STITTSVILLE - A Stittsville swimmer was a
double gold medalist in the recent 2010 Junior Long Course Provincial
Championships.
Laura Ruttan, 15, who attends
South Carleton High School,
not only captured two gold medals but also added a silver medal and a bronze
medal.
Laura won her gold medals in
the 200 and 400 individual medley events. Her silver medal came in the 200
breaststroke event while she earned her bronze medal in the 100 breaststroke.
These four medals won by
Laura were among the 27 medals captured by members of the Nepean Kanata
Barracudas Swim Club in the meet which was held in their Club’s home pool at
the Nepean Sportsplex. This performance earned the Barracudas eighth place in
the championships which involved swimmers from 63 teams across the province.
Nepean Kanata Barracudas
coach Iain McDonald was happy with the sway that his swimmers performed in the
meet.
“Laura (Ruttan) led the way
with a break through meet and our swimmers did a great job taking the feedback
from their morning swims and implementing those changes to their final races,”
he said. “This resulted in some fast finals swimming.”
Laura was not the only
Stittsville swimmer to medal at the championships.
Ally Davis, 16, of
Stittsville, who is a distance freestyle swimmer for the Barracudas, earned a
bronze medal in the 1500 freestyle event. Her time in this event was the fourth
fastest time in this event in the history of the Nepean Kanata Barracudas Swim
Club.
Many of the Barracudas top
level swimmers are now training for the upcoming Age Group National
Championships to be held at the Pan Am Games Complex in Winnipeg
as well as for the Senior National Championships at the Commonwealth Games pool
in Victoria.
Both of these competitions are taking place later this month.
The Nepean Kanata Barracudas
Swim Club operates a year-round swimming program for age group and senior
competitive swimmers. It offers professional coaching, training and competition
for these swimmers, right from the novice competitive swimmer to those at the
national team level.
For more information about
the Nepean Kanata Barracudas Swim Club, visit www.SwimNKB.com