Staff
Six Fort Frances Aquanauts finished off their competitive swim season at the Thunderbolts Invitational in Thunder Bay over the weekend.
Their results were as follows:
•Andre Emond (14)—100m fly (1:34.39, 5th), 100m back (1:25.00, 6th), 50m free (33.42, 8th), and 200m fly (3:19.10, 3rd);
•Katja Sutherland (13)—200m breast (3:18.74, 2nd), 100m free (1:17:71, 11th), and 100m breast (1:32.31, 2nd);
•Levi Rittau (12)—200m IM (2:16.88, 2nd), 100m back (1:31.23, 1st), 200m free (2:49.66, 2nd), 100m breast (1:51.35, 3rd), and 200m back (3:09.74, 2nd);
•Mitchell Riordon (10)—200m IM (4:30.70, 3rd), 200m free (4:07.48, 7th), 50m back (54.97, 8th), and 100m breast (2:27.42, 6th);
•Anika Beaudry (9)—50m free (45.94, 15th), 200m breast (4:26.03, 6th), 200m free (3:48.17, 14th), 100m free (1:49.57, 23rd), and 50m back (56.09, 17th); and
•Krista Emond (16)—200m free (2:32:08, 11th), 200m breast (3:21:82, 7th), 50m free (32.19, 10th), 200m IM (3:02:98, 16th), 100m breast (1:36:79, 12th), 100m free (1:09.89, 15th), and 200m back (3:02.18, 11th).
“They had excellent times,” said Aquanauts’ coach Dawnn Taylor. “The younger ones that swam went out and bettered their short-course times.
“Anika Beaudry bested everything, taking 10 seconds off some of her races.
“Andre did his first long-course 200m fly, and sometimes that 200 fly is just a survival technique, but he wanted to do it, and he went in there and did great,” Taylor enthused.
“End of the season, whatever you got left in your body, take it out.”
Sutherland actually will be attending the Manitoba/Saskatchewan long course provincials in early July alongside teammate Donovan Taylor.
Taylor also has qualified for the nationals in Montreal in mid-July.
The pair has begun preparations for their events during morning sessions at the pool.
“Did our first morning swim [Tuesday] at 6:15 to the grumbles and unhappy faces,” Coach Taylor said with a laugh.
“You’ve only got a few weeks, gotta kick it up into high gear,” she stressed.
