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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday July 11, 2008 - 43 Team effort lifts OAK to overall title at provincials A champion never stands on the podium alone. That sentiment, the motto of the Oakville Aquatic Club (OAK), rung true at the Ontario Provincial Swimming Championships in Thunder Bay last week. OAK won its first provincial team title in eightyears, finishing the meet with 1,126 points -- 172 more than second-place Toronto Swim Club. Brampton's Cobra Swim Club came third with 608 points. "Our win at this year's long-course provincials reflects the depth and quality of the talent in the Oakville Aquatic Club," said OAK head coach Christy Yaremczuk. "It took all 52 swimmers working together, wanting to win the championship banner, to get the outstanding results that we did." Perhaps best illustrating the OAK swimmers' teamwork was the fact the club won all eight medley relays in the senior age categories. In individual action, multiple-event winners included Marni Oldershaw, Mitchell Gour, Mack Darragh, Annie Harrison, Mika Spencer, Curtis Samuel and Tera Van Beilen. Oldershaw (four individual, five relay) and Harrison (three individual, six relay) both finished the meet with nine gold medals. Setting new club records were Nicole Bullock, Kent Kikot, Darragh, Harrison, Van Beilen, Gour and Samuel. OAK coach Alex Wallingford also lauded the club's newer swimmers, who rounded out the relays and reached event finals to help the team. "I had a parent from the Newmarket Swim Club tell me we won the team spirit award in his eyes, as our swimmers were always cheering for each other," Wallingford said. PROVINCIAL SWIMRESULTS Individual (top-8 finishers) 10-and-under girls: Nicole Bullock (4th in 100m breast; 5th in 50m breast; 8th in 100m free), Olivia Sinclair (5th in 400m free; 7th in 100m free) · 11-year-old girls: Hannah Burgess (silver in 200m back), Perrie Armstrong (4th in 200m breast), Meredith Johnson (7th in 50m free, 100m free; 8th in 200m free) · 12year-old girls: Cassandra Pedro (6th in 200m fly; 7th in 100m fly, 400m free, 800m free), Meghan Clark (8th in 100m fly) · 13-year-old girls: Marni Oldershaw (gold in 100m breast, 200m breast, 200m IM, 400m IM; silver in 100m back, 200m fly), Mika Spencer (gold in 100m free, 200m free, 1,500m free; silver in 400m free, 800m free; bronze in 100m fly), Annie Harrison (gold in 100m back, 200m back, 100m fly; silver in 200m IM, 400m IM; 4th in 100m free), Bridget Jordan (bronze in 200m breast; 6th in 50m free), Emily Hunt (5th in 100m back; 6th in 200m back; 8th in 400m free), Sharalynn Missiuna (5th in 100m free; 8th in 200m breast) · 14-year-old girls: Clara Armstrong (silver in 100m breast, 200m breast), Kristen Wharin (bronze in 200m fly), Holly Olsen (6th in 100m breast, 200m breast) · 15-17 girls: Tera Van Beilen (gold in 100m breast, 200m breast; silver in 400m free; bronze in 400m IM), Erin Assman (bronze in 100m fly; 4th in 200m fly; 6th in 400m IM), Katie Fox (8th in 200m IM) · 12-year-old boys: Mitchell Gour (gold in 100m back, 200m back, 200m IM, 400m IM; silver in 800m free; bronze in 400m free), Evan White (silver in 200m breast, 200m IM; bronze in 100m fly, 200m fly, 400m IM), Connor Wilkins (4th in 100m fly; 5th in 200m fly) · 13-year-old boys: Gamal Assaad (bronze in 100m fly, 400m free; 4th in 200m fly; 5th in 200m free), Peter Serles (7th in 100m back; 8th in 200m back), Jaret Charbonneau (8th in 200m breast) · 14-year-old boys: Mack Darragh (gold in 200m fly, 100m breast, 200m breast; silver in 200m IM, 400m IM; bronze in 400m free), Kent Kikot (silver in 100m free, 200m free, 800m free; bronze in 50m free; 4th in 100m fly; 6th in 200m fly), Reid Scarrow (4th in 200m breast; 5th in 50m free, 100m free, 200m free, 100m breast), Nathan Lang (4th in 100m back; 6th in 200m back), Jack Cavanagh (6th in 200m breast, 100m breast; 7th in 800m free) · 15year-old boys: Alex Plotnikov (bronze in 100m breast) · 16-17 boys: Curtis Samuel (gold in 100m fly, 200m fly, 400m IM; silver in 200m back; bronze in 100m free, 200m free), Brody Dyson (bronze in 200m back; 4th in 100m back; 5th in 800m free; 8th in 400m free), Miguel Lozano (bronze in 1,500m free; 5th in 100m fly; 6th in 200m free), John Steadman (5th in 1,500m free), Graham Fink (7th in 1,500m free), Dylan Kent (8th in 800m free) Relay (top-5 finishers) 10-and-under girls: silver in 200m free, 400m free (Nicole Bullock, Annika Grewal, Alexandra FabugaisInaba, Olivia Sinclair); bronze in 200m medley (Abbey Saunders, Grewal, Bullock, Sinclair), 400m medley (Hannah Hunt, Grewal, Bullock, Sinclair) · 11-12 girls: bronze in 200m medley (Michelle Carrabetta, Perrie Armstrong, Meghan Clark, Cassandra Pedro) · 13-14 girls: gold in 200m free, 400m free, 200m medley, 400m medley (Mika Spencer, Marni Oldershaw, Annie Harrison, Sharalynn Missiuna); 4th in 200m free, 400m medley (Bridget Jordan, Avery Longmore, Emily Hunt, Julia Sinkovits); 5th in 400m free, 200m medley (Jordan, Longmore, Hunt, Sinkovits) · 15-17 girls: gold in 200m medley (Tera Van Beilen, Katie Fox, Erin Assman, Annie Harrison), 400m medley (Marni Oldershaw, Assman, Harrison, Van Beilen); 4th in 200m freestyle (Mika Spencer, Fox, Assman, Van Beilen); 5th in 400m freestyle (Oldershaw, Van Beilen, Assman, Spencer) · 12-13 boys: gold in 200m medley (Peter Serles, Evan White, Gamal Assaad, Jaret Charbonneau); silver in 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 400m medley (Mitchell Gour, Serles, Assaad, Charbonneau) · 14-15 boys: gold in 200m medley, 400m medley (Nathan Lang, Mack Darragh, Kent Kikot, Reid Scarrow); silver in 200m free (Scarrow, Darragh, Lang, Kikot); bronze in 400m free (Ryan Maccarone, Darragh, Scarrow, Kikot) · 16-17 boys: gold in 400m free (Curtis Samuel, John Steadman, Brody Dyson, Miguel Lozano), 200m medley, 400m medley (Mack Darragh, Dyson, Samuel, Lozano); bronze in 200m freestyle (Lozano, Kikot, Steadman, Samuel). 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