Indiana's Kelsey Campbell Named March 16 Western Division Player of the Week
March 16, 2009

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- Indiana University's Kelsey Campbell (So., Maple Ridge, British Columbia/Maple Ridge) scored six goals and handed out four assists with six steals in a 2-2 weekend at the Loyola Marymount Tournament to earn the March 16 Western Division Player of the Week award.

Her best game of the week came against No. 18-nationally-ranked California State University-Bakersfield as she tallied two goals, four steals and three kickouts drawn to lead the No. 19 Hoosiers to an 8-6 victory. She sealed the victory for Indiana in the closing seconds of the game nailing a put-back marker with under a minute to play to ice the win for the Hoosiers.

Against No. 10 Loyola Marymount University in an 8-6 loss, she scored twice with a pair of assists, a steal and a drawn kickout, before racking up pairs of goals and assists in an 14-3 victory over California State University-San Bernardino. In addition, Indiana fell to California State University-Northridge 8-6 last week.

For the season, Campbell has 17 goals, 10 assists, 19 steals and 14 kick-outs drawn as she has raised her career statistics to 54 goals and 51 assists following a 17 goal and 19 assist season as a freshman.

Click here for the original article - Kelsey is a former Neptune and Neptune Coach

Neptunes battle for spots at provincials
Scott McKenzie
The Times


Tuesday, August 05, 2008

The Fraser Valley Regional Synchronized Swimming Regional Championships were held at the Maple Ridge Leisure Wednesday, where members of the Haney Neptunes and Langley Flippers competed for spots at the Provincials.

The event started out with individual examinations by the regional judges, with Haney swimmers putting up the best scores in all of the age groups.

Kate Campbell was the run away winner in the Division 1-2 Beginners category with a score of 48.9, and was followed by Caitlyn McInnis who scored a 40.4.

In the Division 3-4 Beginner's category, Rebecca Todd scored a division-high 47.5.

There were only two swimmers in Division 1-2 Intermediate, but Haney's Anika Rich beat out Langley's Bethany Foot by almost five points.

Faith Philips and Tana George were standouts in Division 3-4 Intermediate, with Philips just edging George by less than a point.

Division 5+ Intermediate was also dominated by Haney, as Talana Madu, Sasha Walker and Morgan Mackay took the top three spots respectively.

In the Advanced division there were only two swimmers, both representing the Neptunes.

Madison Gwynne's 55.4 just beat out Kathleen Read's 54.4. The second half of the day was the routine swims, in which both the Neptunes and Flippers competed in both duet and team events. Haney's division three swimmers scored 44.6 in their "Madonna" routine, beating out Langley's "Ghostbusters" theme.

Haney's Intermediate's scored 53.8 in their Mariah Carey routine, outswimming Langleys score of 45.2
The Neptune's advanced swimmers swam to "All that Jazz," a theme borrowed from the movie "Chicago."
Haney scored an immaculate 54.8 for that routine.
Next for both teams is provincials, which happen later this month in Trail.

© Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Times 2008

Neptunes 3rd at Sharks Invite
Maple Ridge News
May 21 2008

The Haney Neptunes P2 water polo team won the bronze medal at the Coquitlam Sharks Invitational at Spani Pool last Sunday. It was the Neptunes’ first tournament of the season.

The Neptunes got off to a great start in its first game against the Burnaby Barracudas, winning convincingly, 9-4. Shawn Muller led the scoring for the Neptunes with three points, followed by Virginia Smith with two. Haney suffered defeats in its next two games against Team 1 and Team 2 of North Vancouver. Despite the losses, the Neptunes remained in contention for the third place finish in the tournament.

In the final game against the North Delta Sunfish, the Neptunes rallied the moment they hit the water, taking a commanding 5-1 lead by half time and winning the match 8-2. Scoring was led again by Shawn Muller with four points, followed by Nick Todd with three.

Overall scoring for the day saw Shawn Muller lead the team with eight points, followed by Virginia Smith with five. Scoring was rounded out by Nick Todd, Danika Kotylak, Giordano Marconato, Arianne Yeo, Noah Johnson, and Aidan Elphick.

Haney swimmer claims top age ranking
The Times
Published: Friday, February 22, 2008

Nathan Stein, who is coming back from knee surgery he had last April, put together two very strong swims at the Western Canadian Championships. Stein swam to best times in both the 50-metre and 100-metre freestyle events, shaving off half a second on the 50-metre freestyle and one and a half seconds on the 100-metre freestyle.

