Torpedoes earn pentathlon medals at meet
The Trent Torpedoes Swim Club carted home many medals from the recent Barrie Trojan Swim Club’s Pentathlon Swim Meet.
The Torpedo swimmers focused on the Individual Medley Pentathlon: a 100m butterfly, 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 100m freestyle and 200m IM.
The 12 and under group competed in these five events in a two-hour period while the 13 and over group competed in these five events in a one hour period.
“The pentathlon taps you out, but what a awesome five events to race,” sad TSC’s Taggert Johnson.
The following are TSC results for the Individual Medley Pentathlon.
11-year-old girls: 1. Samantha Garside, 2. Kelly Mitchell, 12year-old girls: 2. Jayda Sutton, 13-year-old girls: 3. Katrina Thompson, 12-year-old boys: 1. Leo Wang, 13-year-old boys 1. J.D. Mitchell, 14-year-old boys: 1. Patrick Tompkins, 3. Tristen Tompkins, 16 and over boys: 2. Taggert Johnson.
The Sprint Medley Pentathlon was competed on Day 2 of the swim meet. The Sprint Medley Pentathlon is a 50m butterfly, 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 50m freestyle and 100m Individual Medley. The 12 and under group competed in these five events in 1 1/2 hours and the 13 and overs competed in these five events in just under 50 minutes.
“I had no ideas sprinting that much would hurt so good, wow that’s tough,” said TSC’s Zoe Campbell.
The following are results from the Sprint Pentathlon.
11-year-old girls: 1. Samantha Garside, 10 and under boys: 3. Tanner Harris-Barton, 14-yearold boys: 3. Patrick Tompkins, 15-year-old boys: 2. Adam Voutier.