The Hyack Swim Club rode a host of club records to a fourth-place finish at the provincial short course championships in Kamloops.
Zoe Froh started Day 1 off with her first AAA medal, finishing third in 11-and-under girls’ 800 metre freestyle. Froh followed that up with silver in the 400m, just ahead of clubmate Grace Lin. Lin also won a silver in the 200m butterfly.
May Li broke a club age group and open record with a time of 1:02.56 in the girls’ 16 to 18 100m backstroke. It was also Li’s first senior national qualifying time.
Wendy Yang won a pair of gold with record swims in the 50m free and 100m fly. Yang set a new AAA record of 26.26 in the free sprint, beating Amy Sun’s 2011 mark by eight one-hundredths of a second.
Yang’s time of 1:02.53 in the fly was also a club record and new senior national time. Yang also took a silver medal in the 100m free.
Brian Ni also took home three provincial medals from the meet, including gold in the 12 to 13 boys’ 400m individual medley. Ni was also a runner-up in the 200 and 400m free.
Victoria Tocheva set a new club record in the 10-and-under girls’ 50m free, breaking Yang’s old Hyack mark. Tocheva’s time of 31.07 was good for a seventh-place finish.
Ethan Laing won a silver in 12 to 13 boys’ 200m breaststroke.
Chris Baker also finished runner-up in a close finish in the 14 to 15 boys’ 200m fly.
Other notable accomplishments included Brodie Young’s fourth-place finish in the 12 to 13 boys’ 100m breast in a national age standard time.
Hattie Sun and Elaine Lam also met western standards in their respective 100m fly and free races.
The Hyacks placed fourth overall at the short course provincials, finishing well ahead of fifth-place Chena Swim Club.
The Richmond Rapids won the overall meet over runners-up Vancouver Pacific and Island swim clubs.
