Kelowna, August 20, 2010
Wouter Terpstra of the VKSC wins the 1.5 km Open Water Swim Circuit in a time of 20 minutes and 5 seconds.
Sarah Mailhot and Sarah Mehain, representing Team Canada at the IPC Swimming LC World Championships, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
August 18, 2010
Today was a great day for Sarah Mehain.
This morning Sarah swam the 100 m Backstroke in a personal best time of 1:33.09 and the 200 IM in a personal best time of 3:24.90. Sarah made finals for both events.
In finals Sarah touched 5th in the 100 m Backstroke in a Personal Best Time of 1:31.60 and touched 4th in the 200 IM in a Personal Best Time of 3:19.20.
This is a great accomplishment for Sarah.
Pieter van den Hoogenband swimming stadium, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
August 17, 2010
Sarah Mehain of the VKSC, representing Team Canada at the 2010 LC IPC Swimming World Championships had a great first day of this major competition. In preliminaries this morning, Sarah swam a Personal Best time in the 50 m Freestyle of 37.12 and she made her first LC World Championships finals.
In finals she finished 8th with a Personal Best time of 36.57.
Tomorrow Sarah will swim 200 IM and 100 m Backstroke.
Wednesday, August 11th, Sarah Mehain arrived in Eindhoven, The Netherlands after a 8 day training camp in Duisburg, Germany.
The 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven will start August 15, 2010.
Sarah's 1st event will be the 50 m Freestyle on August 17.
You can follow Sarah on the following link:
BC Summer Games, Triathlon, start of the boys.
The slogan for the BC Summer Games can be a goal for all....DREAM, CHALLENGE, ACHIEVE.
Congratulations to Laura Hulstein for winning a Silver Medal at the BC Summer Games in the 800 m Freestlyle in a personal best time of 9:58.65.
Congratulations to Florian Terpstra for winning a Bronze Medal at the BC Summer Games in the 400 IM in a personal best time of 5:22.35, a Bronze Medal in the 100 m Breaststroke in a personal best time of 1:18.62, a Bronze Medal in the 800 m Freestyle in a personal best time of 10:09.79, a Silver Medal in the 200 m Medley Relay with a best time of 2:07.28 and a Gold Medal in the 200 m Breaststroke in a personal best time of 2:46.88.
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The Vernon Kokanee Swim Club is a competitive swim club founded in 1966 and is a proud member of Swim BC and Swimming Canada.
The club operates as a non-profit sports body to promote aquatics in the community of Vernon, BC.
With the goal of encouraging each athlete within the Vernon Kokanee Swim Club to "Be The Best That You Can Be" and to become a better person in the process, we are looking to serve the needs of each member and to become competitive with the best clubs in the country.
We invite you to come and see what we are all about!
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INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT THE KOKANEES??
If so, please contact: ROB HULSTEIN - rhulstein@shaw.ca
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