After a successful weekend in Beaverton, Oregon three members of the Barracudas Swim Club were selected to the 2012 US Youth Tour team, competing in Clearwater, Florida from Jan. 12 to 21.
Danica Ludlow, Haley Black and Sterling King each set new Barracuda club records in multiple events last weekend as a part of Swim BC's provincial team at the Oregon meet, while obtaining 11 personal best times. There were 46 clubs participating in the event.
Ludlow and Black swam in the 15- to-17-year-old girls category, with Ludlow setting new marks in the 50-metre (new: 29.99, old: 27.20), 100-metre (56.76, 1:00.33), 200-metre (2:02.51, 2:08.02) and 400-metre (4:20.08, 4:33.86) freestyle events, topping Katie Mann's records in the first three and Nicole Schnapp's in the latter event.
Black topped Mann's records in the 50-metre and 100-metre butterfly with a 28.43 (29.53) and a 1:01.21 (1:05.32), while beating Claire Shrimpton's 2:25.38 in the 200-metre fly with a 2:13.21.
In the 100- and 200-metre freestyle, King beat his own records with swims of 52.76 (53.19) and 1:52.40 (1:54.73) and shaved close to three seconds off Andrew Chrobot's 4:00.81 in the 400-metre distance with a 3:57.38.
Meanwhile, the Barracudas also sent 40 swimmers to the annual Ice Classic in Kamloops where they placed sixth out of 16 clubs, winning 11 gold, nine silver and seven bronze medals. There were 222 personal bests set, while Julie Wing set a club record in the 50-metre backstroke with a 33.54. The old record was 34.05 set by Crystal Colby.
Four swimmers qualified for the AA championships for the first time: Samantha Agliani (100 and 200 breast); Adrian Lamb (100 breast); Skylar Lewington (100 back and 200 individual medley); and Emma Williams (100 breast, 200 and 400 IM).
Two swimmers qualified for the AGN for the first time: Samantha Bleackley (100 breast) and Patricia Fortier (50 and 200 back). Both girls also qualified for the Western Canadian championship, Bleackley in the 50- and 100-metre breast stroke and Fortier in the 800-metre freestyle and 200-metre backstroke.
