The Kelowna AquaJets hosted the 38th annual SnowFest event at the H20 Fitness and Adventure Centre over the weekend as 275 swimmers came together from all over the province.
Teams came from as far away as Whitehorse and Seattle to complete in the event and Kelowna AquaJet coaches were pleased with the level of competition this year.
Head Coach Peter Wilkins said “Our team did a great job start to finish all weekend, we are quite proud of our team’s accomplishments from the meet.”
Photo Credit: Peter Wilkins
There were four new club records achieved over the weekend with swimmers earning new qualifying standards in several events. Qqualifying for a new meet was Ella Rolleston (50 Fly, 200 Fly), earning a spot at the BC AAA Championships in Surrey later in March. New club records came from two boys, Johnny Ekinci,10, and Josh Zakala, 16. Zakala was able to lower an Andrew Appleton mark from 1997 in the 15 to 17 year old, 50 Fly on Friday night with a time of 26.66.
Zakala also clipped off four seconds to the existing Julien Roberts record in the Men’s 15 to 17 year old category and Open 200 Fly with a blistering time of 2:07.25. Meanwhile, Ekinci lowered the 50 Back record in a time of 37.11 in the Boys 10 & Under category.
The Jets are now gearing up for a busy 2015, beginning with AA Provincials in Chilliwack, then Surrey for AAA Provincials, UBC for BC Open and then Edmonton for the Western Canadian Open.
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