The London Synchro Club is gearing up for the Provincial Competitive season. The Lisa Alexander Meet kick starts a competitive season that runs from January through to the end of May. Lisa Alexander, the tournament’s namesake, is familiar to many young swimmers as an Olympic Silver Medalist and one of Canada’s most famous synchronized swimmers. This first meet of the season is a technical meet by which the girls are judged upon their skill in specific synchronized swimming figure elements.
The competitive girls are working tremendously hard on their team, combo, solo and duet routines, and they are ready to take on challengers from clubs across Ontario. The girls got the opportunity to showcase their talents at the Winter Watershow held at the newly-renovated Canada Games Aquatic Centre on December 7.
LSC is thrilled to highlight a new Provincial 10&U team that will be entering competition for the first time. Most of the girls on this team swam in the pre-competitive program previously and have had a small taste of the competition season to come. In addition, a 10&U duet team is scheduled for its upcoming competitive season as well.
The 10&U girls train on Sundays and Tuesdays for a total of four hours per week. This includes flexibility training on deck, and endurance swimming, as well as team land drilling before the swimmers get in the pool. The multi-disciplinary training involved in synchronized swimming ensures that the girls have the strength and endurance they need to swim their two-minute routine. Practice makes perfect, and the younger girls also train on their individual technical elements (called ‘figures’) that they are judged on at every competition.
Why do the girls love the sport so much and start at such a young age? Synchro is an ultimate sport and there are no replacement swimmers. The girls rely on each other to perfect their movements together and form a close bond while training because they each have a specific role to play in the team routine.
Interested in Synchronized Swimming?
Recreational programs and TRY Synchro registration available on the following dates: January 6: 6pm–7pm, January 11: 11am-12pm, and January 13: 6pm-7pm at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre. LSC is proud of all our competitive swimmers and look forward to a successful year of competition ahead!
— Submitted by London Synchronized Swimming Club
