The Nanaimo White Rapids bedevilled the competition at the Courtenay Blue Devils Invitational last month. The local summer swim club earned many top finishes at the meet June 25-26. Results include:
Div. 1 - Blake Nowicki, second, 50-metre butterfly, second, 50m breaststroke, second, 100m freestyle; Amanda Whipple, second, 50m backstroke, first, 50m breast, first, 100m free.
Div. 2 - Karson Gregory, third, 100m IM; Ava Johnson, third, 50m free; Jake McGonigle, first, 50m breast, third, 100m free; Connor McIntyre, first, 100m IM, first, 50m free, first, 50m fly.
Div. 3 - Moira McGorman, second, 50m back, second, 100m free.
Div. 4 - Drayden Goodman, second, 200m IM, first, 50m free, first, 50m fly, first, 100m back, first, 100m breast, first, 100m free; Breanna Kossey, first, 200m IM, second, 50m free; David Macleod, first, 200m IM, second, 50m free, second, 50m fly; Nyree McGonigle, third, 100m breast.
Div. 5 - Thomas Bourgeois, third, 50m free, third, 100m free; Jackson James, third, 200m IM, second, 100m back, third, 100m breast; Steven Moore, second, 100m fly; Chris Yates, first, 200m IM, first, 50m free, first, 50m fly, first, 100m back, first, 100m breast, second, 100m free.
Div. 6 - Moira Brown, second, 50m free, third, 100m fly, second, 50m fly, third, 100m back, second, 100m free; Hayley Price, second, 200m IM, first, 50m free, first, 50m fly, second, 100m back, first, 100m breast, first, 100m free; Owen Simpson, first, 200m IM, first, 50m free, first, 100m fly; Ellen Taekema, first, 100m fly, first, 100m back.
Div. 7 - Karli Nieman, first, 100m back, first, 100m breast, first, 100m free; Vanessa Yates, first, 200m IM, first, 50m free, first, 100m fly, second, 50m fly.
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