Junior and Senior Synchronized Swimming Teams Take Golds

The New Canaan YMCA hosted the Junior and Senior Tri-state Synchronized Swimming Association Championships on February 1 and New Canaan’s Junior and Senior teams both took gold medals. This was the first meet of the new synchronized swimming season and the New Canaan YMCA Aquianas unveiled their 2009 routines at this event. New Canaan took home a total of 8 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 5 bronze medals from the competition, continuing their domination of this Championship.  Other teams competing were the Hamden Heronettes, Westfield Y Aquaducks, East End Synchro Swans, Gotham Synchro and Long Island Synchro.

In the Junior category, New Canaan won three gold medals.  The team of Laura Cardi, Amelia Clark, Sarah Dittmeier, Amanda McKenzie, Ankita Mukherjee, Jennifer O’Neill, Mina Shah and Rebecca Trinklein took the gold with a score of 65.875, beating Hamden’s 62.439. The trio of Alison Commender, Dana McLachlin and Mina Shah beat out Hamden’s trio to take gold in that event as well.  The third gold went to New Canaan’s Lissie Feist who took the gold medal in the compulsory figures category.

In the Seniors competition, New Canaan swept all of the gold medals. The team of Chelsea Aton, Alison Commender, Colleen Courtmanche, Madison Crocker, Megan Hansley, Marina Hoffman, Dana McLachlin, and Kelsey Smith won with a score of 75.658, beating Hamden’s score of 67.951.  In trios, Courtmanche, Crocker and Hansley took the gold.  Duet gold went to Courtmanche and Crocker.  Solo gold went to Aton and Crocker also won the compulsory figures gold.

Junior Zones will be held in New Canaan the weekend of February 13-15 and Senior Zones follow a month later in Buffalo during the weekend of March 13-15.