Some Great Long Course Swimming at West Coast Open

May 12, 2023

It was a great weekend of racing at the Richmond Rapids’ West Coast Open Long Course Invitational. The Delta Sungod Swim Club brought over 50 athletes to attend the meet. For the majority of the club it was their first opportunity to swim in a 50m pool all season and they did not disappoint.

The transition from Short Course (25m pool) swimming to Long Course (50m pool) can be tough for some swimmers. They do not have the opportunity to generate speed off the walls as frequently as they are used to (being that there are half as many turns). For those swimmers that can get into a great rhythm and hold it throughout the race, long course swimming can be a huge advantage.

Congratulations to Delta Sungod swimmers who achieved a top 10 placing this weekend:
Kayah Apanawicz (16) gold 200 IM/200 fly, bronze 100 free/100 fly, 4^th 100 back/50 fly/200 free/50 free
Akashvir Bhangu (19) 4^th 200 IM, 5^th 200 back
Grace Bruneau (13) bronze 100 back, 4^th 200 IM/50 breast, 6^th 200 breast, 8^th 200 fly, 10^th 50 fly
Mia Bruneau (11 silver 800 free/200 fly, 7^th 400 free
Noelle Evans (14) 9^th 200 IM/200 breast, 10^th 50 breast
Kaia Hall (11) 7^th 200 free, 9^th 200 IM
Manraj Johal (15) 7^th 100 back
Arwin Khangura (11) 4^th 200 fly, 5^th 100 fly, 9^th 200 free
Chloe Meredith Jensen (17) gold 50 breast/400 free/400 IM, silver 200 IM/100 free/200 breast, bronze 100 breast/50 free
Madelyn Paredes Troughton (13) bronze 50 breast, 4^th 200 breast, 6^th 100 breast, 9^th 200 IM
Harleen Rai (15) 7^th 800 free, 8^th 200 IM
Gurshaan Sangha (14) gold 50 breast, bronze 200 breast, 4^th 200 IM, 10^th 100 free/100 breast
Arnav Sharma (16) 4^th 200 fly, 6^th 200 IM, 8^th 100 breast
Daniel Wang (16) silver 100 breast, bronze 400 IM/200 IM, 6^th 100 free, 8^th 100 back
Gabrielle Wang (12) 8^th 400 IM
Max Zha (15) gold 200 IM/800 free/200 fly, silver 50 fly/200 free, bronze 100 fly/400 IM, 4^th 100 free
Emma Zhang (11) gold 800 free/400 free/400 IM, bronze 100 back/200 back/100 breast, 4^th 200 IM

There were some new Divisional qualifiers as well! Congratulations to the following who are able to swim at Fraser-Vancouver Divisional Championships on June 25^th weekend.
Abulrahman Alhassan 50 free
Kayah Apanowicz 100 back, 200 fly, 200 free
Grace Bruneau 100 back
Noelle Evans 200 IM, 50 free
Madelyn Paredes Troughton 50 fly, 100 fly
Gurshaan Sangha 400 IM
Arnav Sharma 100 fly, 50 free
Gabrielle Wang 100 free
Emma Zhang 200 IM, 100 back, 200 back, 100 breast

Gurshaan Sangha broke the 13-14 boys 200 breaststroke long course club record as well as Max Zha who broke the Men’s 15 & Over 200 IM long Course club record. This record was previously set in 1996.