NEWS RELEASE
ORILLIA CHANNEL CATS SWIM CLUB
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The Orillia Channel Cats Swim Club recently hosted the second annual Elaine Thompson Memorial Meet at the Orillia Recreation Centre.
Clubs from Muskoka, Barrie, Peterborough, Lindsay, Owen Sound, Collingwood and Brampton participated in the meet.
The local club hosts this meet in honour of longtime coach Elaine Thompson, who passed away from cancer in February of 2020.
“My mom would be so honoured to know that the club named a meet after her and that her memory lives on in the swimming world,” said daughter and head coach Meredith Thompson-Edwards. “It is important to our family that she continues to be remembered for her contribution to the sport.”
Orillia Channel Cats swimmers from senior novice, bronze, silver and gold competed in the meet. There were a few swimmers who qualified for Huronia Short Course Regionals in a few more events, including Christopher Dorevich (100-metre breaststroke), Harrison Dorevich (200-metre freestyle), Peyton Pendlebury (100-metre freestyle), Ralph Woergerer (100-metre breaststroke and 100-metre butterfly), Kajun Bonnekamp (200-metre freestyle) and Dario Rotar (50-metre backstroke). Henry Macdonald qualified for regionals for the first time in 50-metre breaststroke.
Congratulations to the following swimmers for a job well done: JosephineHare, Elvin Lee, Henry MacDonald, Samuel Leboeuf, Callum Macdonald, Sadie Rottmann, Catherine Shaw, Sofiyca Slade, Caden Stuart, Ralph Woegerer, Tobias Woegerer, Nadine Ackert, Nash Allen, Kaitlyn Allin, Thomasz Bailey, Brady Bell, Jace Black, Kajun Bonnekamp, Maelle Bouchard, Isabella Brown, Sophia Brown, Georgia Cameron, Margot Cameron, Alivia Cavanagh, Cooper Chrysler, Carmen Conroy, Anna Crawley Blauel, Ava Crawley-Blauel, Kael Cresanto, Christopher Dorevich, Harrison Dorevich, Emma Edgerton, Lilly Edgerton, Ava Fairgrieve, Olivia Favaro, Emony Fisher, Cohen Greer, Maya Guller, William Guller, Cheyanne Hawrysio, Katie Heckendorn, Grace Hunter, Zoe Leboeuf, Seohyun Lee, Harrison Levene, Hayden Nie, Sam Pecorella, Peyton Pendlebury, Dario Rotar, Mateo Rotar, Hartley Russell, Mila Sekleski, Trenton Shepherd, Riley Shore, Harrison Sibley, Charlie Timms, Adair Wieclawek and Nicholas Willis.
Huronia Short Course Regionals will be held Feb. 7 to 9 in Bracebridge. Orillia will be sending 38 qualifiers to the competition.
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