Day 2 at VIR's

Day 2 at this year’s Vancouver Island Regional Championships saw more impressive swimming from PCS swimmers in all age groups. To start the day off, PCS won the mixed 8 swimmer 400 Freestyle Club Relay event! This was followed by numerous other memorable performances including new club, meet and regional records, finalists and event wins. Here are some of the day’s highlights:

Record Setters:

Kristopher Neilson - new Club record in 10&U Boys 50 Breaststroke

Nathan Howe, Michael Schmidt, Kristopher Neilson, Nicholas Nolt – new Club and VIR Meet Records in 10&U Boys 200 Medley Relay

Ryan Howe – new Club and VIR Meet records in 200 Freestyle and new Club, Meet and VIR Regional records in 100 Backstroke (records previously held by PCS swimmer Nicholas Sinclair)

Rachael Newman – new Club record in 15-17 Girls and new VIR Meet record in 15+ Girls 100 Butterfly

Finalists:

200MR
10&U Girls – PCS 1st and 2nd
10&U Boys – PCS 1st (New Club record)

200IM
10&U Girls – Sophie Tarrant 4th, Victoria von Sacken Nash 7th, Fionnuala McKenna 8th
10&U Boys – Kristopher Neilson 1st, Michael Schmidt 2nd, Nicholas Nolt 3rd, Ciaran Breen 4th

400IM
11-12 Girls – Emma Carter 5th
13-14 Girls – Rosie Moulton 2nd, Lauren McMillan 3rd, Hanna Carter 4th
13-14 Boys – Rory Hills 4th
15+ Girls – Sophia Borchers 4th
15+ Boys – Evan Letkeman 1st, Jon McKay 5th

100FR
10&U Girls – Sophie Tarrant 4th, Fionnuala McKenna 6th, Lia Lancaster 7th
10&U Boys – Nicholas Nolt 1st, Kristopher Neilson 2nd, Nathan Howe 4th, Ciaran Breen 5th

100BK
10&U Girls – Fionnuala McKenna 6th, Katelyn Woo 8th
10&U Boys – Kristopher Neilson 1st, Nathan Howe 2nd
11-12 Girls – Tabitha Zammit 7th
13-14 Girls – Annie MacIntosh 4th, Leanna Woo 7th
13-14 Boys – Ryan Howe 1st (New Club, Meet and VIR records), Nival Bissoon 5th, Rory Hills 6th
15+ Girls – Stefanie Schmidt 4th, Rachael Newman 6th, Savannah Moneo 7th
15+ Boys – Sage Sturgeon 1st, Evan Letkeman 3rd, Jon McKay 5th, Michael de Clare 6th

50BR
10&U Girls – Rachel Allen 2nd, Sophie Tarrant 3rd, Victoria von Sacken Nash 4th, Jasmine Lee 7th
10&U Boys – Kristopher Neilson 1st (New Club record), Michael Schmidt 2nd, Ciaran Breen 3rd

200BR
11-12 Girls – Tabith Zammit 2nd, Riley Tesch 8th
13-14 Girls – Lauren McMillan 1st (New Meet record), Alex Kierstead 2nd, Hanna Carter 3rd
13-14 Boys – Rory Hills 2nd, Jackson Sinclair 3rd
15+ Girls – Sophia Borchers 4th
15+ Boys – Ian Brown 2nd, Eric Christiansen 5th

100FL
10&U Girls – < strong>Katelyn Woo 3rd, Jessica Luo 4th
10&U Boys – Kristopher Neilson 1st
11-12 Girls – Heidi Ullrich 1st, Kennedy Aragon-Scriven 8th
13-14 Girls – Lauren McMillan 3rd, Rosie Moulton 4th, Emily Ding 5th
13-14 Boys – Nival Bissoon 4th
15+ Girls – Rachael Newman 1st (New Club and Meet records), Julia Schmidt 2nd
15+ Boys – Ben Partridge 1st, William Vosper 4th, Ian Brown 6th

200FR
11-12 Girls – Heidi Ullrich 2nd, Anna Letkeman 5th
13-14 Girls – Rosie Moulton 1st, Alex Kierstead 4th
13-14 Boys – Ryan Howe 1st (New Club and Meet records), Nival Bissoon 5th
15+ Girls – Siobhan Newell 1st, Rachael Newman 3rd, Stefanie Schmidt 4th, Sophia Borchers 5th
15+ Boys – Ian Mattock 1st, Sage Sturgeon 4th, MJ Sorba 5th, Evan Letkeman 7th

Congratulations all! For complete meet results, consult the PCS meet results page.