Swim Test Set Results

Alas, the muchly anticipated 500m swim test set results are in! Since it is so late, I, Nathaniel Flipper Janzen has decided to make up for it with awesome pictures and links.

This is how Scott Chris (aka. "The Majestic") felt after not beating Vince, despite MULTIPLE tries

But first, the excuses...

- I had to wait for the Friday before the Olympics to be over so that everyone could get in their times, since we agreed on letting the participation points count as long as people did the test set before then.

- I didn't get the results for a long time

- I had extensive rehearsals with the Olympics due to my participation in the opening ceremonies

Yup, I was one of the mounties!

- and my personal favourite... The Olympics had all the Omega Timing Systems so it was quite difficult to compile the results...

Although not present for the original date that the race was held, I could still feel the intense racing spirit and determined energy in the pool days later. There were a lot of PBs this time around, as well as some new faces taking their stab at the race series. The results are as follows:

Name Time Points

Yue-Ching Cheng	6:23	33
Nathaniel Janzen	6:46	30
Vincent Lavallee	7:12	27
Scott Chris	7:19	24
Matt Reeve	7:31	21
Eddie Wu	8:24	18
Andrew Wight	8:29	15
Winstorm Guo	9:05	12
Derick Lee	9:25	9
Jesse Chao	11:20	6
Alex Lush	6:55	30
Rachel Schoeler	6:56	28
Celeste Paskstas	7:22	26
Karin Olafspn	7:30	24
Melanie Thompson	7:33	22
Lauren Sagadore	8:16	20
Melanie van Soeren	8:52	18
Claire	8:59	16
Kyuwon Kim	9:09	14
Victoria Gilbert	9:10	12
Lara Russel	9:17	9
Kimberly Seder	9:18	6
Greta Raymant	9:18	3

Instead of boring you with miniscule details about the results, I shall cut right to the chase and describe all the close calls! (P.s. Bold means a PB!!)

Despite Andrew Wight's secret training in Azkaban Prison he could not overcome the sheer power that is Eddie Wu and was beat by a mere 5 seconds! There has also been talk that Matt Reeve was involved with some secret training of his own, since he posted a PB without even coming to many scheduled practices at all

Matt Reeve enjoying some private swim workouts at an undisclosed location

The ever-exciting rivalries in the women's battle for top spot has also already started. Fall series winner Lauren Spazzzadoré is well behind the competition, but can she make another comeback? More importantly, Alex Lush just out-touched Rachel Schoeler for the win on the day, making it the most exciting and controversial finishes in swimming history since this one.

Stay tuned for more epic races later on!! I have a feeling that this race series will go a little something like this...