Two swimmers who train at Vancouver鈥檚 high performance centre at the UBC Aquatic Centre clocked a golden sweep in their respective strokes at the Canadian trials in Victoria April 2 to 5.
Breaststroker Tera Van Beilen, a UBC Dolphin and 2012 Olympian, won the 200 metre, 100m and 50m breaststroke while Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson won the 400m and 200m individual medley, or I.M., which is a combination of all four strokes.
鈥淲e are in I.M. country,鈥� said Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, 18, who moved to 麻豆传媒映画from Ottawa. 鈥淭o get two titles this week is really exciting.鈥�
听The four-day trials serve as the selection meet for this summer鈥檚 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the Pan Pacific championships in Gold Coast, Australia. Up to three swimmers can qualify in each event.
Swimming Canada is asking for a higher stander from national athletes. The sport organization now requires swimmers to meet world qualifying times, instead of Canadian standards only, in order to represent Canada internationally. It creates criteria based on times set each year at the FINA world championships.
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