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Swimmers reap medals at regionals

It was just like that Jane Fonda movie On Golden Pond. The two Burnaby summer swim clubs got terrific results at the Simon Fraser regionals two weeks ago at Central Park, when they nabbed a load of medals.
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The Burnaby Barracudas’ Anna-Marie Skinder paces teammates Maia McConnell, centre, and Jenny Dong during the girls Div. 4 100-metre breaststroke at the Simon Fraser Regionals, hosted at Burnaby’s Central Park pool.

It was just like that Jane Fonda movie On Golden Pond.

The two Burnaby summer swim clubs got terrific results at the Simon Fraser regionals two weeks ago at Central Park, when they nabbed a load of medals.

The Burnaby Mountain Mantas’ Armaan Basi, Jessie Hua, Samuel Kim, Shalynne Lee, Yolanda Ling, Fernando Lu and Christopher Ng scooped up four titles apiece, while the Burnaby Barracudas’ Ashley Ko was first in four events. Netting three wins and a bronze was Nathan Li.

Hua won the Div. 2 girls’ 50-metre backstroke and breaststroke, and 100m freestyle and individual medley, Ko finished first in Div. 3’s 50m butterfly, free, 100m IM and free races, and Lee won the Div. 7 50- and 100m fly and free events.

On the boys side, Kim won the Div. 5’s 50 and 100m fly, 100m free and 200m IM, and Ng was tops in the 50 and 100m free, 50m fly and 200m IM. Basi won the Cat. ‘O’ 2’s 50 and 100m free, 100m back and fly events, while Ling did the same in the girls Cat ‘O’ 2 side. The Mantas’ Li bolted to gold in Cat ‘O’ 2’s 50m fly, 100m free and 200m IM. The Barricudas’ Lu won the Div. 5 boys’ 50 and 100m free and 50m back.

Here are more top-4 results: GIRLS, Div. 1 -- Mantas: Quyuh-Anh Ha, 1st 50, 100 fr, 2nd 50 bk, 100 IM; Sarah Wiebe, 3rd 50 br; Crystal Yu, 1st 50 br, 3rd 50 fly, 4th 100 IM. Div. 2 Angela Guan, 3rd 50, 100 fr, 100 IM; Carolyn Jia, 4th 50 bk, fr; Kyra Lin, 2nd 50 fr, 4th 100 fr; Keira Lo, 4th 50 fly;  Chloe Wong, 4th 50 br. Div. 3 -- Michelle Li, 2nd 50 bk; Sophia Morton, 4th 50 bk, fly; Mel Segulja, 3rd 50 br, 4th 50 fr; Vivian Yang, 1st 50 br, 2nd 50 fly, fr, 100 IM; Amy Zhu, 2nd 100 fr, 3rd 50 fly, fr, 4th 100 IM.

Div. 4 -- Sunaina Basi, 4th 100 bk; Anna Burnaci, 4th 50 fr; Claire Guo, 3rd 100 br; Katrina Lo, 2nd 50 fly; Anna-Marie Skinder, 4th 200 IM; Div. 5 -- Martina Blazevic, 4th 100 fr; Yen-Nhi Ha, 4th 50 fly; Alexinnie Tran, 3rd 100 br, 4th 100 bk. Div. 6 -- Allison Jung, 2nd 200 IM, 3rd 100 fly;Joanne Lee, 4th 100 br; Bree Livesey, 4th 50 fr; Christine Ma, 2nd 100 br; Mitra Suseendran, 3rd 100 bk; Desiree Wu, 2nd 100 bk, 4th 50 fly; Elva Yu, 1st 50 fr, 2nd 100 fr, 3rd 50 fly, 100 br.

Div. 7 -- Selena Cui, 3rd 50 fly, 4th 50 fr, 100 br; Cara Moretto, 3rd 100 br, 4th 50 fly, 100 fr; Angellyn Phua, 3rd 50 fr; Lauryn Sartori, 2nd 100 bk, br, 3rd 200 IM. Cat O -- Emma Huang, 1st 100 fly, 2nd 50 fly, fr; Keira Wong, 2nd 100 bk, fly, fr, 3rd 50 fr; Megan Wong, 4th 100 bk, fly; Eliana Zhao, 3rd 100 bk, 4th 50 fly, 100 fr.

BOYS, Div. 1 -- Mihnea Ichim, 1st 100 IM, 2nd 100 fr, 3rd 50 bk, fr; Richard Li, 2nd 50 bk, 4th 50, 100 fr; Jerry Ling, 2nd 50 fly, 4th 50 br; Lucas Ma, 1st 50 br, 4th 100 IM;

Div. 2 -- Colin Du, 3rd 50 bk; Adam Graham, 1st 50 bk, 2nd 50 fly, 100 fr, 3rd 100 IM; Joseph Skinder, 1st 50, 100 fr, 2nd 100 IM, 3rd 50 br; Beck Yu, 2nd 50 bk, br, 4th 100 IM.

Div. 3 -- Alan Cheng, 3rd 50 br; Anderson Ko, 1st 50 br, 100 IM, 3rd 50 fly, 4th 50 fr; Jaiden Lamb, 3rd 50 fr; Torin Quan, 4th 50 bk; Justin Wiebe, 2nd 50 fly, 3rd 100 fr, 4th 100 IM. Div. 4 -- Adrian Kan, 2nd 100 br, 3rd 200 IM, 4th 100 fr; Ronan Livesey, 4th 50 fly; Daniel Wang, 4th 100 br; Boris Zhang, 4th 100 bk.

Div. 5 -- Conlin Duong, 4th 50 fr; Justin Lee, 1st 100 bk, 3rd 50 fly, fr; Cayden Liang, 4th 100 br; Div. 6 -- Casian Chen, 2nd 50 fly, 3rd 100 fr, 4th 50 fr; Derek Shi, 2nd 100 br; DJ Tsang, 1st 50, 100 fly, 3rd 100 bk; Leroy Wang, 2nd 50 fr, 100 bk, 200 IM, 4th 100 fr.

Div. 7 -- Ryan Huang, 4th 50 fly; Daniel Kim, 1st 100 fly, 2nd 50 fly; Ethan Liang, 1st 100 br, 2nd 200 IM, 3rd 100 bk;Nicholas Tran, 4th 50 fr;  Garrett Yeo, 2nd 100 br, 3rd 200 IM, 4th 100 bk. Div. 8 -- Vincent Chung, 2nd 50 fly; Niallan Collier, 2nd 100 bk, 4th 100 br; James Cormier, 1st 100 br, 200 IM, 3rd 50 fr; Cameron Dickson, 1st 100 bk, 3rd 100 fr; Taylor Goldblatt, 2nd 200 IM, 4th 100 fr; Xavier Lau, 4th 50 fly; Igor Lazic, 4th 50 fr; Brady Lin, 2nd 100 br, 3rd 200 IM; Phil Skinder, 4th 200 IM; Araya Therrien, 1st 50 fr, 2nd 100 fly, fr, 3rd 50 fly.