Belleville Swimmers Receive Medals at Provincial Championships
Brantford - Four athletes from the Belleville Youth Swim Team competed at Ontario Long Course Provincial Championships last week. Stephanie Cairns, competing in the in the 14 year old female category, brought home a silver medal in the 1500m freestyle and a bronze in the 200m freestyle. Talia Pappalardo earned a silver medal in the 1500m freestyle for the 15 year old female division. Melissa Dingle achieved 3 Age Group National standards and will be joining the group headed to Montreal in a couple weeks. Katelyn Cairns has strong showings and the four of them formed a young relay that will definitely be competing medals within a few years.
Stephanie Cairns posted a time of 18:35.85 in the 1500m freestyle and went 2:11.47 in the 200m freestyle. She also placed 6th in the 50m freestyle, 7th in the 100m and 400m freestyle, and 8th in the 800m freestyle. Talia Pappalardo's posted a time of 18:33.76 in the 1500m freestyle. She also had strong showings in the 100m and 200m backstroke. Melissa Dingle qualified for Age Group Nationals in the 50m backstroke with a time of 32.42, the 100m backstroke clocking in at 1:11.84 and the 100m freestyle finishing at 1:02.52. She placed 6th overall in the 100m freestyle and just missed the final in the 100m backstroke. Katelyn Cairns finished in second alternate in the 200m butterfly and dropped almost a second in her 100m butterfly, posting a fast time of 1:10.70.
BYST is off to Montreal from July 24-28 to compete at Age Group Nationals. This meet hosts the top athletes across Canada, but the standards became even more difficult since Swim Canada implemented the need to qualify in three separate events in order to compete. BYST finished in the top 30 at Provincial Championships and hopes to come in top 50 on the national stage.
| 1 | Oakville Aquatic Club | OAK | 1493.50 | 1240.00 | 2733.50 |
| 2 | Toronto Swim Club | TSC | 882.00 | 1375.00 | 2257.00 |
| 3 | Mississauga Aquatic Club | MSSAC | 761.00 | 1202.00 | 1963.00 |
| 4 | Golden Horseshoe Aquatic Club | GHAC | 1146.00 | 580.00 | 1726.00 |
| 5 | Etobicoke Swim Club | ESWIM | 1335.00 | 310.00 | 1645.00 |
| 6 | Windsor-Essex Swim Team | WEST | 629.00 | 820.50 | 1449.50 |
| 7 | Greater Ottawa Kingfish Swim Club | GO | 819.00 | 568.00 | 1387.00 |
| 8 | Nepean Kanata Barracudas | NKB | 809.00 | 394.00 | 1203.00 |
| 9 | Ajax Swimming | AJAX | 588.00 | 443.00 | 1031.00 |
| 10 | Hamilton Aquatic Club | HAC | 319.00 | 597.00 | 916.00 |
| 11 | Markham Aquatic Club | MAC | 496.00 | 418.00 | 914.00 |
| 12 | Guelph Marlin Aquatic Club | GMAC | 0 | 749.00 | 749.00 |
| 13 | Newmarket Stingrays Swim Club | NEW | 168.00 | 564.00 | 732.00 |
| 14 | Richmond Hill Aquatic Club | RHAC | 235.00 | 373.00 | 608.00 |
| 15 | Kingston Y Penguins Aquatic Club | KYPAC | 292.00 | 308.00 | 600.00 |
