Building off a strong performance at the provincial Age Group championships, the Hyack Swim Club delivered the goods earlier this month at the Canadian Age Group swimming championships in Calgary.
Buoyed by multiple medals from Octavia Lau and Brodie Young, the Hyacks club posted the seventh-overall point total to join the ranks of the top-10, despite having fewer swimmers in competition than most of their top-15 rivals.
Led by Octavia Lau’s three freestyle gold medals, including a new provincial record in the 50-metre race, the Hyack girls squad finished 11th in aggregate total. The result was even stronger in boys, where Brodie Young’s five-medal effort boosted the club to sixth among boys teams.
For Lau, the top time in the 50m free, at 26.72 seconds, broke the B.C. standard and was just part of a standout week which saw her overall tally put her third among all females. She also won the 400- and 1500m free races, placed second in both the 100m free, with a new club record, and 200m.
Young, 15, was a consistent top-five finisher in his events, winning the 200- and 400m individual medleys, claiming second in 100m breaststroke and 1500m free, and a bronze in 200m breast. Young also placed fourth in the 800m free. A day later he placed second in the 5-kilometre open water event.
Micah Lau topped the 16-year-old boys’ 5km open water title, while Jakob Garricks placed second. In the 17-18 boys open water swim, Chun Sing Leung scored silver.
In the boys 14-15 800m freestyle medley, the quartet of Andy Cho, Martin Dimitrov, Sehajvir Singh and Young placed third.
For the girls, Zoe Froh won the 200m butterfly and finished third in 800m free. The girls 800m freestyle team of Carleen Gao, Yadam Lee, Froh and Lau placed third overall.
Here are more Hyacks results: BOYS – Chris Baker, 4th 200 fly; Andy Cho, 4th 400 fr, IM, 1500 fr, 7th 800 fr; Martin Dimitrov, 5th 400 fr, 5k open, 6th 200 fr, 7th 200 fly, 800 fr; Amar Fejzic, 4th 50 fly, 8th 100, 200 fly; Jakob Garricks, 2nd 5k open; Micah Lau, 1st 5k open, 7th 1500 fr, 10th 800 fr; Chun Sing Leung, 2nd 5k open, 6th 1500 fr; Sehajvir Singh, 5th 200 bk, 400 IM, 10th 800 fr; Eric Sue, 6th 1500 fr, 10th 800 fr; Brodie Young, 1st 200, 400 IM, 2nd 100 br, 1500 fr, 5k open, 3rd 200 br, 4th 50 br, 800 fr.
GIRLS – Zoe Froh, 1st 200 fr, 3rd 800 fr, 4th 1500 fr, 5th 5k open, 8th 400 fr; Carleen Gao, 15th 800 fr; Stella Jin, 4th 50 fly, 7th 100 fly; Octavia Lau, 1st 50, 400, 1500 fr, 2nd 100, 200 fr, 5th 100 fly, 7th 800 fr, 8th 400 IM; Yedam Lee, 13th 1500 fr.
