City club sends four to Bell Grand Prix in Etobicoke
Nov 29, 2007 - 12:17 PM
PICKERING -- Pickering Swim Club athletes competed against the best of the best in Canada at the Bell Grand Prix short-course meet at the Etobicoke Olympium last weekend.
The club sent three senior swimmers in Allison Foster, 15, Adam Gomba, 16, Danielle Gomba, 15, and a former club member, Jessica Ward, 19, who returned from North Carolina State University where she is on an athletic scholarship, for the competition.
While turning in strong efforts, Pickering swimmers also broke seven club records in short-course events during the competition.
Results were:
- Allison Foster: 100-metre freestyle (1:00.52), placed 67th; 400m free (4:31.18), placed 42nd; 50m free (28.75), placed 76th; 200m free, placed 45th;
- Adam Gomba: 200m backstroke (2:06.42, club record), placed 27th; 100m free (53.34, club record), placed 55th; 200m individual medley (2:10.94), placed 30th; 400m free prelim (4:01.67, club record), placed 16th; 400m free final (4:11.60), placed 15th; 200m free prelim (1:53.73, club record), placed 19th; 200m free final (1:56.99), placed 13th;
- Danielle Gomba: 200m back (2:25.12, club record), placed 47th; 50m butterfly (29.29, club record), placed 26th; 100m fly (1:04.31), placed 27th; 50m free (27.73), placed 55th; 100m back (1:06.96, club record), placed 37th;
- Jessica Ward: 100m breaststroke (1:15.15), placed 41st; 200m IM (2:24.21), placed 36th; 200m breast (2:36.93), placed 18th.
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