On Day 4, Lac St-Louis created quite an impression by winning all 4 relays with Quebec Games records! The Special Olympics swimmers also took the bronze medal in the 4X50m freestyle relay. Vincent Girard improved his best time by close to 1/2 a minute in the 100m freestyle for para swimmers!
Below are pictures of the winning relay teams with all result details:
Girls 4X50m freestyle relay
The A team with Kaitlin Simpson, Sara Touchette-McGowan, Alexandra Campbell and Alexia Zevnik took the gold medal with a time of 1:47.18, erasing a record belonging to Rive-Sud with a time of 1:50.47 established in Amos in 2005.
The B team with Isabelle Brathwaite, Fannie Nantel, Eva Terriault and Jenna Thompson won the B final, finishing in 9th position.
Boys 4X50m freestyle relay
Kevin Fraser, Nicholas Lafleur, Scott Simpson and Guillaume Bergeron-Miron followed the girls and won their event with a time of 1:38.87, erasing a record belonging to Rive-Sud (1:42.13, Sept-Iles, 2007).
The B team with Steven Marchand, Yu Charles Feng, Jeremy Pitcher and Philippe Gingues took 13th position.
OSQ 4X50m freestyle relay
The relay team with Michel Pednault, Véronica Urban-Desnoyers, Valérie-Annabèle Gareau and Jessie Adam Falcao took 3rd place and the bronze medal in their relay.
Girls 4X50m medley relay
The A team with Alexia Zevnik, Liane Tatigian, Sara Touchette-McGowan and Kaitlin Simpson won the race in 1:58.66, erasing their own mark of 2:00.30 realized in the preliminary heats. The previous record was held by Laurentides (2:02.18, Sept-Iles 2007).
During the same event, Alexia Zevnik took the opportunity to get the 50m backstroke Games record with a time of 28.69, erasing a record previously recorded in the meet by Léa Sigouin-Derion of Laurentides.
The B relay was disqualified during the finals.
Boys 4X50m medley relay
The A team with Guillaume Bergeron-Miron, Scott Simpson, Nicholas Lafleur and Kevin Fraser also won their race in 1:49.94, erasing a record held by la Rive-Sud (1:52.63, Sept-Iles 2007).
The B team with Nicholas Quigley, Travis McGregor, Steven Marchand and Yu Charles Feng took 7th place.
Team Ranking
Lac St-Louis took second place at the pool with 2828 points just ahead of Rive-Sud with 2765 points. Québec won the title with 3058.5 points. Let's remember that Lac St-Louis was 4th in Sept-Iles. This year's result is therefore very satisfying!
The delegation official assigned to swimming, Marc-Antoine Beaulieu, was so impressed by the performance and the spirit of the team that he accepted the challenge that our swimmers gave him. He participated in the closing ceremonies as a swimmer... proudly wearing the LSL bathing cap and goggles!
After completing such a great day at the pool, the swimmers prepared for their return, packed the buses and got ready for the closing ceremonies... The athletes really seemed to have fun waiting for their great entrance to Lac Leamy Park:
Lac St-Louis was honored as the most improved region (left) and Quebec - Capitale nationale won the general ranking (right):
During the ceremony, Joanie Rochette addressed the athletes and related her own Quebec Games history. Also, our friend came and said good bye...
Overall, it was a great evening... The athletes then returned to their buses for the big departure bringing home great memories of Quebec Games!
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