$ rsday July 14, 2016 | 56 A breakthrough performance for one Marlin standout, a successful swan song for another. £â€" Such was the story earlier this month at the > ~Etobicoke Olympian, where the local club‘s & oldest and youngest representatives delivâ€" % ered a double dose of 100m freestyle gold at § the longâ€"course summer provincial champi 0 onships. < Stamping her ticket to Sunday‘s 13â€" andâ€"unâ€" ° der girls‘ final, 13â€"yearâ€"old Heather Aylward z shattered her personalâ€"best mark by more ° than a secondâ€"andâ€"aâ€"half. o She clocked in at 1:01.55 and moved up three : spots from her preliminary round placing to E finish atop the podium in her long course g provinc ial debut. : The Marlin S of Ontario c h\a;ny,: onship gold less than five minutes later, courtesy of Quincy Brozo Becoming just the third swimmer in club his to take part in the Olympic Trials this past é spring, the 18â€"yearâ€"old already had 16 provin s cial medals on her resume heading into the holiday weekend. She added a fifth gold to that haul with a per sonalâ€"best 58.33s effort in the 18â€"andâ€"over women‘s 100n eclipsing the 58.70s show RBC) sould enjoy a second serving idehalt CANAD,AN O PE N B JASON DAY THIS IS DOUR Tuesday Opening Ceremony & Olympic Celebration FREE For All. in us for a FREE celebration onsite Tuesday, July 19 at 11 :00 a.m. to see the Canadian Otympic Goif Team officialty welcomed by the Canadian Otympic Committee to Team Canada ing that had her sitting first after the prelimi nary round. Set to compete for the perennial powerhouse University of British Columbia Thunderbirds this fall, Brozo fell just short of another medal in Etobicoke 27.125) Also standing out at the summer provincials, 14â€"yearâ€"old Marlin Madison Macor advanced to two event finals. Her best efforts were reserved for the girls‘ placing fifth in the 5Om free JULY 18 â€" 24, 2016 GLEN ABBEY GOLF CLUB DUSTIN JOHNSON \ Fed (\‘-p «*Â¥ Marlins chase down provincial freestyle gold s t sÂ¥ 5 Heather Aylward (left) and Quincy Brozo both swam to freestyle gold at the longâ€"course provincial championships Champion file photos 200m breaststroke, which she swam in 2:45.52 to break her own club record and place fourth. A 1:19.33 finish in the 100m breaststroke was good enough for seventh. Rounding out the club‘s provincial championâ€" ship contingent were Graeme Aylward, Howâ€" ard Chang, Caleb Colling, Matthew Guthro, Marija llie Andrew Knaggs, Lucas Liberty, Julia McKenna, Emily Strohl, Stefan Tarla and Kyle Zammit. Preisner enjoys strong finish E®ed his sophomore year with the Goldâ€" en Hurricanes. Enjoying a "smooth, clean" race from start to finish, Preisner kept a little in the proâ€" verbial tank for the home stretch â€" movâ€" ing up a couple of spots over the final 800m, en route to securing a new perâ€" sonal record. His previous PB â€" 8:53.14 â€" came about two years ago at the junior world champiâ€" onships in Eugene, Oregon. The Milton runner admits there wasn‘t much pressure this time around since the 8:30 Olympic standard wasn‘t realistically in the cards. At least, not right now. "This is a building stone," said Preisner, who feels â€" with a few more years under his belt â€" an eightâ€"andâ€"aâ€"halfâ€"minute steeplechase isn‘t out of the question."My goal is continuous improvement, and this experience (at nationals) is definitely goâ€" ing to help." Steve LeBlanc can be reached at sleblanc@ miltoncanadianchampion.com or on Twitâ€" ter @MiltonOnSports. Momh QUALITY WORKMANSHIP FOR OVER FOR YOUR CALL