Some Outside competition seems to have spurred Glacier Bears swimmers to even faster times last weekend.
Members of the Whitehorse swim club set nine club records and 13 meet records as they hosted five Outside clubs and three swimmers with Special Olympics Yukon at the Yukon Championship Invitational Swim Meet last Friday and Saturday at the Canada Games Centre.
A total of 18 meet records were set with an additional five by B.C. swimmers at the championship that saw 128 swimmers registered.
“Our guests ... made a very positive change and a difference in the importance of our championships,” said Glacier Bears head coach Malwina Bukszowana in a news release. “Whitehorse swimmers were very excited to have more athletes to swim against. More excitement had a good influence on the results. Swimmers performed very well.”
The championships saw a total of seven clubs compete - the most in about a decade, if not longer, sources say. In town to compete were swimmers from Vancouver Island’s Comox Valley Aquatic Club, North Vancouver’s Hollyburn Swim Team, Fort St. John’s Inconnu, Vancouver’s Hyack Swim Club, Inuvik’s Mackenzie Muskrat and Alaska’s Haines Dolphins. Whitehorse was represented by 79 swimmers.
Glacier Bears swimmer Adrian Robinson had a particularly strong outing. Not only did he win seven gold and the boys 15-and-over division, he set four club records and four meet records. His club records - three of which were also meet records - came in the 50-metre butterfly (27.88), the 50-metre breaststroke (31.23), the 100-metre freestyle (55.09) and the 100-metre individual medley (1:02.18). Robinson also swam the 200 free at 2:05.57 for a meet record.
Whitehorse’s Thomas Gishler rewrote the record book in the boys 10-and-under division, which he won with seven gold medals. He set club records in the 100 fly (1:30.59), 200 fly (3:20.17), 400 free (6:08.77) and the 400 IM (6:41.20), three of which were also meet records.
WGB’s Hannah Kingscote set the remaining club record in the 50 back with a time of 31.75. Kingscote, who won the aggregate title in girls 13-14, also swam to five gold and two silver.
Speedy sisters Cassis and Rennes Lindsay of Whitehorse were as fast as ever. Cassis won the girls 15-and-over division with seven gold medals and set a meet record in the 100 IM at 1:09.64.
Rennes claimed five gold, a silver and a bronze and set the girls 13-14 meet record in the 400 IM at 5:21.71.
Other division winners include, Whitehorse’s Aidan Harvey in boys 13-14; Inconnu’s Liam Simons in boys 11-12; Whitehorse’s Kassua Dreyer in girls 11-12; and Hollyburn Hurricanes’ Sidney Clement, who set three meet records, in girls 10-and-under.
Whitehorse’s Alex Petriw set the 800 free meet record for boys 13-14 at 10:16.47. Teammate Mael Pronovost set meet records in the 50 fly (30.60) and the 100 IM (1:13.94) for the same division.
“In general the WGB club did very well. With many best times, improvement in every stroke and happiness on the kid’s faces, there is nothing to complain about,” said Bukszowana. “All of that motivates our coaches to continue working as they do.”
Contact Tom Patrick at
tomp@yukon-news.com
Glacier Bears medals
Male
Luke Bakica (2000)
Silver - 50m freestyle
Silver - 50m backstroke
Silver - 50m breaststroke
Siler - 100m breaststroke
Gold - 200m breaststroke
Bronze - 50m butterfly
Gold - 200m medley
Thomas Bakica (2002)
Gold - 400m freestyle
Silver - 800m freestyle
Silver - 50m breaststroke
Silver - 200m breaststroke
Gold - 200m medley
Christopher Blakesley (2004)
Silver - 800m freestyle
Bronze - 200m backstroke
Gold - 50m breaststroke
Gold - 100m breaststroke
Bronze - 50m butterfly
Silver - 100m medley
Noah Connell (2004)
Bronze - 50m freestyle
Gold - 800m freestyle
Bronze - 50m breaststroke
Bronze - 100m breaststroke
Silver - 200m breaststroke
Simon Connell (2006)
Bronze - 50m freestyle
Bronze - 200m freestyle
Gold - 100m breaststroke
Silver - 100m medley
Liam Diamond (2002)
Silver - 100m breaststroke
Bronze - 200m breaststroke
Silver - 50m butterfly
Silver - 100m butterfly
Silver - 100m medley
Ulysse Girard (2002)
Silver - 200m freestyle
Thomas Gishler (2005)
Gold - 50m freestyle
Gold - 400m freestyle
Gold - 50m backstroke
Gold - 100m backstroke
Gold - 100m butterfly
Gold - 200m butterfly
Gold - 400m medley
Gregory Hall (2004)
