GUAM – Oakville’s Sinead Russell won a bronze medal for one of two Canadian podium finishes Thursday at the Junior Pan Pacific swimming championships. Hassaan Abdel-Khalik of Mississauga won gold in the men’s 200-metre freestyle at the opening of the meet.
Competing in the women’s 100 backstroke, Russell clocked 1:02.32 for the bronze finishing behind Shiho [...]

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Three local competitors have been named to Canada’s junior team for the 2009 Jr. Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. The 26, 18-and-under member squad will be challenging the worlds best swimming nations in Guam, Jan. 8 and 9. Sinead Russell of Burlington, Zack Chetrat of Oakville, and Frank Despond of Milgrove will join 23 others swimmers [...]

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The Burlington Synchronized Swimming Club scored three podium finishes as Canada’s top Tier 6 and 7 competitors met at the Espoir National Championships from June 4-8.
In the Tier 7 Junior Figures division, it was a one-two punch for Burlington Synchro with Evelina Wolejszo and Robin Lynch placing first and second at the Kinsmen Aquatic [...]

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Oakville’s Zach Chetrat has been named to Swimming Canada’s team for the 2nd FINA World Youth Championships. The 24-member team will travel to Monterrey, Mexico to compete against the world’s best youth swimmers from July 8-13.
The 17-year-old Chetrat, a member of the Oakville Aquatic Club, had an impressive showing recently at the CN Olympic Swimming [...]

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The Ontario Synchronized Swimming Club, which includes six members of the McMaster team, captured the gold medal at the recent Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) 12th World Master’s Championships in Perth, Australia.
The McMaster swimmers were Charlotte Peer (Waterdown), a fourth-year communication studies and multimedia student, Lindsay Maclean (Oshawa), a third-year mechanical engineering management student, Carla [...]

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