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All swimmers will be returning to the Willow Point Budget for pick up at 4:30 pm,

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Final Session

It was the 13 and overs turn to take to the pool and they each had some very good swims. Jared was very strong in the 100 free and 100 fly, posting times of 57.8 in the 100 free and 1:04.6 in the 100 fly, both large improvements over his last meet. Andrea Gilbert had a good 200 free and 200 back but her best swim of the night was her 100 free. 1:02.0 in the event is her second best time ever for the 100 free. Kirsten Rowbotham was good once again as well. Not a best time in the 100 free but a 2:41.7 in the 200 back and 2:21.9 in the 200 free put her in the top 8 in both events. Jessica Harris had a very good 100 free (1:09.2) and 200 Back (2:51.7) while Marisa Gorjeu also swam well, posting a time of 1:11.7 in the 100 fly. The swim of the night, however, went to Jane Pomeroy who became the second Killer Whale of the day to qualify for AAA's for the first time. Jane's time of 1:06.2 surpasses the standard of 1:06.6 needed to qualify for the meet. Congratulations Jane and congratulations to all the Killer Whales on an excellent 13th place overall finish at the meet, especially considering they only swam 4 out of the 5 sessions!!! See you all tomorrow!

Sunday 12 and Unders

A couple new qualifiers highlighted our morning as the 12 and Unders took to the pool for their last session. Entering the session in 13th place out of 42 teams, the young guns were able to move up to 10th place going into tonights session of the 13 and overs.

Jennifer Guindon, 11, was able to qualify for her very first AAA provincial championships with a very well swum 1:33.11 in the girls 100 breaststroke. She beat the standard of 1:33.65 to qualify for the July meet. After missing his first Age Group National Qualifying time in the 400 yesterday by only .05 of a second, Alec Page was once again fighting for a qualifying time for the Calgary meet and this time the luck was on his side. Fighting stroke for stroke with a swimmer form Seattle, Alec settled for second but qualified for the Canadian Club Nationals with a time of 2:17.20 in the 200 freestyle, matching the qualifying standard. Congratulations to both these swimmers.

Taylor Padington placed 9th in the girls 200 fly with a 3:19 to start the individual events. Jennifer had a strong 50 backstroke next, while the 50 fly's saw Morgan, Deirdre and Karlyn all swim best times. Carter placed 15th in the boys event with a 38.7.

Morgan and Deirdre placed 9th and 14th respectively in the girls 200 Backstroke with excellent swims and fast times. The boys event saw 4 Killer Whales in the top 16. Alec was 3rd, Carter 9th, Tylor Love 11th and David John Palmer 13th.

Karlyn and Marissa B had good 100 freestyles, improving their seed times while on the boys side it was David John who snuck into the points with a 16th place in the 100 freestyle.

The 100 breast saw Jennifer in the top 16 while Karlyn swam another best time in 1:49. Tylor placed 9th in the boys event while in the 200 freestyle, we saw Deirdre Huestis as the top Killer Whale in 16th while on the boys side, Alec was second and Carter was 11th.

Jared, seen here swimming in lane three in the long blue suit, had a pretty good 50 freestyle today, posting a 26.8 which is close to his best LC time. He was able to battle some other very good swimmers to outtouch his competitors.

Marisa Gorjeu, down in lane 1, had a strong 50 freestyle earlier today. Her time of 31.6 was a best LC time and was very well swum.

Andrea bangs out a very strong in season 50 freestyle with a 28.5, good enough for second place overall. At the bottom of the screen in lane 1, swimming in the fastest heat she did a lot of damage moving up the rankings all the way to second.

Here's another 50 freestyle starring David John Palmer (lane 6) and Tylor Love (lane 4). David John wins the inter-club dual with a 33.2 while Tylor swims a 33.3.

Here's Deirdre's 50 freestyle out in lane 8, at the top of your screen. Right on her best time, she was able to beat some faster seeded swimmers in the middle of the pool.

