February Swimmers of the Month !

April 1st, 2009 | Stingray Office Manager | Stingray News, Swimmer of the Month

 

Congratulations to the February 09 Swimmers of the Month !

 

National Senior/Senior

Brandon Kingston

Brandon Kingston was the NS & SR swimmer of the month for February.  Brandon was at 95% of the workouts in February and during the month swam two important meets.  The first of the two was the Eastern Canadian Championships, held in Halifax, where Brandon qualified for finals in seven individual events. In the finals he won the 400, 800 and 1500 free events and finished second in the 200 free. The second meet was the Ontario Junior Championships where, out of the seven allowable events, Brandon was champion in five events and finished second in two.At the end of the short course season Brandon had swum 14 different events and had achieved a personal best time in 13 of those events.

Keep up the great swimming,

Alan Swanston

 

AG1 and AG2

Graham Burlton

Graham is starting to mature as an athlete, and you can see that he is more committed towards improving himself. Over the last few months his training habits and attendance have really improved.  At the Junior Provincial Championship in Nepean Ontario, Graham had a great meet. He finished first in the 50 free, 100 free and second in the 200 free, 200 IM, and 100 breast with personal best times in all five events. In the 100 free he also broke the meet record for boy’s 13 & under with a time of 55.09.

Congratulations Graham and keep up the good work.

Ulf Ornhjelm

 

AG1 and AG2

Sarah McLean

February swimmer of the Month honours go to Sarah McLean, she did have a great short course season. Known for her sprinting ability she has also started show improvements in the longer events over 100 meters.  At the Junior Provincial Championship in Nepean, Sarah had a great meet with personal best times in four events. She finished first in the 50 free, and in the 100 free. Best of all she qualified for Senior Nationals in the 50 free with a time of 26.37.

Congratulations Sarah and keep up the good work.

Ulf Ornhjelm

 

AG3 and AG4

Michelle Jorritsma

Attendance: Over 90% YTD
Performance: Central Region Winter Team Championships
  5/5 personal best times; dropped previous best by over 10 seconds.
YTD Performance: Michelle has improved dramatically since starting her swimming career this past fall.  She has improved her best times by over one minute since the start of the year.

 Caroline Teskey- Scherzinger

 

 AG5

Danica Garbett

For the month of February Danica has had perfect attendance. She shows up every day ready to swim and is full of positive energy. Danica qualified for Central Region Champs this year in seven events. Swimming six at the meet Danica bettered her time in five of her events. During the Newmarket meet at the end of the month Danica swam three first place and three second place swims. During the same meet Danica also qualified for her first provincials!

Congratulations Danica and keep up the great work!

Amanda Burchert

 

Development 1 and Development 2

Grier Kershaw

For the month of February Grier has had excellent attendance. He is always on time and is eager to get in the pool and get going. During Central Region Team Champs Grier swam five personal best times, taking off a total of 90.66 seconds. At the end of the month Grier was back in the pool racing at the Newmarket Stingrays Invitational. During the meet Grier took off a total of 81 seconds and swam five personal best times. In total for the month of February Grier took off 171.66 seconds (2minutes and 51 seconds).

Congratulations Grier and keep up the fantastic work!!

Amanda Burchert

 

Development 3

Joy Rance

The February Swimmer of the Month for the Development 3 group is Joy Rance.  She is an amazing swimmer and always tries her best.  In practise she is a leader, always one of the first people in the water, and usually goes first in her lane.  She has really improved in every stroke, especially her backstroke.  She is a great listener and really takes the coaches’ advice to heart.  Her swim meet results are wonderful as well.  She always gets at least one best time. 

Congratulations Joy and keep up the great work.

Kelsey Lees