Haney LMR Swim Meet a Huge Confidence Builder for Young Sungod Swimmers

The meet this weekend was a great opportunity for the Delta Sungod Swim Club’s Junior and Novice swimmers to get into the pool for some really tight head to head racing.  Staff coaches used the swim meet to hone some racing skills leading up into June and July’s championship swim season.  The meet held in Maple Ridge over the weekend was attended by teams from throughout the Lower Mainland Region. 

DSSC’s 30 athletes who competed showcased themselves quite well with some great skills and spectacular finishes.

Top 8 Finishers for the club were:
Abdulrahman Alhassan (13) 5^th 200 free, 8^th 200 IM
Grace Bruneau (12) gold 200 IM/100 fly/100 breaststroke
Mia Bruneau (10 bronze 100 fly, 5^th 100 breast, 7^th 200 IM
Ariyana Dhesi (10) silver 100 IM
Joshua Dhesi (13) gold 100 IM
Noelle Evans (13) bronze 200 IM, 5^th 50 breast/100 free, 6^th 200 free/50 free
Caiden Fawcett (11) gold 100 IM
Rasam Grewal (11) 8^th 50 free
Joseph Guan (9) 5^th 100 IM
Kaia Hall (10) 4^th 100 fly, 5^th 50 back, 7^th 100 breast/200 free/100 free
Ameera Johal (15) silver 200 IM, bronze 100 fly, 5^th 100 breaststroke
Gia Johal (13) 7^th 100 fly
Manreet Johal (10) 4^th 100 IM
Arwin Khangura (10) 6^th 100 free, 8^th 200 free
Madelyn Paredes Troughton (12) gold 50 fly/200 free/100 free, silver 200 IM, bronze 50 back, 4^th 200 back
Monica Paredes Troughton (9) bronze 100 IM
Mateo Pecotic (10) 8^th 100 back
Ganeev Purba (11) silver 100 IM
Tia Retel (14) 4^th 100 fly, 8^th 100 breaststroke
Scarlett Ruiz Nowell (14) 6^th 100 fly
Dwitik Sharma (9) 4^th 100 IM
Charlotte Sibley (13) 5^th 100 fly
Olivia Siemens (13) 8^th 100 fly
Vidhi Sood (11) 7^th 100 fly
Lauren Urwin (12) 8^th 100 fly
Gabriella Wang (11) 6^th 100 breaststroke
Emma Zhang (10) gold 200 IM/100 fly/200 free/100 free, silver 100 breast/50 backstroke

Emma Zhang set a new club record in the Girls’ 10 & Under 200 freestyle Short Course.  Her time broke a seven year club record.

New Divisional qualifiers for DSSC were Noelle Evans in the 200 IM, Madelyn Paredes Troughton in the 200 IM, 50 fly, 200 free, 50 back, 100 freestyle as well as Emma Zhang in the 200 free.  These times allow these girls to attend Vancouver Coastal Divisional Championships in Richmond in June.

The club also had 11 athletes who achieved 100% personal best times over the course of the weekend, with no disqualifications.  Great efforts and techniques were had by Aaron Alby (11), Abdulrhaman Alhassan, Dev Bagal (13), Mia Bruneau, Charlie Buchanan (9), Colbie Deeg (11), Caiden Fawcett, Ameera Johal, Gia Johal, Madelyn Paredes Troughton, Ganeev Purba, Tia Retel, Vidhi Sood (11).

DSSC coaches and swimmers always celebrate athletes who achieve 100% personal bests in a swim meet as it shows an ability to maintain mental focus over the course of the entire weekend, and shows consistency across all distances and strokes.

Swimmers are gearing up for their final meets of the season with swimmers attending LMR Champs East in Langley, Divisional Championships in Richmond, Provincial Championships at UBC and the club’s favourite travel meet of the season to Kamloops.   DSSC will be holding its 2022-23 season’s registration nights on September 5-6 from 5:00-7:00pm at Sungod Recreation Centre.  For more program information click on www.teamsungod.ca or call 604-345-5912.