay; Kipling Szasz, 200m medley relay; Faith Telfer, 200m medley relay; Avari Dodd, 200m medley relay; Mitchell Gauthier, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Jack Mace, 200m medley relay; Nathan Nakagawa, 200m free relay; Drew Duffell, 200m free relay.
Div. 7 - Bryan Moore, 200m IM, 100m fly, 100m breast; Nyah De Pol, 100m back, 100m breast.
Div. 8 - Nicholas Bennett, 200m IM, 100m breast, 100m free, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Cameron Laturnus, 50m fly, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Peter Morch, 200m medley relay; Griffin Nielsen-Sendey, 200m medley relay; Finn Bodnar, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Bryan Moore, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Nick Sertic, 200m free relay; Jack Mace, 200m free relay.
Cat. 2 - Taylor McPherson, 200m IM, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Kennadie Sheppard, 100m fly, 100m free, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Danielle Barberie, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Reese Deschambault, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Hannah Duffell, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay; Kathryn Say, 200m medley relay, 200m free relay.
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