Here's Jen's 50 Breaststroke from this mornings events. She's at the bottom of your screen, in lane 1.

13 and Overs on Saturday

Great start by the 13 - 14 girls 200 Medley Relay, placing 3rd tonight. Jessica Harris (36.7), Kirsten Rowbotham (35.6), Marisa Gorjeu (31.5) and Jane Pomeroy (31.3) teamed up for the impressive result and the club record with a time of 2:15.10.

Jared switched last minute from the 400 IM to the 200 Fly and put in a great race, splitting close to his best time in 1:07.7 and finishing with the 7th best time in 2:31. 100 Breast was not quite as impressive for us. Kirsten Rowbotham placed highest in third but her time of 1:20.6 was off her best time of 1:18.8 from Victoria last month. Andrea Gilbert put an exclamation point on her 50 freestyle with a 28.5, placing 2nd. She then followed that up with a 1:11.3 in the 100 back, placing 3rd in that event. Both were exceptional early season results for Andrea. Jessica had a great 100 back going 1:19 while both Marisa and Kirsten had best LC times, Marisa with a 1:18 and Kirsten with a 1:14.9. Video's will be posted later tonight.

Numero Uno

Well, it was a grrrrr-eat! start to day one as the 12&under girls started us off with the medley relay. Leading off was MorganHealy-Backstroke-39.3, DeirdreHuestis-Breastroke-40.1, TaylorPadington-Butterfly-40.0, and JennGuindon-Freestyle-33.5 with a final time of 2:33.0, pretty good job there girls=) Next off was the 12&under Boys DavidPalmer-Backstroke-41.4, TylorLove-Breastroke-45.0, AlecPage-Butterfly-30.9, and CarterGorjeu-Freestlye-32.4 with a final time of 2:29.7...Good swim boys=)

100 Fly was our first event and there were some great swims - especially the guys. Carter had a big best time with a 1:25.44, placing 15th while Alec Page crushed his best time and the club record with a hard fought victory with a 1:10.72. Next up was the 50 breaststroke and Jennfier Guindon's time of 43.6 was a very good swim for her. On the boys side, Tylor Love placed 7th with a 42.1 in the same event.

50 Free saw a great swim from Karlyn Healy (36.6) while David John Palmer and Tylor Love posted best times in the 50 freestyle with 33.2 and 33.3 respectively. 200 Breast came next and Morgan Healy and Deirdre Huestis placed 7th and 5th respectively with excellent swims (3:07.2 for Deirdre and 3:10.4 for Morgan). Alec placed 2nd in the event with a 3:08 while Jennifer Guindon placed 17th with a best time (3:24).

Finally it was the 100 back and the 400 IM to finish things off. While we didn't have a lot of swimmers in the 100 back, the swims we had were pretty good. Taylor Padington had a best time (1:24.7) in the event. 400 IM was where we were most impressive today. Alec Page highlighted the morning with a 5:33.35, only .05 seconds from his first Age Group National Standard, which he hopes to achieve tomorrow in the 200 freestyle. Carter Gorjeu placed 5th and David John Palmer placed 7th in the same event. For the girls, it was Morgan Healy swimming a 6:08.5 for a 9th place finish while Deirdre Huestis placed 14th. More results and some videos to follow tonight.

Day 1???

Well, the Killer Whales learned first hand why the Washington State Government is spending so much money updating and widening the I-5 Freeway through Washington!!! Traffic was unbelievable - so much so that we missed our 400 freestyles tonight. Oops. After a spirited warm up tonight at the pool, we are on our way back to the hotel and then off to see game one of a three game series between the Mariners and the San Diego Padres, starting at 7:05. Remember that the game is being televised on channel 26 so someone please set the recorder and maybe we'll be on TV!!!

More info tomorrow.

Pacific Coast Invitational - Federal Way

Real Time results can be found for the upcoming meet in Federal Way by clicking here. The meet starts Friday afternoon with all 18 swimmers from CRKW racing the 400 freestyle, followed by the Mariners vs. Padres in Seattle.