The Rimouski Dauphins swim club has placed 11 youngsters on the regional team that will take part in the Quebec Games Final, in Laval, from July 22 to 30.
The selection was made during the Regional Cup in Rivière-du-Loup. Janie Bélanger, Tommy Bélanger, François Coucy, Emma Ducharme, Camille and Florence Collin, Maxime Deslauriers, Jasmin Gaudreau, Jade Gauthier, Julia Nadeau and Pierre-Olivier Robichaud have earned their place on the Eastern team. Hugo Brouillet and Simon Denis will be the substitutes.
For open water competitions, the Eastern Quebec team will be formed during the Quebec championship to be held on July 3 at the Olympic basin in Montreal.
Quebec Cup
Also in Rivière-du-Loup this weekend, 92 Dauphins swimmers took part in the Quebec Cup and a novice competition. They won no less than 192 medals (61-63-68). Eight club records and one regional record were broken.
Among the 13-14 year olds, Emma Ducharme particularly stood out with the regional record in the 100m butterfly (1:05.00) and four club records in the 100m breaststroke (1:17.24 – record dating from 1980), 100m freestyle (1: 00.41) in addition to two all-age records in the 100m backstroke (1:05.37) and 200m backstroke (2:21.26).
The other four club records were achieved by Tommy Bélanger in the 200m butterfly (11-12 years 2:35.87), Éli Lebel in the 100m breaststroke (1:07.39) and 200m breaststroke (2:32.40), as well as Mathis Bourbonnais in the 800m free (8:50.71).
The “regular” season of the Dolphins thus comes to an end. The Club is going into recruitment mode over the next few weeks for its school club and its competitive group for the next season. Interested parties can contact Sébastien Angers at 418 318-5005 or [email protected].
