Co-op students compete in Eastern Canadian Championships
Barrie Central swimming co-op students competed in February at the Speedo Eastern Canadian Championships in Windsor Ontario. The team consisted of: Leanna Butt, Sam Charlebois, Mathew Christensen, Cailyn Eley, Anne Filion, Kaetlin Fenton, Claire Hoedlemoser, Sacha Keir, Emily Manka, Adrian Vanderhelm, Landon Warnica.
The meet had very strong athletes on both the women’s and men’s sides, from provincial champions to currently top-ranked Canadian athletes. The Barrie Trojan swimmers traveled to Windsor on Tuesday, February 11, two days prior to the start of the meet, to leave room for training and preparation.
The Trojans started the meet extremely well, showing other teams and athletes that they were there to win! On the men’s side, the Trojans had Adrian Vanderhelm getting the silver medal in the 50m butterfly and winning the gold in the 200m freestyle, and Landon Warnica came 6th in his final heat of the 100m backstroke. The women’s side had Kaetlin Fenton finishing 5th in her final and Sacha Keir finishing 8th in her final of the 100m backstroke.
The Barrie Trojans stayed on their A game for the rest of the swim meet collecting 4 more medals including a gold, 2 silver, and a bronze, followed with eight club records. Central’s Adrian Vanderhelm finished the meet extremely well and received two prestigious awards: the Speedo Eastern Canadian Championships High Point Award, and the Barrie Trojan Most Valuable Athlete. The Trojans as a whole finished very strongly, considering the small size of the team that went (11). They scored 189 points and finishing 29th out of 91 teams competing at the championships.
Barrie Trojan head coach, Jason Morawski, was very pleased with the results this weekend. He said, “I am very pleased with how we did this weekend as a whole, this meet has been a great stepping stone for us as we lead up to the Ontario Provincial Championships where we hope to crack the top ten in scoring and also the senior nationals in Victoria British Columbia where Adrian Vanderhelm is hoping to snatch a spot on the Jr. Pan Pacific team.”
The Trojans are back to school for a week before heading to the Ontario Provincial Championships in London Ontario. The Trojans will be lead by seniors Kaetlin Fenton, Landon Warnica, and Sam Charlebois with a team of eighteen swimmers.
Adrian Vanderhelm is now too old to compete at the Ontario Championships. He will be training and perfecting his strokes for the upcoming senior nationals where he plans to defend his number one spot in Canada for the 15-18 year old category in the 200m freestyle and secure himself a spot on the Jr. Pan Pacific team heading to Hawaii in August.
The meet had very strong athletes on both the women’s and men’s sides, from provincial champions to currently top-ranked Canadian athletes. The Barrie Trojan swimmers traveled to Windsor on Tuesday, February 11, two days prior to the start of the meet, to leave room for training and preparation.
The Trojans started the meet extremely well, showing other teams and athletes that they were there to win! On the men’s side, the Trojans had Adrian Vanderhelm getting the silver medal in the 50m butterfly and winning the gold in the 200m freestyle, and Landon Warnica came 6th in his final heat of the 100m backstroke. The women’s side had Kaetlin Fenton finishing 5th in her final and Sacha Keir finishing 8th in her final of the 100m backstroke.
The Barrie Trojans stayed on their A game for the rest of the swim meet collecting 4 more medals including a gold, 2 silver, and a bronze, followed with eight club records. Central’s Adrian Vanderhelm finished the meet extremely well and received two prestigious awards: the Speedo Eastern Canadian Championships High Point Award, and the Barrie Trojan Most Valuable Athlete. The Trojans as a whole finished very strongly, considering the small size of the team that went (11). They scored 189 points and finishing 29th out of 91 teams competing at the championships.
Barrie Trojan head coach, Jason Morawski, was very pleased with the results this weekend. He said, “I am very pleased with how we did this weekend as a whole, this meet has been a great stepping stone for us as we lead up to the Ontario Provincial Championships where we hope to crack the top ten in scoring and also the senior nationals in Victoria British Columbia where Adrian Vanderhelm is hoping to snatch a spot on the Jr. Pan Pacific team.”
The Trojans are back to school for a week before heading to the Ontario Provincial Championships in London Ontario. The Trojans will be lead by seniors Kaetlin Fenton, Landon Warnica, and Sam Charlebois with a team of eighteen swimmers.
Adrian Vanderhelm is now too old to compete at the Ontario Championships. He will be training and perfecting his strokes for the upcoming senior nationals where he plans to defend his number one spot in Canada for the 15-18 year old category in the 200m freestyle and secure himself a spot on the Jr. Pan Pacific team heading to Hawaii in August.