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w at er lo oc hr on ic le .c a W at er lo o C hr on ic le | T hu rs da y, A pr il 5, 20 18 | 24 Kelly is a graduate of Sheridan College and holds a BA from McMaster University where she is a career mentor to students. Prior to this appointment, Kelly was GM for MetrolandHalton and Flamborough. Previous appointments have included VP Advertising at The Hamilton Spectator and Director of Advertising at The Oakville Beaver. Kelly recognizes the value of community and is actively involved with charity and sports organizations through support and fundraising. With a passion for community news and local marketing, Kelly looks forward to engaging readers and connecting with the community's residents, organizations and businesses.Kelly, alongwith the talented team of management, reporters, photographers, media consultants, digital experts and graphic crew is keen to continue showcasing Metroland'sprintanddigitalproducts. Shecan be reachedat kmontague@metroland.com. Kelly will replace Neil Oliver who was appointedExecutiveVicePresidentTorstarand President of Daily News Brands. Neil remains thePublisher ofTheHamilton Spectator. Kelly'soperationaldivision -MetrolandWest has a geographic footprint that encompasses the regions of Brockton, North Huron, North Perth, Waterloo,Wilmot Township,Wellington County, Hamilton, Halton, Dufferin County, Niagara, Glanbrook, and Peel. It delivers printed products to just under one million homeseveryweekandhasanonlineaudience ofmore than 1.5million unique visitors and 4 million page views monthly. Metroland West is comprised of 25 community newspapers, including such award winning publications as the Burlington Post, The Oakville Beaver, Niagara This Week, The Milton Canadian Champion, The Flamborough Review, The Orangeville Banner, The Guelph Mercury Tribune, The Waterloo Chronicle, Hamilton Community News, andThe CambridgeTimes. In addition,MetrolandWest is the publisher of multiple digital products, specialty magazines such asWest of The City and products such as City Parent, Forever Young and the industry magazineCanadianAutoWorld. Metroland Media Group, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation, is Canada's leading community media company with more than 80 newspapers and operations in digital, flyer distribution, printing, consumer shows, magazines, directories and online commerce. Announcement Ian Oliver, EVP Torstar and President of Community Brands is pleased to announce the appointment of Kelly Montague as Regional VP & Publisher Community Brands for Metroland West. Kelly looks forward to her new role as Regional Publisher for theWaterlooChronicle. They sacrificed their March break's to train for the meet, and it paid off with a trip to the national stage.Waterloo Region Synchronized Swimming Club finished with a gold medal at the 13-15 Federa- tion Internationale De Na- tation (FINA) team event, which wrapped up on March 24 in Calgary. The club was awarded score of 72.93 for its river dance- themed routine, 1.43 clear of its closest competitor from Montreal. The river dance theme employed a very fast-paced routine, making the club's success even more impressive. "Be- fore this competition, the girls gave up their March break, we trained the whole week," said club coach Jin Na. "I'm so proud of them, they did a very good job last weekend. "When they perform, they're just like one girl swimming, not the eight girls. So, because they work very well together, they can perform together very well." The club spent time training in Edmonton as well, before travelling to Calgary for the event, which had over 450 athletes from 40 different synchro- swimming clubs across Canada. Waterloo's first- place finish in the event qualified them for the Es- poir National Synchro- nized Swimming Champi- onships, which are in Sur- rey, B.C. and run from May 29 to June 3. "Each season, the coach creates a routine, that's their routine throughout the year, " said club president Erika Lindner. "Small changes are made after each compe- tition, because you get feedback from the judges. Each time, they try to make it more difficult, harder in areas, or add more things to it. It's the same music routine basically through- out the whole season." Na, who immigrated from Chi- na to Canada to run the club, added the team might need to sharpen up its rou- tine in preparation for the nationals. She brings a wealth of experience with her synchro, having com- peted twice for China in the Olympics. Na participated in the 1996 Atlanta Olym- pics as well as the 2000 Syd- ney Olympics. The Chinese team finished seventh at both Olympic Games. She was also China's national team's senior coach from 2004 to 2012. Na was im- pressed with the dedica- tion for the girls, who gen- erally train four days a week for a total of 15 hours out of Elmira. Rae Ella Fitzgerald, Ioanna Hopper, Myka Innanen, Lauren Ir- vine, Chloe Massey, Claire Scheffel, Shani Shnayder, Abigail Young, and Cas- sandra Zanditz round out the swimmers who compet- ed for Waterloo.Hopper and Young finished second in the FINA duet event. SPORTS The Waterloo Region Synchro Club's 13-15 team qualified for the national championships with a first place finish at the qualifiers in Calgary. Waterloo Region Synchro Club photo Waterloo Synchro Swim Club 13-15 team qualifies for nationals Employed river dance routine to finish first at national qualifiers NAMISH MODI nmodi@waterloochronicle.ca Stay in the local loop. 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