Belleville Beast swim to strong results in Quebec

Story by Jeff Gard/Total Sports Quinte

Competing at their first swim meet since March 2020, the Belleville Beast placed eighth overall as a team at the Pointe-Claire Invitational in Quebec from Dec. 16 to 19.

Prior to this event, a few swimmers participated in an open water competition, which was a two-kilometre swim, this past July and the Belleville club held time trials for its own athletes at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre at the end of October and in early December.

“This was our first time actually competing in a pool against other teams,” said Beast head coach Brandon Oates. “It was a pretty big meet. There was 450 swimmers and about 19 teams there.”

Twenty-three swimmers represented the Beast at the Pointe-Claire Invitational. Among the numerous impressive results from the whole team, 12-year-old Olivia Demianchuk won the female 11-12 age group 50-metre breaststroke final, Maisie Walsh, 12, captured silver medals in her 11-12 50-metre butterfly and 100-metre breaststroke finals and Francis Brennan, 14, earned silver in the male 15-16 200-metre backstroke final.

Brennan also placed first in the 15-16 100-metre backstroke preliminaries, but was disqualified in the final. His impressive weekend, though, also included setting new team records.

Meanwhile, Adam Case, 12, collected a pair of bronze medals in the age 11-12 division, placing third in both the 50-metre breaststroke and 50-metre backstroke finals.

Alexandra MacDonald, 11, placed third in female 11-12 division’s 50-metre backstroke to earn bronze.

“Probably the highlight of my weekend was watching the athletes interact with one another in a team setting,” Oates remarked. “In swimming, most of the time they’re there (for practice), they’ve got a few minutes before they get in the pool and then they’re in the water. (In Quebec) between their events, it was pretty neat to see them all dressed up in their team gear again and be able to have fun chatting with each other and cheering each other one.”

Protocols were in place to protect swimmers and Oates noted the facility, which had two large pools, was large enough to accommodate all the competitors.

“We have so many cherished memories from the weekend and I’m just glad that our team was able to do some type of racing in a normal atmosphere again,” Oates said.

BELLEVILLE BEAST RESULTS AT POINTE-CLAIRE INVITATIONAL

Taneesha Asher, 13

47^th in female, 13-14,100m freestyle preliminaries

13^th in female, 15-16, 200m backstroke final (13^th in preliminaries)

24^th in female, 13-14, 200m breaststroke preliminaries

37^th in female, 15-16, 100m breaststroke preliminaries

15^th in female, 13-14, 50m backstroke preliminaries

45^th in female, 15-16, 200m individual medley preliminaries

Francis Brennan, 14

6^th in male, 15-16, 200m freestyle final (6^th in preliminaries)

DQ in male, 15-16, 100m backstroke final (1^st in preliminaries)

13^th in male, 17 & over, 400m individual medley preliminaries

7^th in male, 15-16, 100m freestyle final (4^th in preliminaries)

2^nd in male, 15-16, 200m backstroke final (3^rd in preliminaries)

14^th in male, 13-14, 400m freestyle preliminaries

Elizabeth Burnett, 13

39^th in female, 13-14, 100m freestyle preliminaries

23^rd in female, 13-14, 50m butterfly preliminaries

17^th in female, 13-14, 200m breaststroke final (15^th in preliminaries)

23^rd in female, 15-16, 100m breaststroke preliminaries

34^th in female, 13-14, 50m freestyle preliminaries

47^th in female, 15-16, 200m individual medley preliminaries

Adam Case, 12

7^th in male, 11-12, 200m backstroke final

3^rd in male, 11-12, 50m breaststroke final

6^th in male, 11-12, 200m breaststroke final

6^th in male, 11-12, 50m freestyle final

3^rd in male, 11-12, 50m backstroke final

Olivia Demianchuk, 12

10^th in female, 11-12, 200m freestyle final

1^st in female, 11-12, 50m breaststroke final

9^th in female, 11-12, 100m backstroke final

10^th in female, 11-12, 100m freestyle final

10^th in female, 11-12, 200m backstroke final

7^th in female, 11-12, 50m butterfly final

Nathan Fisher, 14

23^rd in male, 15-16, 200m freestyle preliminaries

20^th in male, 15-16, 100m butterfly final (20^th in preliminaries)

