Matteus Ticne will be joining the Hyack Swim Club AAA team following medal swims at the B.C. AA long course championships in Victoria last weekend.
Ticne won his first AA provincial gold medal, winning the 11-and-under boys’ 100-metre breaststroke in a time of 1:36.08. Ticne also placed third in the 200m breast with a AAA qualifying time of 3:30.44. He earned a third medal, a silver, with the 12-and-under Hyack medley relay team.
Amar Fejzic was perhaps the busiest Hyack at the AA meet.
Fejzic won a pair of bronze medals in the 14-and-over boys’ divsion, placing third in both the 100m freestyle and backstroke finals.
Fejzic also picked up a fourth-place ribbon in the 50m free and a fifth in the 100m butterfly, while also reaching the final of the 200m backstroke.
Eric Wu placed runner-up in the 12/13 boys’ 100m breast, while Dragos Tudosa was third in the pre-teen boys’ 200m fly.
The Hyack pair, along with Graham Dowdle, put up a great Hyack showing in the 200m breast final, placing sixth, seventh and fifth, respectively. Dowdle also had a meet-best fourth-place finish in the 100m breast.
Dowdle, Wu, Fejzic and Jakob Garricks also picked up a gold in the 14-and-over boys’ 200m medley. Garricks had a best fifth in the 400m individual medley.
Victoria Chandler also had a personal-best fourth-place finish in the 14-and-over girls’ 200m fly.
Isabella Brunoro posted best times in all her events, including a fifth-place finish in the 100m fly in her first A final.
Kyra Tamagi made it into an A final, finishing seventh in the 100m back.
