Stars qualify 25 swimmers for Regionals

March 5, 2014 · 0 Comments

The Dorado Stars sent 25 qualified swimmers to the Central Region Short Course Championships and these athletes brought home a fabulous 49 top-15 finishes.
Head Coach Courtney Desjardins is proud of the number of first-time qualifiers who could attend this level of meet for the Stars. She commented that “the goal was to swim to our very best potential and to continually build upon our identity within the community of Ontario swimming.”
The Stars accomplished just that with their strong races.
Desjardins noted that the Stars, “stood tall on the blocks and at the blow of the whistle they dug deep, found their inner strength and raced hard against the top teams in Ontario, showing that they were able to compete at every level of competitive swimming.”
In Milton, the 13-and-under groups produced 27 of the top-15 finishes from Sahaej Arora, Rhiannon Krauter, Bailey Miller, Martin Naipaul, Madison Noonan, and Allison Stoehr. In Markham, the 13-and-over groups raced for 22 of the top-15 finishes, which came from Sanjam Arora, Kira Eggengoor, Chloe Noguera, Matteo Paniccia and Kiara Seow.
Additionally, five Stars swimmers contributed to the above races, claiming several podium finishes and earning their way to the next level of meet for their age groups — Winter Festivals or Junior Provincials. Congratulations to Joshua Maas, Alexandra Marculescu, Jordan McAuley, Angelique Singh, Aran Pourawal and Ashley Riddall. Two athletes, Aran and Angelique, won the High Point Award for their respective age group.
Desjardins was happy with the swimmers positive work ethic and results so far this season and is beginning to gear up training for the Stars long course season where these athletes swim races in 50-metre pools.
For information about the Stars, contact team manager Carmen Desjardins at 905-846-6213.