The Vernon Kokanee Swim Club clocked 11 medals, four club records and one national record at the B.C. AAA Short Course Championships last weekend in Victoria.
Sarah Mehain, who competed at the Paralympic Games in London, set a national record in the 50-metre butterfly, finishing in 40.94 seconds. She added a gold in the 200 IM (3:14.93, multi-class final), silver in the 50 free (36.78) and 100 breaststroke (1:46.50).
Meredith Levorson continued her assault on the club record book, posting four new best times, along with a provincial AAA record in the 400 free (4:27.02). Racing in the 13 Girls Division, she struck gold in the 50 free (27.54, club record) and 200 free (2:07.83), silver in the 400 IM (5:06.44, club record) and 100 free (59.71, club record), and bronze in the 100 backstroke (1:06.73, club record) and 200 back (2:22.62).
In 11 Boys racing, Nick Phillips reached the 1,500 final, finishing seventh in 22:13.07.
Zac Benn made five finals in the 12 Boys class, taking seventh in the 50 free (28.83), 200 free (2:23.31), 100 fly (1:12.71) and 200 fly (2:44.47), and eighth in the 200 back (2:37.26).
Regan Peace recorded seventh-place results in the 13 Boys 100 back (1:09.99) and 200 back (2:29.66) and eighth in the 1,500 free (18:55.46).
Joshua Phillips, 16, was 16th in the 16-18 Boys 400 IM (4:49.43), and Florian Terpstra, 16, finished 13th in the 200 breast (2:30.85) and 14th in the 200 IM (2:12.05) and 400 IM (4:44.28).
In 11 Girls action, Sydney Fillion secured seventh in the 100 breast (1:28.51) and eighth in the 200 breast (3:08.99).
Kiah Lee grabbed seventh in the 14 Girls 200 IM (2:27.99), 400 IM (5:13.16) and 100 breast (1:17.99). She swam a personal best 1:16.75 in a 100 breast swim-off for a place in the finals.
Fillion, Braden Kersey and Peace all improved in each of their events.
