Photo by Marissa Tiel
TEAMMATES 鈥� From left, Rennes Lindsay, Hannah Kingscote and Cassis Lindsay will represent Yukon at the Age Group Nationals next week in Calgary. The indoor competition runs from July 27 to 31 at the Talisman Centre. The open water competition will take place at Arbour Lake on Aug. 1.
The Whitehorse Glacier Bears will field its largest team at age group nationals next week since coach Malwina Bukszowana took the reigns in 2013.
The Whitehorse Glacier Bears will field its largest team at age group nationals next week since coach Malwina Bukszowana took the reigns in 2013.
Sisters Cassis and Rennes Lindsay will be joined by Hannah Kingscote at the Calgary competition.
The Lindsays have been to nationals before, Cassis in 2014 and 15 and Rennes in 2015, but this will be Kingscote鈥檚 first experience at the meet.
鈥淚t鈥檚 super exciting,鈥� said Rennes, 13. 鈥淭his time we get to share it with Hannah.鈥�
Cassis, who attended her first nationals by herself welcomes the company. 鈥淲e get along really well.鈥�
And with coach Bukszowana also making the trip south, the atmosphere will be positive at the Glacier Bears camp.
鈥淲e鈥檒l be focused on our races, but there鈥檒l be lots of jokes,鈥� said Cassis.
Cassis and Rennes qualified at meets earlier this year. Cassis, 15, will stick to her sprint events, 50-metre freestyle, 100 freestyle, 50 butterfly and 100 butterfly.
Rennes, whose foot injury has greatly improved over the last week will have a race nearly every day of the five-day long meet. Last year she won two bronze medals in the 400 and 800 freestyle. She鈥檒l swim those events again as well as 200, 1,500 freestyle and the 2.5-kilometre open water event following the meet on Aug. 1.
Kingscote, meanwhile, who attained her final qualifying time during a timetrial at the Canada Games Centre a few weeks ago, will race the sprint events in her two best strokes, backstroke (50, 100) and butterfly (50, 100).
Kingscote, 14, is thankful that she鈥檒l have the Lindsays and Bukszowana to show her the ropes.
鈥淚 think Hannah is really prepared,鈥� says Rennes. 鈥淪he鈥檚 relaxed. She鈥檒l go into this with ease.鈥�
Cassis says that when you walk through the pool doors the feeling is different than other meets, even one like B.C. AAAs.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a big step up,鈥� she said. 鈥淓veryone is so much bigger and everyone is so much faster.鈥�
The excitement of competition gets the adrenaline pumping and can lead to faster times.
鈥淐anadian swimming is a little faster than Whitehorse swimming, but that doesn鈥檛 mean we can鈥檛 fight for finals,鈥� said Bukszowana.
She said the girls are looking better in the pool than they did before B.C. AAAs.
The meet runs July 27 to Aug. 1.
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