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Big medal haul for Hyack’s Young at nationals

Tri-City swimmer takes two golds & three silvers

 

Tri-City swimmer Brodie Young had a breakout performance at the Canadian Open Water Championship in Calgary last week.

Fresh off a strong showing for his Hyack Swim Club at the recent provincials meet, Young took gold in both the 200 m and 400 m individual medley before taking silver in the 100 m breaststroke, 1,500 m freestyle swim and the open water race. He also made another trip to the podium after picking up the bronze in the 200 m breaststroke. 

Young was also part of a team, which included fellow Tri-City swimmer Andy Cho, that claimed bronze in the under-14 88 m freestyle relay. The Hyack Swim Club girls team, which featured Carleen Gao and Yedam Lee, also took bronze in the event.

Chung Sing Leung also took home a medal, winning silver in the open water race, while she finished sixth in the 1,500 m freestyle.

Meanwhile, Stella Jin just missed the podium in the 50 m fly event, where she came in fourth, while Chris Baker also finished fourth in the 200 m fly. 

Cho finished fourth in both the 400 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley and Eric Su took sixth in the 1,500 m freestyle event.

Octavia Lau also had a strong showing at the event, setting a new provincial record in the 50 m freestyle, while also taking gold in the 400 m and 1,500 m with second-place showing in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle.

Zoe Froh took gold in the 200 m fly, bronze in the 800 m freestyle and fourth in the 1,500 m freestyle, while Micah Lau took gold in the open water and seventh in 1,500 m freestyle. Jacob Garricks took silver in the open water, while Martin Dimitrov finished fifth in 400 m freestyle, sixth in 200 m fly, fifth in the open water and sixth in the 200 m freestyle. 

Other competitors included Amar Fezjic, who won fourth in the 50 m fly and eighth in both the 100 m and 200 m fly, while Sehajvir Singh took fifth in the 200 m backstroke and 400 m individual medley.

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