The Nanaimo White Rapids gave their hometown fans something to cheer about at their invitational meet earlier this month. The summer swim club posted fast times and lots of top-three finishes at the meet at Bowen Park's Kin Pool July 1-3. Results include:
Cat. O - Evan Assen, first, 50-metre breaststroke, first, 50m freestyle; Ana Cross, first, 100m free; Hana Edwards, first, 50m breast, third, 50m free, second, 50m free, second, 100m free; Kira Edwards, first, 50m back, first, 50m free, first, 50m fly, first, 100m free; Kiah Loewen, third, 50m fly, third, 100m free.
Div. 1 - Tayden De Pol, first, 100m individual medley, first, 50m back, second, 50m free, first, 50m fly, first, 100m free; Seth Loewen, third, 100m free; Blake Nowicki, third, 100m IM; Amanda Whipple, second, 100m IM, first, 50m breast, second, 50m free, third, 100m free.
Div. 2 - Karson Gregory, third, 100m IM; Ava Johnson, second, 50m back, third, 50m free, second, 100m free; Mackenzie Kerr, second, 50m fly; Eric Labas, first, 100m IM, second, 50m back, first, 50m free, first, 50m fly, second, 100m free; Kyle Lindsay, third, 50m free; Ethan Loewen, third, 100m free; Jake McGonigle, first, 50m breast; Connor McIntyre, second, 100m IM, second, 50m fly.
Div. 4 - Callum Gemma, second, 200m IM, second, 100m back, third, 100m breast, second, 50m free, first, 100m free; Drayden Goodman, third, 200m IM, first, 100m breast, third, 50m free, first, 50m fly, third, 100m free; Breanna Kossey, second, 100m back, first, 50m free, first, 50m fly, first, 100m free; David MacLeod, second, 50m fly; Gregory McAdie, third, 100m back.
Div. 5 - Thomas Bourgeois, second, 50m fly; James Jackson, third, 100m breast; Nora Loyst, first, 100m back, second, 50m free, second, 100m free; Riley Prout-Holm, third, 200m IM, first, 50m fly, first, 50m free, first, 100m fly, third, 100m free; Chris Yates, second, 200m IM, second, 100m back, first, 100m breast, second, 50m free, second, 100m free.
Div. 6 - Catherine Carriere Der, third, 50m fly, third, 100m fly, third, 100m free; Hayley Price, first, 200m IM, first, 100m breast, first, 50m free, first, 100m free; Owen Simpson, second, 200m IM, first, 50m fly, second, 100m back, second, 100m fly; Ellen Taekema, second, 200m IM, second, 50m fly, first, 100m back, first, 100m fly; Darby Walker, third, 50m free, second, 100m free.
Div. 7 - Hannah Bassett, second, 50m fly; Karli Nieman, second, 200m IM, second, 100m breast, third, 100m free; Vanessa Yates, first, 200m IM, first, 100m back, first, 50m free, first, 100m fly, first, 100m free.
Div. 8 - Richard Bourgeois, second, 50m fly; Fraser Read, third, 50m fly, third, 50m free; Gareth Saunders, first, 50m fly, first, 50m free, first, 100m free; Stephanie Taekema, first, 50m fly, first, 100m back, second, 50m free; Byron Trajan, first, 200m IM, first, 100m back, first, 100m breast, second, 50m free, third, 100m free.