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First Place Ribbon Winners
Liam Young, Nadine Osmon and Luke Young

Rapids Swimmers Begin Season in Aylmer

The St. Clair Erie Aquatic League (SEAL) held its first swim meet of the season in Aylmer on October 24, with 27 swimmers from the Sarnia Y Rapids Swim Team.
 

Among the girls, 8 swam in the 8- to 9-year-old category. Sam Bedard earned three 2^nd place finishes and one 4^th. Ciara Brown placed 6^th in two races. Erin Lacey finished 5^th in two of her events, while Ella Roland came 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th in one race each. Nadine Osmon placed 1^st in the 50 yard freestyle and 4^th in one other event. Nes Tulang also swam a strong meet. It was the debut meet for Ally Core and Emma Devine.
 

In the 10- and 11-year-old girls, it was the first competition for Anna Derech, Jena Devine, Courtney Murray, Hayley Robertson, and Trista Walsh. Hannah Lacey finished in the top 10 in all her events, and earned 6^th place in the backstroke.  Samantha Lefebvre improved her times in three events.
 

Latashia Dutcher, Janelle Joosten , Cassandra Preece, and Sophie Stasyna competed in the 12- and 13-year-old group. Latashia had three Top 10 finishes, including one 5^th and one 6^th place. Sophie took almost 13 seconds off her time for the 200 yard freestyle.
 

Three of the four 8-and-9-year-old boys are new to the team this year. Thomas Cardinal finished in the top 10 in all his events, including a 4^th place in the breaststroke. Mavi Deol finished in the top 10 in two of his events. Lucas Piazza improved his time over last season in all of his events. Kaiden Rawson earned two 3^rd place finishes, and one 4^th place.
 

Hunter Small and Luke Young were among the 10- and 11-year-old boys. Hunter placed 4^th, 5^th (twice) and 6^th in his events, while Luke topped all swimmers in his category in the 100 yard freestyle, and placed 2^nd in the breaststroke and 3^rd in his other two events.
 

Among 12- and 13-year-old boys, Dariel Gomez had one 5^th place and two 6^th place finishes. Liam Young added two 2^nd places finishes to his 1^st in the 100 freestyle.