Sports & Recreation — 20 October 2010
The Dryden Pool and Fitness Centre played host to seven visiting regional swim teams over the weekend as the Dryden Dolphins Swim Club hosted the Go! 2010 Regional Swim Meet. To see how Dryden swimmers performed at the meet, please see page 10.
Dryden Dolphins swimmer Chris Draper competing during the Go! 2010 Swim Meet, this past weekend at The Dryden Pool and Recreation Centre. Photo by Chris Marchand
On Saturday, October 16, the Dryden Dolphins hosted the Go! 2010 Swim Meet. Teams from across the Northwest Region travelled to Dryden to compete: Thunder Bay Thunderbolts, Northwest Narwhals (Thunder Bay), Superior Sea Lions (Thunder Bay), Fort Frances Cyclones, Fort Frances Aquanauts, Kenora Swimming Sharks, and Red Lake Goldfins.
The Go! 2010 was structured as a 400 m Challenge where each swimmer could participate in a 200 m event, a 100 m event, and two 50 m events.
Sixteen athletes represented the Dryden Dolphins – four for whom this was their first competitive swim meet. The Dolphins collectively had an impressive 38 podium finishes:
8 and under Girls
Autumn Langford – 2nd 50m Free, 2nd 50m Back
Piper Valdock – 3rd 50m Free, 3rd 50m Back
8 and under Boys
Ben Taylor – 2nd 100m Free, 3rd 50m Free, 1st 50m Back
9 and 10 Girls
Sarah Urquhart – 3rd 200 IM, 1st 100m Back, 3rd 50m Fly
9 and 10 Boys
Tyson Cameron – 1st 50m Free
Conner Whyard – 2nd 100m Free, 3rd 50m Free, 1st 50m Back
11 and 12 Boys
Ian Queau – 2nd 100m Free, 3rd 200 IM, 1st 50m Breast, 1st 50m Fly
Alex Urquhart – 2nd 200 IM, 3rd 50m Free, 3rd 50m Back, 2nd 100m Breast
13 and 14 Girls
Kira Kuzemchuk – 1st 200 Free, 2nd 50m Free, 2nd 50m Breast, 1st 100m Fly
Andie Wood – 3rd 50m Free, 2nd 200 IM, 3rd 50 Breast, 2nd 100m Fly
13 and 14 Boys
Jacob Andersen – 2nd 50m Free, 1st 200 IM, 1st 50m Breast, 1st 100m Fly
15 and Over Mens
Chris Draper – 2nd 200m Free, 3rd 50m Free, 1st 100m Breast, 3rd 50m Fly
In conjunction with the swim meet, the athletes attended a Dryland Training Camp in the morning and participated in Nutrition and Stretching workshops. Parents and community volunteers participated in Officials Training the night prior to and the morning of the swim meet. The weekend activities concluded on Sunday, October 17 with the Swim Ontario – Northwest Region General Meeting.
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