Synchro team makes waves at provincial finals

Jun1, 2004

The Newmarket Synchronized Swim Club had its A-game in synch on the weekend.

Led by successes in Tier 4 level competition, club members captured five medals at the Ontario provincial synchronized swimming championships in Nepean.

A pair of Newmarket tandems continued their impressive season on the podium by delivering a one-two punch in Tier 4 duets, as Ali Davies and Leah McGurn captured gold, while clubmates Jocelyn Bourrie and Laura Towsley placed second.

McGurn and Davies also placed third and fourth, respectively, in Tier 4 figures as the Newmarket club finished with six athletes among the top 13 performances. That result left Newmarket as the only club to qualify an entire team for a Synchro Ontario high-performance camp to be held this summer in Guelph in August.

In team competition, the Newmarket club's first-year Tier 1 competitive squad swept top marks on the cards of all 10 judges to win the gold medal in the 23-team category and capture the Champions Trophy.

In Tier 4, Newmarket captured the silver medal in a field of 12 teams.