Adding to British Columbia’s impressive medal haul at the 2015 Western Canada Summer Games was para-swimmer Maggie Manning.
Before the Games, Manning said her goal was to swim to personal bests and enjoy the experience.
It is safe to say Manning accomplished those goals.
The 15-year-old Selkirk Swim Club team member returned home from Fort McMurray, Alta. with a handful of new personal best times, and a bronze medal to top it off.
Manning participated in five events at the Games, the 50-m freestyle, 100-m freestyle, 100-m backstroke, 100-m butterfly stroke and 200-m individual medley.
In the 50-m freestyle, Manning swam to an impressive third place, finishing only four-tenths of a second off the gold medal pace set by fellow B.C. para-swimmer Aimee Brennan.
In each event she participated in, Manning reached the final, placing no lower than sixth. She set new personal bests in four of her five events.
Manning will have some time off before she will resume swimming for the Selkirks during the winter swim season, which gets underway in late September
The final standings saw B.C. finish on top of the medal table with an impressive 280 total medals, 54 more than second place Alberta.