I just wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate our Dolphin swimmers that participated at the East Coast Short Course Championships this past weekend. Our Dolphin swimmers earned many points for Team PEI, that placed 4th overall out of 29 teams! That is outstanding!
Here are some of the major accomplishments from the weekend:
- Emily Finkle Hammer qualified for the 2008 Age Group Nationals in the 100m backstroke;
- Molly Wedge and Emily Finkle Hammer qualified for Eastern Canadians, Molly in the 50m Freestyle and Emily in the 100m backstroke;
- Molly Wedge and Andrew Brawn were selected for the 2008 Atlantic All-Star Team that will compete and participate in a training camp in Ottawa, May 7-11, 2008;
- The Dolphin swimmers captured 9 individuals medals and were part of the relays that captured 5 medals. Individual medal winners were:
Molly Wedge
100 Free- Gold
50 Free & 200 Free- Silver
50 Fly- Silver
100 Fly- Bronze
Andrew Brawn
200 Breastroke- Gold
50 Breastroke and 400 IM- Silver
Maggie Finkle Aucoin
800 Free- Bronze
- Out of 41 swims our swimmers achieve 35 personal best times. Some swimmers swam personal best times in both prelims and final sessions!
- We broke several Provincial records...so many that I haven't had the chance to count them yet! Record breakers included:
Andrew Brawn
Jenn Dillon
Emily Finagle Hammer
Maggie Finkle Aucoin
Molly Wedge
As you can all tell, I am extremely proud of our Dolphin swimmers. Our swimmers swam their hearts out. If you see any one of these swimmers, give them a big high five because they sure deserve it!
Now we can start preparing for long course season.
See you all on the deck!
Coach Tracy
