Good Showing on Day 2 of Age Group Nationals for Tritons
Winnipeg, MB - The Wolfville Tritons Swim Club put in a solid showing on day 2 of the 2010 Canadian Age Group Swimming Championships in Winnipeg, MB.
After the second day of competition, the team of five swimmers has continued to post nothing but personal best performances and bettering placings, according to Tritons' head coach Chris Stone.
Leading the way was Tritons senior Luc Boudreau, with a 9th place finish in the 17-18 year old boys 400m Individual Medley, with a new Tritons' Club Record of 4:50.13. Boudreau was the silver medalist in the 50m breaststroke on the opening day of the meet for the same age group.
Hayden Adams also turned in a respectable 14th place finish in the 15 year old boys 50m Backstroke with a new personal best of 30.39.
Brendan Vibert posted a new personal best by 7 seconds in the 14 year old boys 400m Individual Medley with a time of 5:18.37, while older brother Colin swam a new personal best of his own in the 100m Freestyle with a time of 56.98.
Sarah Lynch also took off a sizable amount of time in her 100m Freestyle, swimming a 1:03.05 in the girls 16-18 years old category.
The men's 800m Freestyle Relay of Boudreau, C. Vibert. Adams and B. Vibert capped off the day with a new Tritons' Club Record for the event, posting a time of 8:35.53.
Competition resumes Friday morning at the Pan Am Pool in Winnipeg, MB and runs until Sunday.
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The Wolfville Tritons Swim Club continued to swim well on
the second day of the 2010 Canadian Age Group Swimming
Championships Thursday, with all five Tritons swimming
new personal bests.
Leading the way was Luc Boudreau, placing 9th in the 17-18
year old boys' 400m Individual Medley in a Tritons' Club
Record of 4:50.13.
Hayden Adams swam to a 14th place finish in the 50m
Backstroke in the 15 year old boys category with a time of
30.39 seconds. This was Adams' first national meet since
joining the Tritons in September.
Sarah Lynch also swam a new personal best, with a time of
1:03.05 in the 16-18 year old girls category.
The men's 800m Freestyle Relay of Boudreau, Adams, Colin
Vibert and Brendan Vibert also swam well, clocking a new
Tritons' Club Record of 8:35.53 to finish in the top 16.
Competition resumes Friday morning at the Pan Am Pool in
Winnipeg, Manitoba and runs until Sunday.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Chris Stone, BA, ChPC
Head Coach, Wolfville Tritons Swim Club
Head Coach, Acadia University Varsity Swimming
Office - (902) 585-1438
Cell - (902) 690-7389
Email - stone@tritons.ca
Website - www.tritons.ca
