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Etobicoke (29 November 2009) Seventeen-year-old Jennifer Trung took a break from her university studies to lead a four-member contingent of the Markham Aquatic Club (MAC), at the first Canada Cup of the 2009-2010 Canadian national swim program. 550 swimmers representing over 100 swim programs from across Canada, the United States, and Bermuda attended the three-day event, November 27-28-29 at the Etobicoke Olympium. Canadian Senior and Junior national team members were in attendance to defend their titles against all-comers. Top MAC performances came from Trung who placed 23rd in the 100-metre back with a strong time of 1:05.03 and 28th in the 100-metre Individual Medley, stopping the clock at 1:07.51 minutes. MAC veteran Ben Stubbs (17) led the Markham men placing 28th in the 200-metre butterfly in 2:05.91 minutes. Canada Cup Rookies Andrew Lee (17) and Natasha Strass-Hundal, (17) performed well on the national stage as Lee placed 52nd in the 100-metre Individual Medley, 1:03.38 minutes, and Strass-Hundal finished 33rd in the 50-metre backstroke in 30.52 seconds. “I was very pleased with the effort from our swimmers as they swam stroke-to-stroke with our nation’s best” commented MAC head coach Sam Montgomery, “These early results indicate that we are on-track for a very successful fall-winter season.” -30- The Markham Aquatic Club will next compete this coming weekend (December 3-4-5-6) at the Youth Cup hosted by the North York Swim Club at the Etobicoke Olympium. In two weeks MAC will split into two teams to travel down the 401 to Guelph for the Team-Aquatic-Supplies “Dash for Cash” or across town to the Vaughan Invitational. Head Coach Sam Montgomery |
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