Kamloops Daily News. Mar 2, 2007 - Rosilyn Tegart/Canada Winter Games

Kamloops Daily News. Feb 21, 2007 - Rosilyn Tegart/Canada Winter Games

Kamloops Daily News. Feb 13, 2007 - Rosilyn Tegart/Canada Winter Games

Kamloops This Week. Jan 31, 2007 - Rosilyn Tegart/Canada Winter Games

Kamloops Daily News. Kamloops, B.C.: Mar 2, 2007.  pg. A.11

 Rosilyn Tegart, a member of the Kamloops Sunrays synchronized swim club, finished fourth in the team event with B.C. at the Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse on Thursday.

 Tegart and the British Columbians finished just out of the medals after recording a score of 74.275. Quebec took the gold medal with a score of 79.146.

 In the duet final, Tegart and her partner, Kate Winter, finished eighth with a score of 73.394. Camille Bowness and Marie-Lou Morin of Quebec were golden with a score of 78.038.

 Tegart will finish the Games with the solo finals today.

Kamloops Daily News. Kamloops, B.C.: Feb 21, 2007.  pg. A.15

 Rosilyn Tegart of the Kamloops Sun Rays Synchronized Swimming Club looks ready to wow the crowd in Whitehorse when the Canada Winter Games open Friday.

 Tegart and her Sunrays teammates hauled home plenty of medals from the Tier 6-7 provincial championships in Surrey on the weekend.

 Tegart won gold in routine and silver in the championship in the Tier 7 junior solo event. She and Cassidy Beaver-Nicol won gold in the Tier 7 senior duet.

 Tegart, Beaver-Nicol and Sunrays teammates Chelsea Brookes, Tenille Fisher, Lauren Helton, Carly Schmidt and Maymie Tegart won silver in the combo (Tier 6 and 7) event.

 Beaver-Nicol added gold in the Tier 7 senior solo, while Fisher won silver in the same event.

 Meanwhile, the Tier 1-5 regional meet also was held in Surrey on the weekend.

 Anastasiya Vasylyeva of the Sunrays won gold in routine and silver in the championship in the Tier 3 solo, while Juilenne Ignace was fourth in routine and fifth the championship.

 Lizzy Ignace and Hope Greffard-Chupa won gold in routine and championship in the Tier 3 duet.

 The Tier 3 team of Vasylyeva, the Ignaces, Greffard-Chupa and Megan Gardner won gold in routine and bronze in the championship.

 The Tier 2 team, including Nikki Fredrikson, Carly Helgason, Marlys Klossner, Nicole Kneale, Emily Nauss, Ashley Rex, Kristen Rex and Naomi Woolverton, placed fourth.

 Klossner won gold in the Tier 2 solo. Helgason and Nauss won silver in the duet, with Kneale and Kristen Rex right behind in third.

 And, gold went to Tier 2 trio Fredrikson, Ashley Rex and Woolverton.

 In the swim of things: Tegart excited to be captain of B.C. team headed for Canada Winter Games; [Final Edition]

Tracy Watson. Kamloops Daily News. Kamloops, B.C.: Feb 13, 2007. pg. A.16

 Rosilyn Tegart knows she is the beneficiary of a wonderful opportunity, and the Kamloops Sunrays synchronized swimmer hopes she can take full advantage.

 You see, a lot of eyes will be on Whitehorse when the Canada Winter Games open Feb. 23. Tegart, 17, is the captain of B.C.'s synchro team. As such, she will swim in the solo, duet and team events at the Games.

 If Team B.C. does well, and if Tegart herself shines -- especially in the figures event, the technical discipline on which the junior national team trials are annually based -- the Canada Games could be Tegart's springboard to greater things.

 "If I kind of get my name out there, hopefully I can make national team this year," Tegart says during a break in a recent training session at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre.

 Tegart is no stranger to multisport games, having competed in past B.C. Games and the 2003 Western Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg, along with Sunrays duet partner Cassidy Beaver-Nicol.

