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Burnaby swimmers to finals at Olympic trials

Sherry Liu of Burnaby placed a personal-best sixth place in the women' 800-metre freestyle at the recent Canadian Olympic swim trials in Montreal.

Sherry Liu of Burnaby placed a personal-best sixth place in the women' 800-metre freestyle at the recent Canadian Olympic swim trials in Montreal.

The Hyack club swimmer stroked a consistent 50-m lap time of approximately 33 seconds to finish sixth overall in 8:49.51.

Savannah King of Vancouver Dolphins won the event in 8:30.79 more than three seconds behind Brittany Reimer's national record time.

Liu also placed seventh in the women's 400m on the opening day of the competition. She was also 29th overall in the 200m.

Cariboo Hill Secondary student Stefan Milosevic made the B final in the men's 400-m individual medley, placing 12th overall. The Hyack club swimmer also finished 30th in the 1,500m.

Simon Fraser Aquatics club swimmer, Mariya Chekanovych, made the B finals in both women's 100- and 200-m breaststroke. Chekanovych posted a time of 2:30.96 to finish in the 11th overall spot at 200m, while clocking a 13th-fastest time of 1:10.33 in the sprint.

SFA's Sean Nugent also made a B final in the men's 100-m breast, finishing in 12th place overall.