It was an excellent weekend for the Battlefords Kinsmen Orcas swim team as they competed at the 2017 Manitoba Saskatchewan Short Course Championships in Winnipeg from Dec. 14-17 at the Pan Am Pool.
Taylor Parker led the way for the team in the boys 16 and over division, as he set seven new club records and earned two medals.
He finished in second in the 800-metre freestyle and placed third in the 1500m freestyle event.
His other record setting times came in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle and 50m backstroke events.
Brandon Nord also set seven new club records in the boys 16 and over category, with his best result being a seventh place finish in the 200m breaststroke event.
He smashed his previous best times in the 50m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly and 200m individual medley races.
Madison Higgs, who competes in the girls’ 13 and 14 year old age catergory, just missed out on the podium with a fourth place result in the 1500m freestyle race.
She set a club record in that race, which went along with new marks she set in the 200m freestyle and 800m freestyle races.
Reece Sommerfield set two club records in the 12 and under girls division, as she finished in seventh and eighth place in the 800m and 1500m freestyle races respecively.
Elizabeth Johnson also competed in the 12 and under girls category, with her best finish being a pair of 11th place results in the 50m freestyle and 100m backstroke events.
The long course season will get underway for the Orcas on Jan. 19-21 as they will take part at the Regina Optimist Cup meet.
