Langley Olympians Swim Club (LOSC) dominated the Swim BC Provincial Championships, shattering provincial records and taking the team championship title for the third time in a row.
LOSC brought a team of 78 swimmers, who took the team score lead after every evening of racing from March 7 to 10 at Saanich Commonwealth Place on Vancouver Island.
It is the largest swim meet in the province, bringing together more than 600 swimmers from 38 teams.
At the end of finals on Sunday, LOSC won the team championship banner with a combined score of 3,558.5, which was more than 1,000 points ahead of second place.
LOSC swimmers took home 96 medals, 42 gold, 26 silver, and 28 bronze. As well, Leila Fack and Justin Jung earned the 17 and over aggregate awards.
Head coach Ryan Skomorowski called it ‘fantastic.”
“[It] shows the long-term commitment to excellence from both the swimmers and the coaches” Skomorowski said.
He extended a special thank you “for the support of all our aquatic facilities, as without access to these facilities and the support of the community, we could not accomplish such a rare achievement in the province.”
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Assistant head coach Hattie Sun gives a shout-out to the 12 and under boys, Owen Yeung, Ian Cho, Timothy Ngai and Oliver MacPherson, for breaking the 400m freestyle relay club record.
Coach Brian Metcalfe applauded the team on its dominating performances, describing them as “evident of the dedication and racing spirit of the swimmers.”
B.C. records were broken in: 200m freestyle relay (Leila Fack, Ashley Ko, Carolyne Jia, and Julia Strojnowska); 200m medley relay (Ashley Ko, Macey Larson, Leila Fack, and Julia Strojnowska); and 400m freestyle relay (Leila Fack, Julia Strojnowska, Carolyne Jia, and Ashley Ko).
Collyn Gagne also broke the B.C. record in the 400m freestyle.
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The B.C. records were also new LOSC club records along with Julia Strojnowska’s 200m and 800m freestyle, Danny Park’s 200m freestyle, Justin Jung’s 200m breaststroke, Collyn Gagne’s 200m individual medley and 200m freestyle.
New BC Provincial Championship meet records were achieved by Macey Larson in the 200m breaststroke and the 800m freestyle Relay (Ashley Ko, Leila Fack, Kayla Thai, and Julia Strojnowska).
Several swimmers left the meet with new Western Canadian championship qualifying times: Joad Wood, Jinsei Yamamoto, Maiysa Montakhab, Sammi Burwell, Finn Parr, Mackenna Petty, Lucas Fong, and Kyu Cho.
Maiysa Montakhab achieved a new Canadian junior time, and Danny Park, Alex Velicico, and Justin Jung added more events to their Canadian trials qualifying times.