Truscott earns gold and silver for Blue Fins at Ontario championships

At the recent four-day Ontario Junior Provincial Short Course Championships held at the Etobicoke Olympium, seven Halton Hills Blue Fins swimmers competed against more than 500 swimmers from 60 Ontario swim clubs. Three-time Canadian age group national champion Tasha Truscott added to her medal collection by picking up both a gold and a silver at the provincial meet. Three other Blue Fins, Sophia Cieplucha, Trevor Burwell and Marc Laforet, all picked up top-10 results in their events. All Halton Hills swimmers competed beyond their qualifying times, with the Blue Fins posting an almost 100 per cent "personal best" rate. Final results were: Loren O'Brien-Egesborg (Girls 11)-- 17th 100m butterfly; 30th 200m butterfly Sophia Cieplucha (Girls 12)-- 8th 50m freestyle; 11th 400m freestyle; 13th 800m freestyle Trevor Burwell (Boys 12)-- 7th 200m freestyle; 7th 400m freestyle; 8th 800m freestyle; TASHA TRUSCOTT 12th 50m freestyle; Tasha Truscott (Girls 13)-- Gold 100m butterfly; silver 50m freestyle; 4th 100m freestyle; 10th 100m backstroke Karl Massey (Boys 13)-- 15th 100m backstroke Marc Laforet (Boys 14)-- 5th 50m freestyle; 7th 100m freestyle; 7th 100m butterfly; 8th 200m butterfly; 11th 200m freestyle; Keegan Dahl (Boys 14)-- 11th 200m butterfly; 15th 100m butterfly; 16th 50m freestyle; 24th 100m freestyle.

Marc Laforet, Sophia Cieplucha, Trevor Burwell, Tasha Truscott, Karl Massey, Loren O'Brien-Egesborg, Keegan Dahl were the Halton Hills Blue Fins' representatives at the Ontario Junior Provincial Short Course Championships at the Etobicoke Olympium.