Sports Briefs

SooToday received the following releases from the Northern Storm Aquatic Club and Lake Superior Figure Skating Clubs regarding recent competitions

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The Northern Storm Aquatic Club (NSAC) participated in the NEOR (North Eastern Ontario Region) Developmental Swim Meet at the Olympic Gold Swimming Pool in Sudbury, Ontario, this past weekend.  The meet ran from October 18 through to October 19, 2014 and the swimmers were accompanied by Head Coach Nancy Day and Assistant Coach Toby Beynon.

Desmond Wood-Anderson, 13, dominated the meet by placing first in 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 100m back, and 100m butterfly. Additionally, Desmond placed second in 50m freestyle and 100m breast.

Meagan Perlini, 13, placed first in the 50m freestyle, second in both the 100m back and 100m freestyle, as well as fourth in both 100m butterfly and 200m individual medley, and fifth in 400m freestyle.

Paige Banton, 11, placed first in 100m breast, second in 200m breast, third in 200m individual medley, and sixth in both 100m and 400m freestyle.

Olivia Simard, 12, placed first in 50m freestyle, second in 100m freestyle, fourth in 200m individual medley, and fifth in both 100m breast and 200m freestyle.

Andre Marchand, 9, place third in both 100m back and 200m freestyle as well as fifth in 50m freestyle.

Danielle Morin, 15, placed second in 50m butterfly and sixth in 50m freestyle.

Ethan Murphy, 10, placed second in 50m freestyle, fourth in 200m freestyle, and sixth in 50m butterfly.

Elisa Dumanski, 12, placed third in 400m freestyle, fourth in both 100m and 200m freestyle, and fifth in both 50m freestyle and 100m back.

Olivia Starzomski, 12, placed third in 200m freestyle, fourth in 200m breast, fifth in both 200m individual medley and 400m freestyle, and sixth in 100m breast.

Lilli Kelgar, 11, placed third in the 50 freestyle, fourth in 50m butterfly and sixth in 200m freestyle.

William Banton, 9, placed fourth in both 50m breast and 200m individual medley, as well as fifth in 100m breast.

MacKenzie Beynon, 11, placed fourth in 100m butterfly.

Reilan Dupuis, 15, placed sixth in 50m breast.

Aliah Robertson, 11, placed sixth in 100m butterfly.

Chloe Wyslocky, 10, placed sixth in 200m freestyle.

Emily Simard, 9, placed sixth in 100m individual medley.

The highlight of any meet is always the relays. The combination of Olivia Starzomski, Paige Banton, Elisa Dumanski, and Olivia Simard placed first in both the girls 11-12 200m freestyle relay as well as the girls 11-12 200m medley relay.

The Girls 10 and Under 200m relay team of Cassandra McCauley, 10, Emily Simard, 9, Chloe Wyslocky, 10, and Lindsay Beynon, 8, took third place. These four girls also placed fourth in the girls 10 and under 200m freestyle relay.

Mikeila Varano, 12, Aliah Robertson, 11, MacKenzie Beynon, 11, and Lilli Kelgar, 11, placed fifth in the girls 11-12 200m freestyle relay. The same combination also placed fifth in the girls 11-12 200m medley relay.

After the meet Head Coach Day was asked about the team's performance and she stated, “We had a great meet. The kids have been training really hard and it all shows when you see the results. What an amazing group of swimmers we have. The Northern Storm have one of the best coach/swimmer ratio in the region and our coaching staff are second to none.”

Next up for the Storm is the Sault Ste. Marie Aquatic Club (SSMAC) Invitational 2014 which will be held at the John Rhodes Community Centre Pool from November 7-9, 2014.  Hope to see you there.

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Over 900 skaters took part in the 2014 Skate Canada – Central Ontario Octoberfest figure skating competition which took place in Barrie this past weekend. This event is popular with skaters across Ontario as the competition is held just prior to Sections where the top figure skaters in each section of the province will compete for advancement to the next round of qualifying events.

Lake Superior Figure Skating Club members, Jordan and Breanne Derochie had personal bests at the competition resulting in a silver medal for Jordan in Juvenile Mens under-14 and a bronze medal for Breanne in Juvenile Ladies under-14. Emilie Vezina and Lilia Pelletier also competed at the event earning personal bests and impressive scores that should see them as key contenders in the upcoming Northern Ontario qualifying events.

These four skaters along with 11 other Lake Superior skaters will be heading to sectionals in Garson, Sudbury on November 7-8.  They will be competing against skaters from across Northern Ontario who will be vying for a spot at either the Skate Canada Challenge event or the provincial competitions in March.
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