Final Day of Western Canadian Nationals

The final day of Western Canadian Nationals has come and gone and what a day it was. Andrea started us off with a best time in the 200 Freestyle with a very gutsy 2:14.2. She has been sick all weekend and swam a very tough race, taking it out in 1:02.8 at the 100. Brock and Kirsten were up next with their 100 breaststrokes and Kirsten was able to qualify 10th with a 1:16.6, just over her best time. Brock delivered with a 1:09.50 and was 8th. That is...tied for 8th! A SWIM OFF!!! I'll get to that later.

Brock still had some unfinished business in the boys 400 IM and, in true Brock fashion, took the race out hard and finished just as hard, demolishing his best time with a 4:57.35 for his first time under 5:00. An hour after that...it was swim off time. Brock raced Michael Lai from Hyack and it was a dog fight all the way. Tied at each wall, it came down to the touch and in the end, it was Lai with the touch, 1:09.03 to 1:09.04!!! Brock would have to settle for 9th and a spot in the B final.

In the finals, Kirsten was up first and what a swim! Out in 35.63, she held on for a hard fought win in the B final with a 1:15.98. A gutsy performance on the National stage. And...on her birthday!!! Congratulations and Happy Birthday Kirsten!!! Brock was up next and had to try to match his amazing performances so far this weekend. His split time of 32.96 was the same as his swim off split and in the end he would have to settle for 3rd in the B final with a 1:09.07, an amazing feat for having swum the race three times in the same day plus a 400 IM to boot.

All in all, a 30 point performance for our club, putting us in the top 40 teams. We had more finals than ever before. Congratulations to Andrea, Kirsten and Brock for representing CRKW so well in Winnipeg.