The Castlegar Aquanauts swim team participated in the Creston Wave Swim Meet this past weekend. Several members set personal best and some even set meet records. The 'Nauts finished second overall with 325 points, just behind the Trail Stingrays.
Of the 38 Aquanauts in attendance, those who swam best times were:
Milena Gramann, Nick Welychko, Brianne Kellendonk, Avery Cooke, Jessica Zwick, Isaiah Kotaras, Simon Larocque, Emma Lawczynski, Sophie Jansen, Eric Pilla, Ashlee Martini, Genevieve Jin, Claire Cartwright, Ethan Lawczynski, Ayden Quintanilha, Carson Ogloff, Caitlin Kellendonk, Emily Ashton, Jintia Ross-Van Mierlo, Jeffrey Ashton, Len Coates, Kenna Cartwright, Dimitri Kotaras, Reid Quintanilha, Logan Ogloff, Troy Negreiff, Cayden Cooke, Christopher Paulson, Wren Shaman, Corbin Anderson, Hannah Coates, Roman Kotaras & Noah Larocque.
MEDALS
Bronze - Ethan Lawczynski (div 1), Simon Larocque (div 2), Jeffrey Ashton (div 5), Sera Welychko (div 6), Len Coates (div 8)
Silver - Claire Cartwright (div 1), Carson Ogloff (div 1), Cayden Cooke (div 2), Sophie Jansen (div 4), Nick Welychko (div 8)
Gold - Genevieve Jin (div 8), Mitchell Bourne (div 8)
RECORDS
This is the seconde year of the Creston Wave's new pool and therefore many of the records set only last year were again beaten this year. The Aquanauts got their fair share of records set this weekend:
Reid Qunitanilha - 6 & under 25m breaststoke
Claire Cartwright - Division 1 100m I.M., 50 backtroke, 100 freestyle
Cayden Cooke - Division 2 50m butterfly
Noah Larocque - Division 3 50m breaststroke
Genevieve Jin - Division 8 200m I.M., 100m butterfly, 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke
Nick Welychko - Division 8 50m butterfly, 200m I.M., 50m freestyle, 100 butterfly
Mitchell Bourne - Division 8 100m backstroke, 100m freestyle
Division 2 boys 200 freestyle relay - Corbin Anderson, Isaiah Kotaras, Simon Larocque, Cayden Cooke
Division 6 girls 200 medley relay - Sophie Jansen, Jintia Ross-Van Mierlo, Sierra Buchanan, Ashlee Martini
Division 8 girls 200 freestyle relay - Genevieve Jin, Ashlee Martini, Jintia Ross-Van Mierlo, Milena Gramann
Division 8 boys 200 freestyle relay - Mitchell Bourne, Corbin Anderson, Bryce Anderson, Noah Larocque
TEAM POINTS
Colville Sharks - 27
Grand Forks - 32
Cranbrook Tritons - 35
Nelson Neptunes - 59
Creston Wave - 89
Kimberley Seahorses - 215
Castlegar Aquanauts - 325
Trail Stingrays - 405