Thunderbirds hand out awards

The Thunderbird Swim Club held their annual awards banquet recently with many swimmers receiving multiple awards. Team Captain, Jen Piper was awarded top swimmer of the year as well as the dryland training award. This is Pipers’ last year with the club after 9 seasons. She will continue her studies and swimming career with Laurentian University in Sudbury. Other awards for the night included:

Top Male & Female Comp.

Mackenzie King & Sierra McCourt

Coaches Trophy

Sierra McCourt & Kylie Weber

Most Improved Swimmers

Rookie - Jaimee Reynolds

Bronze - Zeyana Laplante

Silver - Sydney Hughes

Gold - Jaydan Jackson

Performance & Commitment

10 & Under - Zaffia Laplante

11 & 12 - Jesse Hives

13 & 14 - Kylie Weber

15 & Over - Dylan Jackson


Jeniphar Duguay Award(Leadership & Team Spirit)

Emma Hives

Tom Palangio Award For Top 1st Year Swimmer

Gabriel Brind’amour Riffou

Top Swimmer For Swim-a-thon

Jaime Udeschini

Provincial Qualifiers Short & Long Course

Jesse Hives

Sydney Hughes

Jaydan Jackson

Kylie Weber

Jaime Udeschini

Jane Ferguson

Mackenzie King

Sierra McCourt

Jen Piper

Upcoming events see Jesse Hives, Jaydan Jackson, Jane Ferguson, Sierra McCourt, Kylie Weber and Mackenzie King heading off to the National Age Group Championships in Calgary, Alberta from July 24th to 27th.

Sierra McCourt, Jaime Udeschini, Mackenzie King and Jaydan Jackson all qualified to represent NEOR during this years Ontario Summer Games which will be held in Ottawa from Aug 13 to 16. The Club will resume in September after a much needed rest.

Submitted to BayToday.ca