Registrations Saturday
Trent Swim Club swimmers improved significantly on their performances from a year ago at the Huronia Regional Championships held in Barrie last weekend.
“We’re seeing some real growth and success with our swimmers this year. We had more swimmers in attendance at the regional meet, with more personal best times and, more swimmers in the finals,” head coach Dan Stratton stated.
“Our team is developing and maturing. We’re proving that we’re a force to be reckoned with in our region.”
Here’s a rundown on the medal winners and top eight placers:
Junior and Senior level boys (13 and older)
Tristen Jones won a gold medal in the 800 freestyle and had top eight placings in two events.
Evan Feick swam for a silver medal in 800 freestyle, a bronze in the 50 breaststroke and a top eight placing in the 200 breaststroke and the 400 freestyle.
Eric Daley swam for a silver medal in the 1500 freestyle.
Samuel Loureiro-Kent swam for a bronze medal in the 400 freestyle and a top eight placing in seven other events.
Taggert Johnson, Tristan Melville, Daniel Horvath, Sam Baker and Patrick Thompkins all had at least one top eight time as well.
Junior and Senior level girls (13 and older)
Jaiden Rose won a silver medal in the 50 backstroke, and had top eight placing in three events.
Elizabeth Ferrari won a bronze medal in the 200 backstroke, and finished in the top eight for three additional events.
Nicki Robertson, Paige Piche, Isabella Crockower and Meg Rogers all had impressive results with top eight times.
The club’s younger swimmers in the 12 and younger classes met the challenges of competition swimming with still more medals and top eight finishes.
Mackenzie Garside won a silver medal in the 50 breaststroke, a bronze medal in the 100 breastroke, and top eight placing in three additional events. For the second year, Mackenzie has qualified for the Ontario Festival Championships.
Samantha Garside, one of the clubs youngest swimmers at the event, won a silver medal in the 50 backstroke and had top eight times in seven events.
Macy Mullen swam for a bronze medal in the 200 breaststroke and top eight placings in two events.
Ali Jones and Hanna Gazzard and Nadiya Linde Elmhirst also had multiple top eight finishes. Impressively, Nadiya improved her times in her six swim by more than a minute.
“We have a very special group of young swimmers in the Trent Swim Club,” age group coach Kent Crockower stated.
“They won the majority of our club’s points at the meet and they continue to set new personal best times, which is the most important measure for swimmers. I expect more strong results as these young athletes continue to grow and develop.” The Peterborough Wolverines football club will hold registrations for the senior varsity, junior varsity and bantam rep teams on Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. at the Wolverines Clubhouse at 910 High St. Players must also register online prior to the first tryout date, which will take place at St. Peter Secondary School on Medical Drive on March 4 at 10 a.m. for the bantams, noon for the junior varsity and 2 p.m. for the senior varsity teams. The second tryout will be held on March 18 at the Spiplex south of Fowlers Corners on Highway 7 with tryout times following the same pattern as March 4.