take Gold in World Trio
The Unsyncables trio with Lea, Lindsay and Karen struck gold in the 35-49 age group event at the XII FINA World Masters Championships in Perth, Australia, April 21-24. This marked the 6th consecutive time the Unsyncables have won the trio in this age group.
Other Unsyncables' place winners included Karen winning silver for her solo in 40-49 with teammate Lea taking bronze, also in 40-49 solo. With only 5 swimmers for the team event, Lea, Jenni, Natalie, Lindsay and Karen were very proud of the bronze medals they won in 20-34 team where on the victory stand, they were surrounded by Canadians in 1st, 2nd and tying with them for 3rd.
The Unsyncables' new duet pair of Jenni and Natalie placed 7th in 20-29 duet and Jenni was 8th in 20-29 solo. Sylvia was 5th in 40-49 solo and Lori placed 11th in 30-39 solo.
Other U.S. swimmers included Holly Sequine of the Aqua Sprite Masters who took 4th in 40-49 solo followed by Becky Meitin of the Alpine Angelfish who placed 5th. Karla Yale of Indy SwimFit was 7th in 60-69 solo. With . Sue Cosper, Yale took 3rd in 60-69 duets.Liz Miro and Veronica Morgan of AquaSprite Masters placed 10th in 20-29 duetsFormer US swimmer Khadija Cutcher, now in Winnipeg, Canada, was the 30-39 solo winner.
Thirty one clubs competed in these championships. In addition to the 4 from the U.S., there were 9 clubs from Canada, 5 from Great Britain and Switzerland, 3 from Japan, 2 from the Netherlands and swimmers from Germany, Italy, France and Australia.
20-34:
1. Ontario, CAN 74.66
(Dalgleish, Fairless, Heikkila, MacLean,
Orton, Papineau, Saunders, Schnarr
2. CAPN, CAN 69.91
(Biron, Cervinka, LaCroix-Lecours,
Wilson, Ziga-Kerney, Ziga-Kearney)
3. Unsyncables, USA 68.25T
(Lea, Jenni, Lindsay, Karen, Natalie)
3. Durham, CAN 68.25T
(Agnew, Jasper, LePage, Parashytniak,
Mills, Padgett, Reeve, Savage)
5. Aqua Synchro, SUI 67.66
(Bron, Caria, Charbonney, Fontana,
Gautier, Jupp, Livet, Winkelmann)
6. Ferratella, ITA 62.58
(Aiuti, Boni, Ciurnelli, Lucci,
Palermo, Tolfa)
35-49:
1. Calgary, CAN 68.75
(Bodie, Dawson, Fitzsimmons,
Hayes, Jablonca, Jablonca, Kruger)
2. DSZ, NED 65.00
(Damen, Knoester, Marvin,
Van der Leden, Vink-Bik)
50-64:
1. Edmonton, CAN 53.58
(Adams, Anderson, McDougal,
McKnight, Paterson, Patterson)
2. Schwimm Duebendorf, SUI 51.33
(Alder, Brennwald, Uggs,
Kozel, Neuhaus, Weiss)
65 & o.
