Minnes mines Kokanee records

Asia Minnes of the Vernon Kokanee Swim Club cracks a trio of long course club records at the Chinook Invitational in Calgary.

Asia Minnes of the Vernon Kokanee Swim Club cracked a trio of long course club records at the Chinook Invitational in Calgary.

Minnes, one of 42 Kokanee at the meet, was stellar in Under 10 Girls action, swimming the 50-metre breaststroke in 43.13 seconds, the 100 breast in 1:36.15 and the 200 breast in 3:19.40. The latter time was good enough for a U11 Girls B.C. AAA time standard.

A total of 19 Kokanee had 100 per cent personal best times: Abbey Bartel, Sydney Fillion, Kelsey Fillion, Avril Baldauf, Savanna Hedstrom, Braden Kersey, Anika Kintzel, Sean Manchester, Hannah Mehain, Minnes, Kenyon Neumann, Tora Oliphant, Regan Peace, Kaia Phillips, Nick Phillips, Madeline Roemer, Kevin Sullivan, Chase Walthers and Dara Wasylik.

For 13 Vernon swimmers, it was their first long course meet: Erin Brown, Aidri Hofer, Jenika King, Aja Lee, Morgan Mardiros, Emily Mohamed Martone, Jared Ross, Alexandra Shortt, Cameron Shortt, Samantha Shortt, Jenna van de Leest, Jaalah Ward and Cailee Weslowski.

The Kokanee finished fourth out of 13 clubs.

Vernon Morning Star