Call it a Michael Phelps hat trick on a local scale.
The Burnaby Barracudas’ Fernando Lu made the most of his Div. 1 races two weeks ago, winning three times to lead his team in gold at the B.C. provincial summer swimming championships.
Lu won the 50- and 100-metre freestyle events, posting times of 35.38 seconds and 1:16.04, and collected the top prize in 100 individual medley, with a time of 1:30.36.
The only other multiple gold individual male swimmer was clubmate Cayden Liang in Div. 3, with first-place times in the 50m free (29.88) and breaststroke (37.10).
While the two boys set the medal pace for local swimmers, it was the Burnaby Mantas who put the charge in team numbers. The Burnaby club finished fifth overall, and second in the Simon Fraser district behind Coquitlam, with 1,418.5 points. The Barracudas stood fourth in the zone with 1,287 points.
On the girls side, the Mantas’ Sayla Briggs was a two-time winner in Div. 6 competition, topping the 50m free (27.70) and 100m breast (1:17.02).
Claiming a handful of medals in girls Cat ‘O’ 1 was Barracudas’ Ashley Ko, who won the 50m butterfly in 34.91, picked up silver in both the 50- and 100m free, and a bronze in 100m individual medley.
Adding one of each medal was Cameron Dickson in bht boys ‘O’ Cat2 division, topping the 200m IM (2:21.19), second in 100m free, and a bronze in 50m fly.
The other Barracudas with gold results were Div. 2’s Paul Orogo, in 50m backstroke (37.53), Tristan Govier in ‘O’ Cat2’s 50m fly (33.92), Natalia Blazevic, in girls Div. 1’s 50m breast (48.06), and Div. 2’s Anastasia Cimiliuc in 50m back (37.19).
For the Mantas, Div. 8 swimmers May Li, in 100m back (1:05.63), and Lauren Swistak, in 100m fly (1:05.30) rounded out their gold medal haul.
Picking up a pair of silver in girls Div. 2 was the Barracudas’ Amy Kang, in 50m back and 100m IM. Mantas’ Armaan Basi placed second in Div. 4 boys’ 100m back and third in 100m free.
In relay events, the Barracudas won the Div. 2 boys 200m medley, while the Mantas’ Div. 4 boys topped the 200m medley and freestyle events.
Here are more individual results for each club: BARRACUDAS, boys Div. 1 - Adam Graham, 5th 50 bk; Fernando Lu, 1st 50, 100 fr, 100 IM. Div. 2 - Paul Orogo, 1st 50 bk, 4th 100 fr, 6th 50 fr, 100 IM. Div. 3 - Cayden Liang, 1st 50 br, fr, 4th 100 IM; Eric Ryu, 8th 50 bk. Div. 4 - Conin Duong, 5th 100 br; Justin Lee, 13th 100 bk; Samuel Lu, 10th 100 br. Div. 6 - Edward Wong, 9th 100 br; Garrett Yeo, 4th 100 br, 200 IM, 5th 100 bk. Div. 7 - Aaron Cheong, 7th 100 fly, 8th 50 fr. ‘O’ Cat1 - Tristan Govier, 1st 50 fly, 3rd 50 bk, 4th 50 fr, 5th 100 IM. ‘O’ Cat2 - Cameron Dickson, 1st 200 IM, 2nd 100 fr, 3rd 50 fly, 4th 50 fr; Preston Dong, 10th 50 fly.
GIRLS, Div. 1 - Natalia Blazevic, 1st 50 br, 9th 100 IM; Jessie Hua, 3rd 50 bk; Mel Segulja, 8th 50 br. Div. 2 - Anastasia Cimiliuc, 1st 50 bk, 6th 100 IM, 7th 100 fr; Amy Kang, 2nd 50 bk, 100 IM, 4th 100 fr, 6th 50 fr; Amy Zhu, 5th 50 fly, 100 free. Div. 3 - Martina Blazevic, 11th 50 br, fr. Div. 4 - Alexa Tran, 11th 100 br. Div. 5 - Allison Jung, 8th 200 IM. ‘O’ Cat1 – Ashley Ko, 1st 50 fly, 2nd 50, 100 fr, 3rd 100 IM; Yolanda Ling, 6th 50 fly, 7th 50 br, 100 IM; Ashley Wong, 4th 50 br, 8th 100 fr.
MANTAS, boys Div. 1 - Marty Xu, 4th 50 fly, 7th 100 fr. Div. 3 - Ronan Livesey, 15th 100 IM; Christopher Ng, 6th 50 fr; Fu Yamaoka, 8th 50 fly. Div. 4 - Armaan Basi, 2nd 100 bk, 3rd 100 fr, 7th 50 fr; Casian Chen, 6th 50 fly, 9th 50, 100 fr; Samuel Kim, 8th 50 fly, 100 fr; Jadon Tsang, 3rd 100 br, 8th 50 fr. Div. 5 - Jordan Pin, 10th 100 br; Derek Shi, 5th 100 br; Leroy Wang, 7th 100 bk. Div. 6 - Daniel Kim, 10th 50 fly; Elton Lai, 11th 50 fr; Harvey Lee, 5th 100 fr, 7th 50 fr, 100 fly, 8th 50 fly. Div. 7 - Bryan Cheung, 4th 50 fr; Colin Lai, 7th 200 IM, 9th 100 bk; Jacob Ng, 11th 100 br. Div. 8 - Vincent Chung, 9th 50 fr. ‘O’ Cat2 - Sean Li, 3rd 100 br, 4th 100 fly, 7th 50 fr, 8th 100 fr.
GIRLS, Div. 1 - Zennea Chen, 8th 50 bk, 100 IM. Div. 2 - Claire Guo, 6th 50 br. Div. 4 - Ashley Chan, 12th 100 bk; Bree Livesey, 6th 100 bk, 9th 100 fr. Div. 5 - Desiree Wu, 9th 100 bk; Elva Yu, 4th 50, 100 fr, 6th 50 fly, 7th 100 fly. Div. 6 - Sayla Briggs, 1st 50 fr, 100 br, 4th 100 fr; Lauryn Sartori, 3rd 100 br. Div. 8 - May Li, 1st 100 bk, 3rd 100 fly, 5th 200 IM, 6th 100 fr; Lauren Swistak, 1st 100 fly, 3rd 200 IM, 4th 100 fr, 5th 50 fr. ‘O’ Cat2 - Hannah Cui, 4th 100 fly, fr, 200 IM, 6th 50 fly.
