Canadian Age Group
Championships - Day 5 Recap
Another awesome day to
finish off this year's national champs. The team moved up 5
spots from last year to 8th which was great. Leading off the
night was 14 year old Nikki Macleod who swam a 2:24 in the 200IM to
break a 15 year old club record set by Allison Zwarich. The
swim earned her bronze medal and became her first senior national
qualifying time!! Nikki will now join her fellow N2 team mate
who also earned her first senior national time, Anna Kemeri and fly
to Victoria to compete in her first senior nationals!! In the
15 year old 50 fly Chelsea Shaul swam a stunning 28.8 out of lane 1
to win silver and Lindsay Delmar swam a season best 50 Fl winning
Gold in the 16-18 girls with a 27.70. eric Anderson was 5th
in the 17-18 boys 50 fly in a personal best 25.75. Leah
Wookey destroyed a 23 year old club record in the 11-12 girls 400fr
finishing 7th in the 400fr in a personal best of 4:46.12. The
previous record was set by Joanne Radke in 1987. David
Dimitrov owned the 17-18 boys 400fr winning gold in a time of
4:00.56. The 16-18 girld 400Medley Relay of Anna Kemeri,
Natalie McCallum, Lindsay Delmar, and Monika Markacova won silver
and the boys 17-18 boys relay of Eric Anderson, Tony Mak, David
Dimitrov and Connoe Maxey also won 2nd. Another long time
record was broken by Lindsay Delmar in the meet in the girls
200Fr. Lindsay broke a 21 year old club record that was set
by Allison Higson swimming a 2:02.2. UCSC also had two girls
and two boys on the womens and mens Provincial Relays, which both
won the all star 4X100free. Having 2 swimmers on both, 50% of
the relays shows that kids in our club get fast and are excited to
swim in their senior year! Congratulations all, now to the
open water!
Canadian Age Group
Championships – Day 4 Recap
A great night for UCSC
swimmers! Our swimmers had 2 individual gold medals starting
with Lindsay Delmar in the 16-18 girls 200Fr final swimming a
lifetime best of 2:02.27! Soon after Eric Anderson dove in for
the 17-18 boys 200Fr final winning the event in a personal best of
1:54.18while team mate David Dimitrov claimed the
Bronze!
 Our NDG swimmers
faired well with Leah Wookey finishing 6th in a personal
best of 1:11.73, Haley Jaques finishing 5th in a
personal best time of 1:09.73, having a tremendous finish, and Yuri
Kisil with another tremendous finish to finish 7th in
1:04.48! The 15-18 girls 4X100 FR relay finished
4th while the boys 16-18 relay finished 3rd
after one of the swimmers lost their goggles! The 16-18 boys
relay also scored points for the team by finishing 7th
overall!!! All-in-all, a great night for UCSCS! Swimmers
swimming personal best times this morning were An Trinh, Anna
Kemeri, Kara Vanderbeek, Natalie McCallum, Sean Kubik, Stefan
Pripoae, Tony Mak, Derek Ostrom, Carlo Villareal-Escudero, Nigel
Macneil, Gord Masson, Duncal Donaldson, Corbin Pratt, Connor Maxey,
Griffin Brown, and Bryce Pratt.
Canadian Age Group
Championships – Day 3 Recap
Another Golden moment
for UCSC’s Lindsay Delmar as she swam to victory in the 16-18
girls 200fly in a time of 2:15.74. Eric Anderson won the
Bronze in 17-18 boys 200fly while Chelsea Shaul was 6th
in a personal best of 2:25.29! Monika Marcakova finished
4th in the 16-18 girls 50fr in a time of 26.67 and
Lindsay Delmar finished 7th in a time of
26.86. Connor Maxey also swam to 5th place finish
in the 17-18 boys 50Fr in a personal best of 24.15. David Dimitrov
finished 7th in the 17-18 boys 100Br in a personal best
of 1:08 and Leah Wookey finished 6th in the 12 year old
girls 800 fr to round out our top 8 finalists on day
3.
Also swimming personal
best times on day 3 were, Carlo Villareal-Escudero, Tony Mak, Derek
Ostrom, Terence Tat, Corbin Pratt, Gord Masson, Jarod Tsang, Yuri
Kisil, Ben Blondal, Mike Siarkowski, Griffin Brown, Stefan Pripoae,
Nikki Macleod, Toree Wenaas, An Trinh, and Duncan
Donaldson.
Canadian Age
Group Championships – Day 2
Recap
UCSC had another Golden
moment at the Canadian Age Group Championships as the 16-18 Boys
4X200 Freestyle Relay won the gold medal in a time of
7:41.73. Eric Anderson led off the relay in a personal best of
1:54, followed by Connor Maxey in split of 1:55, Griffin Brown in a
huge personal best of 1:57 and then David Dimitrov anchoring in a
1:54. The girls 15 and over relay also came home with a Bronze
tonight in the 4X200. Lindsay Delmar led in a blistering 2:03,
followed by Natalie McCallum in a 2:08 and then Anna Kemeri and
Monika Marcakova both in 2:10’s. Lindsay Delmar also won
silver in the 16-18 girls 100fr in a personal best time of 56.78,
4/100th’s off the gold medal while Monika
Marcakova finished 7th in a personal best 58.03. In
individual swims David Dimitrov won Gold in the 16-18 boys
400IM. Connor Maxey earned a bronze in the 17-18 boys 100fr
with a personal best time of 52.5 while Eric Anderson was a close
4th in 52.6 also in a personal best. Haley Jaques
finished 6th in the 13 girls 50Bk in a personal best of
32.60 while jarod Tsang finished a solid 5th also in a
personal best of 31.15. Yuri Kisil was also able to enjoy a
great UCSC night finishing 8th in the boys 14 year old
50bk in a personal best of 30.21. Other swimmers attaining
personal best times today were Carling Jones, Leah Vanderbeek,
Duncan Donaldson, Griffin Brown, Derek Ostrom, Gord masson, Tony
Mak, Roger Hanna, and Anna Kemeri! A great day of swimming for
UCSC!
Canadian Age Group
Championships - Day 1 Recap!!
UCSC got off the blocks
to a successful start at the 2010 Canadian Age Group
Championships. Lindsay Delmar led the way with a Gold medal
performance in the 16 and over girls 100 fly swimming a season best
1:00.88. Eric Anderson and Chelsea Shaul also turned in medal
performances in the 100 fly winning Silver in the 17-18 boys and 15
year old girls respectively. Both swimmers turned in lifetime
best swims and Chelsea earned another senior national qualifying
time. Leah Wookey alsoearned a spot on the podium winning the
Bronze medal in the 12 year old girls 1500fr in a personal best of
18:51. Anna Kemeri had a remarkable swim in the 200Bk swimming
a 2:23.9 qualifying her for the Canadian Senior National
Championships, taking off a whopping 4 seconds and finishing
8th in the 16-18 girls final. Haley Jaques had a
terrific swim making the finals in the 13 year old girls 200Bk
final and finishing 5th, while Yuri Kisil made the 14
year old boys 200Bk and swam to a 6th place finish in a
personal best time of 2:16.90. Carlo Villareal-Escudero
finished 8th in the 16 year old boys 50Br to round out
the evening finals. Other swimmers achieving personal best
times on day 1 were Griffin Brown, Toree Wenaas, Kara Vanderbeek,
Nikki Macleod, Carling Jones, Leah Vanderbeek, Gord Masson, Matt
Jones, Sean Kubik, Tony Mak, and Roger Hanna. This was a great
start to the meet…bring on day 2!
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