Sudbury - The Collingwood Clippers Swim Club just got back from the 2010 Division III Team Championships.  The team had one goal and that was to achieve 80 best times.  They not only met the goal, they surpassed it with 85 best times and if you count relay splits, they were just shy of 100.  They finished ahead of teams from Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Owen Sound, Aurora, Chatham, Belleville and London.  Every athlete contributed to the overall team success and the coaching staff is very proud of them.

The team was lead by Sascha Keir, who cleaned up with five gold medals in the 50m and 100m backstroke, 100m IM and 200m IM, as well as the 100m butterfly.  Liesbeth Froentjes qualified for Jr. Provincials in the 50m and 100m freestyle.  She also managed to achieve gold medals in the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle, as well as silver in the 200m IM.  Marian Cooper had two gold medals in the 100m and 200m breaststroke and a silver in the 100m butterfly.  Madison Whitton earned a silver medal in the 200m backstroke and a bronze in the 100m backstroke.  Three Clippers earned one bronze medal a piece, Amber Champion in the 100m backstroke, Levi Beck in the 50m freestyle and Ben Cuthbert in the 100m breaststroke.  The female 13 and 14 freestyle relay won gold, while the female 11 and 12 freestyle and medley relay bronze.  The female 10 and under medley relay also won bronze.

Other top eight finishers included Lexie Ausrotas, Alexander Carrasco, Sebastian Carrasco, Larkin Casey, Amy Foubert, Carly Foubert, Jason Langford, Kirsten McFarlane, Melodie O'Connell and Emma Woodhouse.  Corey Mroczkowski, Holly Keir and Heidi Ohrling also had outstanding performances.  Clippers with 100 percent best times were Alexander Carrasco, Larkin Casey, Amber Champion, Amy Foubert, Sascha Keir, Jason Langford and Corey Mroczkowski.  A special mention goes out to Avila Holland and Samantha Wong, who were great team captains and kept everyone together.

Burlington - The Collingwood Clippers had 33 athletes participate in a meet over the weekend.  Alexander Carrasco, Neeve Malloy, Orla Malloy, Matthew Enright and Ashlyn Olson all achieved 100 percent best times.  Leading the way was Corey Mroczkowzki, who had three firsts, one second and three third place finishes.  Alex Marshall achieved two firsts, two second place finishes and a third.  Amber Champion had two first place finishes and three second place finishes.  Lexie Busch had one first, two second place finishes and a third.  Amy Foubert and Michaela Klasen had one first and one third each.

Julia Simpson had three second place finishes and a third.  Kirsten McFarlane had three second place finishes.  Carly Foubert had two second place finishes and two third place finishes.  Sebastian Carrasco had two second place finishes.  Madison Whitton had one second and one third.  Melodie O'Connell and Nicole Rennie each earned one second place finish.  Matthew Enright had three third place finishes while Rachel Simpson received two.  Samantha Wong, Darwin O'Connell, Alexander Carrasco and Avila Holland each had one third.  Other Clippers who attended the meet were Seu Anstey, Zoe Astill, Anya Baker-Johnston, Alexander Bourachot, Malcolm Bourachot, Erika Cerniavskis, Holly Keir, Brianna Marshall, Mitchell Ryerse, Kate Wessel and Jarod Wiebe.

The Clippers head to Guelph in early April for the Victor Davis Memorial Meet followed by Provincial Team Championship where they will take a 20 member team to Sudbury.  The team is seeded first going into the competition and hopes to win the division, which will allow them to move up for the first time in team history.

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Etobicoke - The Collingwood Clippers Swim Club had two swimmers attend a very elite level meet in Toronto.  Marian Cooper and Sascha Keir competed against the best of the best in Ontario.  Keir had five personal best times and placed fifth overall in both the 100 metre individual medley and the 50 metre backstroke.  Cooper had 100 percent best times and placed seventh overall in the 200 metre breaststroke.

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Guelph - The Collingwood Clippers Swim Club competed at the BDO Challenge Invitational swim meet this past weekend down in Guelph.  The Owen Sound Aquatic Club hosted the meet.  The Clippers brought a small team of 18 athletes and still managed to place 8th overall out of 16 teams.

Marian Cooper had two gold, in the 100m butterfly and 50m freestyle in addition to one silver in the 400 IM and one bronze in the 200m IM.  Liesbeth Froentjes received two silver medals in the 50m and 100m freestyle.  Cooper and Froentjes placed second overall for high-point standings in their age groups.  Ben Cuthbert earned a bronze in the 200m backstroke and 400m IM.  Kirsten McFarlane took home the bronze medal in the 800m freestyle. 

Other top eight place finishers were Avila Holland, Michaela Klasen, Melodie O'Connell and Julia Simpson.  Other Clippers who attended the meet included Mairyn Annett, Helena Beck, Erika Cerniavskis, Ella Klasen, Darwin O'Connell, Nicole Rennie, Rachel Simpson, Conor Spencer, Jarod Wiebe and Trent Wilson.

Marian Cooper and Sascha Keir are off to the Ontario Short Course Jr. Provincials next weekend in Etobicoke, while another 39 Clipper athletes are headed to a meet in Burlington.

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