Sarnia Y Rapids
Swimmers Make Waves at Home Meet
DECEMBER
9, 2011
Forty-two
swimmers from the Sarnia Y
Rapids Swim Team represented the
club as it hosted a regional
swim meet. Two Rapids team
members, Liam Fogel, 7, and
Kaiden Rawson, 9, earned
first-place finishes in their
age groups – Liam in the 25M
butterfly and 25M freestyle and
Kaiden in the 100M Individual
Medley (IM) and 50M freestyle.
Liam also came 2nd in
the 25M breaststroke, and Kaiden
added 3rd place in
the 25M breaststroke in his
group, and 4th in the
25M backstroke.
Among other
swimmers 7 years old and
younger, McKenna Brown, 7,
placed 3rd in the
100M IM, and 5th in
the 25M freestyle, while Owen
Ikert, 7, finished 5th
in the 25M butterfly and 25M
backstroke, and 6th
in the 25M breastroke.
Submitted Photo
Pictured: Top 3 finishers
Samantha Bedard, 9, Liam Fogel,
7, Kaiden Rawson, 9,
and Luke Young, 12.
Missing from the photo is
McKenna Brown, 7.
Simone
Roland, 6, improved her personal
best times in most of her
events.
Samantha
Bedard, 9, faced stiff
competition among a large group
of 8- and 9-year-old girls,
placing 2nd in the
50M freestyle and 4th
in the 100M IM and 25M
butterfly. Mckenna Jackson, 9,
finished 4th in the
25M backstroke, while Ciara
Brown, also 9, earned a 5th
place finish in that event and 6th
in the 100M IM and 25M
breaststroke. Among the boys,
Jack Biggar, 9, came 5th
in the 25M butterfly and 25M
breaststroke, and 6th
in the 25M backstroke and 50M
freestyle. Ayrianna Batson, 8,
improved her time in the 25M
backstroke, while twins Fiona
and Hannah Elliott, also 8, swam
in their first competitive meet.
Evelyn
Chambers, Erin Lacey, Ella
Roland, and Olivia Voisey, all
9, each improved their previous
meet times, with Olivia taking
more than 15 seconds off her
100M IM result. Owen Chambers,
and Nik Mukherjee, both 8, and
Adam Ikert, 9, competed in their
first meet, while Hayden Scott,
8, placed in the Top 10 in the
50M freestyle and took more than
10 seconds off his best time for
the 100 M IM.
In the
largest age group, the 10- and
11-year-old girls, Hannah Lacey,
11, finished 5th in
the 100M freestyle and 6th
in the 100M IM. Abby Allardyce,
Ally Core, Rylynn Haney, Nadine
Osmon, Nes Tulang, Thomas
Cardinal, and Lucas Piazza, all
10, all improved their times in
at least one event each. It was
the first meet for Keyan Fogel,
also 10. It was also the first
meet for Meghan Jackson and
Brianna Kita, 11, while fellow
11-year-olds Rachel Dalton,
Myléna Vallée, Trista Walsh, and
Connor Phipps continued to
improve their personal best
times, with Trista taking 15
seconds off her time in the 100M
IM.
Among the
12- and 13-year-olds, Luke
Young, 12, earned a 2nd
place finish in the 100M
backstroke, 4th in
the 100M IM, 5th in
the 100M breaststroke and 100M
freestyle, and 6th in
the 50M butterfly, while Hunter
Small, 12, came 4th
in the 100M breaststroke, 5th
in the 100M IM and 50M
butterfly, and 6th in
the 100M backstroke and 100M
freestyle. Zoe Little and
Aynsley Persad, both 12, and
Francesca Pasqualucci, also 12
and in her first meet, all had
strong performances, as did
13-year-olds Magaidh Crossland,
and Madison McKinlay.
The Sarnia
Y Rapids I team is coached by
Sue Athanasopoulos.
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