NEWS RELEASE
GUELPH MARLIN AQUATIC CLUB
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The Guelph Marlin Aquatic Club (GMAC) fielded a team of 95 athletes swimming against members of seven visiting swim clubs at the GMAC Long Course Invitational Meet, which took place March 23-26 at Victor Davis Pool.
“GMAC’s athletes delivered numerous club top 10 performances at the LC Invitational, putting their skills and hard work at training into practice at the competition,” said Laura Nicholls, GMAC’s director of Age Group and Development and two-time Olympian.
The meet kicked off with distance swims of 800 m and 1,500 m freestyle on Thursday, March 23 and continued through the afternoon of Sunday, March 26. Teams visiting included Barrie Trojans, Cambridge Aquajets, Club Warriors, Georgina Rapids, North Bay Titans, Oakville Aquatic Club, and Toronto Swim Club.
Looking ahead, the Guelph Marlins will be cheering on team-mate Jenna Walters as she heads to the Bell Canadian Swimming Trials in Scarborough on March 28 to compete against top swimmers from all across Canada.
New GMAC LC Top 10 performances from LC Invitational:
Female 9-10
- Aly Laing 100 BK, 200 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR, 400 IM
- Nadia Gilmore 50 BR, 200 BR
Male 11-12
- Fynn O'Rourke 400 FR, 50 BK, 200 BK
Male 13-14
- Julian Twist 50 Fly
Top 6 results from LC Invitational:
- Armstrong, Andrew 50 Back – fourth, 50 Breast – fourth, 100 Breast - third
- Atkins, Neil - 50 Breast - fifth
- Connelly, Caelan - 100 Breast - fifth, 50 Breast – fifth
- De La Merced, Zachariah - 1500 Free – fourth, 50 Free – fourth, 100 Breast – fifth, 100 Back – first, 400 Free – fourth, 200IM – third
- D'Oliveira, Aidan - 800 Free – sixth, 50 Free –second, 200 Free – third, 400IM – fifth, 50 Back – first, 100 Back – fourth, 400 Free – fourth, 100 Free – third
- Eddolls, Matthew - 100 Breast - sixth, 50 Back – fifth, 50 Breast – sixth
- Gerrard, Abby - 100 Fly – fourth, 400IM – second, 400 Free – sixth
- Gilmore, Alessandro - 50 Back -first, 200 Fly – third, 50 Fly – first, 200IM – second
- Gilmore, Nadia - 50 Free – sixth, 200 Back – fourth, 100 Breast – second, 100 Free – fifth, 200 Breast – first, 200IM – fifth, 50 Breast – second
- Gorrie, Ethan - 100 Breast – fifth, 50 Breast – fifth
- Harvey, Charlotte - 200 Back – fourth, 400IM – third, 100 Back – fourth, 100 Free – sixth
- Hood, Charles - 200 Back - third
- Huether, Harrison - 50 Free – sixth, 400 Free – fifth, 50 Fly - fifth, 100 Free – sixth, 400IM – fourth, 200IM – sixth, 200 Free – sixth
- Kranjec, Noah - 800 Free – fifth, 200 Back – fifth, 100 Back – fifth
- Laing, Aly 200 Back – first, 100 Breast – first, 400 Free – first, 100 Back – first, 400IM – first, 200IM – first, 100 Fly – first, 50 Breast – first
- Lin, Faith - 100 Fly – fifth, 400IM – fifth
- Luberti, Andrea - 50 Back – first, 100 Back – second, 400 Free – second, 50 Fly – second, 100 Free – second, 50 Breast – fifth
- Luberti, Fiona - 100 Fly – third
- MacKinnon, Rhya - 50 Fly – third, 50 Back – fifth, 100 Fly – second
- Mark, Jacob - 50 Free – fourth, 200 Free – sixth, 50 Back – third, 100 Free – second
- Marsella, Matthew - 1500 Free – first, 200 Free – second, 400IM – first, 200 Breast – second
- McGregor, Allison - 100 Breast – sixth, 200 Breast – fifth, 50 Breast – sixth
- O'Carroll, Darragh - 50 Breast – fourth
- O'Neil, Jack - 50 Breast – fourth
- O'Rourke, Fynn - 50 Free – first, 200 Back – first, 400 Free – first, 50 Back – second, 100 Fly – second, 200 Free – first
- Perera, Sanija - 50 Back – sixth
- Peters, Johann - 800 Free – fourth, 200 Back – third, 100 Back – fourth
- Plat, Julia - 100 Breast – fourth, 400 Free- fourth, 200 Breast – fourth, 50 Breast – fifth
- Randall Hall, Brianne - 50 Free – fourth, 200 Back – sixth, 400 Free – second, 100 Free – fourth, 200 Breast – fifth, 400IM – first, 200IM – sixth, 100 Fly – third, 200 Free – first
- Richardson, Luke - 50 Free – fourth, 50 Fly – fourth
- Robinson, Quinn - 50 Free - fifth, 400 Free – fourth
- Troock, Madden - 50 Free – second, 200 Back – second, 400Free – first, 100 Free – third, 100 Back – third, 400IM – fourth, 50 Back – second, 200IM – second, 200 Free – second.
- Twist, Julian - 1500 Free – sixth, 200 Back – first, 200 Free – second, 400I – second, 100 Breast – fourth, 100 Back – first, 400 Free – third, 50 Fly – first, 200IM – second, 50 Breast – fifth
- Valeriote, Lauren - 50 Free – third, 400 Free – third, 50 Fly – third, 50 Back – fourth
- Walker, Wes - 50 Free – third, 100 Breast – third, 50 Fly – third, 100 Free – fourth
- Wombwell, Caelan - 200 Back – fourth, 100 Back – sixth
- Wombwell, Paige - 200 Back – fifth, 400IM – second
- Yin, Alexli - 200 Back - sixth, 400 Free – fifth, 50 Fly – first, 100 Back – fourth, 50 Back – third
- Zhu, Angela - 200 Back – sixth, 200 Free – fourth, 50 Breast – sixth
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