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Swimmers splash to gold

The Shuswap Swimming Team swept up 17 first-place results with 11 swimmers at the Fourth Annual Fall Jamboree Swim Meet.
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Up for air: The Shuswap Swimming Team’s Garrett Wasylenki comes up for air in the middle of his Boys 100-meter IM heat Sunday at the team’s Fall Jamboree Swim Meet.

The Shuswap Swimming Team swept up 17 first-place results with 11 swimmers at the Fourth Annual Fall Jamboree Swim Meet. The Shuswap team hosted the event, which welcomed swimmers from Kamloops and Vernon. Just under 60 swimmers competed.

• Girls, ages 9 to 10: Jenna Tiedeman earned four individual first  place race results, and broke three team records: the 10 and under girls 50 metre Butterfly, 100m Individual Medley and 400m Freestyle races. Lauren Gridley-Haack won the 200m Breaststroke and 100m Butterfly races. Molly Fogarty was second place in the  50m Backstroke and 100m Individual Medley, while Eva Mosher and Mataia Makela took second in the 200m Breaststroke and 50m Breaststroke respectively. Miya Coutlee took third in the 200m Breaststroke.

The 10 and under girls relay team of Makela, Gridley-Haack, Mosher and Coutlee earned third place in the 4 x 50m Freestyle relay.

• Girls, 11 to 12: Lizzy Collins won the 11-12 girls 50m Butterfly and 200m Backstroke races.

• Girls, 13 and over: Ginette Wall took first place in the 50m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke races.

The 11 and over girls relay team of Tiedeman, Collins, Wall and Fogarty  picked up first place in the 4 x 50m Freestyle relay.

• Boys, 9-10: Jacob Rambo won all four of his races, the  50m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke, 100m Individual Medley and 400m Freestyle. Garret Wasylenki (10) came in second in the 50m Backstroke, 100m Individual Medley and 400m Freestyle races.

• Boys, 11-12: Richard Jurasek won three races, the 50m Backstroke, 50m Breaststroke and 200m Individual Medley.

The next competition for the team will be in Vernon, Nov. 9-11.

For information on joining the team, call 250-804-2006.