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Swimming with the Heads up Hockey

Sea Lions to the North Wall sits

will help build
American Indigenous strength in

With your legs as
Games Grant Cooper you put your
back against
the wall and squat down to a
By Victoria Klassen 100m, or 50m freestyle, the 100m or 50m 90° angle. Building strength
breaststroke, or the medley or freestyle relay.
will allow your legs to feel
wo Sea Lions swimmers, Kahlee “I’m looking forward to being part of ello Everyone,
TLariviere and Frédéric Dumoulin, a great sport event, the live activities to H better and stronger on the ice,
will be representing Team Ontario and learn more about my culture, and meeting This month the focus the better balance will allow
swimming at the 2023 North American new people to create new friendships,” said will be on balance. you to not get bumped off the
Indigenous Games (NAIG). NAIG is being Frédéric. It is important to have good
held from July 15-23 in Halifax, hosted by Kahlee Lariviere, 17, has been swimming puck easily.
Swim Nova Scotia. balance and find that center
with the Sea Lions for eight years. Remember in the hockey
This is multi-sport event will include more “It means a lot to me to attend the North of gravity in your hockey stance, you are nice and low
than 5,000 Indigenous sport and cultural American Indigenous Games as I will be stance. A few drills to work on
youth participants in sixteen sporting events. competing against the other First Nations strength and balance would be with your legs shoulder width
Only up to four male and female swimmers teams from across Canada. It is a great to stickhandle a puck or ball on apart. This will allow you to
for each age classification could be chosen opportunity as the games only occur every be balanced and will allow
to represent Team Ontario. one leg. Remember to switch
three years and the selection is based on you to take stronger and faster
Frédéric Dumoulin, 14, found out in April your best times,” said Kahlee. legs after doing enough reps to
that he had been chosen to participate in the Kahlee’s older cousins competed at NAIG feel comfortable. strides.
games.
a few years ago. She says they had a blast,
“Being able to attend a meet in connection and she is excited to share in this experience.
THEME: MISPELLED • Answers
with my culture will be a great experience,” “I’m extremely happy and looking THEME: MISPELLED? Answer page
said Frédéric. “Also, being able to have forward to competing, and visiting Halifax
other coaches input on my swimming will and surrounding areas,” said Kahlee. “I’ll 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
help me become a better athlete.” A N T I S A V O R J A W S
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At time of writing, Frédéric did not yet walking distance of the games and hoping M O R N Q U I T E O B I T
know what events he would be swimming, to watch other sports, like basketball and 17 18 19

but hoped to swim the 800m, 400m, 200m, volleyball.” I P A D U N I T E L I N Y
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D E F I N I T I O N I D E E
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E A V E S G U E R R I L L A
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A L E E E U R O S N E A R
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P O S S E S S E S S O N I C
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E T T E A L C A N S
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P A P Y R I A L O U
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U R E A M I S S P E L L E D
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Z I N C A M A T E A I R Y
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O A T H T A K E R T E R N
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Kahlee Lariviere and Frédéric Dumoulin Photo Submitted Puzzle by Douglas Taillon Crossword on page 56