Nanaimo swimmers were fast out of the chute at the Mies Schootman Invitational meet in Vancouver on the weekend.
The Nanaimo Riptides had a contingent of athletes at the high-calibre annual event at the University of British Columbia Aquatic Centre and scored a number of top-five placings.
Results include:
12-year-old girls – Maria de Leeuw, third, 50-metre butterfly, first, 50m breaststroke, fourth, 100m breast, fifth, 50m freestyle, third, 200m breast.
12-year-old boys – Reid DellaRosa, fourth, 50m backstroke.
13-year-old girls – Amanda Assen, fifth, 50m breast; Alayna Crane, fifth, 50m free.
14-year-old girls – Mackenzie Crane, fourth, 50m fly, third, 50m back, second, 200m free, third, 100m back, fourth, 200m individual medley, fourth, 50m free, third, 200m back, fourth, 100m free; Kara Wilson, fifth, 50m breast.
14-year-old boys – Gage DellaRosa, second, 400m IM, fifth, 200m breast.
15-year-old girls – Taylor Snowden-Richardson, fourth, 400m free, fourth, 50m back, fourth, 200m free, fourth, 200m IM, fourth, 100m free.
15-year-old boys – Daniel Whiteley, fifth, 50m back; Baylee Munro, third, 50m breast, fifth, 200m breast.
16-and-over girls – Jane Mortlock, third, 50m fly, first, 50m breast, fourth, 100m back, first, 100m breast, first, 200m IM, first, 100m fly, first, 200m breast; Kara Declark, fourth, 50m fly, second, 100m back, third, 200m IM, third, 50m free, fourth, 100m fly, third, 100m free; Krystina Pellegrino, fifth, 50m free.
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