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Aces compete in Brantford


Published on Nov 21, 2007

The Aces competed at the Brantford International meet on Nov. 9 to 11, with 33 other clubs. The clubs in attendance were from Ontario, Quebec and the USA. The meet had around 1000 swimmers and some of the best in the country. Olympians and National qualifiers looking for a spot on the 2008 team were racing as well.

Former Ace Matt Mains won the 200 breast in a new meet and earned a pool record. This set his way for Olympic Trials in Montreal in April.

Alex Buehlow, competing in his last 12-and-under meet, swam great, as he broke a 10-year-old meet record by just under two seconds. This swim will rank Buehlow the fastest in the country in the 200 fly for 12-year-old boys. Buehlow won four of his six events, 200 fly, 100 fly, 100 fr, and 200 fr, he was second in the 50 fr and third in the 200 IM. Buehlow set five new club records. Brooke Davidson, 17, swam in the competitive 17-and-over category swimming against many Olympic Trial qualifiers. Davidson swam to a seventh place in the 100 fly and eigth place in the 200 fly. Kristopher Sanders showed once again that he is the best breaststroker in the Western Region by placing both the 100 and 200 br.

He was seventh in 200 br and eighth in 100 br. Blythe Mackie is well on her way to qualifying for her first provincials with a great 200 fly swim that had her miss the time by a mere .4 seconds. She took off over 40 seconds in four swims, broke 8 year old club records in the 100 fly and 200 fly, and had a best placing of 16th in the 200 fly. Andrew Warr broke another club record, in the 100 fly. This one belonged to coach James Ferber, who held the record for over 10 years.

Warr's best placing was 20th in 100 fly. Erica Buehlow had a best time and 30th placing in the 200 br. Jaime Doucet placed 39th in the 100 br. Ally Govier 10 years swimming in her first really big meet, did great recording 100 per cent best times and finishing 19th in 200 fr,100 Im and 50 fly. Zachary Sanders, 10, was eighth in the 200 br making him one of the fastest 10 and under in the province in breaststroke. Sarah Sine finished 47th in 200 bk, while Sam Whiteside joined the Aces for the meet with a 16th place finish in the 400 fr. The Aces are at home on the Nov. 18, in London at Nothers the weekend of Nov. 23 to 25.

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