Kincardine Kippers swim well at first meet of the season
Banyard, Cote lead the way with three firsts
The Kincardine Kippers swim team travelled to Fergus on June 20 to take on rivals Fergus and Elmira in the first South Western Ontario Recreational Swimming Association swim meet of the season. While the team finished second to the home team, there were a number of first place finishes and personal best times to make this a very successful first outing.
Leading the way with three first place finishes each were Connor Banyard in the 9/10 age group and Josh Cote in the 13/14 category. Also finishing with at least one first place were Robert Banyard, Luke Bedard, Alex Morariu, Samantha Eby, Taylor Casciano, Rachel Jedemann, Makayla McGregor, Alexandra Jaszkul, Jenna Gade and Maggie Freimanis. Complete results were as follows:
Girls:
8 and under
Rachel Jedemann 1st 25m breaststroke (breast), 2nd 25m freestyle (free), 2nd 25m backstroke (back)
Julia Ferrier 8th back
Rina Casciano 9th back
9/10
Makayla McGregor 1st 50m free, 9th 25m back, 8th 25m butterfly (fly)
Victoria Hodgins 3rd free, 12th back, 6th fly
Chelsea Fuller 7th free, 7th back, 8th breast
Sophia Tomaini 12th free, 6th back, 5th breast
Raley Fisher 14th free, 7th breast, 7th fly
Katrina Jaszkul – 10th free, 10th back, 9th breast
Julia McGregor 13th free, 14th back, 10th breast
Jenny Johnson 18th free, 14th breast, 9th fly
Catherine Hazzard 17th back, 15th breast, 11th fly
Chloe Wheeler 19th free, 15th back, 12th breast
Keira Hazzard 20th free, 18th back, 16th breast
The girls medley relay of Hodgins, K. Jaszkul, Connor Banyard and J. McGregor placed 3rd. The girls free relay team of M. McGregor, Sophia Tomaini, Carter Urie and Fuller placed 1st, followed by the team of Wheeler, Johnson and the Hazzard girls in 2nd.
11/12
Jenna Gade 5th 50m free, 1st 50m back, 2nd fly
Alexandra Jaszkul – 1st 100m free, 8th 50m free, 3rd 50m breast
Bryce McDiarmid 4th 100m Individual Medley (IM), 9th 50m free, 4th 50m breast, 7th 25m fly
Kelsey Padfield 10th 50m free, 2nd 50m back, 8th 50m breast
Erin Pettibon 12th 50m free, 3rd 50m back, 10th fly
Amanda Martin 15th 50m free, 8th 50m back, 14th 50m breast
The girls medley relay team of Gade, Padfield, A. Jaszkul and Pettibon placed 2nd.
13/14
Maggie Freimanis 3rd 50m free, 1st 50m back, 7th 50m breast
Dana Morariu 4th 50m free, 3rd 50m breast
Open
Samantha Eby 1st 50m free, 2nd 100m free, 1st 50m back
The open free relay team of Freimanis, Eby, Morariu and Luke Bedard placed 1st.
Boys:
8 and under
Robert McGregor 2nd 25m free, 2nd 25m breast, 5th 25m fly
The boys free relay team of Derek Urie, R. McGregor, Jedemann and Ferrier placed 1st.
9/10
Connor Banyard 1st 50m free, 1st 25m back, 1st 25m breast
Carter Urie 2nd free, 2nd back, 2nd breast
11/12
Robert Banyard 1st 50m free, 1st 50m back, 2nd 50m breast
Taylor Casciano 3rd 50m free, 6th 50m breast, 1st 25m fry
Samuel Tomaini 4th 50m free, 3rd 50m back, 4th 50m breast
Jared Allingham 5th 50m free, 6th 50m back, 9th 50m breast
The free relay team of R. Banyard, Allingham, Samuel Tomaini and T. Casciano placed 1st.
13/14
Josh Cote 1st 50m free, 1st 100m breast, 1st 50m breast
Matthew Martin 5th 50m free, 2nd 50m breast, 1st 50m fly
Open
Luke Bedard 1st 50m free, 2nd 50m breast, 1st 50m fly
Alex Morariu 2nd 50m free, 1st 50m breast, 1st 100m breast
Four new SWORSA records were set at this meet by two Elmira swimmers in the girls 13/14 50m and 100m freestyle and the girls open 50m and 100m breaststroke.
Kincardine will return to Fergus again on July 11.
For more information on the team visit its web site at http://www.teamkipper.bravehost.com/ .
