Saskatoon

We are back from a long and successful meet. The swimmers turned some heads with some fast swims, best times and some new qualifying standards very early in the swim season.

I would like to start by congratulating Robyn for achieving her QT in the 400 free by a huge margin by taking off over 30 seconds. Along with a number of other fantastic swims. This could be a break out year for this budding swimmer. Other swimmers with huge meets to start off the year were Linnea who at the age of 16 took off the kind of time only a young age group swimmer can with huge drops in many of her events. She couldn't have dreamt of a better start to the year. Greg and Nathan also had fantastic meets to kick off the season with tons of best times. Kevin was the star of the 10 and under age group in his last meet as a 10 year old and always right on his heals was his training partner Ryan who narrowly missed him in a great 200 IM final. Connor and Brendan also swam their first ever 1500's and did a great job.

There were too many other great results to mention. Please keep posted for a more detailed report once official results are posted.

But beyond great races this meet offered a fantastic opportunity that many meets in Alberta do not offer. For many it was their first time billeting and they all had a fantastic time. We had many comments from parents saying how great, fun and respective all of our swimmers were. This is an experience that very few have and these swimmers will grow because of it. Even our youngest, 10 year old Ryan expressed how much fun he had staying at another families home with our most senior swimmer Kyle and Calvin.

From great swims to new experiences this was a great meet for a number of reasons.