Pincher Creek Voice: Outstanding successes for Pincher Creek Dolphins at their home Swim Meet

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Outstanding successes for Pincher Creek Dolphins at their home Swim Meet

2013 Pincher Creek Dolphins
K. Jorgenson photo

Toni Lucas, Pincher Creek Voice with Kim Jorgenson, Chris Davis, and Kelly Cooley

Pincher Creek's swimming pool was humming with organized chaos June 7 - 8 during the Dolphins 2013 Pincher Creek Invitational Swim Meet. Close to 200 participants from 7 swim clubs came to challenge each other in a totoal of 749 swims, bringing their families along. The competitors camped out in the arena, kids were playing in the hallways, and outside there were swimmers and siblings playing games.

Participating teams included Claresholm Kraken (16 members), Crowsnest Pass Piranhas (22), Fort Macleod Swim Club (6), Lethbridge Orcas (49), Nanton Marlins (29), Taber Vipers (20), and host team Pincher Creek Dolphins (55 members). As you can see, the Dolphins enjoy a great level of participation.

^Sasha Elliott, Laura Parisis, Yoenne Feser and teammate Hannah Alexander (not pictured) won Gold in the Girls 8 and Under 100 SC meter medley relay

T. Lucas photo

Almost none of the athletes in attendance missed their start times, making it to the marshalling areas before their meet. Despite the continuing rush of events smiles were in evidence everywhere one looked. The families involved all see each other regularly during the season at different meets, so even though it is a highly competative sport it seems to be a very nurturing environment for the kids. Competitors congratulated each other on their achievements, and for a number of kids that I talked to the event was more about beating your personal best time than about winning against the person in the next lane.

Rianna Elliott and Sarah Sommerfeldt
Kim Jorgenson photo

"It's always great to beat your best time," said Dolphins member Megan Sundberg, who had just won the puck drop prize. "It means I'm getting better."

Laura Parisis

Pincher Creek Dolphins, Crowsnest Pass Piranhas, Taber Vipers, Nanton Marlins, Lethbridge Orcas, Claresholm Kraken, and Fort Macleod Clubs were all in attendance. Brooks hosted the previous meet (click here for that story), but unfortunately they could not make this meet due to some major community events in their town.

"I think we had a very successful day. We had 196 swimmers, a larger than average size for a meet for Pincher," said Pincher Creek Meet Manager Mike Alexander, who mentioned that it would have even been larger if Brooks had been in attendance.

Daniel Alexander

"There was a lot of good competition between the clubs, and within the clubs. People enjoyed themselves. There was a lot of good sportsmanship, a lot of laughs, and a lot of fun." Alexander acknowledged how busy the weekend was. "You can't have a swim meet without the amazing support of the organizers, and that goes right from the parents that bring the kids, parent volunteers that do marshalling, officiating, timing, putting together the results, and now everybody is busy with cleaning up. It's a huge task. It couldn't be done without the great support of the team, but unique to swimming is the great support from the other teams, and community members especially with officiating."

Brynn Grose

The Dolphins had a great meet. Calvin Cooley set a new club record in the 50 Breast with a time of 37.33. Adam Grose set a new club record with a time of 1:03.18 in the 100 Free. Maeran Hinch set a new club record in the 100 Breast with a time of 1:39.40. Jarret Plante set a new club record AND his first time in the 400 Free with a time of 5:38.83. Plante and Christopher Alexander were tied with 5 other participants for top points at the event, with 36 points each.

The Dolphins tallied a total of 111 personal best times at the event. Wow!

When the final official results were announced, Pincher Creek was First Place for the event based on total Age Group Points.

Isis Feser
K. Jorgenson photo

Upcoming: The weekend of the June 14-15 there will be a meet in Claresholm, and another in Lethbridge the following weekend. These teams have meets until the beginning of August. After that for those that go on to the next levels there will be Regionals and Provincials.

Kullen Molaro

Age Group Points

Pincher Creek Dolphins 927.5
Lethbridge Orcas 894.0
Claresholm Kraken 295.0
Nanton Marlins 259.0
Crowsnest Pass Piranhas 25.0
Taber Vipers 188.0
Fort Macleod Swim Club 89.5

Finals results for Pincher Creek

(PB = Personal Best):

First for Pincher Creek:

