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Sports
Hurricanes set record number of personal bests
Pulling ahead
The Huron Hurricanes Swim Club travelled to Toronto for a invitational meet last month. The
squad posted several personal bests and met Team Canada Olympic gold medalist Penny
Oleksiak. Left to right: Back Row, from left: Coach Sandy Foreman of Blyth, Sarma
Martinsons, Natalie VanNiejenhuis, Anna Heywood, Oleksiak, Kayla Gauthier and Janelle
Ditner. Middle row: Caitie Cox, Charlotte Campbell and Paige Haywood. Front row: Braydon
Grandmaison and Michael Zolof (Photo submitted)
Late last month, a dozen of the
Huron Hurricanes travelled to the
big city of Toronto to attend the
Toronto Swim Club University of
Toronto Winter Invitational Swim
meet. Local athletes brought home
with them many successes and
memories.
At the meet the club achieved a
record-breaking number of new
personal -best times.
Members were hopeful when they
registered to attend this swim meet
that they would have a memorable
weekend. At that time, little did they
know that swimmer and Olympic
gold medalist Penny Oleksiak would
be awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy,
the most prestigious award for a
Canadian Athlete of any sport and
that this award presentation would
take place during this swim meet.
Many Hurricanes were a little star
struck on Saturday afternoon when
they had the opportunity to watch
the trophy presentation from the
very best location... on the pool
deck.
The Hurricanes, got autographs
and had photos taken with Penny.
Senior girls Kayla Gauthier, Sarma
Martinsons and Natalie
VanNiejenhuis competed with the
Varsity swimmers from many
universities, including former
Hurricanes Kennedy Fitzgerald and
Natasha Dobos both on the
University of Waterloo team and
Lesley Ridsdale on the Brock
University team.
Most memorable might be
swimming in the same pool and
same event as world silver medallist
and bronze Olympic medallist Kylie
Masse. Kylie was the winner of the
50 -metre Freestyle event.
Volunteer Coach Sandy Foreman
did a great job attending with the
swimmers.
The Hurricane's next swim meet is
hosted by the Region of Waterloo
Swim Club at the Wilfrid Laurier
University Athletic Complex on Feb.
4-5 and then they will be off to Port
Elgin on Feb. 9.
Huron Hurricanes Aquatic Club is
a competitive and recreational youth
swim club in Huron County.
The Hurricanes swim in both
Vanastra Recreation Centre and the
Goderich Maitland Recreation
Centre and have swimmers from as
far as Mitchell, Wingham and Grand
Bend, some as young as six. Some
swimmers love to race and dream
big, while others just love to be fit!
Visit the website www.huron-
hurricanes.com or e-mail
admin@huron-hurricanes.com for
more information.
Star struck
Kayla Gauthier, right, of Blyth, one of the swimmers from
the Huron Hurricanes, had a chance to meet Team Canada
gold medalist Penny Oleksiak, left, during a recent swim
meet in Toronto. (Photo submitted)
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Big win
The Blyth Brussels Atom Rep Crusaders took on Seaforth
in a playoff game on Saturday in Blyth. The Crusaders
blanked Seaforth 4-0, sweeping them 3-0 in the first round
of the playoffs for the team. (Shawn Loughlin photo)