Aquanauts, Cyclones tear up pool

The Fort Frances Aquanauts Swim Team wasn’t trying to start something. They were just trying to start—period.
Aquanauts coach Roman Ramirez was counting on somewhat better results than his 31-member team delivered at the Kenora Swimming Sharks fall invitational last weekend.
But he was not bothered so much by the times of his swimmers as he was the tough time they had when the starting gun went off.
“A lot of the swimmers were slipping on the blocks as they entered the water,” Ramirez noted. “The times could have been better for a lot of the swimmers if it wasn’t for that.”
Boyd Badiuk overcame the slick conditions to post four first-place finishes, and threw in a new club record for good measure. He bested his own mark of 26.80 in the 50-m freestyle by touching the wall in a time of 26.77.
Other noteworthy performances came from two first-time competitors, eight-year-olds Emily Hyatt and Kaela Lowey.
“For their first actual races, they did real well,” enthused Ramirez. “And they’ll only get better from here on in.”
Ramirez now has 12 swimmers who have qualified to attend the Prairie Winter Invitational in Winnipeg on Nov. 28-30—and hopes to add to that list through time trial qualifiers in the days ahead.
< *c>Moving on up
Meanwhile, the Fort Frances Cyclone Swim Team also made some positive waves in Kenora last weekend, with Keegan Little making the biggest noise.
Little, 12, had two first-place finishes for the seven-member squad while Daniel Murray and Peter Jensen each won an event.
In total, Cyclone swimmers established 29 personal bests out of the 41 races they competed in.
Here are the results from this last weekend’s meet (* denotes personal best):
Aquanauts
•Rebecca Armit, 11—100m IM (1:44.13, 14th), 200m breast (*4:13.07, 14th), 200m free (*3:21.35, 15th), 50m fly (49.72, 16th), 100m breast (*1:52.99, 19th), 100m free (*1:29.30, 21st), 50m free (38.91, 23rd)
•Boyd Badiuk, 14—50m free (*26.77, 1st), 200m back (2:28.89, 1st), 100m free (1:01.19, 1st), 100m back (1:07.22, 1st), 100m fly (1:10.29, 2nd), 200m IM (2:36.72, 2nd), 100m breast (*1:26.05, 4th)
•Jamie Beadow, 17—100m breast (1:34.07, 9th), 50m free (31.97, 10th), 200m free (2:44.14, 12th), 100m fly (1:38.14, 14th), 200m IM (3:04.19, 16th)
•Emily Brown, 14—100m breast (1:36.47, 12th), 100m free (1:15.63, 15th), 50m free (34.60, 16th), 200m free (2:54.53, 17th), 200m IM (3:12.81, 18th), 100m back (1:27.85, 18th)
•Jessica Cousineau, 13—800m free (*10:54.58, 3rd), 400m IM (*6:16.14, 6th), 400m free (5:27.17, 7th), 200m free (2:37.13, 8th), 100m fly (1:28.78, 9th), 100m back (*1:23.73, 9th), 200m IM (3:01.73, 11th), 100m free (1:14.24, 12th)
•Heather Dutton, 17—400m IM (5:37.89, 1st), 400m free (4:51.02, 1st), 800m free (10:06.29, 2nd), 200m free (2:18.07, 2nd), 100m fly (1:11.17, 3rd), 200m fly (2:41.23, 3rd), 100m free (1:04.54, 3rd), 200m IM (2:41.84, 5th)
