Mia Wittal put an exclamation point on an extraordinary period of her young career at the B.C. Summer Swimming Championships last month at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre.

The 13-year-old Kamloops Classic Swimming athlete racked up five medals — two gold, one silver and two bronze — and broke four club records at the meet.

“My goals were definitely higher than what I achieved this weekend, but I’m really happy with the overall outcome of the meet,” Wittal said.

Wittal is a pool perfectionist, not content with her standout performance at provincials despite competing against older girls in the 13- and 14-year-old division.

“I definitely wanted more club records,” Wittal said. “And I’m really close to a bunch of the [Canadian Swimming Trials] times, so I wanted more of those.” 

Wittal set a provincial long course record in the 11- and 12-year-old girls’ division in January in Kelowna, posting a time of 28.67 seconds in the 50-metre butterfly.

She set eight club records and won nine medals — six gold, two silver and one bronze — at the Provincial Winter Swimming Championships in March in Victoria.

After that meet, Classics’ head coach Shane Downey said Wittal is only beginning to scratch the surface of her potential.

She continued to scratch away in the spring.

Prior to jumping up an age division, Wittal on two occasions posted a time of 28.32 seconds in the long course 50m butterfly.

The time is the fastest in Canadian history in two girls’ long course 50m fly divisions (12-year-old and 11- and 12-year-old). 

Three-time Olympic champion Summer McIntosh is second-fastest in those categories (28.64 seconds).

Wittal won gold in the 100m freestyle and 50m butterfly, silver in the 100m butterfly and bronze in the 100m backstroke and 200m individual medley last month at summer provincials.

She broke her own club record and finished atop the podium in the 100m freestyle (1:00.03), but expressed a tinge of discontent while noting her goal was to post a time under one minute.   

“I think this provincials was just the start and there will be more to come,” Wittal said.