Fourteen members of the Fort Frances Aquanauts travelled to Balmertown last weekend and nearly all of them clocked at least one personal best time.
“We had an awesome weekend,” head coach Debbie Murray noted Monday morning. “They had really good results and looking forward to the next meet.
“The swimmers have been training really hard for regionals and from what we saw [last] weekend, they should be promising,” she added.
Murray noted several swimmers also qualified for the Manitoba-Saskatchewan championship in March.
“Rachel Dutton did exceptionally well,” enthused Murray. “She had [four] best times and each swim gave her an improved ‘A’ standard time, which means she is milli-seconds off a ‘AA’ standard time.
“That is quite an acheivement for a 10-year-old.”
Murray added Karli McKinnon acheived an ‘A’ standard in the 200m freestyle and a ‘AA’ standard in the 50m butterfly. She noted Heather Dutton didn’t have a personal best but she was right on her time while Jennifer Hawley also had a good competition.
Murray said the team is a very dedicated group of young swimmers. “They work and train hard. The town should be proud of them,” she noted.
The following is a list of individual results from Balmertown (* denotes a personal best time):
•Jamie Beadow–50m free (32.07), 100m free (1:11.39), 200m (2:47.13), 100m back (1:22.16*), 200m back (2:58.44*), 100m breast (1:37.70), and 200m I.M. (3:03.34);
•Andrea Boileau–50m free (33.62), 100m free (1:14.91), 200m free (2:41.66), 100m back (1:21.84), 100m breast (1:34.38), 100m fly (1:22.77), and 200m I.M. (2:53.24);
•Jessica Cousineau–50m free (39.31), 100m free (1:31.21), 200m free (3:16.45), 100m back (1:35.06*), 100m breast (1:49.70), 50m fly (50.59), and 100m I.M. (1:41.02, 200 I.M. (3:26.32);
•Ashleigh Dutton–50m free (35.50), 100m free (1:22.93), 200m free (2:47.02*), 100m back (1:25.37*), 200m back (3:03.13), 100m breast (1:47.25), and 200m I.M. (3:04.60);
•Heather Dutton–50m free (31.92), 100m free (1:09.86), 200m free (2:28.97), 100m back (1:29.41), 200m fly (2:57.57), and 400m I.M. (6:05.52*)
•Rachel Dutton–50m free (36.16), 100m free (1:21.59), 200m free (2:52.66*), 100m back (1:30.33*), 100m breast (1:50.52*), 50m fly (42.45), 100m I.M. (1:30.99), and 200m I.M. (3:15.03*);
•Jennifer Hawley–50m free (38.29*), 100m free (1:25.66*), 200m free (3:00.47*), 100m back (1:31.70*), 100m breast (1:48.91*), 50m fly (43.70*), and 200m I.M. (3:15.53*)
•Alyssa Holliday–50m free (36.28), 100m free (1:21.33), 200m free (2:56.68), 100m back (1:38.50), 100m breast (1:34.28), 200m breast (3:22.44*), 50 fly (43.32), and 200 I.M. (3:09.08)
•Kenneth Kellar–50m free (44.04*), 100m free (1:41.60), 200m free (3:46.29*), 100m back (1:54.35*), 50m breast (58.56*), and 50m fly (1:01.26)
•Jessica Lowey–50m free (50.51*), 100m free (2:02.59), 50m back (1:05.46*), 50m breast (1:05.40*), and 50m fly (1:17.54*)
•Nichole Lowey–50m free (42.95*), 100m free (1:41.07), 200m free (3:35.11), 100m back (2:00.02), 50m fly (55.91*), and 100m I.M. (1:46.46*)
•Karli McKinnon–50m (31.27), 100m free (1:08.56), 200m free (2:30.68*), 100m back (1:23.24), 50m fly (36.46*), 200m fly (3:08.02), and 400 I.M. (6:10.16*)
•Krista Scott–50m free (38.77*), 100m free (1:31.92*), 200m free (3:28.65*), 100m back (1:41.99*), 100m breast (1:48.76*), and 50m fly (49.23*); and
•Megan Whinan–50m free (48.81*), 100m free (1:55.01*), 100m back (2:11.18*), 50m breast (1:05.41*), 50m fly (1:02.70*), and 100m I.M. (2:13.91).
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