Campbell River Eliminator Invitational Highlights

This past weekend, PCS brought over 50 Development and Provincial Group Swimmers to the Campbell River Invitational Eliminator Meet! Athletes Sierra Thrift (13-14) and Lukas Schreoder (11-12) evadeed elimination and won the golden belt in the Individual Medley event. The next day in the 200 Freestyle eliminator, Lukas Schroeder and Vicky Zhu both won the crown. 

PCS had multiple swimmers place top 3 in the 200 Fly: Lukas Schroeder (1st), Sophie Lemmon (1st), Noah Brown (2nd), Lucy Robinson (2nd), Elaine Mathews (3rd). 

Winning the 200 Breast on both the men’s and women’s side was Jasnoor Sundher and Lukas Bartlett. 

In the 11-12 category we saw Lukas Schroeder, Sophie Lemmon, Lukas Bartlett, and Lucy Robinson with top finishes in the 100m Free & 50m Free. Adding to our top 3, we had some 3rd place finishes from Long Yin Ng and Maya Marston in the 50m freestyle. In the 10&Under age category, Vicky Zhu and Nyah Petrusa went 1st & 3rd in the 100m.

Top finishes in the 50m Back were Nyah Petrusa, Alayna Van Westen (10&u), Lukas Schroeder, Jasnoor Sundher, Elaine Mathews (11-12) and Owen Schroeder (13-14). Earning a honorary mention, Jasnoor Sundher, Noah Brown, Libby Hagel and Liam Turton dominated the 200m Back.

The team finished off the weekend with some distance swims. PCS swimmers dusted off Campbell River Killer Whales’ distance bells in an all-bolts heat in the 1500m Free. Arya Deering dropped nearly a full minute to win the event. In the 800m Free, Lukas Bartlett took the win, shaving over 30 second from his time. To top it off, development group swimmers Lori Ozcelik and Colbie Stringer have been added to the VIR qualifier roster both sneaking under the qualifying time in their 100m freestyle. Way to go on a great weekend of competing!