Sarnia Rapids Y 1 Swimmers Compete in Windsor
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 27, 2016
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l-r (Back) Diane Clarke, 14,
and Trevor Marut, 8, (Front)
Pim DeRond, 6 and Ali Page,
7.
Missing are Lauren
Armstrong, 8, Mark de
Guzman, 12, and Daisy
Jenkins, 9.
Seven-year-old
Ali Page of the Sarnia Y Rapids
1 Swim Team completes near sweep
and top in her age group in the
25m butterfly, backstroke and
freestyle and added 2nd
in the 25m breaststroke, at the
St. Clair Erie Aquatic League
(SEAL) swim meet in Windsor on
January 17. Her teammate, Diane
Clarke, 14, won the 100m
Individual Medley (IM) event in
her age group, and added 2nd
in the 50m butterfly and 100m
freestyle and 3rd in
the 100 m backstroke, while
improving each of her personal
best times (PBTs). In all, 27
swimmers from the team
participated in the meet.
Reaching the Top
Three in at least one event
were: Lauren Armstrong, 8, with
a 2nd-place finish in
the 25m breaststroke and 3rd
in the 100m IM while shaving
time off her PBTs; Mark de
Guzman, 12, coming 2nd
in the 100m breaststroke, and
taking time off his PBTs in each
of his events; six-year-old Pim
DeRond in his first competition,
placing 3rd in the
25m breaststroke; Daisy Jenkins,
9, with a 3rd-place
finish in the 25m butterfly; and
eight-year-old Trevor Marut,
finishing 3rd in the
100m IM and 50m backstroke and
freestyle.
Seven other
swimmers on the team finished in
the Top Six to earn ribbons in
individual events. Nine-year-old
Kristen Alexander came 6th
in the 50m backstroke for her
age group. Lieve DeRond, also 9,
finished 4th in the
25m butterfly and breaststroke,
and 6th in the 50m
freestyle. Daniel Guo, 11,
placed 5th in the 50m
butterfly and 6th in
the 50m breaststroke while also
besting all his PBTs. Russell
Oliver, 9, finished 4th
in the 100m IM, and 25m
butterfly and breaststroke, 5th
in the 50m backstroke and 6th
in the 50m freestyle, while
improving each of his PBTs.
Annabelle Rayson, 10, improved
her PBT in the 50m butterfly by
more than 5 seconds to earn 6th
place and added two other PBTs.
Ben Wright, 7, came 5th
in the 25m backstroke and
freestyle. Susan Wu, 11, bested
each of her PBTs while finishing
6th in the 50m
breaststroke.
Reaching the Top
10 were: Adinda DeRond, 11, in
the 50m backstroke; Jessie
Hillier, 9, in the 25m butterfly
(improving her PBT by almost
three seconds); and Tyler
Murphy, 11, in the 50m
breaststroke (taking more than
seven seconds off his PBT).
Thirteen-year-old
Erin Lacey improved each of her
individual PBTs, as did
10-year-old Brittany Murphy, and
Carter Brush, also 10. Fellow
10-year-old Vanessa Dyck bested
three of hers and Kate Bedard,
8, and Hayden Wittliff, 11, each
improved two – Hayden by as much
as 31 seconds. Olivia Conroy,
12, and Devan Dyck, 11, each
improved one PBT. Also swimming
were Yasmine DeRond, 8, in her
first competition, and Isabella
Wright, 10.
The Sarnia Y
Rapids 1 swimmers are coached by
Sue Athanasopoulos. This group’s
next meet is in Aylmer on
February 14.
