Challenge Set #6 is completed which wraps up our Challenge Set Initiative. We had a great turnout for the initiative and would like to thank everyone who participated. Now that the Challenge Sets have completed, it is time to announce the final awards! The top 10 finalists in the Cumulative Point standings for each Age Category and Top 3 for Varisty & Para will receive an award from both Team Aquatic Supplies and RaceTek. You can find the award distribution breakdown on the Challenge Set Initiative Information package. Congratulations to all the winners. Cory will be reaching out to your coaches to let them know how to claim your award.
Challenge Set #6 results can be found on our Results page.
The award winner is listed below. Full cumulative points results are available here.
Swimming Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have announced Canada’s swimming team nominated to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. 26 athletes were nominated to the team to represent Canada in Tokyo. Swim BC would like to congratulate all the BC athletes who were named to the Olympic team. We are proud of your accomplishments and you are an excellent representative for BC Swimming.
The BC athletes named to the Tokyo Olympic team are:
Brent Hayden (Mission BC) – Pool
Kierra Smith (Kelowna, BC) – Pool
Markus Thormeyer (Delta, BC) – Pool
Hau-Li Fan (Burnaby, BC) – Open Water
Also, congratulations to Janice Hanan (Victoria, BC) for being named as Team Manager.
The Olympic pool swimming competition will take place July 24 to August 1 (Day 1 to 9) at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Open water swimming will take place on August 4 and August 5 (Day 12 and 13) at the Odaiba Marine Park.
Women’s 400 IM
5th Place Ashley McMillian KISU 4:49.63
6th Place Bailey Herbert LOSC 4:50.74
Men’s 400 IM
1st Place Collyn Gagne SFA 4:18.65
6th Place Brodie Young UBCT 4:26.00
9th Place Justin Fotherby KISU 4:29.34
Men’s 200 Back
2nd Place Blake Tierney UBCT 1:59.49
4th Place Hugh McNeill LOSC 2:00.69
7th Place Tayden De Pol UBCT 2:03.50
Women’s 1500 Free
10th Place Chantel Jeffrey UBCT 17:54.81
Men’s 800 Free
3rd Place Jeremy Bagshaw ISC 8:04.94
4th Place Alexander Pratt UBCT 8:05.95
7th Place Yu Tong Wu SKSC 8:16.15
Women’s 200 Breast
2nd Place Kierra Smith KAJ 2:25.73
5th Place Bailey Herbert LOSC 2:29.36
8th Place Tina Guan CHENA 2:39.29
Men’s 200 Breast
5th Place Justice Migneault UBCT 2:16.50
Women’s 200 Fly
1st Place Emily Overholt UBCT 2:11.16
3rd Place Danielle Hanus ISC 2:12.42
5th Place Josie Field UBCT 2:14.31
Men’s 200 Fly
4th Place Yu Tong Wu SKSC 2:00.67
7th Place Dmitriy Lim UBCT 2:01.88
Men’s 100 Free
3rd Place Markus Thormeyer UBCT 49.24
8th Place Carson Olafson UBCT 50.26
Men’s 1500 Free
5th Place High McNeill LOSC 15:47.89
6th Place Raben Dommann UBCT 15:49.61
7th Place Yu Tong Wu SKSC 15:50.64
9th Place Andrew Woinoski SFA 15:59.32
Women’s 200 IM
5th Place Ashley McMillian KISU 2:14.21
7th Place Bailey Herbert LOSC 2:16.11
Men’s 200 IM
6th Place Collyn Gagne SFA 2:02.81
10th Place Justin Fotherby KISU 2:05.22
Men’s 50 Free1st Place Brent Hayden VPCVN 21.82*
* Olympic Nomination
Results from finals for the BC swimmers.
Women’s 200 Free
8th Place Emily Overholt UBCT 1:59.97
Men’s 200 Free
3rd Place Jeremy Bagshaw ISC 1:49.55
4th Place Carson Olafson UBCT 1:50.28
7th Place Blake Tierney UBCT 1:52.07
8th Place Cale Murdock WLBF 1:52.45
Women’s 100 Breast
3rd Place Kierra Smith KAJ 1:07.72
8th Place Bailey Herbert LOSC 1:10.37
Men’s 100 Breast
5th Place Justice Migneault UBCT 1:01.86