Bronze - 200m freestyle
Bronze - 50m backstroke
Aidan Harvey (2002)
Silver - 50m freestyle
Silver - 100m freestyle
Bronze - 400m freestyle
Gold - 1500m freestyle
Gold - 50m backstroke
Gold - 100m backstroke
Gold - 200m backstroke
Finn Johnson (2003)
Silver - 50m freestyle
Gold - 100m freestyle
Gold - 200m freestyle
Gold - 400m freestyle
Silver - 200m backstroke
Silver - 400m medley
Olie Johnson (2005)
Bronze - 100m freestyle
Silver - 400m freestyle
Bronze - 50m backstroke
Bronze - 100m backstroke
Makinen Leong-Allan (2002)
Bronze - 100m breaststroke
Bronze - 50m butterfly
Bronze - 100m medley
Jonah McConnell (2007)
Bronze - 200m backstroke
Cooper Muir (2004)
Silver - 100m backstroke
Silver - 50m breaststroke
Silver - 100m breaststroke
Silver - 50m butterfly
Bronze - 100m medley
Alexander Petriw (2002)
Bronze - 50m freestyle
Bronze - 100m freestyle
Gold - 200m freestyle
Silver - 400m freestyle
Gold - 800m freestyle
Bronze - 50m backstroke
Silver - 100m backstroke
Daniel Phillips-Freedman (2006)
Silver - 200m backstroke
Mael Pronovost (2001)
Silver - 50m backstroke
Bronze - 50m breaststroke
Gold - 50m butterfly
Gold - 100m butterfly
Gold - 100m medley
Benjamin Qually (2006)
Silver - 100m freestyle
Silver - 200m freestyle
Silver - 100m breaststroke
Adrian Robinson (2000)
Gold - 50m freestyle
Gold - 100m freestyle
Gold - 200m freestyle
Gold - 50m breaststroke
Gold - 100m breaststroke
Gold - 50m butterfly
Gold - 100m medley
Misa Svoboda (2006)
Silver - 50m freestyle
Gold - 100m freestyle
Silver - 50m backstroke
Silver - 100m backstroke
Gold - 200m backstroke
Gold - 100m medley
Wesley Vangel (2003)
Silver - 200m backstroke
Joshua Zaidan (2003)
Silver - 100m freestyle
Gold - 100m backstroke
Gold - 200m backstroke
Bronze - 200m breaststroke
Gold - 100m butterfly
Gold - 400m medley
Female
Amelia Barrault (2004)
Bronze - 50m backstroke
Bronze - 200m backstroke
Gold - 100m breaststroke
Bronze - 200m medley
Emma Boyd (2002)
Gold - 50m freestyle
Silver - 100m freestyle
Bronze - 100m medley
Cassidy Cairns (2002)
Silver - 50m breaststroke
Bronze - 100m breaststroke
Bronze - 200m breaststroke
Silver - 100m butterfly
Silver - 200m medley
Ava Dedon (2005)
Bronze - 50m breaststroke
Kassua Dreyer (2004)
Gold - 200m freestyle
Gold - 400m freestyle
Gold - 800m freestyle
Gold - 200m backstroke
Gold - 200m medley
Gold - 400m medley
Amelia Ford (2004)
Gold - 50m freestyle
Bronze - 400m freestyle
Silver - 200m backstroke
Silver - 100m breaststroke
Gold - 200m breaststroke
Gold - 100m medley
Bronze - 400m medley
Taylor Harvey (2000)
Bronze - 200m freestyle
Silver - 400m freestyle
Silver - 100m backstroke
Silver - 50m butterfly
Ming Huang (2003)
Bronze - 100m backstroke
Hannah Kingscote (2002)
Silver - 50m freestyle
Gold - 50m backstroke
Gold - 100m backstroke
Gold - 200m backstroke
Gold - 50m butterfly
Gold - 100m butterfly
Silver - 100m medley
Rebecca Koser (2000)
Silver - 100m freestyle
Gold - 50m breaststroke
Silver - 200m breaststroke
Gold - 200m medley
Teja Lalonde (2007)
Silver - 200m backstroke
Ruby Lieu-Ashthorn (2004)
Bronze - 50m freestyle
Bronze - 200m freestyle
Gold - 50m breaststroke
Gold - 50m butterfly
Gold - 100m butterfly
Silver - 400m medley
Cassis Lindsay (2000)
Gold - 50m freestyle
Gold - 100m freestyle
Gold - 200m freestyle
Gold - 50m backstroke
Gold - 100m backstroke
Gold - 50m butterfly
Gold - 100m medley
Rennes Lindsay (2002)
Gold - 100m freestyle
Gold - 400m freestyle
Gold - 800m freestyle
Silver - 200m backstroke
Bronze - 50m butterfly
Gold - 100m medley
Gold - 400m medley
Jayden Martsinkiw (2005)
Silver - 50m backstroke
Brooklyn Massie (2002)
Bronze - 100m freestyle
Gold - 200m freestyle
Silver - 800m freestyle
Bronze - 50m backstroke
Silver - 100m backstroke
Bronze - 200m backstroke
Kalie Massie (2007)
Bronze - 200m backstroke
Madeleine Mead (2005)
Bronze - 50m freestyle
Silver - 100m freestyle
Bronze - 200m freestyle
Bronze - 50m backstroke
Silver - 50m butterfly
Meghan Pennington (2002)
Bronze - 200m freestyle
Silver - 400m freestyle
Bronze - 800m freestyle
Amy Petelski (2004)
Bronze - 200m breaststroke
Ella Pollock Shepherd (2002)
Bronze - 50m freestyle
Silver - 50m backstroke
Bronze - 100m backstroke
Bronze - 50m breaststroke
Luanda Pronovost (2003)
Bronze - 100m butterfly
Bronze - 100m medley
Yinger Zhang (2006)
Bronze - 100m backstroke
Gold - 200m backstroke
