Thursday, January 26, 2012 by: BayToday.ca Staff
More than 60 North Bay Titans swimmers competed last weekend in the Paula Palangio NEOR #3 Developmental two-day meet that was held at CFB North Bay.
Many of the swimmers obtained first place finishes throughout the meet.
Those receiving top honors in their swims were Keltan Baran, Anisha Bhattacharyya, Joshua Brost, Olivia Gagnon, Kristen Gough, Jesse Hives, Zaffia Laplante, Emily Bolan, Kaytlin Legris, Rochelle Leppert, Grace Liritzis, Emma Lodge, Kayley Niemela, Jeremy Sallie, Quinn Schroeder, Tessa Steel, Noah Swain, Katie Tripp, Bernard Uys and Chris Uys.
Second place finishes went to Caitlyn Jones, Sheldon Kilroy, Amy Niemela, Talia Preston, Payton Sproule, Alyssa Stoppa, Brett Stoppa, Jennifer Tripp and Amber Walker. Swimmers finishing the weekend with third place ribbons were Jacob Brost, Aurora Buckley, Robinson Campbell, Rayna Costello, Chloe Hunt, Brooklyn Jones, Abbey Krajc, Meghan Norman, Halle-Jo Steringa, and Alexis Viczian.
Other Titans swimmers achieving personal best times were Melanie Aiton, Xander Barrett, Genevieve Berardi, Sofia Berardi, Amrta Bhattacharyya, Hailey Courtemanche, Leah Dawson, Julie Jonescu, Emma Rose Kehoe, Evan Kilroy, Katelin Leclair, Shiela MacDougall, Aliya Marsh, Ashton Marsh, Hailey Passmore,Emily Redhead, Savanah Thibeault, Maia Uys, Regine Wyss, and Megan Zhou.
This meet was the final chance for those swimmers that needed to better their times in order to qualify for Dave Kensit A Championships and many Titans did just that. A Champs is being held in Sault Ste. Marie in two weeks time.
The last weekend in February the North Bay Titans will be host their annual Invitational meet which will take place at the YMCA. This meet attracts swimmers from all across Northern Ontario.
