Kaitlin Gervais continued her great season with a best time in the 400 freestyle preliminaries. Her posting of 4:22.89 was good enough to position her in the B Final of the event. Gervais swam to a finals time of 4:23.82, placing her 18th overall in a very fast women’s 400 free field.
On April 8 in Fort Myers, Florida, UVPCS coached swimmer and UVIC Alum Stephanie Horner will be trying to continue her pursuit of qualifying for her third consecutive Olympic Games. In order to compete for an Olympic Berth at the 2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in Setubal Portugal. Canada will send two women to Portugal, the top two Canadians of the three invited to compete for the spot in Fort Myers this week. Stephanie is one of those three swimmers, and must beat out one of the two rivals to earn her ticket.
