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      Swimming with the Sea Lions: Competition


      Season



       By Victoria Klassen                  freestyle, and placing eighth overall.
                                            She also had a personal best in the
          ight Sea Lions swimmers,  200m freestyle, placing twelfth.
      Eincluding         three      junior    Abigail Marsolais, 12, had best
      swimmers, attended Eastern Ontario    times in the 200m freestyle, where
      Regionals in Belleville last month.
                                            she placed thirteenth, and in the 50m
        Joelle Houle, 10, was the  freestyle.  She  also  placed  fifteenth
      youngest swimmer and it was  in the 200m and 100m backstroke.
      her  first  time  competing  at  a      For Makayla Duval, 13, this was
      qualifier competition. She is in her
                                            her  first  regional  competition.  She
      second year of swimming with the      improved her 200m backstroke time
      Sea Lions and she came away from      by four seconds. She swam the same
      this competition with a silver medal
                                            events two weeks before in Nepean
      in the 100m freestyle. She had a      and dropped her times significantly
      best time in the 200m freestyle, she
                                            leading to more regional qualifying
      placed fifth in the 50m breaststroke,   times.
      and sixth in the 50m freestyle.
                                              Maddy  Kyer,  13,  made  five
        Kenley Lindsay, 12, had two
                                            personal  best  times  and  had  five
      personal  best  times,  dropping      top-six  finishes.  She  won  gold  in
      more than 30 seconds in the 400m










                                                                                  Younger athlete is Joelle Houle.  Older athlete is Maddy Kyer.
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                                                                                  the  100m  fly  and  earned  her  first  20 in three of her events and she
                                                                                  provincial time. She also won silver  had three personal best times in the
                                                                                  in the 100m backstroke and bronze in  100m  backstroke,  50m  backstroke,
                                                                                  the 50m freestyle. She placed fourth  and 100m freestyle.
                                                                                  in the 200m backstroke and sixth in     Alivia  Kyer,15,  had  to  swim
                                                                                  the 200m freestyle.
                                                                                                                        exhibition   because     she    has
                                                                                    “It was a really fun meet. I made  one     provincial   time,    which
                                                                                  finals in all my events and got my  disqualified her from placing in the
                                                                                  first  provincial  time  and  the  gold  top-eight for the meet. Even though
                                                                                  medal in the 100 fly on my last night  her points did not count towards the
                                                                                  racing. It was really exciting,” said  team total, she had three personal best
                                                                                  Maddy.                                times in the 100m backstroke, 200m
                                                                                                                        freestyle,  and  200m  backstroke.
                                                                                    Summer  Lariviere,  14,  placed
                                                                                                                        Alivia will be attending Provincials
                                                                                  top-20 in four of her events and had
                                                                                  four personal best times in the 200m   later in the month.
                                                                                  freestyle,  800m  freestyle,  50m       Congratulations to these Sea
                                                                                  breaststroke, and 100m freestyle.     Lions! They swam their hearts out
                                                                                                                        at Eastern Ontario Regionals.
                                                                                    Danika Lafrance, 14, placed top-
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