DIDSBURY - The recent Didsbury Aquajets swim meet went very well, said organizers.
The meet took place at the Didsbury Aquatic Centre and featured more than 200 swimmers from seven teams including clubs from Calgary, High River, Okotoks, Canmore, Cochrane and the host Aquajets.
"The format of our meet this year was geared toward longer distance events," said manager Monika Rosenke. "We are proud of how our swimmers did this past weekend."
In total, there were 13 events, 225 swimmers and 856 swims in total, said Rosenke. The Aquajets had 35 swimmers compete and many set personal bests.
"Most of our swimmers received new personal best times at this meet, which is amazing as we were offering longer distance races," she said. "Because of the longer distances we had a lot of first times, which the swimmers will be able to use as they go forward into the swim season."
Top performers from the Aquajets:
- Lexi Jardine, 1st place, girls 14 and under 800-metre distance freestyle.
- Piper Lundeen, 3rd place, girls 9-10 50-metre long backstroke and 3rd place girls 9-10 50-metre long butterfly.
- Chelsea Jardine, 3rd place, girls 11-12 50-metre short backstroke.
- Erin Black, 6th place, girls 13-14 50-metre short butterfly; 5th place, girls 13-14 100-metre long breaststroke; and 3rd place girls 13-14 200-metre long individual medley.
- Madelyn Pasloske, 3rd place, girls 13-14 100-metre long backstroke.
- Mataia Jelinek, 5th place, girls 13-14 50-metre short backstroke.
- Zac Jardine, 1st place, boys 9-10 50-metre long backstroke; 1st place, boys 9-10 25-metre short backstroke; and 3rd place, boys 9-10 50-metre short freestyle.
- Tanner Aasen, 5th place, boys 13-14 50-metre short backstroke.
- Girls 9-10 100-metre relay team, 3rd place -- Elsa Eriksson, Piper Lundeen, Nicole Black and Keira Reinhart.
- Girls 12 and under 200-metre medley relay, 3rd place -- Hilary Pawluck, Autumn Bates-Gardiner, Elizabeth Loades and Evey Schaffer.
