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Swimming with the Sea Lions at Festivals

swimmers and spending time with
By Victoria Klassen
my teammate and coach,” shared
he 2024 Ontario Summer Joelle. “I am proud of myself for
TFestival Championships, a training hard and being able to qualify
provincial level meet for swimmers for Festivals. I’m also excited at
with qualifying times, was held achieving my personal best in 200m
from June 14-16 in Etobicoke, freestyle and 100m backstroke.”
Ontario. Two Cornwall Sea Lions This is Adele’s fifth time attending
swimmers—Joelle Houle, 11, and Festivals. She first attended when
Adele Van Loon, 12— attended the she was ten and has attended both
competition. winter and summers festivals since.

This was Joelle’s first time At this competition, Adele
competing at Festivals. Joelle achieved personal bests in three out
finished 26th out of 62 competitors of four of her races. She placed 13th
in the 200m freestyle, dropping 4.93 in the 200m backstroke by dropping
seconds for a personal best time. 2.57 seconds, 18th in the 200m
She also dropped an incredible 30.5 freestyle at 1.23 seconds faster, and
seconds in her 100m backstroke, 26th in the 100m freestyle with a
securing another personal best. quicker time by 1.32 seconds.
“I enjoyed the competitive “I love Festivals for two reasons,”
atmosphere at the pool. New said Adele. “First, I love competing Photo Submitted
friendships I made with other
with so many really great swimmers. Between us and the Ottawa teams,
Brought to you by Ming & Associates The racing is so fast, and everyone Eastern Ontario sends a lot of great
Athlete of
the Month
Athlete of the Month is so good that it is exciting to be girls and I love spending time with
in that environment. Second, I love everyone on deck.”
seeing my friends from other teams.
Sayla Fuller

Age: 14
Grade: 10 in September
Hometown: Cornwall
School: Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary
School
July’s Athlete of the Month is Cornwall’s Sayla
Fuller. Sayla plays softball for the Cornwall
Kinsmen Girls Softball and U15 Cornwall Cyclones Travel teams. She’s
also an assistant teacher at the Powell School of Dance.
“I have been playing softball since I was 5 years old, for Cornwall Kinsmen
Girls Softball. This is my second year on the travel team,” Sayla says. “I
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