•Rachel Dutton, 13—100m free (1:04.72, 1st), 100m back (*1:16.76, 1st), 50m free (*30.38, 2nd), 200m free (*2:19.51, 2nd), 100m fly (*1:14.19, 2nd), 400m free (5:01.03, 2nd), 400m IM (*5:49.232, 3rd), 200m IM (2;46.89, 3rd)
•Andre Emond, 8—50m free (*42.07, 1st), 200m free (*3:30.33, 1st), 50m fly (*56.49, 1st), 50m breast (*1:08.81, 1st), 100m free (*1:36.42, 1st), 100m back (*1:49.18, 1st), 100m IM (DQ)
•Heidi Emond, 12—50m breast (*53.70, 8th), 200m breast (4:04.83, 12th), 100m IM (1:46.21, 16th), 50m fly (53.11, 18th), 100m back (*1:49.37, 21st), 50m free (*39.73, 25th), 100m free (*1:32.45, 26th)
•Krista Emond, 10—200m IM (*3:45.14, 5th), 50m fly (55.05, 6th), 100m back (*1:45.24, 8th), 200m free (3:20.17, 9th), 100m free (*1:31.69, 9th), 50m free (41.09, 11th), 100m breast (2:04.43, 11th)
•Nicole Fontana, 12—200m free (*2:45.71, 5th), 200m back (*3:08.57, 5th), 200m IM (*3:12.54, 6th), 100m free (*1:16.97, 6th), 50m breast (50.77, 7th), 50m free (*34.93, 8th), 100m back (DQ)
•Jillian Gustafson, 8—50m free (*42.69, 1st), 200m free (3:32.03, 2nd), 100m breast (*2:11.13, 2nd), 100m free (*1:36.87, 2nd0, 100m back (1:56.77, 2nd), 50m fly (57.53, 3rd), 100m IM (1:57.63, 11th)
•Jennifer Hawley, 14—50m free (32.73, 5th), 400m IM (*6:09.42, 5th), 100m fly (1:24.81, 6th), 200m IM (2:58.90, 9th), 100m free (1:12.62, 9th), 100m breast (*1:35.42, 10th), 100m back (1:24.61, 12th)
•Megan Hebert, 17—50m free (*33.82, 11th), 100m breast (1:39.76, 12th), 100m free (*1:16.60, 14th), 200m free (3:53.72, 15th), 200m IM (*3:11.23, 18th
•Danielle Herbert, 13—100m fly (*1:42.85, 15th), 200m free (*3:04.58, 20th), 100m breast (*1:48.52, 22nd), 200m IM (*3:27.85, 22nd), 50m free (*37.46, 24th), 100m free (*1:23.59, 25th), 100m back (1:39.24, 28th)
•Emily Hyatt, 8—50m breast (1:15.83, 5th), 50m back (58.60, 5th), 50m free (*50.49, 7th), 100m free (1:58.93, 8th), 100m IM (2:28.99, 21st)
•Jennifer Jonassen, 14—100m fly (1:55.29, 16th), 200m free (3:45.93, 25th), 50m free (*39.14, 27th), 200m IM (4:25.03, 28th), 100m back (*1:57.75, 30th), 100m breast (2;53.17, 31st), 100m free (*1:37.79, 32nd)
•Kenneth Kellar, 14—400m free (*5:24.06, 4th), 50m free (*29.49, 5th), 200m free (*2:28.03, 7th), 100m fly (*1:24.25, 8th), 100m free (*1;07.28, 8th), 100m breast (*1:29.29, 9th), 100m back (*1:24.59, 10th), 200m IM (*2:52.81, 11th)
•Jessica Lowey, 10—100m breast (*1:37.70, 1st), 50m free (*35.23, 2nd), 200m IM (*3:16.19, 2nd), 200m free (*2:57.52, 3rd), 100m free (*1:17.73, 3rd), 100m back (*1;32.78, 3rd), 100m fly (1:46.08, 4th)
•Kaela Lowey, 8—50m breast (57.17, 1st), 50m back (53.13, 1st), 50m free (49.69, 5th), 50m fly (1:00.49, 5th), 100m IM (2:00.60, 12th), 100m free (DQ)
•Nicole Lowey, 12—200m breast (*3:16.10, 2nd), 100m breast (1:34.95, 4th), 200m IM (3:11.46, 5th), 200m free (2:50.63, 6th), 50m free (34.87, 7th), 100m free (1:19.25, 8th), 100m back (*1:35.58, 9th), 50m fly (*44.57, 10th)
•Karli McKinnon, 15—50m free (29.69, 1st), 400m IM (*5:43.02, 2nd), 100m free (1;04.43, 2nd), 200m back (2:39.61, 3rd), 100m back (1:14.99, 3rd), 200m free (2:22.51, 4th), 200m IM (2:41.57, 4th), 100m fly (1:16.24, 5th)
