Members of the Estevan Golden Eels travelled to Gravelbourg for the Southern Saskatchewan Speed Swimming Semifinal on Saturday.
Teams from all over the southern portion of the province were in Gravelbourg, as swimmers competed for a coveted spot in provincials next weekend. To qualify for provincials, swimmers have to place in the top six within their event, and 42 Eels qualified in the following events for provincials, which will be in Estevan on July 28:
- Alexandra Andrist (200-metre backstroke, 100-metre freestyle, 50-metre free)
- Blake Andrist(25-metre fly, 50-metre breaststroke, 50 back, 100 breast, 100 individual medley [IM])
- Charlotte Andrist (200 back, 100 breast, 100 back, 200 breast, 50 free)
- Josephina Andrist (200 free, 200 back, 100 free, 100 Back, 200 IM)
- Hayden Baniulis (25 breast, 50 free, 25 back, 50 breast, 25 free)
- Victoria Beahm(100 breast, 100 fly)
- Jayden Chernoff (100 back, 50 back)
- Logan Dalziel (50 breast, 50 back, 100 breast, 200 IM)
- Marcus DeLeeuw (25 fly, 25 breast, 50 free, 25 free, 100 IM)
- Gabrielle Deitz (50 back, 25 breast, 25 back)
- Jacob Deitz (100 back, 25 fly, 50 breast)
- Sophia Deitz (50 back)
- Rachel Duncan (100 back, 50 fly, 100 breast, 100 IM)
- Rebecca Duncan (200 free, 50 fly, 100 free, 100 fly, 200 IM)
- William Duncan (200 free, 200 IM)
- Brooke Dzeryk (100 back, 50 back)
- Lucas Dzeryk (100 back, 50 breast, 50 back, 50 fly, 50 free)
- Ethan Elliott (100 back, 25 fly, 50 back, 50 free)
- Mikayla Hack (200 free, 200 back, 100 breast, 200 breast, 100 IM)
- Taeghen Hack (200 free, 50 fly, 100 free, 100 fly, 200 IM)
- Joshua Heleta (100 breast)
- Olivia Hockey (50 back, 25 back, 25 free)
- Gabrielle Jocelyn (200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, 200 breast)
- Lily Knoll (100 back, 100 free, 50 back, 50 free)
- Jennika Linthicum (50 free, 25 back, 50 breast, 25 free)
- Emily Marshall (200 back, 100 breast, 100 free, 100 back, 50 free)
- Logan Marshall (200 free, 200 back, 50 fly, 100 free, 100 back)
- Karson Mvula (100 back, 50 breast, 100 free, 50 back)
- Noah Mvula (50 breast)
- Dylan Pryznyk (200 free, 100 brest, 100 back, 200 breast, 50 free)
- Emily Sauder (25 fly, 50 breast, 100 free, 100 breast)
- Rowyn Siever (100 back, 50 breast)
- Kolton Spenst (50 back)
- Chris Sutter (200 free, 200 back, 100 free, 100 back, 200 breast)
- Hailey Tangjerd (25 fly, 50 breast, 100 free, 50 back, 50 free)
- Emily Tarnes (25 fly, 50 breast, 100 breast, 50 free, 200 IM)
- Jordyn Tarnes (25 fly, 100 free, 50 back, 50 fly, 100 IM)
- Nathan Threinen (25 fly, 50 breast, 50 back, 50 fly)
- Tristan Threinen (200 free, 25 fly, 50 fly, 50 free, 200 IM)
- Carson Wheeler (200 back, 100 breast, 100 free, 100 back, 200 breast)
- Alandra Young (50 breast, 100 free)
- Alianna Young (25 fly, 50 breast, 100 breast, 50 free, 100 IM)
Top overall scores for each age category were also awarded medals at semi-finals on Saturday and the following 11 Eels won high point medals:
- 7-8 boys: Marcus DeLeeuw (silver with 22 points)
- 9-10 girls: Jordyn Tarnes (gold with 35 points) and Alianna Young (silver with 31 points)
- 9-10 boys: Blake Andrist (gold with 31 points)
- 11-12 girls: Emily Tarnes (gold with 32 points)
- 11-12 boys: Tristan Threinen (silver with 30 points) and Lucas Dzeryk (bronze with 25 points)
- 13-14 girls: Mikayla Hack (gold with 31 points)
- 13-14 boys: Carson Wheeler (silver with 26 points)
- 15-17 girls: Taeghen Hack (gold with 35 points)
- 15-17 boys: Logan Marshall (silver with 29 points)
The Eels also came away as the high point club winner with a total of 685 points, which was a large margin of victory over the second place Weyburn Silver Seals who accumulated 331 points for second place.
With such a strong performance at semifinals, the Eels have their goal set on winning the high point award and overall top club award at provincials this year for a fifth year in a row.
Provincials are slated to run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday.
The day will wrap up with a banquet, awards ceremony and dance hosted by the Eels.
