The Dolphins Swim Club will send 16 swimmers to the all-Canadian meet, representing 40 per cent of its membership. Included in that group are several potential medalists.

Sinead Russell, who recently set a national record in the under-14 girls' age group, is expected to contend for national gold. Other medal contenders are Maggie Burns, Lauren Dixon and Cole Van Ommen.

Sinead and her Olympic-bound brother, Cameron Russell, combined to win five medals at the recent Open Buffalo International swim competition.

Sinead won gold in the 200-metre freestyle and 200m individual medley while adding a silver in the 800m freestyle. Cameron, 20, took bronze in the 100m and 200m freestyle events.

The Russells were not the only Dolphins to earn medals at the meet.

Marina Biasutto, Isabelle Nat, Jacqueline Baillie and Sinead Russell swam to gold in the girls' 4x200m freestyle relay, setting a meet record in the process.

The girls' 4x100m freestyle relay team of Camille Maisonnueve, Dixon, Nat and Baillie earned silver.

Baillie also made her national age group qualifying time in the women's 200m freestyle, cutting more than three seconds off her previous time.

Other Dolphins swimmers to reach event finals in Buffalo were Alex VanOmmen, Peter Kruzyk and Burns.