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NYAC
Central Region S.C. Championships
Central Regions can be a very enlightening meet for a lot of swimmers. Some finally realize that they can do their
goal times, they can win a medal, and they can compete with the kids they had previously put up on pedestals. Maybe
they can even beat them. It's about breaking boundaries that have never been breached before. It's about realizing that
achievement is truly within your own grasp. Sometimes, it's about taking failure and making it into a future victory.
It's about the right effort and attitude. It's about drive and determination with no excuses given.
Congratulations to all the swimmers who swam at Central Regions this past weekend. We saw a lot of great swim-
ming from the first day to the last one even though it was a long, tiring 4-day meet with finals for the older kids. Some
swimmers even came back on Sunday night after finals for time Trials!
F E B R U A R Y 8 - 1 1 , 2 0 0 7
MEDAL WINNERS
Tyler Tong-McDermot 9
BRONZE 100 fly
(took off 26+ seconds for the meet, 1st
provincial time @ 9 yrs old!)
STELLAR PERFORMANCE!
Tiffany Got 10
BRONZE 100 breast
(took off 9 seconds in total for the
meet)
KEEP ON CUTTING!
Jocelyn Lee 11
GOLD 200 fly
SILVER 200 Breast
2 BRONZE 100 fly 200 IM
(took off 24 seconds in these 4 events,
2 provincials in back to back events)
STUPENDOUS!
Alex Hamilton 11
GOLD 100 free
SILVER 200 free
(took off 10+ seconds in these 2 events,
2 provincial times, swam 2 time trials
trying to get more cuts...very gutsy...
you should be proud)
EXCELLENT JOB!
Clement Cheng 11
3 SILVER 400 free 100 fly 200 IM
(took off over 30 seconds in these 3
events alone, 3 provincials)
AWESOME MEET!!!
Andrea Dobrescu 11
SILVER 100 breast
(first year swimmer made 11 yr old
Provincial cuts but turns 12 just before
meet!) WOW!
Lily Godawa 12
SILVER 400 IM
2 BRONZE 200 breast 100 fly
(took off 14 seconds in these 3 events,
nearly passed out after 400 IM...serious
drive) GREAT JOB!
Caitlin Hodge 12
2 BRONZE 800 free 200 fly
(took off 28 seconds in these 2 events
alone, all best times,1st provincial cut)
FANTASTICO!
Runyi Zhou 13
SILVER 100 breast
(took off 8 sec. for the meet, made pro-
vincials in 100 breast, so close in 100
free) WAY TO GO!
Rebecca Chud 14
GOLD 400 IM
(took off 17 seconds in this event)
NICE BREASTSTROKE!
Jacquelyn Kicksee 14
SILVER 1500 free
(took off 21+ seconds in this event,
made finals in 200 free)
GOOD JOB!
Carolyn Laski 14
GOLD 200 free
2 BRONZE 50 free 100 free
(took off 9 seconds for the meet, 3 fi-
nals...3 medals, 1st provincial cut)
BELIEVE IT!
Kelly Lui 15
BRONZE 100 breast
(took off 19 seconds for the meet, made
finals in 100 & 200 breast)
BREAKTHROUGH!!
Alvina Ho 16
HIGH POINT TROPHY WINNER
3 GOLD 50 free 200 free 400 free
SILVER 800 free
BRONZE 200 fly
(took off over 19 seconds in these 5
events, broke 1:10 100 fly)
CONGRATULATIONS!
By Gina Giorgetti