5 medals for Stingrays in Portland, Oregon!

December 15th, 2008 | Stingray Office Manager | Stingray News

Lindsay Seemann, and Brandon Kingston, both from the National Senior Group, were in Portland Oregon this past weekend as part of the Ontario Youth team.  They raced at the Paul Bergen Jr. International Short Course Championships from  Friday Dec, 12th- Sunday, Dec. 14th.  There were swimmers from Germany, France, the US, and all over Canada at the meet. 

They posted some excellent results, winning 5 medals, including a gold medal won by Brandon in the 1500 freestyle.  Brandon’s time of 15:23.17 was a personal best by 17 seconds!  Brandon also won a silver medal in the 400 freestyle with a time of 3:51.07, another personal best by a large margin.

Lindsay won 3 medals- silver in the 200 backstroke in a personal best of 2:09.58, bronze in the 400 IM, 4:42.54, and bronze in the 800 freestyle in a time of 8:41.37, which were also both personal bests.

Lindsay and Brandon also each swam on all 3 of Team Ontario’s relays.

Here are their complete results:

• Lindsay Seemann:
•                 200 backstroke      silver     2:09.58
•                 400 IM                 bronze    4:42.54
•                 800 freestyle        bronze    8:41.37
•                 400 freestyle           4th       4:13.11
•                 200 freestyle           5th       2:02.31 
•                 100 backstroke       9th       1:01.72

 

• Brandon Kingston:
•               1500 freestyle        gold       15:23.17
•                 400 freestyle       silver        3:51.07
•                  200 freestyle        9th         1:50.79
•                  100 freestyle       10th           50.70
•                  400 IM                11th        4:32.03                 

   Also in Portland was  Newmarket Stingrays Head Coach, Alan Swanston, who was one of the Ontario Team Coaches.

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