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Synchronized Swimming

Team Information

Head Coach: Melissa Dermody

Assistant Coaches: Jenilee Keslering, Laura Killey

Contact Information:
Melissa Dermody or Jenilee Keslering
Synchronized Swimming
c/o Department of Athletics and Recreation
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
Canada, K7L 3N6
queenssynchro@hotmail.com

For more information on university synchronized swimming, visit:
www.universitysynchro.ca

OUA/CIS: Competitive Club

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Synchro Team News

Synchronized Swimming (W): Queen's Finishes in Third Place at 2008 Canadian University Championships
Kingston, Ont. (February 9, 2008) - Host Queen's University claimed third place in the Team Free Routine at the 2008 Canadian University Synchronized Swimming Championship on Saturday inside the Physical Education Centre in Kingston.

McGill University's White team finished first on a tie break over the University of Calgary. Both teams had a score of 75.333 but McGill was deemed champions via tie-breaking procedures in place from Synchro Canada. Queen's Blue team finished the team competition in 10th place.

In the Novice Team Free routine, Western (Purple) edged McGill University by a score of 61.000 points to 58.5000. McMaster rounded out the top three finishing at 56.5000.

The Duet Free routine results saw Hamilton natives Christa Schnarr and Melynda Saunders from McMaster edge out Rebecca Jasper and Lauren Lepage from the University of Toronto for first place. Queen's combo of Amanda Secord and Krista Wollny were ninth. The University of Guelph's Laura Szigatti and Tracy Messenger captured the Novice Duet Results.

In the solo free routine, Kim Phillips was dazzling, winning the gold by edging Jennifer Gill Wilson from McGill. Phillips' University of Alberta teammate Keesa Elicksen was third. Queen's Bri Botsford finished ninth. In the Novice Solo Technical Routine, Jiwei Yang from McGill claimed gold, while Kim Moffit from the joint Waterloo-Laurier team was second. Trent's Laura Albrecht was third and Queen's lone competitor Cha Yoon Park finished in sixth.

Krista Hayes (University of Western Ontario) took top honours in the Athletes with a Disability category, wowing the crowd with her solo routine.

Unofficial Full Results:

Team Free Routine
1. McGill University - White 75.3333
2. University of Calgary 75.3333
3. Queen's University "Yellow" 74.6667
4. Waterloo/Laurier 74.6667
5. University of Western Ontario 72.1667
6. University of Alberta (T) 71.8333
7. McMaster University 70.3333
8. McGill University - Red 68.0000
9. University of Victoria 67.3333
10. Queen's University - Blue 67.3333
11. University of British Columbia 66.5000
12. uOttawa 66.5000
13. Brock University 66.1667
14. University of Alberta (J) 61.8333

Novice Team Free Routine
1. University of Western Ontario (Purple) 61.0000
2. McGill University 58.5000
3. McMaster University 56.5000
4. University of Guelph 56.1667
5. Trent University 54.1667
6. Queen's University 53.8333
7. University of Western Ontario (White) 51.0000

Duet Free Routine
1. Schnarr/Saunders McMaster University 73.6667
2. Jasper/Lepage University of Toronto 72.6667
3. Benson/Fordyce University of Calgary 70.0000
4. Heikkila/Lubbock/Orton Waterloo - Laurier 68.8333
5. Dalgleish/Papineau Waterloo - Laurier 68.3333
6. MacLean/Peer/Fairles McMaster University 67.6667
7. Lowden/Smeeton University of Toronto 67.5000
8. Feige/St. John Trent University 66.1667
9. Secord/Wollny Queen's University 65.1667
10. Ferguson/Reichert Brock University 64.8333
11. Plankenhorn/Brown University of Victoria 64.0000

Novice Duet Routine
1. Szigatti/Messenger University of Guelph 58.8333
2. Moffit/Becker Waterloo-Laurier 55.1667

Solo Free Routine
1. Kim Phillips University of Alberta 75.0000
2. Jennifer Gill Wilson McGill University 73.6667
3. Keesa Elicksen University of Alberta 71.6667
4. Ellen Wakarchuk McGill University 67.6667
5. Joelle Prevost University of Victoria 67.3333
6. Alexandra Konanz University of Alberta 66.3333
7. Megan Dutchak University of Western Ontario 66.1667
8. Rachael Fels Elliott University of Toronto 65.3333
9. Bri Botsford Queen's University 65.1667
10. Tanya Tompolski University of Alberta 64.8333
11. Marie-Pier Guertin McGill University 64.0000

Novice Solo Tehnical Routine
1. Jiwei Yang McGill University 62.6667
2. Kim Moffit Waterloo - Laurier 58.8333
3. Laua Albrecht Trent University 56.8333
4. Samantha Wiles Brock University 53.5000
5. Michelle Neville University of Toronto 52.3333
6. Cha Yoon Park Queen's University 51.5000

For official results please visit: www.universitysynchro.ca


Canadian Synchronized Swimming Championships @ Queen’s
Kingston, Ont. (February 6, 2008) - Queen's University will host the Canadian Synchronized Swimming Championships this Saturday (February 8) at the Physical Education Centre on campus. The national championship will showcase the top university synchronized swimming programs across Canada and will be highlighted with Queen's looking to take the title in its home pool. 

The schools expected to compete are the University of British Columbia, University of Victoria, University of Calgary and University of Alberta in addition to eight Ontario schools, the Gaels and from Quebec the McGill Martlets.  Spectators are welcome with the Duet and Trios starting at 11:30, followed by solos at 1:15.  The always fan friendly Team competition goes at 3:00pm. 

Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for students, $10 for families (at least two children) with children under 10 admitted free and are available by calling 613.533.2500.

Synchronized Swimming Wins A Gold At Canadian University Championships
Waterloo, ON (February 11, 2007) - The Synchronized Swimming team won five medals on the weekend at the Canadian University Championships at Laurier University. The lone gold was won by the Gaels yellow team (Jenilee Keslering, Melissa Dermody, Laura Killey, Meaghan Hartwell, Bess Pauling, Brianna Botsford, Jennifer Dwyer, Lyndsey Cox, Victoria Johnston, Elena Spronk. Coach: Colleen Daly). Queen's won two silvers courtesy of the competitive duets (Jenilee Keslering and Laura Killey) and the novice duet (Madeleine Green and Kirsten Glover) with bronze won by the Queen's Blue Team (Amanda Reid, Hannah Legh-Jones, Hanna State, Chayoon Park, Kirsten Glover, Madeleine Green, Coach: Carly Morin) and by Chayoon Park in the novice solo.


Synchornized Swimming Wins Two Events At Toronto
Toronto, ON (January 22, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels synchronized swimming team had a successful competition at an event at the University of Toronto this past weekend. The Gaels won the 15 team competitive routine (members: Jenilee Keslering, Melissa Dermody, Laura Killey, Meaghan Hartwell, Bess Pauling, Brianna Botsford, Jennifer Dwyer, Lyndsey Cox, Victoria Johnston, Elena Spronk) and the 17 team competitive duets ( Jenilee Keslering and Laura Killey). Chayoon Park also finished third in the novice solo for the team that has their final event of the season in Waterloo February 2nd.