Swim Canada OLYMPIC TRIALS

Montreal, April 1-6,2008.

Hit the wall first; go to Beijing. Not complicated, no subjectivity. Clean and simple.
And how well Kingston will be represented, in spite of our wait for an aquatic complex!

NEWS Update from KAARS, Kingston Association of Aquatic Recreation & Sport.....

Kingston Supports Its Olympic Hopefuls
To show our support to the half dozen Kingston swimmers competing in a number of events at the Olympic trials, Kingston Sport Tourism of KEDCO and the Kingston Association of Aquatic Recreation and Sport (KAARS) joined efforts to sponsor the women’s 400m medley relay event at the CN (sponsored by Canadian National Corp) Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials, a six-day national competition that will take place April 1-6 at the Olympic Park Pool in Montreal, QC.
Canada’s elite swimmers will compete at the trials to earn a place on Canada’s Beijing Olympic Team. Touching the wall first is all that matters in making the Team. This will include the 24-year old Elizabeth Wycliffe, Kingston Kiwanis Amateur Athlete of the Year, from the Ernestown Barracudas Swim Club who presently trains at the University of Texas. Wycliffe is ranked as Canada’s number one swimmer for that event. She’s also number one ranked in the 100m backstroke.
This is just one hopeful that is trying out for the team as five more Kingston swimmers have qualified to compete at the Trials. We have two 18-year olds, Jessica Craig and Pamela Ruksys, 17-year old Benjamin Roberts and then Allie Duff at 14. The biggest surprise of all is Amanda McCormack who is only 12. They are all working to position themselves in Canada’s swimming ranks, and we are very proud to be supporting them.
Each day, swimmers will be nominated to the Olympic & Paralympic Team as they race their speciality event. All members of Canada’s swim team will be nominated at the 2008 Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials in Montreal.
Forty to fifty of Kingston’s swimming enthusiasts will be travelling to the Montreal Olympic Pool over the weekend to watch the competition. There are seats on the bus (including entry ticket) still available for the April 5th finals at $40 each/double. If interested in getting on board contact KBMtour@kingston.net . There will be CBC coverage on Saturday afternoon with taped hi-lites broadcast on Monday, April 7th (check your listings). All-in-all, Kingston should be proud regardless of the outcome.

Visit www.ktownaquaticcentre.ca
for updates on the swimming trials, and for news about out efforts, along with city staff and many supportive citizens, to build an AQUATIC CENTRE in Kingston. It's time! We're in the right location!

Just think....if we had an AQUATIC CENTRE in Kingston, young Olympic hopeful AMANDA MCCORMACK would be able to stay here to train for the 2016 Olympic Games, and our local children could train alongside her, and become the best they could be!

An exciting thought, so let's have a KINGSTON AQUATIC CENTRE!