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Three meet records fall at Yukon swimming championships

Over a day and a half of racing, Whitehorse Glacier Bears swimmers set three meet records at the Yukon Championships.

By Whitehorse Star on May 11, 2017

Over a day and a half of racing, Whitehorse Glacier Bears swimmers set three meet records at the Yukon Championships.

Thomas Gishler, in the boys 11-12 age group, posted a top time in the 100-metre butterfly, touching the wall in 1:23.95 during the preliminaries. He bested that again in the finals, with a time of 1:23.57.

Then in the 400 IM, he finished in 6:07.02.

In the boys 13-14 age group, Alex Petriw posted a meet record during the preliminaries for the 50 free, finishing in 27.33.

Despite only three clubs participating (host Glacier Bears, Haines Dolphins and one swimmer from the Campbell River Killer Whales), the local athletes did a good job pushing themselves, said head coach Malwina Bukszowana.

“The kids did well,” she said.

Age group category winners were as follows:

Girls

10 and under

  1. Rio Ross-Hirsch
  2. Lydia Brown
  3. Sabine Keesey

Age 11-12

  1. Kassua Dreyer
  2. Amelia Ford
  3. Brynna Lalonde

Age 13-14

  1. Rennes Lindsay
  2. Meghan Pennington
  3. Ella Pollock Shepherd
    Camilla Hallock

15 and over

  1. Cassis Lindsay
  2. Rebecca Koser
  3. Shailyn Moore

Boys

10 and under

  1. Simon Conell
  2. Alex Weerasinghe
  3. Henry Dalton

Age 11-12

  1. Thomas Gishler
  2. Gregory Hall
  3. Olie Johnson

Age 13-14

  1. Alex Petriw
  2. Thomas Bakica
  3. Liam Diamond
    Finn Johnson

15 and Over

  1. Luke Bakica
  2. Ulysse Girard
  3. Makinen Leong-Allan

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