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24 Issue #77 April 2019 www.sportsenergynews.com

Swimming with the Sea Lions: Building Lifelong

Friendships

By Victoria Klassen
or the past few years, the Sea
FLions swimmers on the Junior
Competitive team can be found
coordinating their pyjamas and what
snacks to bring to away competitions.
These young athletes, between seven
and 10 years old, have formed strong
friendships.
dele Van Loon, 7, Isabelle Kyer,
A7, Kenley Lindsay, 8, Abigail
Marsolais, 8, Addisyn Ladouceur,
9, Makayla Duval, 9, Chloe Carter-
Edwards, 9, and Emily Pitts, 10,
can often be found laughing by the
pool, cheering each other on in
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competitions, and coming up with
little jigs.
them on,” said Jennifer Marsolais, the older they get,” said Kenley’s Sheilagh McNeil, who coaches the
“My daughter is a very shy girl Abigail’s mother. mom, Kelsey Lindsay. “Between Junior Competitive team with Cory
around new people and surroundings, handshakes to quirky little dances, Kyer. “They encourage and support
The swimmers in the Junior
but the Junior Competitive girls Competitive program have developed this Junior Competitive team has a lot each other at every practice and every
embraced her and include her in all their skills in the four strokes to the of fun but when it’s time to race they swim meet. It is rare to see them
the poolside shenanigans. It amazes are fierce and leave it all in the pool. not walking the deck arm in arm or

point where they participate in swim
me that although they are competitive meets about once a month. They have their incredible coaches to cheering themselves hoarse at the
swimmers, if they are not in the thank for this.” end of the lane while their friends are
pool, they are at the end of the lane “The bond they have is truly “The friendships that we can see swimming. They even create songs
of one of their teammates cheering remarkable and will only grow developing are truly wonderful,” said as odes to their favourite strokes.”

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