Sayla Briggs and Octavia Lau were the big winners at the Simon Fraser regional summer swim championships.
Briggs and Lau both won four gold in their respective divisions for the Burnaby Mountain Mantas at the provincial qualifying meet at Central Park Pool last weekend.
Briggs won the Div. 5 girls’ 50 and 100 metre freestyle, 50m butterfly and 100m breaststroke.
Lau took gold in the Div. 4 girls’ 50 and 100m free, 100m backstroke and 200m individual medley.
Two other Mantas, Kevin Wei and Elva Yu, were also big winners.
Wei won the Div. 2 boys’ 50 and 100m free and 100m IM, while taking a silver medal in the 50m breast.
Yu placed first in the Div. 3 girls’ 50m fly, breast and 100m IM. She was also runner-up in the 100m free.
Bryan Yu and Hannah Cui of the Mantas also won four medals apiece at the meet.
Yu earned a pair of gold in the Div. 5 boys’ 50 and 100m fly and two silver in the 100m back and 200m IM.
Cui was first in the Div. 3 girls’ 50m back and 100m free and second in the 50m free and fly.
The Mantas won a total of 59 medals, including 23 gold.
Also striking gold were Lauren Sartori in the Div. 5 girls’ 100m fly, Ethan Xue in the Div. 6 boys’ 50m free, Boris Zhang in the Div. 1 boys’ 50m free, Peter Huang in the Div. 2 boys’ 50m fly and Sean Li in the Div. 3 boys’ 50m back.
Sartori also won silver in the 100m breast and bronze in the 50m fly. Xue had a second-place medal in the 100m free. Zhang placed third in the 50m fly and Huang was also third in the 50m back.
Xavier Lau swam to three silver medals in the Div. 5 boys’ 50 and 100m free and 50m fly.
Other Mantas’ multi-medal qualifiers included Bryan Cheung, Megan Kao, Teresa Peng, Henry Huang, Fu Yamaoka, Desiree Wu and Aaron Cheong.
Louisa Tsang, Daniel Kim, Leroy Wang, Emma Hwang, Shawn Hwang and Roy Lin also medalled for the Mantas.
57 for ’Cudas
Ashley Ko, Leo Shen and Alessia Marquez were all double gold medallists for the host Burnaby Barracudas swim club at the provincial qualifying meet.
Ko won the Div. 1 girls’ 100m free and IM and was runner-up in the 50m free and back.
Shen won the Div. 7 boys’ 100m back and 200m IM and was second in the 100m free and fly.
Marquez won a pair of gold in the Div. 5 girls’ 100m back and 200m IM.
Randy Ho was another four-medal winner, winning gold in the Div. 6 boys’ 100m free, silver in the 50m free and 200m IM and bronze in the 100m back.
Amy Kang placed first in the Div. 1 girls’ 50m breast and second in both the 50m fly and 100m IM.
Jakub Vincalek won a gold in the Div. 7 boys’ 100m back and silver in the 100m breast and 200m IM.
Justin Lee was the Div. 2 boys’ winner in the 50m back. Lee also earned bronze in the 50m fly and 100m IM.
Cayden Liang took top spot in the Div. 2 boys’ 50m breast and second place in the 100m IM.
Maria Sulaver and Garrett Yeo also won gold medals in their respective 100m breast finals.
The Barracudas garnered a total of 57 medals, 13 of them gold.
Emi Wong was another four-medal winner, taking silver in the Div. 6 girls’ 50m fly and 200m IM and bronze in the 100m fly and back.
Cameron Dickson won three silver medals in Div. 4 boys’ races, while Rowan Cheung and Catlin Paige won three bronze in respective divisions.
Other Barracuda multi-medal qualifiers included: Markus Wong, Ricky Dang and Olivia Graham.
Erica Marquez, Henry McKenzie, Brady Liu, Conlin Duong, Martina Blazevic, Mitra Suseendran, Kate Wang, Montavi Kidd, Ivan Phung and Joanne Lee also qualified with single medals for the host club.
The B.C. summer swimming championships will be held in Kamloops from Aug. 11 to 17.
