On February 11-12, 2011, swimmers from Durham Synchro’s National Program headed to the Etobicoke Olympium to compete in the 2011 Provincial Championships. Beginning the year off with a bang, several DSC swimmers and teams reached podium status. Coaches Julia Maclean, Jenilee Keslering and Head Coach Holley Lundmark were pleased with swimmers’ results and were encouraged by their progress. Athletic results had been enhanced by new workout regimes and dry land training. DSC swimmers made their presence felt against long standing rivals.

Special recognition goes to the Jr. FINA team who took third place in the Team Finals Championships while the 13-15 Yr. placed fourth and the 16-18 Yr. National team took sixth spot in the same category. DSC’s duet teams continued the magic as Alycia Halyk and Rachel Nickerson, and Heather Clarke and Katherine Gagnon shot up to fourth and sixth place respectively with dynamic routines in the Jr. FINA Duet Finals Championships. Congratulations to Alycia Halyk and Rachel Nickerson who were awarded with the All Round Award, in the Jr. FINA category and Kionna Whyte in the 13-15 Yr. age category.

DSC showed strong results in the Figures segment of the competition. The following lists the Figures results in each division.

12 Years & Under
Samantha Low (8)

16 – 18 Years
Amber Mealing (26),  Julia Erht (27), Samantha Guerrieri (37), Shannon Blaney (39),
Ellen Ritchie (50), Meagan Caulfield (54) and Sarah Exley (61)

Jr FINA
Stephanie Geller (8), Alycia Halyk (12), Rachel Nickerson (18), Venessa Trajanos (32), Heather Clarke (38), Katherine Gagnon (40), Hannah Koke (43) and Ellen Hamilton (54)

Fantastic results for this group of dedicated athletes.