Cowan, Matthews golden for Neptunes in Creston
By The Nelson Daily Sports
A month into the Kootenay Summer Swim Association season and the Nelson Neptunes continue to get better with more time in the pool.
Sage Cowan and Samuel Matthew each won gold to pace the Neptunes to a fifth-place finish at the latest stop on the Kootenay tour Sunday in Creston.
Trail Stingrays continue to dominate the Kootenay scene with its third first-place finish of the season.
Rival Castlegar was second with upstart Kimberley third. Host Creston edged the Neptunes for fourth spot while Grand Forks finished sixth.
“We continue to be happy with the results of every meet,” said Neptune coach Rebecca Afford.
“The best times are still coming and often a surprising amount of time comes off (eight or more seconds) considering that there is a swim meet every weekend.”
Cowan won gold in Division four girls while Matthews topped Division four boys.
Nelson won a quartet of bronze medals with Jaylen Rushton finishing third in Division on girls; Olivia Cowan in Division three girls; Evan Best in Divisoin three boys; Emma Borhi in Division five girls and coach Afford in Division seven girls.
“We had a small turn out to this meet mainly consisting of a core group of families, but we are very pleased with their dedication and their races,” said Afford.
The Neptunes are idle this Canada Day weekend before traveling to Colville, Washington for the next mee July 7-8.
We have next weekend off for Canada Day; we will be in Colville the following weekend.
The Regional Championships are August 4-5 in Colville. The top swimmers qualify for the B.C. Summer Swim Association Championships August 13-19 in Nanaimo.
Nelson Neptune Season Results
CRESTON (June 23rd & 24th)
Medals:
Division 1 girls: Jaylen Rushton (bronze)
Division 3 girls: Olivia Cowan (bronze)
Division 3 boys: Evan Best (bronze)
Division 4 girls: Sage Cowan (gold)
Division 4 boys: Samuel Matthew (gold)
Division 5 girls: Emma Borhi (bronze)
Division 7 girls: Rebecca Afford (bronze)
Team Standings:
1. Trail
2. Castlegar
3. Kimberley
4. Creston
5. Nelson
6. Grand Forks
TRAIL (June 16th and 17th)
Medals:
division 1 girls: Madeline Holitzki – gold
division 4 girls: Sage Cowan – silver
division 4 boys: Sam Matthew – silver
division 7 girls: Rebecca Afford – gold
Team Standings:
7. Creston
6. Colville
5. Nelson
4. Kimberley
3. Grand Forks
2. Castlegar
1. Trail
GRAND FORKS (June 9th)
Medals
Division 3 girls – Olivia Cowan: gold
Division 4 girls – Nava Sachs: bronze
Division 5 girls – Emma Borhi: gold
Meet Records
Olivia Cowan (50 m backstroke) – old time: 42.30, new time: 42.16
Team Standings
6. Creston (7 points)
5. Colville (111.5 points)
4. Nelson (205.5 points)
3. Trail (257 points)
2. Castlegar (467 points)
1. Grand Forks (486.5 points)
NELSON (June 2nd & 3rd)
Medals
division 1 girls – Jaylen Rushton: bronze
– Madeline Holitzki: gold
division 4 girls – Sage Cowan: gold
division 4 boys – Samuel Matthew: gold
Meet Records
novice – Morgan Robertson-Weir for the 25 m freestyle and the 25 m breaststroke
Team Standings
8. Creston – 64 points
7. Colville – 100 points
6. NELSON – 245 points
5. Kimberley – 269 points
4. Grand Forks – 288 points
3. Castlegar – 349 points
2. Revelstoke – 675 points
1.Trail – 810 points
