Orcas bring home 5 medals from ManSask Championships
The Battlefords Kinsmen Orcas swim club brought home five medals from the 2017 ManSask Long Course Championships in Winnipeg last weekend.
Taylor Parker led the way with three of the five medals. He won a silver medal in the 800-metre freestyle with a time that was more than 12 seconds ahead of his previous personal best. He also won a silver medal as part of the 4 x 50-metre medley relay and he won a bronze medal in the 1,500-metre freestyle with a time that was more than eight seconds ahead of his previous personal best.
Additionally, Parker finished in fourth in the 200-metre freestyle, where he beat his old personal best by 2.61 seconds, and he finished in fifth in the 50-metre freestyle. His eighth-placed finish in the 400-metre freestyle was also a personal best time for him.
Brandon Nord took home the other two medals. He won a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly with a time of 1:00.80, which was good enough to be a national junior age group qualifying time. That time was 0.75 seconds better than his previous personal best. Nord was also a member of the same 4 x 50-metre medley relay team as Parker that won silver.