Six members of the Aces participated in one of the biggest, fastest age group meets of the season in Etobicoke.

The 25th anniversary of the Youth Cup Championships took place from Dec. 6 to 9 with over 850 participants and 48 clubs from across Canada and from the Cayman Islands.

Brooke Davidson, 17, showed that hard work does pay off. Davidson broke six club records. She also swam to a fifth place finish in the 50 fly in what had to be the most exciting race of the meet. All eight swimmers in the final were in a straight line across the pool with only five metres to go. The time difference from first to eighth was less then half a second. Davidson also finished 14th in the 100 fly and twelfth in the 50 back. Her times in the meet qualified her for age group nationals in July in Calgary, East Nationals in Etobicoke in Feb and Provincials in July in Thunder Bay.

Kris Sanders 14, swam to a provincial time in the 200br with a 14th place finish. Sanders was also 14th in the 50 br. In preliminaries Sanders tied for 16th place causing a swim off in the event. Sanders won the swim off and his time in the swim missed Age group Nationals by a tenth of a second. He did qualify for the meet in the 200 br.

Alex Buehlow swam to two more age group national times and provincial times in the 800fr and 400 fr. He also finished 13th in the 800fr and 15th in the 200 fly.

Andrew Warr, 15, competed in the 15-17 age group and had a best placing of 19th in the 50 fly. Warr had some great swims breaking the club record in the 100 fly and took off over 12 seconds in five swims.

Blythe Mackie, 12, swam in her first national type meet. Her best placing was 35th in both the 100 and 200 fly in a field of over 100 swimmers. Mackie had a best time in her 50 fr.

Rounding out the team of six was Sarah Sine. Sine, who is 17, has just started making some of the bigger meets. She finished 59th in the 50 fr.

The next meet is the Ingersoll Christmas Invitational.

Several members of the Aces competed in the Nothers Awards Invitational at the end of Nov. The team swam very well with many swimmers stepping up to new levels. Davidson won a gold and silver medal in the 50 fly, 50 bk respectively, setting a new club record in the 50 bk. Erica Buehlow won a bronze medal in the 200 br, fifth in 400 IM and sixth in 100 br.

Jaime Doucet was seventh in the 50 br.

Elise Elliott finished with a best placing of fourteenth in 50 fr. Ally Govier set a new club record in the 800fr finishing sixth in that event while brother Derek Govier was eighth in the 800fr.

Lindsay Gutoskie had a best placing of thirteenth in both the 200 and 400 IM's.

Sam Hesch finished fourteenth in the 400 fr. Caleb Isaac was twelfth in 100 fly. Jacob Isaac recorded 100 per cent best times and set two new club records in 200bk and 400 fr. Mackie took off over 70 seconds in five events.

Meghan Mackie took off over 54 seconds with a fifth place in the 200 fly. Dylan Riddell finished seventh in the 400 IM taking off 70 seconds in that event alone.

Madison Sekulin had some great swims with a best finish in the 100 bk.

Taffin Sekulin took off 99 seconds in her events with a best place of eighteenth in the 400 IM.

Sarah Sine finished eigth in the 50 bk, while Vicky Whiteside had a best placing of fifteenth in 200 br and 400 IM taking off over 50 seconds.