| 16 | Cobra Swim Club | COBRA | 123.00 | 394.00 | 517.00 |
| 17 | Region Of Waterloo Swim Club | ROW | 277.50 | 203.50 | 481.00 |
| 18 | Granite Gators | GGST | 88.00 | 340.50 | 428.50 |
| 19 | London Aquatic Club | LAC | 153.00 | 239.00 | 392.00 |
| 20 | W.Ross Macdonald Swimming | WRMS | 315.00 | 55.00 | 370.00 |
| 21 | Brantford Aquatic Club | BRANT | 363.00 | 0 | 363.00 |
| 22 | North York Aquatic Club | NYAC | 312.00 | 0 | 312.00 |
| 23 | Halton Hills Blue Fins | HHBF | 184.00 | 124.50 | 308.50 |
| 24 | Variety Village Aquatic Club | VVAC | 0 | 302.00 | 302.00 |
| 25 | C And C Aquatic Club | CCAC | 250.00 | 0 | 250.00 |
| 26 | Club Warrior Swimmers@UW | CW | 108.00 | 136.00 | 244.00 |
| 27 | St Thomas Jumbo Jets | STJJ | 235.00 | 0 | 235.00 |
| 28 | SUDBURY LAURENTIAN SWIM CLUB | SLSC | 76.00 | 127.00 | 203.00 |
| 29 | Ramac Aquatic Club | RAMAC | 35.00 | 167.00 | 202.00 |
| 30 | Belleville Youth Swim Team | BYST | 0 | 192.00 | 192.00 |
| 31 | Norfolk Hammerheads Aquatic Club | NHAC | 175.00 | 0 | 175.00 |
| 32 | Trent Swim Club | TRENT | 27.00 | 105.00 | 132.00 |
| 33 | South Western Aquatics | SWA | 0 | 131.00 | 131.00 |
| 34 | Milton Marlin Swim Team | MMST | 81.00 | 43.00 | 124.00 |
| 35 | Burlington Aquatic Devilrays | BAD | 0 | 122.50 | 122.50 |
| 36 | The Dorado Stars Swim Club | STARS | 0 | 119.00 | 119.00 |
| 37 | Lakeshore Swim Club | LSC | 92.00 | 15.00 | 107.00 |
| 38 | Sault Ste Marie Aquatic Club | SSMAC | 90.00 | 13.00 | 103.00 |
| 39 | Barrie Trojan Swim Club | BTSC | 11.00 | 90.00 | 101.00 |
| 40 | Upper Canada Swim Club | UPCAN | 0 | 98.00 | 98.00 |
| 41 | Cambridge Aquajets | CAJ | 62.00 | 26.00 | 88.00 |
| 42 | Pickering Swim Club | PICK | 0 | 71.50 | 71.50 |
| 43 | Ottawa Swim Club | OTTSC | 43.00 | 28.00 | 71.00 |
| 44 | Mallards Swim Team | MST~ | 57.00 | 14.00 | 71.00 |
| 45 | Goulbourn Sea Hawks | GSH | 71.00 | 0 | 71.00 |
| 46 | Kingston Blue Marlins | KBM | 67.00 | 0 | 67.00 |
| 47 | Blenheim Blast | BLEN | 64.00 | 0 | 64.00 |
| 48 | Chatham Y Pool Sharks | CYPS | 0 | 61.00 | 61.00 |
| 49 | Crescent Town Swim Club | CREST | 0 | 57.00 | 57.00 |
| 50 | Uxbridge Swim Club | USC | 55.00 | 0 | 55.00 |
| 51 | Valley East Waves | VEW | 45.00 | 0 | 45.00 |
| 52 | York Swim Club | YORK | 23.00 | 12.00 | 35.00 |
| 53 | Oshawa Aquatic Club | OSHAC | 35.00 | 0 | 35.00 |
| 54 | Ernestown Barracuda Swim Club | EBSC | 0 | 35.00 | 35.00 |
| 55 | Orangeville Otters Swim Club | OOSC | 0 | 32.00 | 32.00 |
| 56 | Orillia Channel Cats | CATS | 25.00 | 0 | 25.00 |
| 57 | Collingwood Clippers Swim Club | CCSC | 0 | 23.00 | 23.00 |
| 58 | Scarborough Swim Club | SCAR | 0 | 20.00 | 20.00 |
| 59 | Whitby Dolphins | WD | 0 | 15.00 | 15.00 |
| 60 | J-Dolphins Swim School | JDSS | 0 | 12.00 | 12.00 |
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