HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-05-06, Page 33Hurricanes send ten swimmers to
division three event in Brantford
The Huron Hurricanes Swim the team.
Club is proud to announce that Derick Murray, 16, in his third
they had ten swimmers compete in year with the Hurricanes, achieved
the Division Three Team Champs personal best times in three events
event held in Brantford, Ontario and a regional qualifying time in
on April 17 through 19. This event his 100 freestyle. He also achieved
draws competitive athletes from a personal best as the lead swim -
40 different swim clubs through- mer in the 200 free relay.
out Ontario. Robert Norsworthy, 16, com-
All .swimmers worked diligent- peted strongly in five events and
ly with coach Stephanie Judd for achieved personal best times in
months to prepare and qualify for every one.
the Division Three Team Champs. Nick, Robert, Scot and Derick
Scott Ferguson is 21 years old swam in the 15 and over 200 free
and is an active member of both - relay and took 3.5 seconds off their
the Huron Hurricanes and the Spe- previous best time. •
cial Olympics. Scot competed in Laurissa, Lauren, Sarah and
four events and achieved a person- Claire swam together for the first
al best time in the 100 back. time in the 13-14 year old 200 free
Nick Vaessen, 18 years old, has relay in which individually they
swam with the club since Grade 7. swam their personal best times.
Nick represented his club well at Brooklyn Vercruyssen is 15, and
Team Champs by shaving off time she has been with the Hurricanes
for all the events swam. for three years. She competed in
Dani Heinbuch, has been with five events .and achieved her per -
the club for seven years and com- sonal best time in the 100 m free-
peted strongly in four events while style.
nursing a serious shoulder injury. Claire McFadzean, 14, achieved
She narrowly missed finals for her personal best times in her 50 free,
200 breast. 200 free and 200 breast.
Nick and Dani are excellent team Lauren Brewster, age 13, in her
leaders who often assist coaching second year with the Hurricanes
swam in the 100 back, 200 back,
200 IM, 50 freestyle and the 200
relay. She took time off all of her
strokes.
Laurissa Scruton is 13 years old
and is in her second year of com-
petitive swimming. She swam her
personal best times in 100m free-
style and 100m breast stroke.
Sarah is 11 years old and she
started with the Hurricanes in the
"I Can Swim" program, moved
up to the novice (pre -competitive)
group, and this is her first year
swimming competitively. She
competed in five events and swam
her personal best times in two of
them.
As a team, over the course of
the competition, 26 personal best
times were achieved and the club
was well -represented at a very
competitive meet.
The Huron Hurricanes is an
amazing swim club that has both
competitive and non-competitive
swimmers. Members of the club
train at both the Vanastra Recre-
ation Cen-
tre and the
Goderich
YMCA.
ANNOUNCEMENT
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Allan Snowden (left), Service Manager, along with the rest
of the staff at Montgomery Ford, would like to welcome •
Paul Smits to the Lucknow dealership as a service techni-
cian. -
Paul, a former employee of Listowel Chrysler, brings with
him many years of automotive repair experience and train-
ing. Paul is a long time resident of the area and is looking
forward to meeting arid serving both old and new cus-
tomers. Glad to have you on board Paul!
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Photos by Denny Scott
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GDCI students took on staff in a broomball game last Friday. Posing
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