The Nanaimo White Rapids, hosts of the provincial championships, were one of the fastest teams there. The club held the B.C. Summer Swimming Association championships from Monday through Sunday at the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre.
Five White Rapids swimmers are provincial champions. Hayley Price won swimming's fastest event, the 50-metre freestyle, in her Div. 6 division, Ian Mattock won the 200m individual medley among Div. 8 men and Zackary Todd was first to touch the wall in the 100m freestyle in Div. 5. Kira Edwards and Jackson James won races in Cat. 0.
The Rapids also medalled in both water polo and in diving.
Results from the swim races include:
Cat. 0 - Kira Edwards, first, 100-metre individual medley, first, 50m backstroke, first, 50m breaststroke, third, 100m freestyle; Jackson James, fifth, 200m IM, sixth, 50m free, third, 100m back, first, 100m breast; Hana Edwards, fifth, 50m free, fourth, 50m butterfly, sixth, 50m back, fifth, 50m breast.
Div. 2 - Ava Johnson, sixth, 100m IM, seventh, 50m back; Tayden De Pol, fifth, 100m IM, fourth, 50m fly, third, 50m back.
Div. 3 - Renee Richardson, eighth, 50m fly, sixth, 200m medley relay; Delaney O’Toole, sixth, 200m medley relay; Madeleine Thorkelsson, sixth, 200m medley relay; Mackenzie Kerr, sixth, 200m medley relay; Tayden De Pol, fifth, 200m medley relay; Quinn Todd, fifth, 200m medley relay; Eric Labas, fifth, 200m medley relay; Andrew MacLeod, fifth, 200m medley relay.
Div. 5 - Thomas Bourgeois, fifth, 200m medley relay, second, 200m freestyle relay; Drayden Goodman, fifth, 200m medley relay, second, 200m free relay; Callum Gemma, fifth, 200m medley relay, second, 200m free relay; Zackary Todd, third, 50m free, first, 100m free; fifth, 200m medley relay, second, 200m free relay.
Div. 6 - Chris Yates, eighth, 200m IM, seventh, 100m breast, second, 200m medley relay, second, 200m free relay; Riley Prout-Holm, fourth, 50m free, eighth, 100m fly, seventh, 100m free, second, 200m medley relay, second, 200m free relay; Hayley Price, first, 50m free, second, 100m free, eighth, 100m breast, fifth, 200m medley relay, fourth, 200m free relay; Owen Simpson, fourth, 100m fly, eighth, 100m back, sixth, 50m fly, second, 200m medley relay, second, 200m free relay; Nora Loyst, fifth, 100m back, fifth, 200m medley relay, fourth, 200m free relay; Ellen Taekema, fifth, 200m medley relay, fourth, 200m free relay; Catherine Carriere Der, fifth, 200m medley relay, fourth, 200m free relay; Josh Todd, second, 200m medley relay, second, 200m free relay.
Div. 7 - Darby Walker, sixth, 100m fly, fourth, 50m fly, third, 100m free.
Div. 8 - Richard Bourgeois, third, 200m IM, fourth, 100m breast, second, 200m medley relay, second, 200m free relay; Byron Trajan, fifth, 200m IM, sixth, 100m breast, second, 200m medley relay, second, 200m free relay; Ian Mattock, first, 200m IM, third, 100m fly, seventh, 100m back, third, 50m fly, second, 200m medley relay, second, 200m free relay; Gareth Saunders, third, 50m free, fifth, 100m breast, seventh, 100m free, second, 200m medley relay, second, 200m free relay; Cheryl Morch, eighth, 100m fly, eighth, 100m breast.
Results of the diving include:
11-12-year-old - Jared Houghton, first, one metre, third, 3m.
13-14-year-old - Liam Gilchrist, first, 1m, first, 3m; Drayden Goodman, second, 1m, second, 3m; Nathan Rauwerda, third, 1m, third, 3m.
15-16-year-old - Callum Richardson, fourth, 1m, fourth, 3m.
17-18-year-old - Darby Walker, first, 1m.
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