The Fort Frances Aquanauts headed to the Canada Games Complex for the Thunder Bay Fall Invitational and came back with a haul of medals, personal bests, and a handful of provincial qualifying times for star swimmer Donovan Taylor.
Taylor, 13, collected four times to qualify for provincial level competition as he performed personal bests in all eight of his events—earning a gold medal in all but 200m backstroke, in which he garnered a silver.
Meanwhile, 14-year-old Krista Emond also registered all personal bests.
Every Aquanaut swimmer competing there had at least one personal best, with the team, as a whole, garnering 42 personal bests in 57 events over the weekend.
The team also brought home 33 medals (16 gold, 13 silver, and four bronze) thanks to 12-year-old Andre Emond, 12-year-old Jillian Gustafson, nine-year-old Adam Stromberg, and Taylor.
The Aquanauts return to action Nov. 29-Dec. 2 at the annual Prairie Winter Invitational at the Pan Am Pool in Winnipeg.
Here are the individual results for Thunder Bay Fall Invitational (* denotes personal best):
•Andre Emond (12)—200m back (2nd) (3:02.07*), 100m free (2nd) (1:16.53*), 50m breast (3rd) (54.94), 50m free (1st) (34.95), 50m back (1st) (41.04*), 100m back (1st) (1:27.57*), 200m free (2nd) (2:45.99*), 50m fly (2nd) (41.35), and 200m breast (2nd) (4:01.88*);
•Krista Emond (14)—200m back (5th) (2:58.56*), 100m free (6th) (1:11.34*), 100m breast (5th) (1:34.91*), 400m free (5th) (5:19.92*), 100m back (4th) (1:23.63*), 200m IM (6th) (2:57.57*), 200m free (6th) (2:33.11*), 100m fly (7th) (1:35.10*), and 400m IM (4th) (6:16.13*);
•Jillian Gustafson (12)—200m back (2nd) (2:54.36*), 100m free (4th) (1:13.79*), 100m breast (3rd) (1:35.45), 50m free (2nd) (33.27*), 100m back (2nd) (1:25.11*), 200m IM (3rd) (3:05.89), 200m free (3rd) (2:38.24*), 50m fly (1st) (39.37*), and 400m IM (2nd) (6:19.54*);
•Caitlin Sande (13)—200m back (6th) (2:58.77*), 100m free (7th) (1:11.52), 100m breast (11th) (1:42.01*), 400m free (7th) (5:26.21*),
100m back (5th) (1:24.13*), 200m IM (5th) (2:56.42*), 200m free (8th) (2:36.97), 100m fly (4th) (1:24.35*), and 400m IM (5th) (6:19.63*);
•Adam Stromberg (nine)—100m free (2nd) (1:27.41), 50m breast (1st) (52.26*), 100m breast (1st) (1:54.65*), 50m free (1st) (37.38), 50m back (1st) (50.75), 200m IM (1st) (3:51.90*), 200m free (2nd) (3:12.72*), and
50m fly (2nd) (55.87);
•Serena Stromberg (13)—100m free (9th) (1:13.04*), 100m breast (13th) (1:44.24), 50m free (4th) (32.12), 100m back (10th) (1:31.43), and
200m free (13th) (2:49.25); and
•Donovan Taylor (13)—200m back (2nd) (2:23.20*), 100m free (1st) (1:00.85*), 200m fly (1st) (2:34.77*), 50m free (1st) (28.19*), 100m back (1st) (1:08.03*), 200m IM (1st) (2:29.06*), 100m fly (1st) (1:07.90*), and
400m IM (1st) (5:15.77*)
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