Traveling Dorado Stars pile up impressive results on the road

January 24, 2014 · 0 Comments

The Dorado Swim Club Stars wrapped up 2013 with excellent competitive results in Windsor and Hamilton.
A team of 25 swimmers travelled to the Windsor International Aquatic Centre to enjoy their new facility for a special two-night away meet. The Stars wowed the competition in Division 3 Champs by placing fifth, a mere 60 points away from the second place team. The team achieved 117 personal best times and an incredible 53 top eight finishes of 157 races. Way to go Stars!
Congratulations to podium finishers Alexandra Marculescu (first in the 200 free, second in the 100 free and third in the 50 free), Jordan McAuley (first in both the 50 and 200 free, first in the 100 back and second in the 50 back and 100 free), Taylor McAuley (second in the 400 free and 400 IM, and third in the 800 free), Madison Noonan (third in the 200 IM), Aran Pourawal (first in the 100 free, second in the 50 free, 200 fly and 400 IM, and third in the 100 fly), Ashley Riddall (third in the 100 back, 200 back and 800 free), Kiara Seow (third in the 400 and 100 free) and Angelique Singh (third in the 50 and 100 breast, and the 200 IM).
The Stars added 10 additional central region or festival qualifiers to the 14 who had previously qualified. Recognition goes out to Sanjam Arora, Kira Eggengoor, Subreen Grewal, Rhiannon Krauter, Madison Mackenzie, Bailey Miller, Madison Noonan, Matteo Paniccia, Aimee Richards and Gowthaman Thayaparan. The Stars cheer on their teammate Tess Routcliffe, who has been selected for the Smart Track Para Camp in Florida as well as the Swim Ontario Para Development Camp.
In Hamilton, 51 Stars accomplished 91 top-five finishes and demonstrated how their hard work pays off with 201 of 288 personal best times. Top five finishers not mentioned above include Adeleccia Aberdeen, Ashley Ganger, Oliver Kramer, Nishchay Multani, Alia Myers, Martin Naipaul, Allison Noonan, Emily Osborne, Bem Partington, Jaime Payne, Tavinder Pourawal, Nikolai Racicot, Tia Riarh, Akshat Suri, Abiman Thayaparan, Alena Tobin and Jamie Vuk.
The Stars have been training hard over the Christmas break and are looking forward to their next competition in Guelph.
The club welcomes swimmers to join their organization. If you are passionate about swimming and want to learn more, contact team manager Carmen Desjardins at 905-846-6213.