Pacific Coast Swimming started off with a bang in Duncan at the 2022 Vancouver Island Regionals! Friday morning started off with distance events, and had 13 year old Alex Camaraire go a personal best and place 3rd overall for the 13-14 category. In the 1500m freestyle, 14 year old Lucy Hallett came 1st her 1500m freestyle with a substantial personal best and Jessica Hier (13) came 2nd both in the 13-14 girl's category. On the boy's side, twelve year old Sebastian Damian placed 2nd in 1500m freestlye, and in the 15& over category Simon de Rosnay came 3rd.
In the evening, we started off with a 2nd place in the 14&under girl's 4x50m freestyle relay. Our boy's 4x50m freestyle A-team placed 1st, and our B-team placed 3rd. In the 15&over category, our A-team placed 3rd.
Friday Session Highlights & top 8 placings:
Girl's 100m freestyle:
12&under
- Elizabeth Saska: 2nd place
- Karen Pan: 5th place
- Mila Chernenkoff: 6th place
13-14
- Lucy Hallett: 2nd place
- Avery Neal: 3rd place
- Jessica Hier: 6th place
15&over
- Bridget Rupert: 5th place
Boy's 100m freestyle:
12&under
- Constantine Tchaouchev: 5th place
- Sebastian Damian: 6th place
13-14
- Conor Poulin: 3rd place
- Alex Chen: 4th place
- Rubin Lee: 7th place
15&over
- Atanas Tchaouchev: 6th place
- Arran Roberston: 7th place
Girl's 200m backstroke:
12&under:
- Karen Pan: 3rd place
- Mila Chernenkoff: 4th place
- Iris Wu: 7th place
13-14:
- Riley Greenfield: 1st place
- Isabella Wu: 6th place
15& over:
Boy's 200m backstroke:
12& under:
- Sebastian Damian: 3rd place
- Eli Hicks: 4th place
13-14
- Rubin Lee: 1st place
- Alex Camaraire: 2nd place
- Conor Poulin: 3rd place
- Alex Chen: 4th place
- Sawyer Nabozniak: 5th place
- Noah Hicks: 7th place
15&over:
- Alonso Guterriez: 5th place
Girl's 50m butterfly:
12&under:
- Nora Dietsch: 2nd place
- Raleya Valeva: 4th place
- Isabella Meyer: 5th place
13-14:
Boy's 50m butterfly:
12&under:
- Evan Wang: 3rd place
- Ewan Ross: 5th place
13-14:
Girl's 200m IM:
12&under:
- Elizabeth Saska: 1st place
- Mila Chernenkoff: 5th place
- Nora Dietsch: 7th place
- Iris Wu: 8th place
13-14:
- Riley Greenfield: 1st place
- Jessica Hier: 5th place
15&over:
- Bridget Rupert: 3rd place
- Fahren Baker: 7th place
Boy's 200m IM:
- Constantine Tchaouchev: 2nd place
13-14:
- Conor Poulin: 2nd place
- Alex Camaraire: 3rd place
- Alex Chen: 4th place
- Sawyer Nabozniak: 8th place
15&over:
- Arran Roberston: 5th place
- Alonso Guterriez: 6th place
Girl's 50m breastroke:
12&under:
- Iris Wu: 3rd place
- Maelle Sandborn: 4th place
- Isabella Meyer: 6th place
13-14
15&over:
- Adelina Benn: 3rd place
- Annika Rupert: 5th place
Boy's 50m breastroke:
13-14
- Makaio McKnight: 1st place
- Ethan Woo: 3rd place
- Kevin Yin: 6th place
- Roger Doss: 7th place
15&over:
- Arran Robertson: 5th place
- Atanas Tchaouchev: 6th place
Stay tuned for more highlights as the sessions continue! Go bolts!