Four members of the Richmond Rapids’ age group athletes have been selected for this fall’s Swim BC Prospects Camp.
The camp features the top eight male and female swimmers in three age categories (13-15 year old girls and 14-16 year old boys) from across the province. To be selected, each athlete had to post a top score in a combination of two events in each stroke category.
Amanda McCallum (backstroke), Brian Yu (sprint freestyle), Rich Rakchtis (breaststroke), and Ethan Chan (distance freestyle) will be attending the camp this fall, with date and location still to be announced.
This is the first time for McCallum, Yu, and Chan. Rakchtis was selected last year for breaststroke as well.
Meanwhile, five Rapids have been named to a Regional All-Star team.
The team is made up of Grade 11-12 swimmers from the Lower Mainland, and will be competing as a team against universities from Western Canada next month.
Jerry Liu, Kevin Ye, Devon Mark, Wendy Yang, and Serena Xue were all selected, after posting a regional top-three time in an Olympic event last long course season. This is the second time Xue, Yang, and Liu have been selected for this team.
Additionally, Ye, Yang, and Xue have also been named to the Swim BC’s Provincial Team.
The Provincial Team program is a year-long commitment, which includes training camps and meets, as well as funding for support staff and video analysis at major competitions.
