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The Sault Surge Aquatic Team recently hosted nine swim teams and 190 swimmers at the John Rhodes pool for the 2025 Superior Shores Challenge Cup over the April 25th to 27th weekend.
73 local swimmers with each contributing points towards the overall total for the Sault Surge Aquatic Team of 6231 points to earn victory and keep the Challenge Cup in the Club’s trophy case.
The Thunder Bay Thunderbolts with 3848 points finished second slightly ahead of the third place Sudbury Laurentian Swim Club with 3369 points.
12 Surge swimmers combined to reach the top spot on the podium winning 34 individual gold medals.
Sophia Li, 13, earned gold medals in six individual events in a strong 13-14 girls field. Balin Evans, 9, swam to first place in 5 individual events in the boys ten and under age group.
Andrew Li picked up gold in four individual events along with swimming to his 2nd Ontario Championships qualification in the 200m backstroke earning his entry into the meet. Swimmers must have qualified into 2 individual events to earn entry into the summer provincial championship meet.
Eva Moreau, 12, picked up three individual event wins including a provincial qualification time in the 200m breaststroke. Moreau just missed her second qualification by less than a second in the 100m breaststroke while swimming to victory in that event in the girls 11-12 age group. Brie Reid also stepped onto the top tier of the medal podium 3 times.
Brie Reid, 15, Angela Thomson, 12, Asher Leask, 9, also earned gold medals in three individual events.
Blake Kriven, 10, and Elsan Mackay reached the top of the podium twice in their respective age groups.
Bo Mackay, 8, Emma Vallee, 13, Quinn Hayes, 10, all swam well and earned multiple top eight finishes along with a gold medal each in their respective age groups.
The boys 11-12 age group earned relay victories in the 4×50 medley and freestyle relays (William Paraniuk, Judah Erickson, Adam Abassy, Spencer Smith)
The Surge girls 15 and over 4×50 medley relay claimed top spot ( Eva Robinson, Reid, Alma Da Silva Castillejo, Haylen Leonard)
The Sault Surge continue to train with a trip to compete at the Thunder Bay Thunderbolt Invitational meet at the end of May and Provincials set for July at the Toronto Pan Am Aquatic and Sports Centre.
Source: Sault Surge
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