Tartan and Patriotes swimmers advance to SWOSSAA
Pain Court’s Gavin Schinkelshoek, competes in the 100 metre freestyle at the LKSSAA swim meet held in Sarnia on Jan. 16, 2024.
A large contingent of Wallaceburg Tartan and Pain Court Patriotes swimmers will advance to SWOSSAA following the LKSSAA swimming championship in Sarnia Tuesday.
A total of 90 swimmers took part in the swim meet.
All first- and second-place swimmers automatically qualified for the SWOSSAA championship Feb. 20 in Windsor. More will also advance to round out the field once their times are compared with the WECSSAA results.
Northern won the overall team title at the six-school meet, Pain Court was fourth and Wallaceburg was fifth.
Here are the swimmers from Chatham-Kent schools who had top-two finishes at the LKSSAA meet:|
Pain Court
First. Boys 200m Medley Relay (Gavin Schinkelshoek, Eric Qua, Cameron Schinkelshoek, Xandre Aitken)
First. Boys 400m freestyle relay (Camerson Schinkelshoek, Xandre Aitken, Xavier Caron, Gavin Schinkelshoek)
First: Xavier Caron, junior boys 50m freestyle
First: Xavier Caron, junior boys 100m freestyle
Second: Everett Ellis. boys 50m freestyle
First: Payton Rinas, girls 100m backstroke
First: Payton Rinas, girls 100m individual medley
Second: Payton Rinas, girls 50m freestyle
First: Gavin Schinkelshoek, boys 100m backstroke
First: Gavin Schinkelshoek, boys 100m freestyle
First: Cameron Schinkelshoek, boys 50m freestyle
First: Cameron Schinkelshoek, boys 200m individual medley
Second: Eric Qiu, junior boys 50m backstroke
Wallaceburg
First: 200m freestyle medley (Lauren DePooter, Ava Allard, Leah Hazzard, Bree Eddleston)
Second: 200m medley relay (Leah Hazzard, Bree Eddleston, Lauren DePooter, Ava Allard)
First: Leah Hazzard, junior girls 50m backstroke
Second: Leah Hazzard, junior girls 100m individual medley
First: Bree Eddleston, girls 50m freestyle
First: Bree Eddleston, girls 100m breaststroke
First: Brock Mathieson, junior boys 50m backstroke
First: Brock Mathieson, junior boys 100m individual medley
Second: Brock Mathieson. junior boys 50m freestyle
First: Lauren DePooter, girls 50m butterfly
Second: Lauren DePooter girls 100m breaststroke
Team scores
Northern 1210
St. Patrick’s 1001
LCCVI 863
Pain Court 623
WDSS 381
St. Francois Xavier 360