Arnprior Greyfish Masters Swim Club

Nine swimmers from the Arnprior Greyfish Masters Swim Club competed at the Masters Swimming Ontario (MSO) Provincial Championships from March 23-25th at the Nepean Sportsplex.  All swimmers performed well earning several personal best times as well as MSO provincial medals, titles and even records!  

 

Meaghan Dalby competed strongly in her first masters meet and earned a provincial title, winning the 50m Breaststroke events.  Dalby also picked up a 2nd in the 100m Breaststroke, 3rd in the 50m Backstroke, 4th in the 200m Individual Medley, 6th in the 100m Individual Medley and 7th in the 50m Butterfly event in the difficult 25-29 age category.  

 

Laura Stellato, had a strong meet competing in her second MSO provincial championships in the 35-39 age category.  She was achieved several personal best times and to earned 3rd in the 800m Freestyle, 6th in the 400m Freestyle, 7th in the 100m Freestyle, and three 8th places in the 50m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle and 100m Breaststroke.

 

Also swimming in her first MSO Provincial Championships, Jennifer Wroe had great swims in the 45-49 age category.  Wroe earned a 4th in the 800m Freestyle and 5th in the 50m Breaststroke.  

 

Competing in his first swim meet, Mark Miller had a great weekend and earned some well deserved personal best times in the 50-54 age category.  Miller placed a respectable 4th in the 1500m Freestyle, 5th in the 50m Breaststroke, 10th in the 400m Freestyle, 11th in the 50m Freestyle and 12th in the 100m Freestyle.  

 

Coach Shawn Moffatt also swam and represented the Greyfish in the 55-59 age category.  Moffatt swam to three 2nd place finishes in the 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke and the 200m Individual Medley.  Moffat also eared a 3rd play finish in the 100m Individual Medley and a 5th in the 100m Freestyle. 

 

Rick Udall had a great meet swimming in the 60-64 age category.  Udall achieved two 4th place finishes in the 50m Butterfly and 100m Breaststroke, a 5th in the 100m Individual Medley, two 6th places in the 50m Backstroke and 50m Breaststroke and an 8th in the 50m Freestyle.

 

Also earning MSO provincial titles was Mark Robson, who swam in the 65-69 age category.  Mark earned three MSO provincial titles by winning the 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle and the 100m Backstroke.  Robson also earned three 3rd place finishes in the 50m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke and the 50m Breaststroke events.  

 

Swimming in the 70-74 age category, Peter Leach had a strong meet and received four 2nd place finishes in the 200m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke and 200m Backstroke.  Leach also earned two 3rd place finished in the 400m Freestyle and 200m Backstroke.

 

Impressively, Ralph Chown set an incredible 4 MSO provincial records for the 80-84 age category.  His newly earned records were in the 50m Freestyle (37.45), 100m Freestyle (1:23.93), 200m Freestyle (3:15.98) and the 1500m Freestyle (28:05.90) events.  Three of these records (100m, 200m and 1500m) also qualify as Berger records, which means these are the fastest times these events have been swam by a Canadian in this age category while competing in Canada or the USA.  Chown also placed 2nd in the 100m Individual Medley and 3rd in the 100m Breaststroke.  

 

The Greyfish relay teams also placed well and earned a 2nd in the 200m Mens Freestyle and a 3rd in the 200m Mens Medley (Leach, Chown, Udall and Robson in the 280-219 category).  The mixed relay times swam hard and were able to achieve a 6th place finish in the 200m Freestyle (Robson, Stellato, Dalby and Moffatt in the 160-199 category) and an 8th place in the 200m Medley (Dalby, Wroe, Moffatt and Miller in the 160-199 category).  

 

The team as a whole had an impressive weekend and placed 9th out of 42 teams across Ontario, beating out much larger swim clubs.  Congratulations to all the swimmers!