SPRING

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The Bluebacks have a heyday at their own meet _ |

_ It was the Terrace. Bluebacks’
‘Sprint Into Spring’ ‘swim meet.
here last weekend, and our
well-travelled athletes did just
that as they amassed an
overwhelming 3,494 points for the
busy three-day effort. hoy

They wound up well ahead of
Kitimat Marlins (1,877) and
Prince Rupert Rapids -(1,846) in
final standings, They had a little
help as the meet was opened to
Special Olympics and Masters .
competitors: Masset Eagles and _
Bulkley Valley Otters of Smithers
also took part, _

Rather, than collect total:

Points to determine individual —
ageregate titles, the meet was set
up to time the best competitors

“for each age group. Using all five

events for an individual effort,
each age group showed best times
for the top swim ers from each
club. - oo

For eight-and-under | girls,
‘Rupert's Jessie King topped all

five times with Wins in freestyle, .

backstroke, breast stroke, butter-.
fly and individual medley. For
nine-and-10 girls, Rupert’s Lind-
Say Eby took the freestyle and
breast stroke - while Marine
Checkley of Terrace topped. the
ILM. and butterfly, and fellow

Blueback Sarah - Thompson
grabbed the backstroke.

Terrace’s Ting Holland had ©

best stroke efforts in freestyle,
butterfly and LM. for the 11-12

Terrace Review — April 10, 1992

age group. Kirsten Eby of Rupert
was best in backstroke ‘While
Candice Young of Kitimat won
out in breast stroke. co
The 13-and-14 events saw
three classifications go to Ter.
race’s Aimee Peacock (backstroke,
breast stroke and I.M.) and the |
other two to Rupert’s Amanda
Bedard (freestyle and butterfly), '
For 15-and-older, it was
awards for Terrace’s Tor} Mac-
kenzie (freestyle, backstroke and
I.M.), plus the breast stroke for
Bluebacks’ Tammy Clarabut and
butterfly for Terrace’s Denise
Vanderlee. _
The boys’ side found Rupert’s
Chris Marcinkiewicz the’ best in

all five for eight-and-under,

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