Local teen Max Roessig, swimming for Burnaby’s Dynamo Swim Club, took home a gold medal in the 50-metre backstroke at the Haney Holiday LMR swim meet in Maple Ridge last weekend.
The teen also made it to the finals in all six of the other events he competed in, including two fourth-place finishes in the 50m freestyle and 200m backstroke, two fifth-place finishes in the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke, and a 10th-place finish in the 50m butterfly.
Teammates Kai Mader, 9, Anthony Zang, 11, and David Zhang also earned medals at the meet. They placed third in the 50m backstroke, 200m medley and 50m breaststroke, respectively.