16^th in male, 15-16, 100m backstroke preliminaries

35^th in male, 15-16, 100m freestyle preliminaries

13^th in male, 15-16, 50m butterfly final (17^th in preliminaries)

23^rd in male, 13-14, 400m freestyle preliminaries

Owen Googe, 17

6^th in male, 15-16, 100m butterfly final (8^th in preliminaries)

7^th in male, 15-16, 50m breaststroke final (7^th in preliminaries)

6^th in male, 17 and over, 400m individual medley (9^th in preliminaries)

19^th in male, 15-16, 100m freestyle, preliminaries

9^th in male, 15-16, 200m breaststroke final (10^th in preliminaries)

7^th in male, 17 and over, 100m breaststroke final (7^th in preliminaries)

16^th in male, 17 & over, 200m individual medley preliminaries

Logan Hicks, 15

20^th in male, 15-16, 100m butterfly final (18^th in preliminaries)

19^th in male, 15-16, 100m backstroke final (17^th in preliminaries)

19^th in male, 15-16, 100m freestyle final (17^th in preliminaries)

21^st in male, 13-14, 400m freestyle preliminaries

26^th in male, 17 & over, 100m breaststroke preliminaries

16^th in male, 13-14, 50m freestyle final (15^th in preliminaries)

33^rd in male, 17 & over, 200m individual medley preliminaries

Myles Jackson, 14

27^th in male, 15-16, 200m freestyle preliminaries

22^nd in male, 15-16, 100m butterfly preliminaries

13^th in male, 15-16, 50m breaststroke preliminaries

17^th in male, 15-16, 200m backstroke preliminaries

17^th in male, 15-16, 50m butterfly final (20^th in preliminaries)

26^th in male, 13-14, 400m freestyle preliminaries

Madeleine Kort, 13

23^rd in female, 13-14, 100m butterfly preliminaries

24^th in female, 15-16, 100m backstroke preliminaries

23^rd in female, 15-16, 200m backstroke preliminaries

26^th in female, 13-14, 50m butterfly preliminaries

39^th in female, 13-14, 50m freestyle preliminaries

14^th in female, 13-14, 50m backstroke preliminaries

48^th in female, 15-16, 200m individual medley preliminaries

Alexandra MacDonald, 11

12^th in female, 11-12, 100m freestyle final

6^th in female, 11-12, 50m butterfly final

6^th in female, 11-12, 200m breaststroke final

6^th in female, 11-12, 100m breaststroke final

7^th in female, 11-12, 50m freestyle final

3^rd in female, 11-12, 50m backstroke final

Jayden MacDonald, 15

23^rd in female, 15-16, 100m backstroke preliminaries

48^th in female, 13-14, 100m freestyle preliminaries

20^th in female, 15-16, 200m backstroke final (21^st in preliminaries)

14^th in female, 13-14, 200m breaststroke final (14^th in preliminaries)

16^th in female, 15-16, 100m breaststroke final (20^th in preliminaries)

44^th in female, 13-14, 50m freestyle preliminaries

39^th in female, 15-16, 200m individual medley preliminaries

Brendan MacQuarrie, 16

16^th in male, 15-16, 200m freestyle final (16^th in preliminaries)

21^st in male, 15-16, 100m butterfly final

20^th in male, 15-16, 100m backstroke final (20^th in preliminaries)

40^th in male, 15-16, 100m freestyle preliminaries

18^th in male, 15-16, 50m butterfly preliminaries

5^th in male, 15-16, 200m butterfly final (6^th in preliminaries)

12^th in male, 15-16, 50m backstroke preliminaries

Lauren MacQuarrie, 13

35^th in female, 15-16, 200m freestyle preliminaries

22^nd in female, 13-14, 100m butterfly preliminaries

44^th in female, 13-14, 100m freestyle preliminaries

24^th in female, 13-14, 50m butterfly preliminaries

26^th in female, 13-14, 200m breaststroke preliminaries

44^th in female, 13-14, 50m freestyle preliminaries

7^th in female, 13-14, 200m butterfly final (10^th in preliminaries)

