SUBMITTED PHOTO Rowynn Biffart poses with the five medals she won at the Pugsley's Plunge Invitational this past weekend.
It’s a slow time of year for swim meets, but the Medicine Hat Waves started the new year right with some fast finishes this past weekend.
In Calgary for the Pugsley’s Plunge Invitational, 16 Waves athletes combined for 22 medals and 47 personal bests in the pool.
Leading the way were 11-year-old Rowynn Biffart and 12-year-old Johnathan Marshall. Biffart emerged with five medals – first in her 50 metre freestyle, 50 butterfly and 100 individual medley, then second in 50 breaststroke and 800 freestyle. Marshall did one better with six – first in his 50 metre backstroke, 50 and 100 freestyle, then second in 50 breaststroke and 100 backstroke, then finally third in 100 breast.
Jaivyn Barabe tallied four medals, including a win in the 14-year-old girls’ 50 metre breaststroke, second in the 100 breast and 50 fly, and third in the 50 free.
Kage Senft had a trio of medals, first in 100 freestyle for 11-year-old boys, then third in both his 50 and 100 metre butterfly. His older brother Karsten had silver in the 200 freestyle and bronze in the 100 freestyle for the 14- and 15-year-old age group.
Other medallists were Grace Jacobs (second, 200 backstroke) and William Millner (third, 200 backstroke).
Some of the Waves are in Cochrane this weekend for a meet but otherwise they’re hard at work training until the provincials in March.
Results
Medicine Hat Waves results from the Pugsley’s Plunge meet in Calgary this past weekend:
Boys 10-under
Jonathan Miller (9) – 100 IM, 23rd;100 free, 32nd; 50 back, 37th; 50 free, 47th.
Girls – Age 11
Rowynn Biffart – 100 IM, first; 50 free, first; 50 fly, first; 50 breast, second; 800 free, second; 100 breast, sixth.
Ryder Durksen – 100 IM, seventh; 100 free, 11th; 100 breast, 21st; 100 back, 23rd; 50 breast, 26th; 50 free, 28th.
Emma McCulloch-Jones – 100 IM, 21st; 50 fly, 21st; 50 back, 23rd; 50 free, 39th; 50 breast, 43rd.
Boys – Age 11
Kage Senft – 100 free, first; 50 fly, third; 100 fly, third; 50 free, fourth; 50 back, fifth; 100 back, fifth.
William Miller – 200 back, third; 100 IM, sixth; 200 IM, seventh; 50 back, seventh; 100 back, 10th; 50 free, 21st.
James Cole – 200 breast, fifth; 100 IM, eighth; 100 breast, eighth; 50 breast, 16th; 100 free, 17th; 50 free, 26th.
Girls – Age 12
Keira Leclair – 100 IM, ninth; 100 breast, 11th; 200 breast, 12th; 50 breast, 15th; 100 free, 19th; 50 free, 30th.
Boys – Age 12
Johnathan Marshall – 50 back, first; 50 free, first; 100 free, first; 50 breast, second; 100 back, second; 100 breast, third.
Girls – Age 14
Jaivyn Barabe – 50 breast, first; 100 breast, second; 50 fly, second; 50 free, third; 100 IM, fourth.
Hunter Mandel – 50 breast, fifth; 50 back, eighth; 50 fly, eighth; 100 back, ninth; 50 free, 15th.
Taigan Walker – 200 IM, fourth; 200 breast, fourth; 100 IM, fifth; 100 breast, fifth; 50 breast, sixth; 50 fly, 12th.
Isabella Middleton – 200 breast, sixth; 200 IM, seventh; 100 free, eighth; 200 free, 12th; 50 free, 19th.
Grace Jacobs – 200 back, second.
Boys 14-15
Karsten Senft – 200 free, second; 100 free, third; 50 back, fourth; 100 back, fourth; 50 free, eighth; 100 fly, eighth.
Luke Cole – 100 free, 10th; 100 breast, 12th; 100 back, 14th; 100 IM, 15th; 50 breast, 15th; 50 free, 18th.
