An all-rookie six-pack of Vernon Kokanee Swim Club members turned in a solid showing at the Western Canadian Championships last weekend in Winnipeg.
Meredith Levorson broke a pair of 11-12 girls club records, first cracking the 50-metre backstroke time in 32.45 seconds. She then broke Savannah King’s record in the 100 back with a 1:09.44.
Emma Levorson swam a personal best 1:08.39 in the 100 back and improved her western standard time in the 200 back (2:26.76).
Florian Terpstra improved in each of his events, and pocketed a new 17-18 boys age-group standard in the 50 breaststroke with a 32.88.
Kiah Lee met the 13 girls age-group standard in the 400 IM (5:22.09), shaving 10 seconds of her personal best.
Other participants were Jamie Sullivan and Wouter Terpstra.
Kokanee newcomers also turned in stellar performances at the Winter Jamboree meet hosted by the Liquid Lightning Swim Club Saturday in Kelowna.
Jenika King, Jaalah Ward, Jared Ross and Erin Brown all cracked the four-minute barrier in the 200 IM, which allows them to compete in the KISU Spring Triple Pentathlon, March 9-11, in Penticton.
King swam a 3:54.36 for her first 200 IM, Ward (3:46.54) shaved 21 seconds off her personal best, Ross took off nine seconds with his 3:51.24, and Brown (3:49.04) whittled her time down by more than 25 seconds.
In the 200 free, Kelsey Fillion (42 seconds), Avril Baldauf (40 seconds), Jared Ross (39 seconds), Kaitlyn Buchholz (31 seconds) and Matthew Winn (15 seconds) all eclipsed their personal bests.
