Two swimmers from the Delta Sungod Swim Club qualified for B.C. championship competition at the Lower Mainland Regional Meet hosted by the Delta club Nov. 24-25 at the Sungod Recreation Centre.
Cayden Dececco, 11, qualified in four events for the B.C. AAA meet. He will swim in the 1,500m freestyle, the 200m back stroke, the 200m butterfly and the 400m individual medley in Victoria next March.
Albert Yu, 11, will be at the provincial AAA meet in Surrey at the end of the season, qualifying in the 100m breast stroke event.
More than 280 swimmers attended the meet, and Sungod head coach Kurt Murphy saw first-hand what his swimmers have learned so far this season.
“It was great to see our swimmers get in the pool and race entire races. From start to finish the kids pushed themselves to be better and to chase down their opponents,” said Murphy.
Sungod swimmers who achieved personal bests were: Evelyn Dina (12), Madison Lupien (12), Tiffany Matthe (11), Sydney Pearson (11), Elena Penner (12), Umika Vassa (12), Lauren Vossen (11), Young Ye (12) and Yu.
The numerous Sungod swimmers to win medals at the meet were:
Claudia Baxter, 12 – gold 400 IM; silver 200 butterfly;, bronze 100 back stroke.
Cory Bullock, 12 – bronze 400m freestyle.
Rosanna Chung, 15 – gold 100m free style, 100m and 400m individual medley, 100m and 200m breast stroke;/100m and 200m breast stroke; silver 400m freestyle.
Wai-Lun Chung, 17 – silver 100m and 200m individual medley; bronze 200m breast stroke.
April Cunningham, 15 – gold 100m and 200m back stroke; silver 100m and 200m individual medley, 200m freestyle; bronze 400m individual medley.
Cayden Dececco, 11 – silver 200m butterfly, 100m, 200m and 1,500m freestyle, 400m individual medley; bronze 100m and 200 back stroke, 100m freestyle.
Joe Kidd, 17 – gold 200m butterfly, 100m individual medley; silver 1,500m freestyle; bronze 400m freestyle, 400m individual medley.
Nick Kidd, 14 – gold 400m individual medley; bronze 200m butterfly, 200m freestyle.
Noah Landry, 12 – gold 100m back, 1,500m freestyle; silver 100m and 200m back stroke, 100m freestyle; bronze 50m freestyle.
Reece Landry, 10 – gold 200m butterfly; bronze 100m breast stroke, 400m freestyle, 100 butterfly.
Alan Lu, 15 – gold 1,500 freestyle, 200m and 400m individual medley; silver 400m freestyle, 200m breast stroke; bronze 200m butterfly, 200m freestyle.
John Matheson, 12 – bronze 200m back stroke.
Emma McKerrow, 13 – silver 200m butterfly
Elena Penner, 12 – gold 100m and 200m back stroke, 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly; bronze 100m and 200m breast stroke.
Hailey Penner, 10 – silver 100m butterfly; bronze 100m freestyle.
Natasha Ram, 15 – bronze 200m individual medley, 200m butterfly, 200m breast stroke.
Amrit Sandhu, 14 – bronze 50m butterfly.
Caralyn Vossen, 15 – silver 200m back stroke, 200m butterfly; bronze 200m freestyle.
Connor Warkentin, 16 – gold 200m breast stroke; silver 200m back, 200m butterfly, 400m individual medley.
Logan Warkentin, 13 – gold 100m and 800m freestyle, 100m and 200m butterfly, 400m individual medley; silver 100m and 200m breast stroke.
