The Sault Surge will be hosting the first NEOR meet of the season at the John Rhodes pool this upcoming weekend on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29, 2023.

247 athletes representing clubs in the North Eastern Ontario Region from Sudbury, North Bay, Timmins, Kapuskasing, Hearst, Sturgeon Falls, Kirkland Lake and Temiskaming Shores.

67 local athletes will represent the Sault Surge Aquatic Team at this meet surpassing the largest contingent at a NEOR development meet since the club’s inception in 2015.

Swimmers will be seeking personal best times as well as qualifying standards for Regional and Provincial championships meets. The John Rhodes pool will be the site of the North Eastern Ontario Regional Dave Kensit Memorial Championships hosted by the Sault Surge Aquatic Team February 2-4, 2023.

Last weekend Sault Surge team members swam a time trial during their regular Saturday morning practice time slot at the John Rhodes pool. Over 70 Sault Surge athletes were able to gain valuable racing experience over swimming four or five events.

Surge swimmers, despite the early season racing opportunity, still managed to post 233 personal best times over those four or five events that each swimmer swam. Alex Orazietti and Andrew Li both set new boys 13-14 age group club records in the 50m breaststroke and 200 individual medley respectively.

Racing on Saturday Starts at 11:00 a.m for swimmers aged 13 and over with a start time of 4:00 p.m for swimmers aged 12 and under. Racing resumes on Sunday with the swimmers aged 13 and over starting at 9:00 a.m while the swimmers aged 12 and under race at 1:00 p.m.

Source: Sault Surge