Aquanauts swim to success
By Contributor
This past weekend the Castlegar Aquanauts participated in their first competitive swim meet of the season in Nelson, BC. A total of 36 swimmers competed for the Aquanauts. Along with them, teams from Nelson, Trail, Grand Forks, Kimberley, Creston, Colville and Revelstoke also competed. This swim meet consisted of six individual events and two team relay events over the course of both Saturday and Sunday.
Head coach Nick Welychko and Assistant coach Michaella Yang were both very pleased and proud of their swimmers. “Every swimmer that attended and competed for the Aquanauts swam very well and there were many best times achieved over the weekend,” said Welychko. With this being the first swim meet and having only been training for four weeks, both Welychko and Yang could tell everyone was putting in a lot of hard work. “With this many best times being achieve with so little training, it is awesome to see. We can tell each swimmer is determined at practice and ready to work. This translates to fast swims at meets. We cannot wait to see where everyone will be further into the season,” said Yang.
The Aquanauts will be traveling to Grand Forks for the second meet of the season on June 7th. Both Welychko and Yang are expecting many more great swims and best times to be achieved at this meet.
Nelson Meet Results:
Div 1 Girls:
3rd Kennedy Cartwright and Georgia Anderson
Div 1 Boys:
2nd Reid Quintanhila
1st Ethan Marshall
Div 2 Girls:
3rd Bella Kues
2nd Avery Cooke
1st Claire Cartwright
Div 2 Boys:
3rd Ayden Quintanhila
1st Bryce Anderson
Div 3 Boys:
3rd James Marshall
2nd Cayden Cooke
1st Ethan Marshall
Div 4 Girls
1st Emma Lawczynski
Div 5 Girls:
2nd Sierra Buchanan
Div 6 Girls:
3rd Sophie Jansen
Div 6 Boys:
3rd Torrin Wilson
1st Jeffrey Ashton
Div 7 Girls:
3rd Ashlee Martini
Div 8 boys:
2nd Nick Welychko
Overall Points:
8th Colville Sharks – 125
7th Creston Waves – 149
6th Revelstoke Aquaducks – 167
5th Kimberley Seahorses – 186
4th Nelson Neptunes – 246
3rd Trail Stingrays – 255
2nd Grand Forks Piranhas – 318
1st Castlegar Aquanauts – 636
The Castlegar Aquanauts are proud to award Corbin Anderson with Swimmer of the Meet. Corbin was a HUGE leader at the meet. He not only swam best times and got prepared for his own races, but he also helped others get excited for theirs. ”Nick and I are very proud that he took initiative and set a great example for our swimmers” said Yang.
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