Monday, July 21, 2014

re: Congratulations Julia! *UPDATED


We are pleased to announce the recent success of one of our high performance swimmers!

Julia Longo competed & excelled in the prestigious Special Olympics 2014 Summer Games in Vancouver, B.C.!  She's recently been selected to represent Team Canada in the 2015 international games in Los Angeles, California! Woooo Hoooo!

These games take place once every four years, and this years competition was the largest in its history featuring 11 sports!  You can learn more about this awesome event here: http://www.vancouver2014.com/news/news/athletes-triumph-at-special-olympics-canada-2014-summer-games


Our Julia competed in the following events:

*100M FREESTYLE
Preliminaries - Division: F6 - 1st Place - 1:13.07
Finals - Division: F6 - 1st Place - 1:12.82

*25M BUTTERFLY
Preliminaries - Division: F3 - 1st Place - 19.53
Finals - Division: F4 - 1st Place - 18.44

*100M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Preliminaries - Division: F4 - 1st Place - 1:30.12
Finals - Division: F5 - 1st Place - 1:24.21

*50M BACKSTROKE
Preliminaries - Division: F8 - 2nd Place - 45.04
Finals - Division: F8 - 2nd Place - 43.62

You may view the online results here:
http://www.vancouver2014.com/results/events/

Congratulations again Julia!  Your coaches and teammates are very proud of you!