Tanner Robinson - September 9, 2010
Tanner Robinson is a twelve year old grade 8 student from R. A. Riddell Sports Academy in Hamilton who is actively involved in swimming and participated in several other sports.
He has been swimming since the age of seven starting with the Hamilton Aquatic Club and is now a member of the Brantford Aquatic Club training with coach Jocelyn Jay. He played soccer for four years and was a member of his school’s swim. He played intramural volleyball, basketball and flag football at his school. He also plays the clarinet at school.
Tanner has received a number of awards over the years including three club records two with the Hamilton Aquatics Club for the 100 back and 200 free style boys 10 and under, and one with the Brantford Aquatic Club 800 free for 12 year old boys.
He received the 2007/08 Sportsmanship Award of the Year for the Hamilton Aquatic Club; he was the Student of the Month in June 2010 at his school ; he received numerous medals from a variety of Regional and Provincial meets including 6 silver and 1 bronze at the Provincials for ages 10-11. He was also selected to participate in the Western Regional Camp in 2009.
He swam the Top Cup in Etobicoke where he won gold in the 100back, silver in 200 back and 50 back, along with a bronze in the 400 free and 100 free. This was a qualifying meet for the top 10 and under swimmers from across Canada and the US. In July Tanner participated in the Ontario Open Water Championships, swimming the 3 km portion and won a bronze medal in the 12-13 boys category with a time of 42 minutes and 37seconds. This was the first time he swam in open water.
Tanner’s dedication to swimming is quite evident, last year he was in the pool training six times a week, two hours per day, including dry land training with many early morning practices.
He has the same dedication to his studies and has achieved an 80 to 92% grade average. He enjoys history and geography and would like to further his education in those fields.
In the future he hopes to get a scholarship to university for swimming and one day make the Canadian National swim team.
Congratulations Tanner and good luck.
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