Stein is now ranked first in the 15-year-old category for those events in British Columbia. Stein's ranking for 15-year-olds in Canada is now fifth in the 100-metre freestyle and sixth in the 50-metre freestyle. His new times have put him within striking distance of qualifying for Olympics trials in April.

Stephanie McDougall who also competed at Speedo Western Canadian Championships, had two best times. While Stephanie's focus is on Paralympic trials in April, she was excited to take time off events she has been training for. The B.C. Provincial AAA Championships is the next event for both of these swimmers.

Julian Kotylak featured on bcwaterpolo.com

Julian Kotylak's love affair with the sport of water polo began on impulse. Six years ago he was walking around a mall in Haney with his family when, quite by accident, he encountered one of British Columbia's top water polo coaches sitting at a table he'd set up in the mall in hopes of drawing some new players into the fast-paced sport. Click here to read more...

Good start for Stein

Maple Ridge News
Nov 04 2006


Maple Ridge's Nathan Stein placed in the top three of the 14-year-old boys' division of the VPSC invitational swim meet as a member of the Simon Fraser Aquatics swim team last weekend.

Stein finished with a gold in the 50m and 100m freestyle, silver in 50m butterfly and bronze in 50m breast stroke.

The meet marked the start of SFA's fifth season and was held at the UBC Aquatic Centre Oct. 27 to 29.

Members of the Simon Fraser club have to apply for spots in the small training program and maintain a good performance to retain their spot on the team.

'I just looked ahead and saw the gold'

By Laura Jansen
Staff Reporter
Maple Ridge News
Oct 28 2006


In the water, she visualizes a gold medal floating before her, and reaches out to grab it.

At nine years old, Arianne Yeo might as well be a fish, swimming since she was five with the Haney Neptunes swim club and competing for the past two years, as well as playing competitive water polo.

Her mother, Yvette, had tried to enrol her in swimming lessons, but found her daughter would have to sit on a waiting list.

A family friend said Arianne could bypass the wait by joining the Haney Neptunes’ six-and-under swimmers, which would teach her everything she needed to know.

“I wanted to start swimming cause I thought it was really fun,” said Arianne, whose small size is no match for her big dreams.

The Neptunes were just starting their summer schedule when Arianne joined them; she learned how to swim and began to be trained for the day she would become eligible to compete.

Her interest in swimming began with her mother watching Olympic-level swimming on the television. A passion was sparked, and now the young athlete finds herself wanting to be up there, too.

She would swim three days a week in an exhibition category to get used to competing when she was just starting out, and when she turned seven, moved to Division 1.

During the summer competition season, she swims every week day after school as well as two morning practices. Currently, it’s winter maintenance season, so there are no competitions, but she still swims several hours a week.

In water polo, she tries her best. The teams are small, so sometimes she plays with the bantam development team, for 12- and 13-year-olds.

She tries to keep up, but leaves the pool if she can't handle it.

Her last season was her best in her still-fresh swimming career. Her parents brought her to meets nearly every week, and she earned placements in nearly half of them.

“I was in the middle [of the pack]. and started building up, and then I got into provincials,” she said.

At the provincial championships in Kamloops, the final event of the year, she won a gold medal in the 50 metre breast stroke.

“I just looked ahead and saw the gold medal in front of me, and I just reached and tried to grab it,” Arianne said.

She was in lane eight, which usually serves as a disadvantage to swimmers and doesn’t often result in victory.

She usually wins with her breast stroke, she said, but her second best would be freestyle.

Visualizing is what she does for every race and for all her goals. Though young, she is disciplined. She frequently sits down with her parents and tells them what it is that she wants to do. It’s always her who sets her goals, her mother said.

She likes to attend as many meets as possible, only missing one last year, and also competing in water polo, which is nearing the end of its fall season.

This made for a busy summer season, which lasts from May to August.

“It was tiring,” she said, “but I was just happy to see that I made it to provincials and did my best.”

She also visualizes her future as a swimmer.

“I want to become an athlete and try to win lots of gold medals,” she said, her goals ambitious.

“I want to be in the Top 10 in the Olympics.”

But at just nine years old, she said she’d gladly settle for making it to the provincial championships again.

A determined girl, she’s sure she can do it, making each season her best ever.