Thursday, July 24, 2008

Canadian Age Group Nationals Kick Off in Calgary

The first preliminaries session has set up a night of finals for youngsters aspiring to the title "National Champion".
Members of the World Juniors National Team are setting the bar high for swimmers from clubs across the country.
Finalists for tonight include Jillian Stoyan (TSC) and Alexandra Jozwiak (MSSAC)leading the field into the 12y women's 50Fr, with all 8 finalists' times spanning only 1.1 secs. The 14y women's final will see Amanda Reason (WEST) demonstrate the degree of her supremacy in this event - her qualifying time 26.92 s would have her qualify as fastest in the 15-18y final.
Stoyan features in the 12y 200IM final as well, and 13y women are led by Marni Oldershaw (OAK) whose times remain dominant, as do those of Sinead Russel (BAD) among 15y women.
Men's 200IM qualifying times are desparately close and exciting racing is expected between David Dimintrov and Nicholas Sinclair for the 16y men, Curtis Lutsch and David Hibberd (17-18y men).

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