Great Finals Session Efforts for Delta Swimmers In Edmonton

Eight athletes from the Delta Sungod Swim Club attended the Edmonton Open Swim Meet hosted by the Edmonton Keyano Swim Club.  For those athletes it was an opportunity to race against a different group of swimmers in a 50 metre pool, learn to manage themselves away from their parents, and rely on a completely different support system.  With almost 300 swimmers in attendance from all over Western Canada, the competition was stiff, and the results were outstanding with DSSC athletes achieving new personal bests, and some new BC Provincial standards. 

New Provincial qualifiers this meet for Delta were Madelyn Paredes Troughton in the 50 breaststroke, and Gurshaan Sangha in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 50 breaststroke and the 50 butterfly.

Top 20 finishers this weekend for DSSC were:
Kayah Apanowicz (16) 17^th 50 breaststroke, 19^th 100 fly, 20^th 100 breast
Chloe MerEdith Jensen (17) 10^th 200 breaststroke, 20^th 200 backstroke
Harleen Rai (14) 18^th 1500 free
Gurshaan Sangha (14) 10^th 200 breast, 18^th 100 breast, 19^th 50 breast
Daniel Wang (15) 13^th 200 breaststroke, 17^th 100 breast, 18^th 50 free/50 breast, 20^th 100 back
Max Zha (15) 6^th 200 fly, 9^th 200 free, 12^th 200 IM, 13^th 100 fly, 14^th 800 free, 16^th 50 fly

The meet was also an opportunity for swimmers to fine tune their long course swimming (events in a 50m pool as opposed to a 25m pool.)  Although the tactics in the races are quite similar when switching from Short Course to Long Course, the mental processes may differ from one swimmer to another.

DSSC will be hosting its next session of their Learn to Compete Program starting on Friday, March 31^st.  Registration for the program is currently open.  For more information on the Delta Sungod Swim Club’s programs visit www.teamsungod.ca or call 604-345-5912.