Photo by Vince Fedoroff
DIVING IN – Girls dive in at the start of a race at the Yukon Championships at the Canada Games Centre in Whitehorse Saturday.
Photo by Vince Fedoroff
CRAWLING ALONG – Julia Robbins competes in the 200 metre Freestyle. She finished fourth.
Photo by Vince Fedoroff
SUBMERGED – Nimrin Dhillion swims in the 100 metre Breaststroke. She finished third.
Photo by Vince Fedoroff
COMIN' UP – River Powell grabs some air during the 100 metre Breaststroke. She finished sixth in the race.
Photo by Vince Fedoroff
FINISHING FIRST – Hugh Stopps competes in the 100 metre Breaststroke on his way to a first-place finish.
Photo by Vince Fedoroff
GOOFY GOGGLES – Thomas Gishler swims his way to a first-place finish in the 100 meter Breaststroke.
Photo by Vince Fedoroff
BACKSTROKIN' – Aiden Harvey races to a first-place finish in the 100 metre backstroke.
Yukon Swim Championships take place in Whitehorse
The Yukon Invitational Swim Championships took place at the Whitehorse Lions Aquatic Centre in the Canada Games Centre (CGC) April 29-30.
The Yukon Invitational Swim Championships took place at the Whitehorse Lions Aquatic Centre in the Canada Games Centre (CGC) April 29-30. The Championships were hosted by the Whitehorse Glacier Bears Club.
There were 82 participants.
Nine championships records were broken.
Four club records were broken.
The number of Divisional swimmers that qualified was 22.
The club raced 379 races in total, among all age groups, with 307 improving.
Here are the results:
10 and under Boys: Gold Uriau Brown-Durham, Silver Eli Patera Marchard, Bronze Cameron Grady
10 and under Girls: Gold Nimrin Dhillon, Silver Blake Steele, Bronze – we had a three-way tie with Mallory Horton, Natalie Hallock and Alexandra Grady
11-12 girls: Gold Medal for Erin Delaurier, Silver Amelia Rainey, Bronze River Powell
11-12 boys: Gold Medal to Hugh Stopps, Silver to Roy Oborne, Bronze to Owen Krikorian
13-14 girls: Gold Sabine Keesey, Silver to Melody Qui, Bronze Kalie Massie
13-14 boys: Gold Corbin Jackson, Silver Oliver Cull, Bronze Liam Gishler
15-17 girls: Gold Mia Barrauld, Silver Emily Vangel, Bronze Julia Robbins
15-16 boys: Gold Thomas Gishler, Silver Reese Jackson
18 and over boys: Gold Alex Petriw, Silver Thomas Bakica.
-Submitted by Carmen Escobar
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