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Swimming with the Sea Lions:
Festivals and Provincials
By Victoria Klassen “Many of our swimmers look to
different standard times as goals and
work their way up, so until they have
y late May, the Cornwall Sea made Regional Times; Festival and
BLions Swim Club had five Provincial times aren’t really in their
swimmers qualified for Festivals sights, but as soon as Regional times
and Provincials. These are both are achieved, they turn their attention
provincial level meets for young to the next level.”
swimmers. Festivals is for swimmers For 10-year-old Alivia, this will
aged 13 and younger, and Provincials
be her first Festivals. She qualified
is for swimmers aged 13 and over.
for the 200m backstroke at MAC
Lydia Kilger, Alivia Kyer, and Lily April invitational in Markham and
Mackenzie are attending Festivals, the 200m freestyle at Top Cup in
and Gregor MacPherson qualified for May. Attending Festivals became
Festivals. Swimmer Rori Campbell a goal for her in February when she
is 13 years old, so she qualified to attended EOSSA Regionals.
participate in both meets this year.
Alivia said she is looking forward
To qualify for Provincials and to competing at the Pan Am Pool
Festivals, swimmers must meet and hopefully making more Festival
the time standards. These time times. She has her sights set on the
standards regularly change and are 11-year-old Festival times so she can
very challenging to meet in Ontario; attend again in February 2019.
expressed Sea Lions’ coach Sheilagh Festivals is taking place in
McNeil.
Markham from June 15-17. Later
“Qualifying for these events is this month, Provincials will take
extremely difficult,” said McNeil. place from June 28-July 1.
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