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Swimming with the Sea Lions at the Eastern

Canadian Championships

By Victoria Klassen by name, not like regular

meets,” said Hailey, who has
ea Lions swimmers
been swimming with the Sea
SHailey McDonald and
Lions for six years.
Giacomo Zanon competed
at the Eastern Canadian Giacomo, an Italian
Championships in March exchange student who has
in Windsor, Ontario. Teams been with the Sea Lions since

from the Atlantic provinces, September, also competed
Quebec, and Ontario at the Eastern Canadian
travelled to the Windsor Championships. This was
International Aquatic and his first-time swimming at a
Training Center to race Canadian national event. He

in this four-day national competed in the 50m
competition. backstroke, placing 11th
with a personal best time,
Hailey swam the 100m
and placing 9th in the 200m
freestyle and placed 33rd,
backstroke.
and she also placed 17th in
the 50m freestyle. This is This race, for Hailey, was
the first of many national good training as she keeps
competitions for Hailey, her sights set on the Canadian
who will be competing Junior Championships in the

in the Canadian Junior summer.
Championships in August. “It is good to be able say Hailey McDonald and Giacomo Zanon at the Eastern Canadian
Championships. Photo Submitted
“My experience at the that I’ve been to a national
Eastern Championships was meet before Canadian Junior to being back at the Toronto the biggest upcoming meet
the first time I’ve attended Championships,” said PanAm pool, which I am for now, but I still get to
a national competition and Hailey. “Going into Canadian comfortable in and being attend little meets in Ottawa,

it was different. In finals Junior Championships in able to see all the different and bigger ones in Toronto
you would be called out August, I am looking forward teams across Canada. That is with my friends.”