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Jacob Zerko and Tanesha Cloud

Cloud SEALS Gold at Championship Swim Meet; Zerko Third Overall Among Boys
 

Tanesha Cloud, 13, of the Sarnia Y Rapids I Swim group finished first overall among 12 and 13-year-old girls at the SEAL (St. Clair Erie Aquatic League) swimming championships in Windsor in April. Tanesha garnered two 2^nd-place, two 3rd-place and a 4^th-place finish to amass the most points overall. Jacob Zerko, also 13, added two 2^nd-place and two 3^rd-place finishes to his 1^st-place in the 100m backstroke, to take 3^rd overall among 12- and 13-year-old boys. They also participated on a 2^nd-place relay team with Liam Young (12) and Adelle Jonker (13). Liam also came 4^th in the 200m freestyle, while Adelle swam a personal best time in the 100m breaststroke.
 

Overall, 90 percent of the swims for the team were personal best times (PBTs), with 19 of the 26 swimmers achieving personal bests in three or more events. Six of them – Ella Roland, 7, Samantha Bedard and Lucas Piazza, 8, Hannah Lacey, 10, Liam and Tanesha, – reached PBTs in five or more individual events. Erin Lacey, 7, came 3^rd in the 25m backstroke and 6^th in the 25m butterfly, while Ella finished 5^th in the 25m breaststroke. Nadine Osmon, 8, placed 4^th in the 50m freestyle and 7th in the 25m butterfly.  Luke Young, 11, finished 9^th in the 100m freestyle. Juliette Rossi, 7, had three Top 10 finishes.
 

Also swimming were Nes Tulang, 8, Dylan Cloud, 9, Dhwani Bhadresa, Samantha Lefebvre and Isabelle Rossi, 10, Jaedyn and McKenna Chalmers and Nadia Cartwright, 11, Latashia Dutcher, Dariel Gomez, Elizabeth Hunt and Janelle Joosten, 12, Anjali Rawat and Sophie Stasyna, 13.
 

The Sarnia Y Rapids I Swim Team group is coached by Sue Athanasopoulos. This was their final meet of the SEAL season for 2009-2010.