Lancers' Success at Calgary City Meet Goes Swimmingly
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Art showcase and photo- Syrian refugees pg. 3 Flex time pg. 21 spread pgs. 39 & 40 Sea World pg. 9 Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School 220 Canterbury Drive S.W. Calgary AB T2W 1H4 December 2015 Lancers’ success at Calgary City Meet goes swimmingly By Kyle Irvine swimmers performed for Scarlett this year, ming as a child and feels swimming makes Community Centre, the swim team was able a handful placing in top-10 spots. Stand out a person feel free. For Berry, swimming is to keep running. Berry said it blew his mind After months of training, on Tues- performances are Grade 11 student Scott In- almost instinctive and therapeutic with its that not only was the swim team able to stay day, December 1, Scarlett swimmers lined gramm, who placed first in both the 50-Me- timed strokes. Resulting from his love of alive, but also that his swimmers were able up for the bus that would take them to the ter Freestyle event and the 50-Metre SC But- swim, Berry was a part of the University of to attain first place in the city. Talisman Centre to compete at the Calgary terfly; Grade 12 Tyler Kiyonaga placed fifth Calgary Masters Swim Club. In addition, he Berry and Domestad are incred- Swim Meet. Members of the swim team did out of 25 contestants in the 25-Metre Breast- went on to work at the SAIT Aquatic Center ibly proud of the team and the effort they not disappoint and brought back a first-place stroke. In the Girls 25-Meter Backstroke, as a lifeguard. Berry trophy and an impressive banner to hang in Kelsie Volek, Grade 11, placed fourth out believes that in most the gymnasium. of 31-event contestants. Grade 12 Daniel individual’s lives, The atmosphere of the meet was McClement placed fourth out of 47 other there is a fond or fa- exciting; there was plenty of effort put forth swimmers in the Boys 25-Meter Backstroke. vourite moment of by swimmers, coaches and organizers. An Grade 11 Mya Hastie placed second out of a swimming, whether average of 1,200 swimmers attend the meet whopping 132 swimming contestants in the it is something akin each year as to swimming with a well as 100 father or diving for officials. Be- the first time. It was cause of the at the SAIT Aquatic high number Centre, that Berry of swimmers, had his favourite organizers swimming moment. decided to On an early do something Sunday morning, different this before a local swim year, divide team was scheduled By Steve Nimmock competitors to come in, Berry Swimmers begin their dive into the water as the starting signal goes off into two divi- was alone with another lifeguard in the pool put forth to be on the team and present dur- sions. There facility. The two of them turned off the over- ing the meet. Each of the Scarlett swimmers was a division head lights, making the pool room very dark. set their own unique times, personal records of morning Underwater speakers were turned on to play and made individual journeys, yet the aspect and afternoon their music of choice and so were the under- of being on a team was still there. It takes a participants. water lights. The result was “an amazing vi- truly motivated person to wake up early, get sual,” as described by Berry. With nothing in a cold pool, and be working non-stop over Mike Berry By Steve Nimmiock but the luminescence from the lights, paired the weeks. In addition, the effort put forth to and Helen A Scarlett swimmer races against the other competitors fiercely at the City Meet with the music playing, a unique experi- be positive and energetic was admirable. Domstad’s ence was created. It is easy to see why Berry Another driving force behind the team of Lancers is composed of mixed ages Girls 25-Meter Backstroke. Finally, Grade found this to be his favourite moment from success of Scarlett’s swim team is Doms- and genders, along with categories based 12 student Anna Bender placed first out of swimming. It was from this short story that tad. She put forth immense effort to coach on experience. The three categories are 18 contestants in the Girls 25-Meter Butter- his love for swimming and the magical as- the team while on her maternity leave. Berry Blue, Green, and Red level swimmers. Blue fly. pects of the sport came to life. commented that she was a very organized swimmers are those who have never been Scarlett was placed in the Elbow Berry has nothing but good things individual and was a pleasure working with. on a swim team, Green (which used to be Division, hich started their meet at 10:15am. to say about the team throughout the season Both were equally responsible for taking known as white) are those have been on a There were 19 teams against Scarlett in the and at the City Meet. This year was a chal- part in instructing swimmers from the blue swim team, but not before September 1, and Elbow Division all bearing students from lenge to get the swim team running though category, as well as directing swim drills. Red are those who are currently swim-team high schools across Calgary. and to keep it alive, as there were many ob- Taking home a first-place trophy, members outside of school. Head coaches Berry and Domstad stacles in the way. The largest obstacle was Scarlett has made a name for itself in the In total, Scarlett won with 587 were responsible for providing guidance and the closing of Canyon Meadows Pool, their competitive swimming scene, all thanks to points at the City Championship Swim Meet. teaching these swimmers. Berry has been usual practice spot, for renovations. Thank- Berry, Domstad, the parents and most im- With this total net-gain of points, the team coaching swim for a total of thirteen years, fully, due to the dedication of the swimmers’ portantly, the swimmers of Scarlett. was able to take first in the City Meet. 39 twelve at Scarlett. He always loved swim- parents and the help of the Calgary Jewish Page 2 -- EDITORIALS -- Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School -- Scarlett FEVER -- December 2015 Editors-in-Chief Aaron Schmidtke and Grace Stone Section Editors Languages Madison Negrey and Megan Miskiman Editorials Ishaan Sahai and Sophia Radford Layout & Design Labeeba Mahmood News Kyle Irvine and Kevin Wright Features Hailey Payne and Kevin Leske Entertainment Riannon Laarz and Terra Li Fine Arts Erin Burns and Carissa Feddema Sports Daniel Nickerson and Maya Smith Advertising Isabel Fernandez Photography Isabel Fernandez The Scarlett FEVER represents and respects a variety of diverse opinions. Happy holidays from all the FEVER staff writ- Staff Writers ers and advisors. 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