Victoria swimmer collects nine medals

Fourteen-year-old Ken Naito from the Island Swimming Club in Victoria, won an impressive nine medals--four gold and five silver--at the BC Winter Games inCranbrook.

Naito, who moved to Victoria from Banff in 2006, gives credit to his coach, Neil Harvey, and his teammates for his continual improvement in the sport he loves.

"My teammates help me go fast," said Naito. "They're always cheering me on." He also said that the competition from swimmers around the province help spur him onto posting better times at every meet.

Naito is part of the Vancouver Island-Central Coast zone, which with 1,813 points, came in second behind the Thompson-Okanagan zone which posted 2,306 combined points.