The Moose Jaw Kinsmen Flying Fins might not be able to have over 4,000 swimmers in their pool at once, but they are able to match up against competition from across Canada.

Swim Canada is sponsoring a SwimAgain Challenge to help provide motivation for swimmers that aren't able to be involved in meets during the pandemic.

Flying Fins swimmer Emily Lin is one of the ones taking part in the event, and she finished 15th in the 200m kick for 11 and 12-year-olds. Flying Fins head coach Gord Shields is glad that the swimmers in his club will be able to compete not only against their own times but see how their training is improving them.

“Swimming is kind of a lonely sport because they have their face in the water, head down looking at the bottom of the pool while they’re training, so it’s really important that they have these incentives whether it be swim meets or protocol testing, just so they can see how they are improving, even though they don’t get to a race competition,” Shields said. “So these are just different ways to keep them motivated so that they can see that they are progressing and that they aren’t just spinning their wheels in the water.”

Timing is done at each club’s home pool. Shields said there is one event every week for the next six weeks. Results are by age group only and boys' and girls' results are combined.

Several other members of the club have been able to get into the top 150, including Chloe and Cadence Johns.

This week’s challenge is the 400 metre kick.