>> Swimmers are off to nationals

THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS
April 10, 2005

Erin Mills synchronized swimmer Amy Levine was part of a silver medal-winning duet at the 2005 Eastern/Atlantic Divisional Challenge last weekend in Ottawa .

With their second-place showing in the Tier 7 Junior Duet competition, Levine, 17, and partner Jennifer Knobbs, members of Etobicoke's Olympium Synchro Swim Club, qualified for the 2005 Canadian Open Synchronized Swimming Championships May 12-17 in Calgary .

More than 300 elite synchronized swimmers from Ontario , Quebec and the Atlantic provinces competed March 31-April 3 in figures, solo, duet and team competitions at the Ottawa meet.

Earlier this year, Levine, who has been competing in the sport since she was 9, was among a dozen swimmers selected to Team Ontario 2005, the new provincial synchro swimming squad which will compete both nationally and internationally.