PICKERING -- Pickering Swim Club athletes posted a number of medal-winning efforts at the recent Meridian Aquafest swim meet in Barrie.
The Pickering club competed with 15 other swim teams at the meet, hosted at the East Bayfield Recreation Centre pool. Thirty-four Pickering swimmers broke 12 records while establishing 148 best times en route to numerous top-three results at the competition.
Leading the way was Michael Foster, 14, who finished in the top three in all seven of his events -- 50-metre freestyle (26.06 seconds); 1500m free (18:03.57); 100m butterfly (1:02.54); 200m free (2:03.85); 400m free (4:28.66); 100m backstroke (1:06.15); 100m free (57.56) -- at the Meridian Aquafest.
Other Pickering swimmers with top three finishes in their events were:
- Althaf Abdeen, 11, 200m fly (3:53.33);
- Jaime Baylon, 12, 100m fly (1:19.55); 400m individual medley (5:54.45); 400m free (5:20.65); 200m fly (2:55.01); 200m IM (2:57.16);
- Jose Baylon, 15, 200m IM (2:11.89); 100m breaststroke (1:09.39); 400m IM (4:48.03); 400m free (4:18.07); 200m fly (2:19.01); 200m breast (2:27.64);
- Amanda Bernard, 10, 50m back (41.75); 50m free (35.99);
- Jeff Cernele, 17, 100m free (55.37);
- Ainsley Corkum, 15, 400m free (4:40.85);
- Reanna Corkum, 10, 400m free (6:14.19);
- Carleen Ginter, 12, 800m free (10:14.90); 200m free (2:27.26);
- Kayla Ginter, 13, 50m free (29.23);
- Adam Gomba, 16, 200m IM (2:10.87); 50m free (25.10); 50m fly (59.63); 400m IM (4:41.53); 100m back (1:00.26);
- Caroline Gomba, 11, 800m free (9:46.50); 200m free (2:13.17); 400m free (4:44.75); 100m free (1:03.64);
- Danielle Gomba, 14, 200m IM (2:28.88); 800m free (9:46.99); 200 free (2:13.07); 400m free (4:44.75); 100m free (1:01.10);
- Andrew Kay, 11, 400m free (5:17.71); 200m breast (3:23.47);
- Philip Kay, 8, 50m back (46.53); 200m free (2:56.51); 50m free (37.31); 400m Free (6:10.27); 100m free (1:22.63); 200 IM (3:21.15);
- Robert Masters, 14, 1500m free (18:36.36); 400m free (4:45.32);
- Alison Russell, 13, 400m free (4:49.10);
- Amy Smith, 9, 100m breast (1:41.41); 200m free (2:51.50); 400m free (5:59.33);
- Nady Tannir, 12, 200m breast (3:24.27);
- Meghan Toswell, 13, 800m free (9:47.96); 400m IM (5:21.97); 200m fly (2:40.66); and,
- Katie Webster, 13, 100m fly (1:10.85); 100m breast (1:21.60); 400m IM (5:20.90); 200m fly (2:29.35); 200m breast (2:54.76).
SWIM CLUB NOTES: Four PSC swimmers -- Allison Foster, Danielle Gomba, Adam Gomba, Jessica Ward (back from North Carolina State University) will compete at the Bell Grand Prix meet at the Etobicoke Olympium...The PSC will also send swimmers to the Youth cup meet at the Etobicoke Olympium from Dec. 7 to 9 and will also host its annual Lisa Flood Christmas Classic meet in December...three PSC swimmers -- Allison Foster, Adam Gomba and Danielle Gomba -- are Canada Games hopefuls...
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