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Rennes Lindsay
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Rennes Lindsay
The Lindsay sisters – Cassis and Rennes – did it again last weekend in Victoria, B.C.
The Lindsay sisters – Cassis and Rennes – did it again last weekend in Victoria, B.C.
The two star Whitehorse swimmers took home bronze medals from the 2015 B.C. AAA Long Course Championships and B.C. Open Water Championships.
The sisters were joined by Hannah Kingscote at the AAA championships, a week after competing at AAs in Kamloops, B.C.
The trio was up against 800 swimmers from across the province, said Whitehorse Glacier Bears coach Malwina Bukszowana.
Cassis Lindsay, 14, earned bronze in the 50 Free after breaking 28 seconds for the first time.
“I was trying to push off at the back of my stroke and it worked out well,” she said.
The young swimmer continues to work on a longer stroke, and her head position is much better, Bukszowana said.
In the 100 Free, Cassis Lindsay finished fifth in just over a minute. Competing in the 14 to 15 age category, she was the quickest 14-year-old in B.C., Bukszowana added.
Younger sister Rennes Lindsay swam one A final, finishing eighth while setting a new club record in the 400 IM.
Her breaststroke looked much better – a good sign for the future, said Bukszowana.
“It is a very important part of individual medley events,” the coach explained.
“This is when a lot of changes would happen during the race and where swimmers can gain a lot.”
Rennes Lindsay also swam several B finals, highlighted by a 10th-place finish in the 800 Free, giving her another qualifying time for the national age-group championships in Quebec next month.
She also finished 10th in the 200 Fly en route to breaking her second club record.
As for Kingscote, the 13-year-old’s top finish was eighth place in the 50 Back.
On Monday, Rennes Lindsay participated in the open water championships, racing 1,000 metres on Victoria’s Thetis Lake.
Despite battling nerves, the 12-year-old kept her cool, putting together a great race en route to a bronze medal.
“She had a great start, she held her course perfectly aiming on the buoy, she had a tight turn and swam in the lead pack from the beginning,” Bukszowana explained. The medal was won by mere milliseconds, she added.
Both Lindsay sisters will represent the territory at the 2015 Canadian Age Group Swimming Championships in Quebec July 29 to Aug. 3.
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