Sprinting Champions At The Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival

Courtesy of Phil White, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont, U.S.A.

The 6th Annual Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival was held in a two-lane, 25-meter pool cut in the ice in Lake Memphremagog in Newport, Vermont.

30-year-old Daina Bouquin [shown above] won the 25m freestyle and broke the pool record in the 25m butterfly while 47-year-old Elizabeth Almond won the 25m breaststroke.

On the men’s side, 35-year-old Stephen Rouch swept the sprints, winning the 25m freestyle, 25m butterfly and 25m breaststroke events.

25m Freestyle Women’s Results:
Pool Record: Daina Bouquin 15:39 in 2015
1. Daina Bouquin (30) 15.53
2. Esme Kimber (13) 15.89
3. Heather Caputo (42) 15.99
4. Kellie Latimer (34) 16.20
5. Robbie Bailey (50) 16.28
6. Martha Wood (57) 17.14
7. Elizabeth Almond (46) 17.33

8. Vera Rivard (15) 17.35
9. Janet Manning (56) 17.40

10. Anne McLindon (52) 17.62
11. Julie Zeitlinger (49) 17.64
12. Margaret Rivard (12) 17.79
13. Laurie Craigen (42) 18.03
14. Saranna Soroka (28) 18.06

15. Qing Li (29) 18.08
16. Margaret Gadzic (41) 18.18
17. Ann Warrick (27) 18.45
18. Catherine Delneo (43) 18.76
19. Jennifer Mullen (32) 18.88
20. Aimee Jones (38) 19.63

21. Renée Morris (39) 20.00
22. Erin Churchill (38) 20.03
23. Polly Madding (40) 20.39
24. Gigi Somerville (59) 20.55
25. Janice Burton (56) 21.29
26. Mary Stella (42) 21.30
27. Sam Levinson (32) 21.93
28. Amy Craigen (41) 22.02
29. Nadine Bennett (47) 22.06
30. Bridget Williams (43) 22.46
31. Kelsey Gross (29) 23.79
32. Ashley Wiese (40) 24.87
33. Susie Nolan Loiselle (55) 26.98
34. Louise Hyder-Darlington (59) 27.51
35. Jennifer Grace (60) 27.77

36. Sharon Purdy (70) 29.72

37. Sandra Dee Owens (59) 30.34
38. Susan Blood (53) 32.66
39. Amy Wierman (52) 37.92
40. Anne Coen (77) 54.03

25m Freestyle Men’s Results:
Pool Record: Craig Ross 12.35 in 2018
1. Stephen Rouch (35) 14.65

2. Rick Born (57) 15.37

3. James (Jim) Loreto (47) 16.27
4. Robert Bailey (52) 16.27
5. Christopher Graefe (45) 16.37
6. Greg O’Connor (51) 16.59
7. Martin McMahon (57) 17.10
8. Allen Evans (51) 17.45
9. Richie Eslawa (50) 18.08
10. Erik Rieth (48) 18.28
11. Jeremy Grosvenor (50) 18.78
12. Barry O’Connor (57) 19.26
13. Josef Polcz (60) 19.50
14. Mike Stannard (43) 21.18
15. Brette Langevin (30) 22.95
16. Sean Postlewaite (53) 23.03
17. John Gale (63) 23.28
18. Safet Feratovic (44) 24.15

19. Gabriel Deschênes (12) 24.35
20. Tom Heyerdahl (57) 25.39
21. Edwin Greenfield (61) 26.50
22. Codey Lybeck (26) 29.13
23. Damase Olsson (50) 30.19

25m Butterfly Women’s Results:
Pool Record: Daina Bouquin 15.40 in 2020
1. Daina Bouquin (30) 15.40
2. Kellie Latimer (34) 17.68
3. Catherine Delneo (43) 17.97
4. Heather Caputo (42) 18.35
5. Qing Li (29) 18.65
6. Margaret Rivard (12) 19.09
7. Elizabeth Almond (46) 19.32
8. Margaret Gadzic (41) 19.47
9. Vera Rivard (15) 20.5
10. Jennifer Mullen (32) 20.71
11. Martha Wood (57) 20.72
12. Esme Kimber (13) 21.26
13. Sam Levinson (32) 21.67
14. Janet Manning (56) 21.77
15. Aimee Jones (38) 22.19
16. Elaine Howley (42) 23.08
17. Louise Hyder-Darlington (59) 31.11

25m Butterfly Men’s Results:
Pool Record: Craig Ross 13.71 in 2018
1. Stephen Rouch (35) 15.19
2. James (Jim) Loreto (47) 15.8
3. Rick Born (57) 16.03
4. Christopher Graefe (45) 16.49
5. Talbott Crowell (52) 16.65
6. Martin McMahon (57) 17.39
7. Ted Hirsch (59) 24.13
8. Richie Eslawa (50) 24.36

25m Breaststroke Women’s Results:
Pool Record: Jaimie Monahan 20:40 in 2015
1. Elizabeth Almond (46) 21.34
2. Kellie Latimer (34) 21.7
3. Qing Li (29) 22.85
4. Janet Manning (56) 22.88
5. Margaret Rivard (12) 23.26
6. Vera Rivard (15) 23.42
7. Anne McLindon (52) 24.21
8. Martha Wood (57) 24.31
9. Renée Morris (39) 25.85
10. Marty Munson (56) 25.97
11. Aimee Jones (38) 27.1
12. Sam Levinson (32) 27.11
13. Elaine Howley (42) 27.31
14. Janice Burton (56) 28.58
15. Erin Churchill (38) 29.58
16. Susie Nolan Loiselle (55) 29.67
17. Bridget Williams (43) 30.15
18. Susan Blood (53) 33.61
19. Louise Hyder-Darlington (59) 35.67
20. Karen Nazor (57) 37.48
21. Pam Ladds (70) 38.85

25m Breaststroke Men’s Results:
Pool Record: Rick Born 16.18 in 2019
1. Stephen Rouch (35) 19.42
2. James (Jim) Loreto (47) 20.87
3. Martin McMahon (57) 21.82
4. Derek Tucker (49) 22.74
5. Elliot Reed (39) 23.11
6. Richie Eslawa (50) 23.23
7. Allen Evans (51) 25.22
8. John Gale (63) 27.03
9. Edwin Greenfield (61) 35.83
10. Damase Olsson (50) 36.71

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