Comox Valley Aquatic Club Sharks swimmer Brooke Lamoureux and her coach Albert Burgund were selected to the Prospects West Training Camp based on Brooke’s performance at the SWIM BC Short Course Provincial Championships.
Prospects West is a team composed of 13- and 14-year-old swimmers. In total there were 32 swimmers representing B.C., Alberta, and Manitoba and Saskatchewan (combined) for a total of 96 swimmers. They flew to Montreal to take advantage of the Olympic Trials venue – the Parc Olympique – the site of the 1976 Olympics. Here they had numerous training sessions and lectures covering everything from hydration, race strategy, stroke mechanics, and psychology just to name a few.
The highlight of the camp was that every evening the swimmers were able to watch the “finals” session of trials and watch as swimmers from all over the country competed for the right to represent Canada this summer in London England. The racing was spectacular and the vibe electrifying. You could not help but get excited – some come from behind winners (even from the outside lanes), some disappointments, old stalwarts not making the team, young upstarts taking control and coming out on top.
“The camp was very successful and in four years at the next Olympic Trials we expect to see many of the camp attendees battling it out for a spot on the Olympic team,” Burgund said. For a complete set of results go to www.omegatiming.com/index_home.htm#swimming/racearchives/2012/Montreal/index_by_events.htm.
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