Samantha Young, a transfer from the University of Houston, is one of the new faces on the OUA swimming circuit – and this past weekend in St. Catherine’s proved she is one of the strongest competitors in the province.
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Samantha won all three of her individual races this past Saturday at the Brock Inviational.  Sam won the 50 meter freestyle in stellar fashion, dominating the pool and winning the event by over a full second clocking in at 26.80, however just missed out by 2/100ths of a second on the CIS qualifying time. Sam also won the 100 freestyle in a best time of 59.80, and in the 200 meter backstroke beat the second place opponent by 14 seconds. Samantha did all this after coming off the previous weekend at the OUA divisional championships where she posted the best times in four different events. Sam was part of the previous weekend’s women's team who placed third at the divisional championships, a fantastic placing as this division hosts the top 1/2 of the OUA.
Sam will now get ready for exams before flying off to Florida for a pre-Christmas 10 day training camp (Dec 13-23).