Tyler Sommerfeldt, Boys 7 and 8 25 Free, 21.53 + 25 Fly, 32.37
Tristan Liscombe, Boys 11 and 12 50 Free, 34.24 (PB) + 50 Back, 44.66
Ryanna Elliott, Girls 6 and Under 50 Free, 1:13.72
Kiera Hinch, Girls 9 and 10 100 Free, 1:46.37 (PB)
Soli Cooley, Boys 9 and 10 100 Free, 1:31.89
Taylor Carlson-Deley, Girls 11 and 12 100 Free, 1:22.15 (PB)
Thomas Alexander, Boys 11 and 12 100 Free, 1:15.94 + 400 Free, 5:53.50 + 100 IM, 1:33.09
Matthew Alexander, Boys 15-17 100 Free, 1:01.26 (PB) + 200 IM, 2:43.35
Maeran Hinch, Girls 11 and 12 200 Free, 3:09.37
Jarret Plante, Boys 11 and 12 200 Free, 2:42.33 + 400 Free, 5:38.83 (PB) + 50 Fly, 37.50 + 100 IM, 1:29.23
Liam Hinch, Boys 13 and 14 200 Free, 2:38.68 (PB)
Elise Wocknitz, Girls 15-17 200 Free, 2:40.22 + 100 Fly, 1:29.58
Christopher Alexander, Boys 13 and 14 400 Free, 5:15.89 (PB) + 50 Back, 34.08 + 100 Back, 1:15.77 + 200 IM, 2:44.71 (PB)
Ryan Plante, Boys 17 and Under 500 Free, 23:34.32
Kullen Molaro, Boys 7 and 8 50 Back, 59.43 (PB)
Benjamin Cooley, Boys 11 and 12 50 Breast, 44.87 + 100 Breast, 1:37.69
Calvin Cooley, Boys 13 and 14 50 Breast, 37.33 (PB, new club record) + 100 Breast, 1:21.02 + 50 Fly, 33.38 (PB)
William Johnson Junior, Boys 9 and 10 50 Breast, 1:13.97
Taylor Liscombe, Girls 9 and 10 25 Fly, 18.33 (PB) + 50 Fly, 44.54
Hemeon Sommerfeldt, Boys 13 and 14 50 Fly, 1:37.23
Girls 12 and Under 200 Free Relay (T. Carlson-Deley, M. Hinch, B. Crowshoe, E. Nemeth)
Boys 12 and Under 200 Free Relay (B. Cooley, T. Liscombe, T. Alexander, J. Plante)
Girls 14 and Under 200 Free Relay (M. Jacobs, K. Neumann, M. Sommerfeldt, K. Ovenden)
Boys 14 and Under 200 Free Relay (R. Plante, H. Sommerfeldt, C. Alexander, C. Cooley)
Girls Open 200 Free Relay (E. Grose, L. Heine, E. Wocknitz, A. Layden)
Girls 8 and Under 100 Medley Relay (H. Alexander, L. Parisis, S. Elliott, Y. Feser)
Boys 8 and Under 100 Medley Relay (N. Jacobs, I. Nemeth, K. Molaro, T. Sommerfeldt)
Girls 10 and Under 100 Medley Relay (T. Jacobs, K. Hinch, T. Liscombe, M. Sundberg)
Girls 12 and Under 200 Medley Relay (B. Crowshoe, M. Hinch, E. Nemeth, T. Carlson-Deley)
Boys 12 and Under 200 Medley Relay (J. Plante, B. Cooley, T. Alexander, T. Liscombe)
Boys 14 and Under 200 Medley Relay (C. Alexander, R. Plante, T. Nearing, L. Hinch)

Second for Pincher Creek:

Sarah Sommerfeldt, Girls 6 and Under, 25 Free, 32.32 (PB) + 50 Free, 1:16.33 + Back, 37.52 + 25 Flutter, 31.06
Benjamin Cooley, Boys 11 and 12 50 Free, 35.01 (PB) + 100 Free, 1:17.46 (PB)
Liam Hinch, Boys 13 and 14 50 Free, 32.29 (PB) + 100 Free, 1:11.00 (PB)
Matthew Alexander, Boys 15-17 50 Free, 27.73 + 50 Fly, 32.26 (PB)
Tyler Sommerfeldt, Boys 7 and 8, 50 Free, 48.71
Kiyarra Ovenden, Girls 13 and 14 100 Free, 1:21.96
Adam Grose, Boys 18 and Over 100 Free, 1:01.49 (PB)
Taylor Carlson-Deley, Girls 11 and 12 200 Free, 3:11.07
Joshua Jacobs, Boys 15-17 200 Free, 3:07.60 (PB)
Ryan Plante, Boys 13 and 14 400 Free, 5:44.98 + 50 Breast, 37.85 (PB) + 100 Breast, 1:24.77
Ryanna Elliott, Girls 6 and Under Back, 38.07 (PB)
Sasha Elliott, Girls 7 and 8 25 Back, 26.11 (PB)
Kullen Molaro, Boys 7 and 8 25 Back, 27.88 (PB)
Soli Cooley, Boys 9 and 10 25 Back, 23.68 (PB) + 25 Fly, 22.79 + 100 IM, 1:52.83
Maren Sommerfeldt, Girls 13 and 14 50 Breast, 49.76 (PB)
Isaiah Nemeth, 25 Fly, 35.91
Tristan Liscombe, Boys 11 and 12 50 Fly, 40.83 (PB)
Calvin Cooley, Boys 13 and 14 200 IM, 2:48.43 (PB)
Boys 8 and Under 100 Free Relay (D. Alexander, L. Sommerfeldt, S. Robertson, N. Jacobs)
Girls 10 and Under 100 Free Relay (M. Sundberg, K. Hinch, T. Jacobs, T. Liscombe)
Boys 10 and Under 100 Free Relay (C. Evans, W. Johnson Jr., P. Robbins, S. Cooley)
Boys 12 and Under 200 Free Relay (S. Sommerfeldt, K. Molaro, I. Nemeth, T. Sommerfeldt)
Boys 17 and Under 200 Free Relay (T. Nearing, J. Jacobs, L. Hinch, M. Alexander)
Boys 10 and Under 100 Medley Relay (C. Evans, P. Robbins, S. Cooley, W. Johnson Jr.)