The Northwest Narwhal Swim Club was host to their first Long Course swim meet on April 2nd and 3rd held at the C. J. Sanders Fieldhouse at Lakehead University.
Attending was the Thunder Bay Thunderbolts, Superior Sea Lions, Dryden Dolphins, Fort Frances Aquanauts, Marathon Silver Pikes and the Cyclones Swim Club (Fort Frances.) 165 swimmers swam the pool in a 50 metre format over 3 sessions. The historic tank hasn’t been used in this format since the 1990’s however it showed that it is more than capable of the task at hand for the weekend which was fast, competitive swimming.
The club had 48 swimmers competing throughout the weekend ranging in age from 6 to 18.
The club a total 166 medal including 5 Gold and 7 Silver in the Relays. The team set 30 new club records placing 2nd overall in the meet in team points.
Medal winners were:
- Ana Lucia Barcena-Martinez – Bronze
- Diego Barcena-Martinez – 3 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze
- Malcolm Bath – Bronze
- Katelyn Battigelli – 2 Bronze
- Alyssa Bossio – 1 Silver and 6 Bronze
- Carson Cambly – Bronze
- Stuart Closs – 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze
- Emma Cournoyer – Silver
- Mathew Dafoe – 3 Bronze
- Skye Dusolt – 2 Bronze
- Kaija Erickson – 1 Gold, 5 Silver and 3 Bronze
- Heather Eyben – 3 Bronze
- Brittney Felix – 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze
- Justin Felix – 3 Gold, 4 Silver and 1 Bronze
- Julie Hauth – 1 Silver and 1 Bronze
- Riley James – 1 Silver and 1 Bronze
- Morgan LaBelle – 5 Gold and 1 Silver
- Ellen LaFroy – 3 Silver and 2 Bronze
- Andrew Leschuk – 1 Gold and 1 Bronze
- Addison Lutz – 2 Bronze
- Kaitlyn Luu – Silver
- Cameron Mackey – 9 Gold
- Kaitlyn Massaro – 2 Bronze
- Makenzie Mcquaig – 2 Silver and 2 Bronze
- William Meakin – 1 Silver and 3 Bronze
- Katie Meakin – 4 Gold and 5 Silver
- Keira Meakin – 6 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze
- Ilana Mironsky – 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze
- Lawson Mironsky – 3 Gold, 5 Silver and 1 Bronze
- Donovan Moore – 4 Silver and 3 Bronze
- Emma Moorhouse – Silver
- Kate Moorhouse – Bronze
- Eric Osala – 3 Gold, 3 Bronze
- Ryan Ross – 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
- Rowan Sharp – 2 Silver and 3 Bronze
- Paige Venasky – 3 Silver
Also competing this weekend with strong performances was Zoe Bath, Helen Crowe, Elissa Filice, Kailie Filice, Liam Francis, David Iwanyszyn Jr., Sydney Roberts, Madi Ross, Sam Sandoval, Amira Siddo, Rebecca Symanyk and Sophie Venasky.
