Athletics

Senior Badminton Team:

On Thursday, March 28^th, 2019 the 18 member Sr Badminton team travelled to KC Badminton Club to participate in their Round 1 Tournament to face noteworthy badminton opponents from the host school, Bayview Secondary, Richmond Green Secondary and Richmond Hill High School. Of the 18 members who participated in the Round 1 Tournament, 7 went on to advance to the Round 2 Tournament at Bur Oak Secondary School in Markham. They include:

Mary Zhuang & Elisa Li (Tier 1 – Girls Doubles)

Sally Yang & Faith Chiu (Tier 2 – Girls Doubles)

Juliana Jiang (Tier 2 – Girls Singles)

Michael Chan (Tier 2 – Boys Singles)

Kevin Chu (Tier 2 – Boys Singles)

At the Round 2 Tournament on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, the team faced formidable opponents from the host school, Markville Secondary School, Markham District High School, and of course, their cross town rivals from Richmond Hill High School. Needless to say, the team members found the experience to be a real learning opportunity.

The Girls Doubles Team of Mary Zhuang and Elisa Li were STL's top performers as they finished 4th in their Tier 1 bracket. Great work girls - you certainly gave your opponents a "real run for their money".

Congratulations to all team members for yet again another successful badminton season. Way to go LIONS!!

Swimming:

Over two days in March, twenty athletes competed in various individual and relay events at the 2019 OFSAA Swim Competitions held at the Toronto Pan Am Centre. Congratulations to the 200m Open Medley Relay team consisting of Kent Goni Avila, Andrei Baronow, Ritchie Xu, and Stan Dombrovski on their bronze medal performance, as well as "Top Ten" finishes by Venessa Chan (100m Senior Backstroke), Nicole Lau (100m Open Backstroke), Ritchie Xu (100m Open IM), and the 200m Senior Freestyle Relay team consisting of Luca Cristiano, Jacob Sagalovitch, Ryan Tse, and Attila Tavakolli.

Overall STL finished 25th in the province out of the 314 high schools that qualified. Coaches Deocampo, Santiago, Montanaro, and Puopolo would like to thank all our swimmers for another outstanding competitive swim season which started in mid September with tryouts, 30+ hours in the pool for practices, 2 prep meets, the YRAA Champ Meet, and finally OFSAA.

We hope all swimmers will continue their swim routines in the off-season in preparation for next year. Goodbye and good luck to grade 12 swimmers Luca Cristiano, Venessa Chan, and Bryan Guan.