Olympians break records in the pool

 

 
 
 

The Abbotsford Olympians finished ninth overall in a competition at the Vancouver Aquatic Center Jan. 18-20 and posted 92 per cent best times while breaking 29 club records. The swim meet hosted 15 team teams from the Greater Vancouver Area and Washington State.

James Lee led the way for the Olympians, breaking eight club records and qualifying his first "AAA" standard in the 100 butterfly in a 1: 09.02 and earned bronze in the 50 Fly.

The "AAA" standard, is the standard a swimmer must achieve to be able to compete against the best swimmers in the province.

Also attaining new standards, Katie Charest qualified her first "AA" standard in the 50 Freestyle and Tobyn Smith qualified a second "AA" standard in the 200 Backstroke, also breaking a club record and earning the bronze medal.

McKenna Postles, Peyton Smith and Alex Smith all added "A" times to their list of accomplishments.

Charest, Postles and Hannah Weinkauf were all club record breakers.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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