Karissa Manlow, 15

43^rd in female, 15-16, 200m freestyle preliminaries

30^th in female, 15-16, 100m backstroke preliminaries

11^th in female, 15-16, 400m individual medley preliminaries

25^th in female, 15-16, 200m backstroke preliminaries

30^th in female, 15-16, 400m freestyle preliminaries

23^rd in female, 15-16, 100m breaststroke preliminaries

51^st in female, 15-16, 200m individual medley preliminaries

Caden Mecky, 11

14^th in male, 11-12, 200m freestyle final

4^th in male, 11-12, 50m breaststroke final

13^th in male, 11-12, 100m backstroke final

6^th in male, 11-12, 50m butterfly final

9^th in male, 11-12, 50m freestyle final

4^th in male, 11-12, 50m backstroke final

Fayrouz Mecky, 15

40^th in female, 15-16, 200m freestyle preliminaries

31^st in female, 15-16, 100m backstroke preliminaries

39^th in female, 13-14, 100m freestyle preliminaries

24^th in female, 13-14, 50m butterfly preliminaries

28^th in female, 15-16, 400m freestyle preliminaries

24^th in female, 13-14, 50m freestyle preliminaries

49^th in female, 15-16, 200m individual medley preliminaries

Rayan Mecky, 12

9^th in male, 11-12, 200m freestyle final

6^th in male, 11-12, 100m butterfly final

10^th in male, 11-12, 100m freestyle final

5^th in male, 11-12, 50m butterfly final

10^th in male, 11-12, 400m freestyle final

5^th in male, 11-12, 50m freestyle final

11^th in male, 11-12, 200m individual medley final

Abbi Solomon, 15

23^rd in female, 13-14, 100m butterfly preliminaries

28^th in female, 13-14, 100m freestyle preliminaries

18^th in female, 13-14, 50m butterfly final (19^th in preliminaries)

15^th in female, 13-14, 200m breaststroke final (16^th in preliminaries)

14^th in female, 15-16, 100m breaststroke final (14^th in preliminaries)

22^nd in female, 13-14, 50m freestyle preliminaries

25^th in female, 15-16, 200m individual medley preliminaries

Maisie Walsh, 12

6^th in female, 11-12, 100m freestyle final

2^nd in female, 11-12, 50m butterfly final

10^th in female, 11-12, 400m freestyle final

2^nd in female, 11-12, 100m breaststroke final

5^th in female, 11-12, 50m freestyle final

8^th in female, 11-12, 200m individual medley final

Joseph West, 15

28^th in male, 15-16, 200m freestyle preliminaries

14^th in male, 15-16, 50m breaststroke preliminaries

23^rd in male, 15-16, 100m backstroke preliminaries

47^th in male, 15-16, 100m freestyle preliminaries

17^th in male, 15-16, 200m backstroke preliminaries

22^nd in male, 15-16, 200m breaststroke preliminaries

Austin Williams, 14

12^th in male, 15-16, 100m butterfly final (11^th in preliminaries)

12^th in male, 17 & over, 400m individual medley preliminaries

6^th in male, 15-16, 200m backstroke final (8^th in preliminaries)

5^th in male, 15-16, 50m butterfly final (5^th in preliminaries)

9^th in male, 17 & over, 100m breaststroke final (9^th in preliminaries)

5^th in male, 13-14, 50m freestyle final (6^th in preliminaries)

17^th in male, 17 & over, 200m individual medley (13^th in preliminaries)

Ethan Williams, 15

19^th in male, 15-16, 200m freestyle final (19^th in preliminaries)

12^th in male, 15-16, 100m backstroke final (13^th in preliminaries)

32^nd in male, 15-16, 100m freestyle preliminaries

DQ in male, 15-16, 200m breaststroke final (16^th in preliminaries)

18^th in male, 17 & over, 100m breaststroke final (17^th in preliminaries)

29^th in male, 13-14, 50m freestyle preliminaries

31^st in male, 17 & over, 200m individual medley preliminaries