The Castlegar Aquanauts had a large contingent of swimmers take part in the Trail Stingrays Swim Meet this past weekend.
"It was our biggest turnout so far this season," said coach Mitchell Bourne. "We had over 50 competitors in the pool this weekend in Trail. Swimmers picked their four events swam them in the morning and if they got to the top eight for their age group, raced again in the afternoon finals. In the finals, swimmers earned points for their teams, which also went towards individual point totals for aggregate awards."
The Aquanauts had some strong individual results which resulted in the team getting 14 medals, doubling their count from Nelson.
The medal winners were: Bronze: Carson Ogloff (Div 1), Cayden Cooke (Div 2), Sierra Buchanan (Div 4), Troy Negreiff (Div 5), Ashlee Martini (Div 6) & Milena Gramann (Div 7)
Silver: Claire Cartwright (Div 1), Ethan Lawczynski & Bryce Anderson (Div 1), Noah Larocque (Div 3), Rachael teBulte (Div 6) & Mitchell Bourne (Div 8)
Gold: Seraphina Welychko (Div 6) & Genevieve Jin (Div 8).
Bryce Anderson (picture below) broke another record in 50m breaststroke with a time of 48.92, 3.10 seconds faster than the record from 1993.
Team Points
Creston Wave - 72
Colville Sharks - 203
Nelson Neptunes - 248
Kimberley Seahorses - 251
Grand Forks Piranhas - 380
Castlegar Aquanauts - 624.5
Trail Stingrays - 933.5
The 'Nauts are off to Creston this weekend for another meet. The team hosts their home meet on July 14 and 15.