ESTEVAN - The Estevan Golden Eels summer speed swimming club welcomed athletes from across southern Saskatchewan to the Estevan Leisure Centre's swimming pool on Sunday for the Eels' annual swim meet.
Eels' members combined to win 60 individual medals, with 10 gold, 22 silver and 28 bronze. A large crowd gathered at the pool to watch all of the action.
- Rachel Duncan, competing in the 13 and 14-year-old female division, won gold in the 25-metre fly, silver in 25-metre freestyle and 50-metre fly, and bronze in 50-metre freestyle and 100-metre individual medley.
- Sofia Erana-Schmegelsky, entered in seven and eight-year-old female, won gold in 25-metre fly and backstroke, silver in 25-metre freestyle and 50-metre breaststroke, and bronze in 50-metre freestyle.
- Meredith Knoll, competing in nine and 10-year-old female, won gold in 25-metre backstroke, silver in 50-metre backstroke, and bronze in 50-metre freestyle and 100-metre individual medley.
- Liam Kwochka, entered in 11 and 12-year-old male, won gold in 25-metre backstroke and breaststroke, as well as 50-metre breaststroke, and silver in the 25-metre and 50-metre freestyle.
- Charlie Pyra, entered in nine and 10-year-old female, won gold in 50-metre backstroke, and silver in 25-metre fly, 50-metre freestyle and 100-metre individual medley.
- Eli Sclear, swimming in nine and 10-year-old male, won gold in 25-metre backstroke and bronze in 50-metre backstroke.
- Elijah Vanstone, entered in nine and 10-year-old male, won gold in 50-metre backstroke, and bronze in 50-metre freestyle, and 25-metre backstroke.
- Jackson Enns, competing in nine and 10-year-old male, won silver in 100-metre individual medley, and bronze in 25-metre breaststroke and fly, and 50-metre individual medley.
- Jennika Linthicum, entered in 13 and 14-year-old female, won silver in 50-metre backstroke and 100-metre individual medley, and bronze in 25-metre and 50-metre freestyle.
- Eva Meyers, swimming in seven and eight-year-old female, won silver in female 25-metre fly and 100-metre individual medley.
- Isabelle Pyra, competing in 11 and 12-year-old female, won silver in 50-metre breaststroke and 100-metre individual medley, and bronze in 50-metre freestyle, backstroke and fly.
- Shiven Sangar, entered in 15-17-year-old male, won silver in 25-metre freestyle and 50-metre fly, and bronze in 25-metre fly and 100-metre breaststroke.
- Danica Mosley won bronze in the 11 and 12-year-old female 25-metre fly and backstroke, and the 50-metre breaststroke.
- Parker Simmons, entered in 15-17 male, won bronze in 25-metre freestyle, and 50-metre backstroke and breaststroke.
Also, Marc Nathan Burlasa won silver in 11 and 12-year-old male 25-metre backstroke; Casey Olney won silver in the 15-17-year-old male 50-metre breaststroke; Danae Schlamp won silver in 11 and 12-year-old female 25-metre breaststroke; Dalton Maley won bronze in the 11 and 12-year-old male 25-metre breaststroke; Jacob Pyra won bronze in the 15-17 male 100-metre individual medley; and Grace Trepanier won bronze in seven and eight female backstroke.
Relays were held after a lunch break.
The Eels finished second overall at the meet with 168 total points. Regina was first with 303 and Swift Current was third with 100.
Swimmers from Assiniboia, Gravelbourg, Oxbow and Weyburn were also competing.
Coach Colin Sutter is pleased with how the Eels have fared so far this season. They were in Weyburn on Saturday for the Silver Seals' competition, and they have also been to meets in Assiniboia and Oxbow.
"Personal bests have been achieved by pretty much all of our swimmers so far this year, and it's been a pretty good year," said Sutter.
Fifty-seven swimmers are part of the club this year. Most of them are swimming competitively, but some are in their first year and are getting used to the speed-swimming world.
"There has been lots of improvement," said Sutter. "There has been a couple of swimmers who came in who were learning front crawl this year, and now they're placing second in their races."
The Eels will compete in the provincial semifinals on Saturday in Regina, and provincials will be July 29 and 30 in Saskatoon.