1. Calgary, CAN 48.00
(Bilan, Boswell, Goranson, Hulse)
Combo:
1. Ferratella. ITA 63.50
(Aiuti, Boni, Ciurnelli, Lucci)
Solos:
20-34: (11 entries)
1. Fontana, AquaSynchro, SUI 73.81
2. Harvey, Barnett, GBR 71.00
3. Wilson, CAPN, CAN 70.33
4. Ciurnelli, Ferratella, ITA 69.83
5. Cooper, Walsall Syn. GBR 69.08
6. Bossy, Avuylly Natation, SUI 67.83
7. Cervinka, CAPN, CAN 67.25
8. Jenni, Unsyncables, USA 66.83
30-39: (11 entries)
1. Cutcher, Winnipeg, CAN 71.50
2. Mathieu, Marquette, CAN 70.16
3. Boni, Ferratella, ITA 65.83
4. Jeunesse Onex, SUI 62.83
5. Becquet, Bordeau, FRA 62.58
6. Conlow, PSV Delphin, GER 61.41
7. Van der Leden, DSZ, NED 61.00
8. Marcoux, Jeunesse Onex, SUI 60.83
10. Lori, Unsyncables, USA 57.41
40-49:
1. Fitzsimmons, Calgary, CAN 71.50
2. Karen, Unsyncables, USA 70.16
3. Lea, Unsyncables, USA 65.83
4. Somei, Water Waltz, JPN 61.83
5. Sylvia, Unsynables, USA 59.08
50-59: (10 entries)
1. Burridge, Sydney, AUS 58.91
2. Hoogenes, DSZ, NED 62.08
3. McKnight, Edmonton, CAN 60.75
4. Sequine, AquaSprites, USA 60.58
5. Meitin, Alpine Angelfish, USA 59.83
6. Nakayama, Water Waltz, JPN 57.66
7. Takada, Water Waltz, JPN 55.25
8. Jamada, Forest Dear, JPN 53.91
60-69: (12 entries)
1. Kunihisa, Water Waltz, JPN 60.83
2. Anderson, Edmonton, CAN 60.50
3. Fujimoto, Water Waltz, JPN 57.66
4. Inoue, Forest Dear, JPN 56.50
5. Kurihara, Water Waltz, JPN 56.25
6. Tajima, Water Waltz, JPN 56.08
7. Yale, Indy Swimfit, USA 55.66
8. Ansley, Pudsy Pearls, GBR 55.08
70-79:
1. Neivens, Seymour, GBR 55.08
80 & o:
Oishi, Water Waltz, JPN 49.33
20-34:
1. Marquette. CAN (Beaudet, Belanger, Mathieu) 71.08 2. Ontario, CAN (Fairles, MacLean, Peer) 68.75
3. Vancouver, CAN (Henrickson, Cosentino,
Zaferopoulos) 65.91
4. Aquasprites, USA (Miro, Morgan, eqine) 62.16
35-49:
1. Unsyncables, USA (Lea, Lindsay, Karen) 69.75
2. DSZ, NED (Damen, Marvin, Vink-Bik) 67.25
3. Ferratella, ITA (Boni, Lucci, Tolfa) 62.58
4. Water Waltz, JPN (Soeda, Somei, Takequzhi) 56.66
50-64:
1. Water Waltz, JPN (Fujimoto, Kunihisa, Sensui) 54.16
2. Aqlub Chofu, JPN (Funami, Saito, Tagawa) 53.00
3. Edmonton, CAN (McDougal, McKnight,
Patterson) 51.66
Duets:
20-29: (12 entries)
1. CAPN, CAN. (Ziga-Kearney, Ziga-Kearney) 74.33
2. AquaSynchro, SUI (Charbonney, Livet) 74.08
3. Ontario, CAN (Saunders, Schnarr) 73.75
4. Ferratella, ITA (Ciurnelli, Palermo) 72.66
5. Durham, CAN (Jasper, LePage) 71.58
5. AquaSynchro, SUI (Fontana, Jupp) 69.75
7. Unsyncables, USA (Jenni, Natalie) 69.25
8. AquaSynchro, SUI (Bron, Carla) 68.16
30-39:
1. Marquette, CAN (Beaudet, Mathieu) 69.08
2. DSZ, NED (Damen, Vink-Bik) 68.50
3. Durham, CAN (Mills, Padgett) 67.00
4. Jeunesse Onex, SUI (Marcoux, Steiner) 62.58
5. Firondina Bordeaus, FRA (Dufrency, Raimat) 55.41
40-49:
1. DSZ, NED (Marvin, Knoester) 63.33
2. Brighton Dolphin, GBE (Berrett, Deidge) 60.66
3. Sydney Emeralds, AUS (Backhouse, Campbell) 56.75
4. Water Waltz, JPN (Soeda, Takeuchi) 52.75
50-59:
1. Water Waltz, JPN (Nakayama, Takada) 55.08
2, Aqlub Chfu, JPN (Fima,o. Tagawa) 51.25
60-69:
1. Water Waltz, JPN (Fujimoto, Sensui) 52.83
2. Edmonton, CAM (Adams, Anderson) 52.50
3. Indy Swimfit, USA (Cosper, Yale) 43.66
70-79:
1. Water Waltz, JPN (Araki, Oishi) 48.50
80-89:
1. New Wave, CAN (Corner, Durdy) 49.00