The Yorkton Storm Swim Club sent a strong team to the Saskatoon Lazers Septathlon swim meet this past weekend.
Top five performances were turned in by eight swimmers. Auston Roberts. 12, finished first in the 50m butterfly event for Yorkton's lone gold medal performance. A second huge highlight from the meet was the second-place finish by Cassidy Flasch, 11, in the 50m backstroke. Her time of 43.19 seconds is only 0.48 seconds away from an AA time, which would get her to the Man-Sask meet this July in Winnipeg.
Two swimmers did manage to punch their tickets to the Man-Sask Meet. Jennifer Haczkewicz, 13, swam three AA times in Saskatoon. Her AA times came in the 50m Freestyle (second place), 50m backstroke (third place) and the 50m butterfly (second place). She also finished fourth in the 100m freestyle and fifth in the 100m backstroke. Kelsey Haczkewicz (13) will join her sister at the Man-Sask Meet for the first time this summer after swimming an AA time in the 50m freestyle where she placed fourth. She also had a fifth place finish in the 50m backstroke.
Connor Watrych, 11, finished second in the 50m butterfly and third in the 400m freestyle. Connor becomes the first recipient of a new award from the YSSC - the "Storm Chaser Award." This award is going to be presented to the YSSC swimmer that shows the greatest on average time improvement in all of the races they swim at a meet. In Saskatoon, Watrych showed a 15-second average improvement in all of his races.
Jillian Just, 14, turned in four top-five performances in Saskatoon; third place in the 200m breaststroke, fourth in the 400m freestyle, and 50m breaststroke, and a fifth-place finish in the 100m breaststroke.
Bryant Jones, 11, finished fourth in the 50m butterfly competition.
Jayden Lang, 13, rounded out the top five performances placing fourth in the 100m butterfly, and fifth in the 50m butterfly events.
The next meet for the YSSC crew is in Regina on May 24-26.
