After the second day of competition of the 40th annual May International swim meet, the host Thunder Bay Thunderbolts sit in second place with 567 points, while the visiting Minnesota Great Wolf swim team took the lead with 592 points.
The Kenora Swimming Sharks are in third with 516 points.
Outstanding individual performances for Saturday's afternoon session at the Canada Games Complex were captured by Nathan Hay’s (boys 11-12) three golds in his 100-metre butterfly and backstroke and 200-metre freestyle and silver in the 50-metre freestyle.
Teammate Kurtis Halvorson took bronze in his 200-metre individual medley.
In the boys 10 and under category, Cameron Johnsen took gold in the 50-meter breastroke and silver in his 50-metre freestyle.
In the girl’s 10 and under, Paige Banton took bronze in the 50-metre and 200-metre breaststroke events and Lindsay Puhalski took bronze in the 100-metre butterfly and backstroke.
Teammate Abby Brown chipped in with a bronze in the 50- metre freestyle.
In the girl’s 11-12 age group Madison Halvorsen captured silver in the 50-metre and 200-metre freestyle and bronze in the 100-metre butterfly, while Emma Schylter took a bronze in the 200-metre freestyle race.
In Saturday evening'ss finals for girl’s 15-and-over category, Kaitlyn Hay took gold in the 400-metre individula medley and 200-metre breaststroke; Megan Carlson took gold in the 200-metre freestyle, Madison Taylor gold in the 100-metre backstroke and Emma Lockyer had silvers in the 200-metre breaststroke and freestyle races.
Bronzes were earned by Thunderbolts teammates Jenna Simpson in the 200-metre breaststroke and Brittany Parson in the 100-metre backstroke. In the girl’s 13-14 age group Alexis Halvorsen took bronze in her 100-metre backstroke.
Action resumes Sunday morning with the older athletes swimming at 8:30 a.m. trying to qualify for the evening finals while the younger swimmers compete in timed finals at 1 p.m.