 Tegart, a Tier 7 junior in her 10th season with the Sunrays, was a member of the Kamloops team that won the 2002 open team national title. Her best individual result at nationals is eighth in Tier 6 figures. Tegart and Beaver-Nicol have finished as high as sixth in duet.

 But Tegart will be without her partner at the Canada Winter Games. Beaver-Nicol, a national team member, is too old for this event -- and it's "really weird" swimming without her, says Tegart, who will pair with Kate Winter this time around.

 Winter is from Coquitlam. In fact, all of the team but Tegart hails from the Lower Mainland or Vancouver Island.

 The distance has been a challenge, says Tegart. She spent the summer training in Vancouver, but since autumn has only travelled to the Lower Mainland every second weekend to train with the provincial team.

 Despite her absence -- or perhaps because of her dedication to travel for practice -- Tegart was named team captain.

 She says taking a leadership role has forced her from her shell.

 "I was kind of always the shy one, so it's different having them vote me team captain," says Tegart, who is the oldest on the team. "It's good for me."

 It certainly is, says Sunrays head coach Olena Foshchevska. She can see a new maturity in Tegart.

 "It's more confidence. I can see this year she's getting more confident than last year," Foshchevska says. "In synchronized swimming, you have to be confident and showing yourself. She's getting better and I'm glad to see that. She brings some experience from that team and . . . they take something from her. It's a good exchange."

 Tegart will graduate from South Kamloops Secondary in the spring, and then she and Beaver-Nicol will move to Vancouver to train with the Aquasonics, who are instructed by national B team coach Susan Kemper.

 But first comes the Canada Games. Tegart thinks B.C. can win a medal in Whitehorse, especially in light of a recent second-place finish behind Alberta at the Michelle Cameron Invitational in Calgary.

 "But I think we can beat them," Tegart says, adding she plans to soak up everything she can from the Games. "I just love all the different Games I've been to . . . how there's all the sports. It's so different from just going to nationals because there's all the other extra stuff you get to do.

 "It's more the setting, I guess. I'm excited."

 Swimming her way to Whitehorse

Kamloops This Week. Kamloops, B.C.: Jan 31, 2007. pg. 20

 Not many people look forward to travelling to the Yukon in February, but for synchronized swimmer Rosilyn Tegart, the trip will be a journey she will not soon forget.

 Tegart is one of eight athletes who make up Synchro B.C., the team that will represent B.C. in the swimming competition at the Canada Winter Games at the end of the month.

 "It feels really good to be going," she said.

 Tegart, a 17-year-old Grade 12 student at South Kamloops secondary, is the captain of her team, seeing as she is the oldest and has the most experience.

 The event in Whitehorse will not be the first time Tegart, who has been involved in her sport for 10 years, has put her skills to the test in major competition.

 The athlete has performed at both the B.C. Games and the Western Canada Games and is familiar with the higher levels of her sport.

 But for Tegart, the Games in Whitehorse will be her toughest challenge yet.

 "It is nice to have the whole country there instead of just half," she said.

 "The East is definitely a lot stronger. Quebec is usually very strong."

 She said her experience in past competitions will help her keep her nerves in check, and lead some of the younger swimmers on her team.

 "The more competitions you swim at, the more comfortable you become with it and the easier it comes to you."

 After the team came together last summer, the girls have kept a fairly consistent practice regiment, considering the team is made up of athletes from different parts of B.C.

 Tegart travels to the Lower Mainland almost every other weekend to meet up with the others and practise their swim routines.

 On her own, Tegart trains eight times a week, squeezing in two practice sessions on Tuesday and Thursday.

 The practice leaves little time for a social life and the athlete said keeping on top of her schoolwork can be a daunting task.

 But Tegart says it is a small price to pay for staying active in the sport she enjoys.

 This weekend will be the team's biggest test to date, as they travel to Calgary to go up against some of the Western Canadian teams they will be facing in Whitehorse for a competition.