A pair Richmond swimming standouts, who are representing Canada at this summer’s Pan American Games in Toronto, will be competing in familiar waters this weekend.
Noemie Thomas and Luke Reilly are scheduled to participate in the 52nd annual Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet at the UBC Aquatic Centre.
The event is a homecoming of sort for Thomas who is coming off her freshman season at the University of California where she helped the Bears capture the NCAA Division One Championship.
The butterfly specialist trained on a regular basis at UBC before taking her career south of the border. Thomas will be competing for Canada at the Pan Am Games in the 100 and 50 fly events after finishing first and second respectively at last month’s National Team Trials.
She will also be heading to Russia later this summer for the FINA World Championships.
Reilly attends UBC and is currently Canada’s top individual medley swimmer — having won both the 200 and 400 metre races at the National Team Trials. The Pan Am Games will be his second major multi-sport competition in as many years. He was part of the Canadian contingent at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
The Zajac Jr. International runs from Friday to Sunday with preliminary sessions starting each day at 9 a.m. Admission is free.
