Chena swimmers advance to provincials

CHENA SWIM Club members
recently competed in a number
of regional swim meets leading
to the provincials and beyond.

By A.P. McCredie
Sports Reporter

At the B.C. Senior champi-

onships, five Chena swimmers post-
ed 27 personal bests in just 30 per-
formances.

A TOTAL of. 14 medals were
claimed by 27 skaters from the
North Vancouver Skating Club
‘recently. at the 16th annual
Ogopogo Freeskate competition in
Penticton.

-By A.P, McCredie ©
Sports Reporter

' The calibre of skating at the
competition, which featured 635
~ competitors from across B. c., was
at an all-time high.
The meet acts as a trial, since
’ most skaters are preparing for the
upcoming B.C. Winter Games (in
> Smithers in March) and the North
. Shore Invitational, also next month.

*, Among’ the medal performances
‘by North Shore skaters, three were
good enough for gold.

Preliminary gold medal winners

- were Laura’ Nelson and Elizabeth,

~ Putnam. oo

Christiana, Phinney added:-to
‘the North Vancouver club’s first,

“place finishes. with an-artistic- gold
-. award. Tania Frydrysek won a sil-
- ver in the preliminary skate.
":- Other placings for the club
included: Kristin Cartwright (Ist,
intermediate, Sth in the final);

“Alexis Tardiff (2nd,. intermediate,

“, Tth’in final);-Sarah Akester (4th,
intermediate); Janet Edgett (6th,
intermediate); Danielle Luccare
(6th, pre-preliminary); Danielle
Luccaro (6th, pre-preliminary);
Anni Terrett (8th, juvenile); and
Helen Lockhart (11th, pre-prelimi-
“nary).

Local skaters who have qualified
for the Games include Phinney,
Claire Davis, Brandi Halls,
Roslyn Mustard and Jaime Reilly.

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Sixteen-year-old Leah
Brocketmann led the West
Vancouver club with a fifth in the
50m backstroke and two cighth-
place finishes in the 100m and
200m backstoke. Her teammate
Ingrid McFee placed cighth in the
50m backstoke.

According to head coach Brock
Turner, the highlight of the meet
for the club was the performance of
14-year-old Kenneth Chang.

Competing in only his second
senior mect, the West Vancouver

swimmer qualified for a spot at the
triple-A provincial championships.

The heartbreak of the meet for
Chena was the gritty performance
of Kathryn Jolly. On three sepa-
rate swims, “KJ.” was just a tenth
of a second off the Youth National
Standard qualifying time — a stan-
dard that ali swimmers who want to
compete at the Youth National mect
in May must achieve.

The good news for K.J. is that
she has until the spring to set the
mark,

Meanwhile, at the Lower
Maintand regional 11-and-over
championships jn Delta, 14 Chena
swimmers competed in 47 events.
This meet is a stepping stone to
provincial double-A and triple-A
events.

Chena swimmers who qualified
for the triple-A provincials include:
Andrea Donohoe, Min Suk Kim,
Kristine Lowrie, Kathleen Stoody
and Scott Williams.

The next step for these young
swimmers is the National Youth

Standard time trials, the Senior
Nationals. and finally the Olympic
trials.

“Only the kids who have the
vision, the will and the talent will
mike it to the Olympics,” adds
Turner, “But, all these kids are on
the path to that goal.”

Chena continues to rebuild its
once mighty club. “We don’t have a
lot of depth because we still haven't
the number of members we would
like, but We sure have some quality
swimmers,” Turner notes.

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