Day four final results

Day four saw some more good swimming from our Killer Whales. Kirsten swam a decent 1:16.8 this morning for 100 breast, good enough for 6th in the C final and another crack at it tonight. Aven swam a best time in 100 fly with a 1:09.5 while Marisa had a much better swim in the 800 free with a time of 9:58.7.

In tonights final, Kirsten swam in lane 7 and got into a great battle with the swimmer in lane 5 and, in the end, was beaten but ended up 2nd in the C final with a time of 1:15.6.

Great job by Marisa, Aven and Kirsten in representing Campbell River and CRKW this week. Great job girls!!!

2nd in B Final for Kirsten

Kirsten Rowbotham had an excellent B final swim tonight in the 50 breaststroke, breaking her own club record for the second time in as many attempts this weekend with a blistering time of 34.56, good enough for 10th place overall at the Western National Championships here in Regina. Turning with the leaders at the wall in 16.0, she had a great executed turn from practicing it during the weekend and went ahead of the field, just out-touched at the wall.

Tomorrow will see Kirsten try to make it to the finals again, this time in the 100 breaststroke while Aven will swim 100 fly and Marisa 800 Free.

Day 3 Results

Day three saw it's ups and downs like the other two days but overall, the performances were a little more consistent. Marisa swam a 2:37.9 200 fly first off this morning and, while off her best time by about 5-6 seconds, looked good on stroke and showed some improvement in her swimming. She will look to pick up her second best time of the weekend tomorrow morning in the 800 freestyle to close out her weekend. Aven was next with a 2:51.9 200 breaststroke and, with a lot of front end speed in the race (1:21.3 at the 100), she looks to be very strong tomorrow in the 100 fly to finish her meet. Kirsten was 2:46.9 in the 200 this morning, about a second and a half over her best and, like Aven, showed good easy speed at the 100 (37.0 / 1:19.1) but had a hard time closing the deal on the last 100. Her 100 freestyle was a great swim only 3o minutes later however, as she split 29.9 at the 50 and came back hard in 31.9 for a best time and club record of 1:01.8, her first time under 1:02. She will finish her weekend tomorrow in the womens 100 breaststroke where she is favored to move on to a second swim tomorrow night.

Kirsten will swim approximately 7:40 pm tonight local time (5:40 pm Campbell River time) in the B final of the Women's 50 breaststroke final. She will race in lane 8 in tonights final and look to improve her ranking in the event and inch closer to the senior national time of 34.05.

Day 2 Results

Day two was a good day for the three girls, although their were only three swims to report. Kirsten showed great stroke technique in the 50 free but was a little slower than her best in 28.6. Marisa was next up and made some very important stroke adjustments after her 1500 yesterday, swimming a 4:46.5, which was a little slower than VIR's but was her second fastest 400 ever. Finally was Aven's 100 Back and she was able to swim a very controlled 34.1 / 34.7 for a best time and a club record.

So far we have 4 lifetime best times out of 8 swims and have broken 2 club records. Tomorrow will see Aven and Kirsten race the 200 breast, Kirsten will also swim 100 free and Marisa will swim first again, this time in the 200 fly where she will look to swim fast off of her best time yesterday in the 50.

Day 1 Results

Day one saw a little of everything but when all the dust settled, all three of the girls swam at least one best time, including a top 16 result.

Marisa had a less than stellar 1500 free but then bounced right back with a great 50 fly, taking over a second off her best time, swimming the event in 32.2. Aven also swam the 50 fly, placing 47th with a time of 30.64 and also making the qualifying time in the event for the first time.

In the 50 breaststroke, Kirsten swam a lifetime best time 34.83, placing 15th going into Saturday nights 50 breaststroke final. She was the 8th fastest 15 and under girl.

In the 50 backstroke, Aven swam a 32.5 and, while lacking a little front end speed, she had a very good second 25 and looks good for tomorrow's 100 backstroke.

In a new format this year, there is no separation between the 15 and 16 overs as has been the way it has been done in the past. With Kirsten's 15th place qualifying swim in the 5o breaststroke, it makes her 15th overall in Western Canada, regardless of age. If the girls are to make second swims this season, they will need to swim against all ages to do so.

Kirsten will swim the 50 Breaststroke B final on Saturday night.

Live Results for Western Canadian Nationals

You can follow the progress of your Killer Whales by clicking here to go to a live results page. Thursday is the first day of competition, which will see Marisa swimming 1500 free and 50 fly, Kirsten swimming 50 breast and Aven swimming 50 back and 50 fly. Competition starts at 11:30 am PST, with Marisa swimming about 1:00 pm PST and the 50's starting after that.