Kaiden Rawson, 9, of the Sarnia Y Rapids Swim Team picked up three 1^st-place (100M Individual Medley or IM, 25M butterfly and 25M breaststroke) and two 2^nd-place (25M backstroke and 50M freestyle) finishes at the last regular season swim meet of the St. Clair Erie Aquatic League (SEAL) season in Aylmer on April 1. Ciara Brown, also 9, earned 1^st place in the 25M butterfly and 50M freestyle, 2^nd place in the 25M breaststroke, 3^rd place in the 25M backstroke and 6^th in the 200M IM. Joining them in the 200M freestyle relay that won 1^st place in their age group were Mckenna Jackson and Erin Lacey, also 9. McKenna also earned 2^nd place in the 25M backstroke, 3^rd in the 50M freestyle and 6^th in the 100M IM, 25M butterfly and 25M breaststroke. Erin came 6^th in the 25M backstroke.

Another Rapids relay team – Abby Allardyce, Samantha Bedard, Jack Biggar, and Nadine Osmon, all 10 – came 1^st in its age category. Abby added 2^nd place in the 50M breaststroke, 5^th in the 100M freestyle, and 6^th in the 100M IM. Samantha placed 4^th in the 100M IM. Jack finished 1^st in the 50M backstroke, and 2^nd in the 50M butterfly, 50M breaststroke and 100M freestyle. Nadine came 1^st in the 100M freestyle, 2^nd in the 50M backstroke, 3^rd in the 50M butterfly and 4^th in the 50M breaststroke.

In the 7-and-under age category, Taylor Marut, 7, finished 2^nd in the 25M butterfly and 25M freestyle, and 3^rd in the 25M backstroke. Allie Rawson, 6, placed 3^rd in the 25M breaststroke, 4^th in the 25Mbackstroke and 25M freestyle and 5^th in the 25M butterfly.

Among 8- and 9-year-olds, twins Fiona and Hannah Elliott, 8, continue to impress, with Fiona placing 3^rd in the 25M breaststroke and 6^th in the 25M backstroke, and Hannah coming 5^th in the 25M breaststroke. Hayden Scott, also 8, finished 6^th in the 100M IM. Ayrianna Batson, also 8, took more than 11 seconds off her time for the 50M freestyle, while fellow 8-year-old McKenna Brown shaved 4 seconds off her time for the 25M breaststroke. In his first competition, 8-year-old Burak Gurtekin had four Top 10 finishes.

Abby Warren, 10, finished 8^th in the 50M breaststroke and took 10 seconds off her time in the 100M IM. Ally Core, 11, came 5^th in the 50M breaststroke. Rylynn Haney, also 11, bettered her times in all her individual events, including an improvement of more than 18 seconds in the 100M freestyle.

Connor Phipps, 12, placed 3^rd in the 100M IM, and 5^th in the 50M butterfly, 100M backstroke and 100M breaststroke. Luke Young, 13, earned a 2^nd place finish in the 100M breaststroke, 3^rd place in the 50M butterfly, 100M backstroke and 100M freestyle, and 5^th in the 200M IM. Magaidh Crossland, also 13, came 5^th in the 50M butterfly. Samantha Lefebvre, 12, earned a 9^th place finish in the 100M freestyle and improved most of her individual times. Zoe Little, also 12, came 7^th in the 100M breaststroke. In their first meet in the 12- and 13-year-old age division, Rachel Dalton improved her times in the 100M IM, 50M butterfly and 100M freestyle, while Meghan Jackson and Hannah Lacey achieved four and two Top 10 finishes respectively. Madison McKinlay, 13, placed 9^th in the 100M breaststroke

The Sarnia Y Rapids 1 swimmers are coached by Sue Athanasopoulos, and will finish the year with Championships in Chatham on April 28 and 29.