It’s become pretty much a given at this point for the Moose Jaw Kinsmen Flying Fins.
Show up to a meet, have pretty much everyone knock off a bunch of time from their personal bests and bring home a bunch of podium finishes in the process.
Such was once again the case recently at the Swift Current Invitational, where the local competitive swim club saw no less than 74 of their 79 swims result in personal best times.
For some, the improvement was stunning and dramatic -- like Xander Penner, who knocked no less than 56.06 seconds off his time in the male 11-13 years-old 200-metre freestyle.
Or Rylan Montgomery, who knocked 42.23 seconds off his male 14-and-over 200 individual medley to take the Fins’ male swimmer of the meet award.
And Molly Mack, who carved 21.11 seconds off her 200M IM time to claim female swimmer of the meet honours.
With the wholesale improvement came plenty of top-three finishes, too.
Leif Abrahamson won four of his five events in the male 14-and-over division, while Caleb Delong had a pair of wins in the male 11-13 100m back and 200m free. Montgomery had a pair of top finishes in the 100m freestyle and 50m butterfly to go along with second-place showings in his other three races.
Cole Hrechka knocked 37.89 seconds off his personal best in the 200m IM and ended up with a first-place showing because of it.
Rowan Grey finished top three in all of his male 14-and-over races and had a win in the 50m breast, Dayna Newberry had three second-place finishes in the female 14-and-over class and Julia van Gisbergen was top three in all five of her female 14-and-over showings.
Other swimmers who had impressive improvements in the pool included Newberry (40.7 seconds faster in the 200 IM), Abby Bowles (34.36 seconds, 200m IM), Jodi Franken (46.80 seconds, 200IM), Rowan Gray (30.55 seconds, 200 IM) and Seann Terry (34,09 seconds, 100M free).
All told, 94 per cent of the Flying Fins performances on the weekend resulted in a lifetime best time.
The Fins are back in the pool during the May 6 weekend for the Saskatoon Lazers swim meet.
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