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54                 Issue #127  August 2023                                                        www.sportsenergynews.com



       Swimming with the Sea Lions on the East Coast



       By Victoria Klassen                   silver-medal freestyle relay team,
                                             and she also competed in the 100m
            ine   Sea   Lion    swimmers     butterfly  and  50m  backstroke.
       Nattended the  Atlantic Cup  in       Danika Lafrance helped her team
       Saint John, New Brunswick, from       secure silver in the freestyle relay
       July 14-16.                           and also competed in the 200m
                                             individual medley.
         “The 13 and under swimmers had
       their  first  experience  swimming  in   Maddy  Kyer  placed  fourth  in
       finals and had many best times. They   the  50m  backstroke  and  competed
       did absolutely amazing for their first   in  the  100m  butterfly  and  50m
       time at that type of competition,”    butterfly. Max Rose placed ninth in
       said Cory Kyer, head coach of the     the 200m breaststroke and competed
       Sea Lions.                            in the 100m breaststroke and 200m
                                             freestyle.
         Abi Marsolais, 13, competed in the
       200m individual medley, the 100m        Lily  MacKenzie  brought  home  a
       backstroke, and the 200m freestyle.   bronze in the 200m backstroke and
       She  was  able  to  make  finals  in  all   100m breaststroke, fourth place in the
       three races.                          50m breaststroke, 100m backstroke,
                                             and 400m freestyle, and fifth place
         “I enjoyed visiting the east coast of
                                             in  the  50m  backstroke.  Hailey
       Canada and competing against swim     McDonald  also  secured  bronze
       teams from Eastern Canada. It was     medals in the 50m freestyle and
       a lot of fun and we got to meet new
                                             100m freestyle, and she competed in  Back row L-R; Max Rose, Lily MacKenzie, Hailey McDonald.


       swimmers that we wouldn’t normally    the 100m backstroke as well.         Front row L-R; Maddy Kyer, Alivia Kyer, Danika Lafrance. Photo Submitted
       get to race against,” said Abi. “I am
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       looking  forward  to  continuing  my    Two other Sea Lions made their           THEME: CLABBERS, ANYONE? • Answers
       training  and  continuing  to  beat  my   way to the east coast in July. Kahlee
       best times and get qualifying times   Lariviere  and  Frédéric  Dumoulin             1       2       3      4       5                6        7       8       9                 10    11     12
       for the Ontario provincial meets.”    also competed for  Team Ontario             J   A  D  E     D        Q  T     I   P         15   S   A  T








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                                             at  the  North  American  Indigenous
         Kenley Lindsay, 13, also had a                                                 A  R     I   D  E         W  A  N  E           S    E   M   I
                                             Games in Halifax, Nova Scotia from           16                        17               18

       great time in New Brunswick, both     July 19-20.                                Y   E   S    O  F         E   X   T    R   A  L     E   A  N
       in and out of the pool.                                                                 19                20                   21




                                               Kahlee  placed  sixth  in  the  200m         O  K     C   O  R     R   A  L         P    I   T   H  Y
         “I  enjoyed  getting  to  meet  new   freestyle  and  fifth  in  the  400m                         22                        23
       swimmers from different parts of      freestyle. She was also part of two          24     25     26        R   E   T     28     29   C   A  P   O  S



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       Canada, sightseeing, and trying out                                              A  W  L          M  X     Y   Z   P    T   L   K
                                             relay teams that placed fourth and
       new restaurants,” said Kenley. She    fifth overall.                               30            31                  32                 33     34     35     36
       competed  in  the  200m  backstroke,                                             T   H  A     M  E    S      38   A  Y   S     39   N  A   J   A










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       200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, and     Frédéric was a part of three of the      O  O  Z      E   D        C   X   X        N  O  H  O  W
       placed fifth in the 800m freestyle.   men’s 15-16 relay teams that came            40                   41                   42
                                             home with two silvers and a gold for       Z   O  E     S       D  U  E           B   E   T    A  K    E
         Adele  Van Loon, also a 13 and      Team Ontario. He also placed seventh                      43     44                  45                46
       under  swimmer,  placed  fifth  in    in the 200m individual medley, and               47     48   Q  U   I   Z   S   H  O  W        Z   E   E








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       the  200m  backstroke  and  400m                                                     T   O  U  S      E            O  W  S
                                             fifth in the 400m freestyle.
       freestyle, and also competed in the                                                50                          51     52                53     54    55
       50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m     For those interested in swimming          Z  O  W   I     E     57   S   C   R   A   B   B   L   E     59






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       breaststroke, and 100m backstroke.    with  the  Sea  Lions,  the  club  is      E   X    I   T   D  O  O  R       S        O  L      I   V   A
                                             hosting  tryouts  on  August  23.            60                   61                    62
         The Sea Lions women’s relay         Check out the Cornwall Sea Lions           P    I   N  E        F    L   U  E         Y   A    M  O  N
       teams  also  book  home  silver  in                                                63                   64                    65

                                             Swim  Club’s  Facebook  page  for          H  A  G              F    O  X    Y        S   H  Y     L   Y
       freestyle  and  bronze  in  the  medley   more details.
       relay.  Alivia Kyer was part of the                                           Puzzle by Douglas Taillon                  Crossword on page 53
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