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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-
