The Langley Olympians dove into the first swim meet of the season on Oct. 21 at the Senior Circuit event in Victoria.
Seven Olympians swimmers – Josie Field, Mia Goretic, Bailey Herbert, Joshua Kim, Hugh McNeill, Hillary Metcalfe and Demetra Sicoli – competed at Saanich Commonwealth Place.
Field came in the top 8 in all four of her events and placed 2nd in the Women 200m Butterfly with a time of 2:19:39s. She also had a personal best time in two events, the 50m butterfly with a total time of 29.28ss and the 100m butterfly taking a total of 1:03.97.
Herbert placed first in the Women 200m Individual Medley with a time of 2:20:75s. She also came in the top eight in two other events and improved her time in the 200m Backstroke with a time of 2:22.92.
Kim also came in the top either in all five of his events on the weekend. He placed first in the men 200m Breaststroke with a time of 2:22:63s. He also placed third in the men 100m Breaststroke with a time of 1:06:04s.
McNeill broke the Olympians Club Record in the men 200m backstroke with a total time 2:11.60s. This record was set by 2008 Olympian Jake Tapp in 2003. He also had a personal best in the 400m Freestyle with a time of 4:18.75s.
Metcalfe, who swims with the University of British Columbia team, also participated last weekend. She placed in a total of three out of four of her events. She placed first in the Women 100m Breaststroke with a time of 1:13:34s. She also placed 2nd in the Women 200m Breaststroke with a time of 2:38.31s and 3rd in the Women 100m Individual Medley with a time of 1:06.42s.
Demetra Sicoli placed third in the Women 50m Butterfly event with a time of 29.09s. She also came in the top eight in the Women 200m Butterfly with a time of 2:28.75s and has a personal best time in the Women 200m Freestyle with a time of 2:13.09s.
Mia Goretic also had a good outing and had solid times in all of the events she swam.
The next big event for the club will be their local invitational, Nov. 5 and 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It’s expected that about 300 swimmers from across the Lower Mainland will attend.
