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Swimming with the Sea Lions into a New Year

By Victoria Klassen for our team to compete at such a
high level. Our swimmers achieved
he end of 2024 was a busy time personal bests and gained valuable
Tfor the Sea Lions. The CSLA experience,” said Sanei.
Swim Meet at the end of November As the end of 2024 approached,
was a great success—three Sea Lions the Sea Lions took a week off from
earned several medals, and four training. The club held a Christmas
swimmers achieved both regional Camp from Dec. 30-Jan. 4, which
and provincial qualifications. included workshops on techniques

At the start of December, there and sprints. On the last day of the
were seven Sea Lion swimmers camp, they held a fun water polo
who had qualified to compete in the workshop with a team from Ottawa.
Pointe-Claire meet. After returning The Sea Lions will be back in
from CSLA, these swimmers had a the water on Jan. 6 for their regular
week of training before heading to season.
Pointe-Claire in Quebec.
“Looking back, we’re proud of
“The training leading up to the how much our swimmers have Photo Submitted
Pointe-Claire meet was both fun improved in the first three months
and challenging. It took a lot of hard and are excited for the new year
work to qualify for it and I wanted to ahead,” said Sanei.
make a good impression for my first
time competing there,” said Zachary The Sea Lions are ready to dive
Millward, a Sea Lions swimmer. into 2025!

“At this meet, I was really nervous
on day one. There were over 800
swimmers also competing. I was the
only boy in my club representing
CSL. To my surprise, I qualified for
finals for the 100m butterfly. It was
a really great feeling. I’m looking
forward to continuing training,
having fun, and making new friends
along the way.”
Arman Sanei, head coach of the
Sea Lions, said the Pointe-Claire
meet was a huge event with world- Photo Submitted Photo Submitted
class athletes.
“It was an exciting opportunity