Calgary Winter Club Cup
The Waves may be a small team but we are proving to be a potent team in the province. This past weekend, Waves swimmers brought home 21 medals including 15 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze. 14 swimmers competed in a total of 79 individual swims & 2 relay races. Besides the medals that we won, the swimmers had a total of 33 top 10 finishes & a total of 62 personal best times.
I wanted to let you know a little bit about each of these 14 swimmers & how they swam this past weekend.
Ashley Thompson – After a 3 year absence from Waves, Ashley is back in the water & proving to be a very strong swimmer. Congratulations to Ashley on winning 2 bronze medals (100 IM & 50 back) & taking off 6 sec in the 50 back.
Ryan Mandel – Ryan proved that he has been working very hard in his first full season in the Tsunami group. Congratulations Ryan on taking off 25.46s in 100 breast & 25.10s off in 100 IM.
Anna Nozewicki – Anna has also been away from Waves for the past 3 years. She was very close to medaling this weekend with 2 four place finishes in 50 breast & 100 breast & she also took off 8.90s in the 50 free. Good Job Anna!
Abby Rann – Abby is new to our club this season, congratulations Abby in taking off 14.58s in 100 back. That is a huge improvement since the last meet in October!
Quinn Obrigewitch – Quinn is also new to our club this year & has been working very hard at practice. Congratulations Quinn on taking off 2.9s in 50 breast.
Julie-Ann Jans – Julie is getting closer all the time to her B qualifying time. She has been working very hard in her first season training with Tom. Congratulations Julie on taking off 18.56s in 200 IM.
Abby Caron – Abby is also new to our club this season, she loves to compete & it shows. Congratulations Abby on taking off 16.86s in 100free & 10.42s off in 50 free.
Bethany Regier – Bethany is also in her first season training with Tom and her hard work is paying off. Congratulations Bethany on taking off 22.23s in 100 free.
Trinity Shilka – Trinity swam more events than any other swimmer this weekend. She swam 7 individual races & 1 relay. Congratulations Trinity on taking off 19.77 in 100 free.
Keira Schick – Keira started the meet on Saturday very strong, taking off 39.60s in 100 back. Unfortunately she had a bit of a mishap in the 100 free & it threw her off for the rest of the day. However on Sunday she came back to the pool ready to swim & she took off 6.80s in 50 free. Way to go Keira!!!
Rachel Regier – Rachel could not compete on Saturday due to illness but she came back on Sunday to swim 50 back & 50 free. Congratulations Rachel on taking off 14.21s in 50 free.
Anna Dunphy – Congratulations Anna on winning 4 gold & 2 silver medals!
Ty Jans – What can I say…wow Ty! Congratulations on winning 6 gold medals!
Jordan Mortlock – Congratulations Jordan on winning 5 gold & 1 silver medal.
The last silver medal was won by the Girls 10 & U 200m Free Relay Team. The team included; Jordan Mortlock, Julie-Ann Jans, Abby Caron & Trinity Shilka. Way to swim girls, hope you had fun!
The coaches & swimmers all agree that this was a very fun meet, everyone had a great time. The meet was very well organized & the session were all on time. Bell prizes were awarded so some of the kids won fun prizes. This is definitely a meet that we would like to attend again next season. A special thank you to Kenton Shilka and Betsy Dunphy who worked as officials for the meet and for helping bring additional awareness of our Waves program to other clubs.
All results will be posted on the bulletin board upstairs at the pool tomorrow.
