South Delta secondary made the most out of its appearance at the recent provincial high school swimming championships at Watermania in Richmond.
The meet featured one day of preliminary heats with only the top 16 qualifiers advancing to the finals. Points were then awarded based on placement among the finals. South Delta went on to finish 13th out of 90 participating schools. This feat was accomplished despite having the fewest number of participants among the top 13.
This resulted in South Delta finishing with the second highest points per swimmer ratio. St George's, an all boys school, won the competition with an average of 25.3 points per swimmer. South Delta averaged 19.5 compared to 13.4 per swimmer among the remaining 11 teams in the top 13.
Individual results included:
Alison Gracon: 50 butterfly (2nd), 50 freestyle (3rd), 100 freestyle (3rd).
Jonathan Kraft: 50 freestyle (2nd), 100 freestyle (4th).
Matthew Lock: 100 backstroke (10th). Erin MacDougall: 100 freestyle (5th), 100 individual medley (7th), 50 backstroke (8th).
Talon Stade: 50 butterfly (2nd), 50 freestyle (4th), 50 backstroke (4th).
Vito Zou: 100 freestlye (9th), 200 individual medley (9th), 50 freestyle (11th).
In the relay competition, the team of Alison Gracon, Alex Thormeyere, Erin MacDougall and Talon Stade finished first in the mixed freestyle event. Meanwhile, Morgan Stade, Beau Matheson, Brodie Woodward and Nik Robertson were 11th in the boys medley relay.
The South Delta swim team was coached by Jack MacDougall.
