Griffith’s remarkable growth results in mutliple medals
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Ceinwyn Griffith’s record-setting season in the pool culminated in a handful of podium finishes in Regina this past weekend.
The 12-year-old has been putting up personal bests and shattering Brandon Bluefin club records in the process this year, but the competitive swimmer is far from done.
She started the ManSask Winter Swimming Championships in Regina this past weekend with a third-place finish in the 200-metre individual medley against the best swimmers in her age group from both Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Ceinwyn Griffith is coming off another impressive weekend that ranks her among not only the best in the province but beyond. (Matt Packwood/The Brandon Sun)
That was the lowest she placed all weekend, as the Brandon product went on to finish either first or second in every other event she competed in — seven different events to be exact — proving she has what it takes to be one of the fastest in both provinces.
“I was really happy to know that I performed the way I wanted to. It was special to medal as much as I did. There were a lot of talented kids there and I was really happy to have those results,” said Griffith.
“I went in knowing that I would be one of the top swimmers there but I didn’t expect to perform as good and be as successful.”
Griffith identified the ManSask meet as one she wanted to have her fastest times at earlier this year, but was blazing fast all season long, so no one would fault her if she didn’t set bests in such a competitive meet.
She continued to impress and improve on her record-setting times from earlier this season, however, recording personal bests in the 100-metre fly, 100-meter free and 50-metre free.
She also won gold in the 800-metre free with a time of 10:48.51, once again proving she has not only the speed to win gold in the shorter distances but the stamina to win long-distance races.
“You don’t need to go in thinking about times or success overall, you just need to be there to swim,” said Griffith.
“I try to go in not thinking about the results, but all the work that went into practice. I mean, I’m in the pool three or four times a week, and I just think about the little details and not the time. Just let everything go and don’t focus on anything other than just swim,” Griffith said.
The Ecole Harrison student turns 13 this summer and hopes to celebrate the milestone with another.
“I really want to make the Canada Summer Games team,” said Griffith.
“I’d be really proud to represent my province of course. It’s my biggest goal right now. Because of how the schedule works the next time the games roll around I’ll be 17, so to get the chance to represent Manitoba this summer would be an honour. I also want to do well at the next ManSask. It would be great to bump some of those seconds to firsts.”
Even though she’s not even a teenager, she seems to have found the recipe for success.
“Just keep training hard,” Griffith said of her next few weeks and months.
In the meantime, she’ll keep eyeing the next big meet against the best in the region in her age group.
The ManSask Summer Championship runs July 10-13, and is in familiar territory for Griffith — the Pan Am pool in Winnipeg, where most of her competitions took place this season. The ManSask Winter meet was her only competition outside Manitoba this year.
» mpackwood@brandonsun.com