Hansen Wins Double Bronze at Junior Swimming Provincials
Grace Hansen (right) won Provincial Swimming Bronze - Submitted Photo
10 year old Grace Hansen swam away with two bronze medals in the 10 year old girls 50 m Butterfly and the 100m Individual Medley. Grace shaved over seven seconds off her time in the 100 I.M. to secure the bronze, finishing with a new personal best time of 1:16.40 seconds. Grace’s time in her bronze medal butterfly performance was 36.99, four seconds quicker than her previous best time. Grace also finished tenth in the 100m Butterfly (1:29.77) and set a new personal best time in her 100m Freestyle ( 1:16.40 ).
12 year old Brendan Van Herk had three top ten performances at Provincials, and set new personal best times in each of his. Brendan finished in eighth place in both the 12 year old boys 100 m Backstroke (1:11.83) and 200m Individual Medley (2:35.21). Brendan was tenth in the 100m Butterfly (1:11.58) and twelfth in the 100m Freestyle (1:04.24).
Shania Van Herk finished ninth in the 15 year old girls 100m Backstroke (2:34.98), and was thirteenth in the 50m Freestyle with a new personal best time of 28.01 seconds. Shania was also fourteenth in the 200m Butterfly (2:34.98) and eighteenth in the 100m freestyle (1:00.75).
The Blenheim Blast will play host to the next S.E.A.L. Meet Sunday April 1 at the Gable Rees Rotary Pool.