The Creston Wave Swim Club headed with 19 swimmers to the annual international meet held in Colville, Wash., on July 6/7.
Ada Browne continued to improve throughout the season, taking off two seconds in her 100-metre breaststroke, placing her sixth for Div. 6 girls.
Natasha Hopkins took off over eight seconds in her 50-metre freestyle for a fast time of 1:09.65 seconds.
Caytlyn Luke blew the crowd away when she improved by nearly 20 seconds in her 100-metre individual medley and by 15 seconds in her Div. 4 girls 50-metre backstroke.
Delaney Mackinlay flew through the water in her novice 25-metre butterfly, improving by 14.13 seconds. Her sister, Madisyn Mackinlay, motored through the water, obtaining a time of 37.71 in the Div. 3 girls 50-metre backstroke. Niki Mackinlay got two best times of nearly 10 seconds each in her Div. 1 girls 100-metre freestyle and 50-metre freestyle.
Kylee Pemberton took off 7.75 seconds in the Div. 4 girls 200-metre individual medley, placing her in sixth.
Div. 2 boy Hayden Persad broke the one-minute mark in his 50-metre freestyle with a time of 57.61 seconds. His brother, Isaiah Persad, broke the minute mark in his 50-metre butterfly with a time of 59.56 seconds, placing him in the top 10 for Div. 3 boys. Nadine Persad kicked hard to the finish with a time of 1:38.78 in her Div. 1 girls 50-metre freestyle.
Jeffrey Roelofse smashed over five seconds off of his 100-metre freestyle for a time of 2:07.02 seconds.
Sierra Simpson got two best times in her 100-metre individual medley and 50-metre butterfly, placing her third for the Div. 3 girls in both races.
Callum Ziefflie took off an insane 25.82 seconds for a time of 42.79 seconds in the 25-metre freestyle, placing him second for novice boys.
Medal winners in Colville included coach Monique Ares who improved in her 100- and 200-metre individual medleys and 100-metre freestyle, and took home the women’s Div. 8 bronze medal.
Carter Pelly obtained best times in four of her races and placed first in all six, earning the Div. 3 girls gold medal. Pelly also took on the “guts and glory” 400-metre individual medley race, representing the Creston Wave Swim Club, placing third out of eight clubs.
Emily Simpson took off over two seconds in her 100-metre individual medley, placing her first. She also took home the Div. 5 girls gold medal.
Kieran Simpson swam hard, placing first in the 50- and 100-metre breaststroke, as well as the 200-metre individual medley, earning him a gold medal.
Coach Kevin Woykin raced fast, placing first in the 50-metre butterfly, and took home the Div. 8 men’s aggregate silver medal.
—CRESTON WAVE SWIM CLUB