•Jade Morrison, 11—100m IM (1:40.04, 10th), 100m free (*1:21.73, 10th), 200m breast (4;01.76, 11th), 100m back (*1:42.78, 16th), 50m fly (49.94, 17th), 50m free (*37.48, 19th), 200m free (3:58.89, 21st), 100m breast (*1:53.45, 21st)
•Megan Ossachuk, 13—200m free (*3:15.63, 23rd), 50m free (*38.21, 25th), 200m IM (*4:03.29, 26th), 100m breast (*2:18.73, 29th), 100m free (*1:29.90, 29th), 100m back (*1:46.07, 29th)
•Alex Parent, 14—200m free (2:22.63, 3rd), 100m fly (1:19.44, 5th), 100m free (1:05.94, 6th), 100m back (1:18.21, 6th), 50m free (*30.16, 8th), 200m IM (2:56.28, 13th), 100m breast (*1:36.88, 15th)
•Kyle Perrott, 14—200m breast (3:04.18, 4th), 100m breast (1;26.65, 7th), 100m free (*1:06.93, 7th), 50m free (30.97, 13th), 100m back (1:37.60, 13th), 200m IM (2:59.34, 15th)
•Laurel Perrott, 12—100m fly (1:42.22, 2nd), 200m breast (3:41.36, 6th), 100m free (*1:18.08, 7th), 200m free (*2:53.17, 8th), 100m breast (*1:43.99, 10th), 200m IM (3:17.20, 10th), 50m free (35.70, 11th)
•Caitlin Sande, 9—50m back (*56.49, 6th), 50m breast (*1:08.70, 7th), 50m fly (1:04.73, 8th), 50m free (44.80, 14th), 100m free (1;54.62, 17th), 100m IM (2:08.79, 18th)
•Bryson Skirten, 8—50m back (1:01.63, 2nd), 50m free (*51.35, 3rd), 100m free (*2:07.42, 3rd), 50m breast (*1:17.44, 4th), 100m IM (2:22.07, 9th)
•Serena Stromberg, 9—50m back (*51.94, 4th), 50m fly (1:07.03, 9th), 100m IM (*2;06.57, 14th), 50m free (*45.42, 15th), 100m free (*1;50.38, 16th) 50m breast (DQ)
•Megan Wihnan, 13—800m free (*12:02.66, 5th), 100m free (*1:13.62, 10th), 200m free (2:43.33, 12th), 50m free (*34.40, 13th), 100m fly (*1:42.33, 14th), 200m IM (3:09.12, 16th), 100m breast (1:45.05, 19th), 100m back (*1:27.88, 19th)
< *c>Cyclones
•Connor Crook, 11—200m breast (*4:06.11, 3rd), 200m IM (*3:58.92, 5th), 100m breast (1:52.93, 6th), 50m free (*40.13, 8th), 200m free (*3:32.04, 9th), 100m back (DQ)
•Peter Jensen, 11—50m free (34.94, 1st), 200m IM (*3;26.43, 2nd), 200m breast (*3:59.64, 2nd), 100m breast (*1:46.03, 3rd), 100m back (1;36.89, 5th), 200m free (*3:07.36, 6th)
•Brett Jewell, 10—50m back (*56.08, 4th), 50m fly (1:03.51, 5th), 100m IM (*1:59.13, 5th), 50m free (*43.67, 6th), 100m free (*1:37.27, 7th), 50m breast (*1:06.42, 8th)
•Marina Jewell, 10—50m fly (*53.37, 3rd), 200m free (*3:31.47, 10th), 100m IM (1:51.67, 10th), 100m back (*1:51.27, 10th), 100m free (*1:38.43, 11th), 50m free (*42.09, 13th)
•Keegan Little, 12—100m breast (*1;38.87, 1st), 200m breast (3:38.90, 1st), 200m IM (*3:29.80, 3rd), 50m free (37.75, 5th), 100m back (1:51.48, 7th), 200m free (3:23.03, 8th)
•Daniel Murray, 10—50m breast (53.29, 1st), 100m IM (*2:10.79, 6th), 50m back (*56.67, 6th), 100m free (*1:55.77, 9th), 50m free (*50.93, 10th)
•Donovan Taylor, 9—200m back (*3:35.61, 3rd), 100m back (*1;40.43, 3rd), 50m breast (*57.47, 4th), 100m IM (*1:43.96, 4th), 50m free (42.19, 5th), 100m free (*1:33.03, 6th)