A strong season continued for The Castlegar Aquanauts, who competed at the Kimberley Seahorses Swim Meet this past weekend. Giving a tremendous effort, the swimmers amazed onlookers.
Coaches Nick Welychko and Michaella Yang were impressed. “With only 25 swimmers competing at the meet, both Nick and I were astonished at the way the meet turned out,” said Yang. Less than half of the team was there, and with each swimmer competing harder than ever, we took another victory. “Being the last regular meet of the season, I was so excited with how well everyone was swimming,” Yang concludedd.
“Michaella and I are really looking forward to both regionals and provincials,” commented Welychko.
The Aquanauts are preparing for the Kootenay Regional Meet this weekend in Trail. Both coaches are ecstatic to see the swimmers qualify for provincials, and to see how much more the swimmers will push their own limits.
Individual Meet Results:
Div 1 Girls:
3rd: Kenna Cartwright
Div 1 Boys:
3rd: Ethan Marshall
1st: Reid Quintanhila
Div 2 Girls:
2nd: Avery Cooke
1st: Claire Cartwright
Div 2 Boys:
2nd: Ayden Quintanhila
1st: Bryce Anderson
Div 3 Boys:
3rd: Simon Laroque and James Marshall
2nd: Cayden Cooke
1st: Ethan Lawczynski
Div 4 Girls:
1st: Emma Lawczynski
Div 6 Boys:
1st: Jeff Ashton
Div 7 Girls:
1st: Ashlee Martini
Div 8 Boys:
3rd: Ron Anderson
1st: Nick Welychko
O Cat 1 Boys:
1st: Carson Ogloff
Team Points:
8th: Colvile Sharks
– 18
7th: Golden Dolphins
– 308
6th: Grand Forks Piranhas – 484
5th: Trail Stingrays
– 576
4th: Creston Waves
– 715
3rd: Nelson Neptunes
– 907
2nd: Kimberley
Seahorses – 1286
1st: Castlegar
Aquanauts – 1460