Seemann, Swanston, and Zoldos- 9 medals in London England!!
3 Newmarket Stingrays were in London, England this past weekend (August 1 & 2nd)as part of the Senior National “B” Team. They competed at a Tri-Meet, which  included  Great Britain, Russia, and Canada. There was some strong competition, but Canada prevailed and won the meet overall.
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The 3 Stingrays swimmers won 9 medals:
Lindsay Seemann
800 freestyle-   Gold            8:39.44
400 IM-             Silver          4:44.46
Matthew Swanston
200 backstroke Silver         1:58.61
100 backstroke  Bronze         55.69
4 x 200 free relay (B)Â Â Â Â Â Bronze
4 x 100 medley relay    Bronze
Michael Zoldos
400 freestyle-   Gold           3:51.22
1500 freestyle -Bronze       15:23.77
4 x 200 free relay(A)- Gold
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 They are now traveling to Leeds for a second meet, the Great Britain Short Course Grand Prix, which will be held from August. 6-9th.
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Congratulations to Lindsay Seemann, Matthew Swanston, and Michael Zoldos*.
Lindsay was selected from her 800 freestyle and 400 IM swims at World Championship Trials in Montreal, and Michael was selected from his 400 & 1500 freestyle swims at World Trials. Matthew was selected from his 200 backstroke swim at the World University Games in Belgrade.
Also selected to the National Team coaching staff, is Newmarket Stingrays Head Coach Alan Swanston.
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* For those of you who don’t know Michael Zoldos – he is a swimmer who attends Stanford University who is now swimming at a international level.  With one of our own swimmers about to attend Stanford, Michael asked the Club if he could represent the Newmarket Stingrays, so that he he will have a familiar coach and teammates, as he is vying for Canadian International Teams.Â
For our members new to the sport of swimming, this is a common practice at the higher levels of competitive swimming for high performance swimmers to seek to affiliate themselves with prestigous clubs. It is a great honour to have Canadian swimmers at this level want to associate themselves with our club.
