Aces Kristopher Sanders, Brooke Davidson, Alex Buehlow and Blythe Mackie each won medals during a recent meet.

The Wilmot Aces and Ingersoll Speed Sharks combined to compete as WOA on the weekend and came up with big results. The team finished 10th out of 26 teams. Club records were broken by Brooke Davidson in 100 and 200 back and by Blythe Mackie in the 100 and 200 fly. Brooke Davidson had a great meet qualifying for Eastern Nationals in her second event the 200 backstroke. Along with this she also qualified for Age Group Nationals in the event and Provincials. Davidson has been working really had this season to qualify for the Olympic Trials in Montreal in April. She has another month to make these times and will be competing in Etobicoke next weekend at the Eastern National Championships. The best swimmers from Ontario to the east coast will be competing from Feb 14-17. Brooke won gold in four events on the weekend.

Alex Buehlow who was unable to swim his best events on the weekend because he already had Provincials in them showed that you can also do well in your off events. Buehlow qualified for Provincials and Age group Nationals in several events while winning gold in four events, and silver in two.

Blythe Mackie made her first Provincial time in the tough 200 fly event picking up silver medals in both fly events. Dylan Riddell qualified in the 50 bk and Lindsay Gutoskie in 400 IM to attend the East Coast Championship taking place at the end of Feb in Charlottetown PEI, he will be joined by seven other members of the ACES. Kristopher Sanders picked up the other team medal with a bronze place finish in the 100 br. The team had many great swims with Celine Funk recording 100 per cent best times in her first Regional meet. Erica Buehlow was fourth in the 200 br, Jaime Doucet was 11th in 800 fr, Elise Funk 19th in 50 fr, Ally Govier was fourth in 200 fr and 400 fr and eighth in 200 bk, Lindsay Gutoskie 8th 400 IM, Meghan Mackie was 10th in 200 bk, Dylan Riddell eighth in 200 bk, Zachary Sanders was fifth in 50 br, Sarah Sine 31st in 100 bk, and Vicky Whiteside was 14th in 400 IM. Next weekend the team travels to Guelph to compete in the Owen Sound Challenge.