Dynamo Swim Club members had an excellent weekend at the regional long course championships in Richmond.
The Burnaby-based club won a combined 11 medals, including seven gold and two silver at the provincial qualifying meet.
Erin Patterson had a stellar meet in the girls' 11year-old division, winning the 100-metre freestyle, 200m breaststroke and 400m individual medley. The 11-year-old also won a silver medal in the 50m breast and a bronze in the 800m free.
Aivery McKinley swept the breaststroke in the 13year-old age class, taking top spot in the 50, 100 and 200m finals.
Ryan Hong, 13, won the boys' 100m breast, while Naiomi Donald won a silver medal in the 800m free and a bronze in the 400m free for 12-year-olds.
Patterson, McKinley and Hong all qualified for the AA provincial championships to be held in Victoria from June 20 to 23.
Also posting best times from the Dynamo club were Eric Xiong, 9, Taia Yuen, 13, Rachel Su, 12, Samantha Skene, 12, Marko Dukic, 12, and Ilya Saedi, all of whom placed in the top-8 in their age group.
New B.C. records
A Hyack Swim Club boys' relay team of Sehajvir Singh, Ethan Laing, Dima Lim and Brian Ni set a new provincial age group record in the 11/12 200-metre freestyle with a 1: 55.19 clocking, breaking the old mark by 0.34 of a second at the Kamloops June Classic Cup on June 8.
The four Burnaby/New Westminster boys also just missed a national record by two-tenths of a second in the 200m medley relay, setting a second long course provincial and club record with a 2: 07.17 time at the Kamloops meet.
Hyack assistant coach Andrew Lennstrom has been working with the boys over the past few years.
