By Nathan Kanter

Orcas swimmer Pruden wins 6 medals at NAIG

Jul 22, 2017 | 8:00 AM

Fourteen-year-old Slade Pruden will be coming back from Ontario with some serious hardware.

The Battlefords Kinsmen Orcas member won six medals at the North American Indigenous Games in the 14U male category on Thursday and Friday in Toronto.

Thursday, he won two bronze medals and one silver. 

His time of 36.69 seconds in the 50-metre butterfly was good enough to claim second place, while his bronze medals came via the 50-metre freestyle and 200-metre individual medley. In the medley, his time of 2:55.92 was also just .17 seconds behind second place.

Friday, Pruden won two more bronze and one more silver.

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His second silver medal came via the 100-metre backstroke, thanks to a time of 1:18.02. His bronze medals were earned in the 50-metre breaststroke and 100-metre freestyle.

Pruden only raced in six total events and ended up winning a medal in each, which is quite the accomplishment.

Saskatchewan as a whole won 20 swimming medals: two gold, nine silver, and nine bronze.

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