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Swimming with the Sea Lions – March 2021

By Victoria Klassen came when the Sea Lions swimmers
were asked what they were happiest
he Sea Lions are happy to be out about upon returning to the pool.
Tof lockdown and back in the water
“Smelling like chlorine,” said
once again. This month features a Byron Roche.
variety of Sea Lions’ perspectives on
Chloe Carter-Edwards and Makayla
returning to the sport of swimming.
Duval said they were excited to see
“Swimming can be a very each other and their swim friends
demanding sport. For lack of a more once again.
eloquent way of putting it, practices
“The sense of normalcy,” shared
are hard. The motivation that these
young people have to get themselves Lily Mackenzie about returning to
the water.
to the pool, often before dawn, in the
cold of winter, in order to push their Adele Van Loon and Kenley
bodies to their limit is incredibly Lindsay said they were glad to be
impressive,” shared Sheilagh McNeil, back being active.
head coach of the Sea Lions. Katie Laroux summed it up for all

When asked how it felt to return of the swimmers: “Goggle marks are
to training, swimmers expressed back in fashion.” Kahlee Lariviere with Byron Roche, inset photo Photo Submitted
the difficulty of getting back into Athletes were also asked what they While goggle marks are back in “Going in and out of lockdown is
swimming shape. had not missed about practices during fashion for the most part, Mackenzie very difficult. There is nothing quite

“Painful,” said Adele Van Loon. the lockdown. Kahlee Lariviere said Lauzon said she did not miss goggles like swimming, and each time there is
she has not missed falling asleep leaving circles around her eyes. a shut-down, swimmers have to retrain
“Hard!” said Kenley Lindsay.
during the national anthem at school, Despite the early mornings and their bodies and lungs to compete in
Rori Campbell expressed, “Stairs while Rori Campbell similarly cold water, all of the Sea Lions are the water,” said McNeil. “I give them
are rough again. I could not get up the
expressed not missing diving into a happy to trade a bit of sleep and some full credit. They have come back out
stairs at school and our school has so freezing cold pool at 6AM. Max Rose sore muscles for the opportunity to be of this shut down happy to be back,
many stairs. I had to crawl.”
and others said they had not missed back in the water and training with ready to put the work in, and looking
The most enthusiastic answers the muscle cramps and charley horses. their Sea Lions family once again. forward to the future.”

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