NEWSLETTER
FEB 2010
Congratulations
are
in order
for a number of our swimmers who have had some incredible results
during this
championships season for the Otters.
Jeff
Braches,
Eduardo
Gamboa-Araiza,
Samantha
Mallon,
Jonathan
Mills
have all qualified to
represent
the Otters at the 2010 Short Course Provincials in Etobicoke, Feb 25-28. All swimmers are hoping to place in the top 8
of their events and swim personal bests.
Congratulations
to
the
team
of
32
qualified
Otters
who competed at Regional Champs in Barrie. The meet was a
great success, with many swimmers earning points and placing in the top
8 in
events. Special mention must go to:
Eduardo
Gamboa-Araiza
–
1st
in 100 BK, 200 IM, 50 FR, 100 FR, 200 BK & 100 FL
Jonathan
Mills
–
1st
in 200 FR, 400 FR, 400 IM & 800 FR, 2nd 200 FL &100
FL,
Wyatt
Stockwell
–
1st
50 FR and 100 FR
Samantha
Mallon
–
2nd
200 IM, 100 BR, 100 FR, 200 BK, 200 BR
& 3rd 100 BK
Brent
Waddell
–
2nd
50 FR, 3rd 200 IM, 100 BR,
Mathew
Wormington
–
2nd
200 FR, 3rd 400 IM
Jeff
Braches
–
3rd 200 BK
Sam
Howard
–
3rd
200 BR
Wesley
McGowan
–
3rd
200 BK
Top
eight
finishes
were
also
achieved
by
Deirdre
Allen, Jeff Braches, Claire Howard, Sam Howard,
Hannah
Jones, Amy Karpenko, Klay Kulik, Wesley McGowan, Shania Nichol, Kaitlyn
Patterson, Aimee Richards, Ryleigh Sadler, Sophie Skillen, Chelsea
Smith,
Morgan Smith, Ben Staples, Aidan Staples, Wyatt Stockwell, Graham
Synnott,
George Vritsios, Brent Waddell and Matthew Wormington.
Overall
the
team
placed
5th
with a total of 501 points. OOSC relays
also greatly contributed to this team point total.
Men 12-13 200
Medley
1st Eduardo
Gamboa-Araiza
,
Ben
Staples
, Jonathan
Mills
, Brent
Waddell
Men 12-13 200
Free
1st A
- Brent Waddell, Ben Staples,
Jonathan
Mills, Eduardo Gamboa-Araiza
Men 16 & Over 200 Free
3rd Matthew
Wormington, Wesley McGowan,
Graham
Synnott, Jeff Braches
Women 10 & Under 200 Free
3rd Elaina
Smith ,
Claire Howard , Aimee Richards,
Sophie Skillen
Men 16 & Over 200 Medley
4th Wesley McGowan
, Graham Synnott, Jeff Braches, Matthew
Wormington
Women 15 & Over 200 Medley
5th
Hannah
Jones, Vanessa
Miller, Chelsea Smith, Kaitlyn
Patterson
Women 15 & Over 200 Free
5th Chelsea
Smith , Vanessa Miller , Hannah Jones, Kaitlyn
Patterson
Women 13-14 200
Free
5th Shania
Nicol, Taylor Gariepy, Gibson Deirdre
Allan, Morgan Smith
Women 10 & Under 200 Medley
5th Aimee
Richards
, Sophie Skillen , Claire Howard ,
Elaina Smith
Women 11-12 200
Medley
8th Ryleigh
Sadler
,
Emily
Benson
, Amy Karpenko, Samantha Mallon
Women 11-12 200
Free
8th Samantha
Mallon , Amy Karpenko, Dana
Waddell ,
Ryleigh Sadler
Men 12-13 200
Free
8th B
- Wyatt Stockwell
Sam Howard George
Vritsios , Klay Kulik
Congratulations
to
our
University
swimmers
who,
while
away
and competing for the Otters and
their
Universities have also been experiencing tremendous success.
Emily
Jones
swimming
OOSC/LU
qualified
to
swim
at
Senior Provincial Championships in January in Toronto. This was a
first Senior qualification for the Otters. Emily
placed
13th, 18th
in 50 and 100 back
respectively achieving personal best times.
Jocelyn
Gillespie
WLU
and
Emily
Jones
LU
qualified
to swim in the Ontario University
Championships in
February at Brock U. Jocelyn
achieved personal bests in her events and moved up the rankings from
her
performance last year.
Emily
Jones
finished
6th
in
both
50
back
and 100 back and 9th in 200 back. Also
achieving
qualification
times
for
Canadian
University Championships
in Toronto Feb 18 – 20. These
were
the
fastest
OUA’s
in
history with
a highly competitive
field. Well done Ladies.
Finally
congratulations
to
Eduardo
Gamboa-Ariaza,
Jonathan
Mills,
Ben
Staples, and Brent Waddell
who have
been selected to participate in the Huronia Regional “Train to Train”
12/13
camp in Huntsville in March. Well done
Lads!
Results
from
the
final
Championship
meets
of
the
Short Course season will be announced in the
next
couple of weeks. Good Luck Otters.
