Skip to content

Marlins catch medals at provincials

Ben Nichols won six medals and set three club records to lead the PoCo Marlins’ success at the recent B.C. Summer Swimming Association provincial championships at Surrey’s Guildford Recreation Centre.
Marlins swimmers
The PoCo Marlins Div 8 girls medley relay team, comprised of Lauren Diehl, Emma Nichols, Sinead Young and Hannah O'Connor, celebrates their silver medal at the recent BC Summer Swimming Association provincal championships in Surrey.

Ben Nichols won six medals and set three club records to lead the PoCo Marlins’ success at the recent B.C. Summer Swimming Association provincial championships at Surrey’s Guildford Recreation Centre.

Nichols set records in the Boys Div 7 100 freestyle, 100 backstroke and 50 fly events. The backstroke record dated to 2002, and the Marlin’s 50m fly record had been in place since 1999.

The Marlins’ 35 swimmers who competed at the championships returned with a total of 51 medals. That was good enough to rank the club second in the province among the 60 clubs that competed. Kali McCready, Hannah O’Connor, Kaela Rebamontan and Zak Stevens each won four medals, while Lauren Diehl, Cole Haaksma and Kyra Stephenson were triple medalists. Kaitlyn Connelly, Shelby Connelly, and Gavnin Hoeverman won two medals each. Solo medalists included Angelina Burton, Izabela Fabbro, Sara Hughes, Ryann McCready, Emma Nichols, Kate Sanderson, Taylor Stephenson, Carter Stevens, Maggie Thurbide and Sinead Young.