Nanaimo White Rapids swimmers sure earned their place at provincials. The summer swim club's athletes set a furious pace in the pool over the long weekend at the B.C. Summer Swimming Association's Vancouver Island Regionals at the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre.
First-place results include:
Div. 1 boys - Gus Johnson, first, 100-metre individual medley, first, 50m butterfly, first, 200m medley relay, first, 50m backstroke, first, 200m freestyle relay, first, 50m breaststroke; Bryan Moore, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay; Peter Morch, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay, first, 50m fly, first, 100m free; Carter James, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay.
Div. 1 girls - Devin Moore, first, 100m free.
Div. 2 boys - Evan Goguillot, first, 200m medley relay; Blake Nowicki, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay; Cam Laturnus, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay; Stewart Stephen, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay; River Jensen, first, 200m free relay.
Div. 2 girls - Devin Moore, first, 200m medley relay; Nyah De Pol, first, 200m medley relay; Amanda Whipple, first, 200m medley relay; Kayley Morch, first, 200m medley relay.
Div. 3 boys - Tayden De Pol, first, 100m IM, first, 50m fly, first, 50m back.
Div. 3 girls - Sara Marshall, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay; Delaney O’Toole, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay; Ava Johnson, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay, first, 50m back, first, 100m free; Katrina Rivers, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay.
Div. 4 boys - Andrew MacLeod, first, 100 breast.
Div. 4 girls - Sarah Kirkhope, first, 200m IM, first, 50m free, first, 100m free.
Div. 5 boys - Dima Bobkov, first, 200m medley relay; Jake McGonigle, first, 200m medley relay; Drayden Goodman, first, 200m medley relay; Brandon Kossey, first, 200m medley relay.
Div. 6 boys - Joshua Todd, first, 200m IM, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay; Riley Prout-Holm, first, 50m free, first, 200m medley relay, first, 100m back, first, 50m fly, first, 100m free, first, 200m free relay; Seamus O’Toole, first, 100m breast; Chris Yates, first, 200m medley relay, first, 100m fly, first, 200m free relay; Callum Gemma, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay.
Div. 6 girls - Nora Loyst, first, 200m medley relay; Jordan Labas, first, 200m medley relay; Breanna Kossey, first, 200m medley relay; Nyree McGonigle, first, 200m medley relay.
Div. 7 girls - Hayley Price, first, 200m IM, first, 50m free, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay, first, 100m breast, first, 100m free; Ellen Taekema, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay; Catherine Carriere Der, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay; Darby Walker, first, 200m medley relay, first, 100m fly, first, 200m free relay, first, 50m fly.
Div. 7 boys - Owen Simpson, first, 200m IM, first, 100m fly, first, 100m back.
Div. 8 men - Gareth Saunders, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay; Andre Kudaba, first, 200m medley relay; Richard Bourgeois, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay; Ian Mattock, first, 200m medley relay, first, 200m free relay, first, 50 fly; Byron Trajan, first, 200m free relay.
Div. O, Cat. 1 - Hana Edwards, first, 100m IM, first, 50m breast; Sophie Lorette, first, 50m free; first, 50m fly; Hannah Lorette, first, 50m back.
Div. O, Cat. 2 - Zackary Todd, first, 50m free, first, 50m fly, first, 100m free.