Lindsey Cauley topped the competition during the Dash For Cash open race at the PoCo Marlins 46th Annual Invitational Swim Meet last month.
The Marlins’ swimmer finished with a time of 28.61, taking the top prize of $100 in the event, which features the fastest male and female swimmers. Lucy Davis of the Port Moody Aquarians finished 0.2 seconds behind to take the $50 prize, followed by third place finisher Cassidy Gray of the Coquitlam Sharks, who won $25.
On the men’s side, Ben Nichols of the Marlins took the top prize with a time of 25.47 seconds, while teammate Shawn Sieb finished second and Bryan Yu of the Burnaby Mountain Mantas took third.
Other strong performers for the Marlins included Cole Haaksma, Shelby Connelly, Alyssa O’Connor, Gracie Lorenson, Foster Dolling, Trey Schwingenschoegl and Angelo Macaraig.
This year’s invitational featured 400 athletes from clubs across the Lower Mainland as competitors in the B.C. Summer Swimming Association prepare for the provincial championships, which will take place at Coquitlam’s Spani Pool next month.
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Liam Stewart, Mike Evans, Layth Begg, Matthew Hewa Baddage and Jevaun Jacobsen, all Terry Fox Ravens students, are expected to compete in three games over the next few days.
Tom Kudaba, coach of the Ravens, is serving as coach of the provincial team.
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