Alec Page Breaks BC Provincial Record

Alec Page was in fine early season form with a BC Provincial Record breaking swim in the mens 800 freestyle tonight at the BC Senior Circuit Meet. His time of 9:35.81 is two seconds better than the previous record and was masterfully split in 4:47 and 4:47. Finishing the race in 1:09 he left no doubt in his pursuit of the record and was very excited at the end of the race, throwing his arms in the air with the only energy he had left after the race.

In other action on Friday, Aven Preston broke 3o in the 50 freestyle for the first time with a 29.65 and then broke the club record in the 100 backstroke with a 1:13.5. Kirsten Rowbotham had three strong results today, including a 2:38.5 200 IM while Marisa Gorjeu had an excellent opening day to the season swimming a 2:41 200 Fly, followed by a 10:03.11 in the girls 800 freestyle, only .5 seconds over her personal best time from last summer. Adriaan Kruger returned to competition with a best time in the 100 free and a good swim in the 200 backstroke while Andrea Bernard and Alisha Clark both opened their seasons with best times in the 50 freestyles early in the meet.

Competition resumes Saturday.

Little Whales Have Huge Showing at 1st Progressive of the Season

50 Killer Whales strong, the CRKW swim club hosted the first Progressive meet of the season last Sunday and were very good.

Head coach Aaron Dahl was very impressed with the results from the Killer Whales.

"I think this is the best group of bronze swimmers the club has ever had" said Dahl of the swimmers at the meet. "I've seen how hard the coaches have been working to get the kids swimming with proper technique and getting them ready to race and it's really cool to see the results from the swimmers and coaches effort"

The next meet for the progressive level swimmers is in Port Alberni on Nov 26th.