Killer Whales settle for third at VIR Champs

All along placing third and beating rivals Ravensong Aquatic Club was their goal, but in the end, after achieving their goal of a third place finish, it felt empty because right up until the final events of the night, the Killer Whales Swim Club was hanging on to second place. In the end though it was the University of Victoria - Pacific Coast Swimming Association that sneaked past them by a mere 124 points...2254 - 2130.

"It feels good to know that we are still improving and still getting better. Our team battled hard all weekend and put a real scare into a team that is very deep and very big. It took their all out effort to beat us this weekend and that's a bit of a victory for us I guess" said Aaron Dahl, Head Coach after the meet. "We knew that we were in tough on the last night as we didn't have nearly as many finalists as they did but the kids that did swim tonight swam their hearts out and deserve a lot of credit for where we are tonight".

Alec Page was impressive again, dropping time in all three of his finals, placing 3rd in the 200 back, 2nd in the 200 fly and winning his final event of the night, the 100 free with a time of 1:08.5. Aven Preston was able to win a bronze in the girls 200 fly as did Kyron Winkelmeyer in the 100 free and Andrea Gilbert in the 200 backstroke. Brock Hoyt swam two very tough events tonight in the 400 free and 200 fly and Marisa Gorjeu was very busy, swimming the A finals of the 400 free and 200 fly and then finishing off her meet with a best time in the 100 free. Final results from the meet can be found by clicking here.