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Sinead Russell Gold Medal winner

Gold Medal winners medley relay 15/16 girls




Lauren Dixon Gold Medal winner 

The Oakville Dolphins Swim Club competed at the prestigious International Youth Cup held at the Etobicoke Olympium December 4^th-7^th. The Dolphins competed against teams from across Canada and the Cayman Islands. A good number of the best youth from across Canada competed at the event vying for the coveted Youth Cup trophy. The Dolphins girl’s team brought home a provincial record, 2 Youth Cup High Point trophies, 20 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze, 3 gold medal winning relay squads in addition to adding a Senior National qualifier, establishing 13 new club records, posting 15 Meet Competition Records and instituting 10 number 1 National rankings.

Leading the way to the Dolphins girls’ domination was 15 year old Sinead Russell and 12 year old Maggie Burns. Both Dolphins girls took top honors in their respective divisions to attain the coveted prize, the Youth Cup trophy. Lauren Dixon, 13, was runner up in the 13 year old girls division.

Sinead over powered  the Senior girls 15-17 division, firing up the pool with  8 individual gold, 3 senior relay gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. Sinead soared to gold in the 200, 400 and 1500 freestyle, the 50, 100 and 200 backstroke, the 200 and 400 Individual Medley events. Sinead added silver in the 50 freestyle and a bronze in the 200 butterfly. Sinead broke her previous provincial record for the 15-18 girls in the 100 backstroke event.

Maggie Burns challenged her field in the girls 12 and under division racing to 5 gold medal victories, 1 silver and 4 bronze. Maggie swam to gold in the 100 and 200 butterfly, the 50 backstroke and the 400 Individual Medley adding a silver in the 100 breastroke and bronze in the50 butterfly, 50 breastroke, 200 Individual Medley and the 800 freestyle events.

Not to be out done, a determined 13 year old Lauren Dixon burned up the pool in the girl’s 13 year old division taking second in the overall standings, aspiring to 4 individual gold medal victories and 2 senior relay gold. Individually, Lauren raced to gold in the 50, 100 and 200 breastroke and upset the field to capture the 200 freestyle race. 

The Dolphins girls relay teams were in pursuit of gold in 3 out of the four senior relays evens. Fearlessly, the spirited senior girls relay squads took on the best and proved triumphant.  Victorious in their pursuit, the gold medal relay teams were from 15 year old Marina Biasutto, 17 year old Isabelle Nat, 15 year old Meaghan McCann and Sinead Russell in the 4 x 100 freestyle; Sinead, Lauren Dixon, 16 year old Courtney Gregorian and Marina in the 4 x 50 Medley and Sinead, Lauren, Courtney and Isabelle in the 4 x 100 Medley. The relay team of Isabelle Nat, Meaghan McCann, Marina Biasutto and Sinead Russell swam to bronze in the 4 x 50 freestyle.

Dolphins other finalists were Meaghan McCann, producing Senior National qualifying standards in the 100 and 200 backstroke events, 11 year old Olivia Sbaraglia with a Nationally ranked # 1 time in the 50 freestyle for 11 year olds, 15 year old Olivia Andersen, 11 year old Conchobhair Russell, Marina Biasutto and Courtney Gregorian. Jacquie Baillie also qualified age group nationals in 50 free, 100 free, 200 free style.