NEWS RELEASE
ORILLIA CHANNEL CATS SWIM CLUB
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The Orillia Channel Cats Swim Club recently competed in Barrie at the Spring Off the Blocks Invitational.
Thirty-six swimmers from senior novice, bronze, silver and gold training groups were in attendance.
This meet offered a fun costume relay for the swimmers to participate in at the end of the competition.
Ten-year-old Harrison Levene won all five of his individual events, which were 100- and 50-metre breaststroke, 50-metre backstroke, 50- and 100-metre freestyle.
A number of swimmers from Orillia placed within the top eight in their individual events:
Indiana Abram (second, 50-metre backstroke, 50-metre butterfly)
Nadine Ackert (seventh, 100-metre individual medley [IM])
Kaitlyn Allin (fourth, 50-metre backstroke)
Zoe Baker (second, 50-metre breaststroke; third, 100-metre freestyle; fourth, 50-metre freestyle and 50-metre butterfly; sixth, 100-metre breaststroke and 100-metre IM)
Maelle Bouchard (fourth, 200- and 100-metre IM; seventh, 200-metre freestyle)
Isabella Brown (third, 200-metre freestyle; fourth, 50-metre breaststroke; sixth, 50- and 100-metre freestyle, 50-metre butterfly)
Sophia Brown (third, 100-metre butterfly, 100-metre IM; fifth, 100-metre IM; sixth, 50-metre butterfly, 200-metre freestyle)
Georgia Cameron (third, 50-metre backstroke; seventh, 50-metre freestyle)
Kael Cresanto (second, 50-metre butterfly, 50-metre backstroke; fourth, 100-metre freestyle; fifth, 200-metre freestyle; sixth, 50-metre freestyle)
Ava Fairgrieve (sixth, 200-metre freestyle)
Taryn Fenton (second, 100-metre butterfly; third, 100-metre backstroke; fifth, 200-metre backstroke; sixth, 200-metre breaststroke; seventh, 50-metre breaststroke)
Emony Fisher (seventh, 50-metre breaststroke)
Alycia Golding (fifth, 50-metre backstroke)
Katie Heckendorn (eighth, 50- and 200-metre breaststroke)
Anna Holton (second, 50-metre backstroke; third, 100-metre backstroke; fifth, 100-metre butterfly; seventh, 200-metre breaststroke, 50-metre butterfly; eighth, 200-metre freestyle)
Grace Hunter (third, 50- and 100-metre breaststroke; fourth, 50-metre backstroke; fifth, 50-metre freestyle; eighth, 100-metre backstroke)
Aiden Lewis (eighth, 50-metre breaststroke)
Maelle Mooney (sixth, 100-metre butterfly; seventh, 100-metre breaststroke)
Hayden Nie (third, 100-metre butterfly; sixth, 50-metre butterfly)
Peyton Nie (sixth, 200-metre freestyle; seventh, 50-metre butterfly, 100-metre freestyle)
Sam Pecorella (third, 200-, 100- and 50-metre butterfly; fourth, 100- and 50-metre breaststroke; fifth, 50-metre freestyle)
Fedor Radzievskii (fourth, 100-metre butterfly; fifth, 50-metre butterfly; sixth, 100-metre IM; seventh, 50-metre breaststroke)
Tristan Sekleski (third, 50-metre butterfly; fifth, 50-metre freestyle; sixth, 100-metre backstroke)
Adair Wieclawek (third, 50-metre freestyle, 50-metre backstroke; sixth, 50-metre breaststroke; seventh, 100-metre backstroke)
Reid Wolf-Hambsch (third, 50-metre backstroke)
Other swimmers who competed and achieved personal bests include Alexander Baillie, Boyd Brown, Kajun Butler, Elena Carrigan, Sylvia Chabot, David Guller, Leah Guller, Maya Levene, Beth Lewis and Mackenzie Tavares.
The Channel Cats will be competing May 14 at the Orillia Recreation Centre, followed by a long-course competition in Markham May 20 to 22.
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