July 2, 2008- Four Barracudas have
qualified to compete at this years Junior Provincial Championship being
held in Thunder Bay this weekend. Amanda McCormack, Allie Duff, Leay
Mayer and Laura Perry all met the tough qualifying standards and will
compete in their age groups Thursday through Sunday. Stay tuned for the
results daily.
June
9, 2008-
The Awards Banquet was a great success as usual. There was lots
of good food, entertainment and everyone had a good time. A big thank
you to Jan and her helpers, who worked hard to put it all
together!
After the food was devoured the awards were
given out and
then the swimmers had their turn providing the evening's
entertainment. The night ended with the three senior swimmers who
will be leaving the team next year: Andras
Switzer, Nick McGraw and
Rebecca Cronkwright delivering their farewell speeches. Best
wishes to each of you as you move forward in life.
All
of
the swimmers deserve a pat on the back for the fine effort they put
forth
this year. Have a good summer and see you all in the fall for
an even better year of swimming. (click
photo for a larger view) (phots of the banquet coming soon)
June 8, 2008-
The EOSA Long Course Championship concluded with two more club records
being set today. The Barracudas had their best day yet with 14
different swimmers making the top eight.
In the younger age groups Amanda continued her assault on the gold
medals by winning three events: the 200M Back, 100M Free in a new club
record time and the 400M IM. Chad Coleman placed 8th in the
50M
Back, Isaac Kong had three top 8 finishes: 2nd in 50M Back, 5th in 200M
Breast & 7th in the 50M Free, Courtney Buchanan placed 4th in
the
100M Breast, Megan Dowling 6th in the 100M Breast, Carolyn Poucher 8th
in the 100M Free and Hannah Sutherland had a bronze place finish in the
200M Back.
Leah Mayer set a new club record swimming to a first place
finish
in the 1500M Free in the 13+ group and also added a third in the 200M
Free and an 8th in the 50M Free. Allie Duff add to her gold medals with
a win in the 50M Back and had a 2nd place finish in the 200M Free,
Laura Perry was 2nd in the 200M Back, Rebecca Cronkwright 5th in the
50M Back, Martin Blostein 4th in the 100M Breast and Josh Vickers was
8th in the 100M Breast.
The Barracudas finished the meet in 4th place behind NKB, GO and KBM.
The swimmers combined to bring home 14 gold, 13 silver and 4 bronze
medals. Eleven meet records were broken by Barracuda swimmers over the
weekend: Five by Amanda, 5 by Allie and one by Hannah. Well done!
June 7, 2008-
The younger Barracudas saw six different swimmers place in the top
eight this afternoon. Carolyn Poucher was 7th in the 200M Free and 8th
in the 50M Free. Courtney Buchanan had a 5th place finish in the 50M
Free, Georgia Duff was 7th in the 50M Breast and Isaac Kong was 4th in
the100M Breast and 7th in the 100M Free. Hannah Sutherland had a good
day with a first (200M Fly), and two seconds (200M Free and 50M Free).
Amanda McCormack had a first in the 200M Free breaking her previous
club record by almost a second.
In the older age groups Allie Duff won two golds: the 400M IM in a club
record time of 5:14.98 & 200M Back, Laura Perry was second in
the
200M Back and Leah Mayer had two silver finishes (100M Free &
800M
Free). On the boys side Michael Watkins placed 6th in the 200M Fly and
Martin Blostein was 6th in the 200M Breast. The meet concludes
tomorrow.
June 6, 2008-
The Barracudas got off to a good start on day one of the Eastern
Ontario Championships being held in Nepean. In the younger age group
Amanda had three first place finishes in the 200M IM, 100M Back and the
400M free. The 400M Free was a club record by over 5.5 seconds! Hannah
Sutherland finished second in the 200M IM and the 50M Fly and Megan
Dowling had a third place finish in the 50M Breast.
In the 13+ age group Allie Duff held on to her first
place
finishes in the prelims to win gold in the 200M IM and the
100M
Back and a second place in the 400M Free. Laura Perry finished second
in the 100M Back and had an eighth
place finish in the 200M IM. Kristin Buchanan finished seventh in the
50M fly. Rebekah Craig placed 6th in the 200M IM, Michael Watkins was
6th in the 200M IM and 7th in the 100M Back while
Martin
Blostein finished 2nd in the 50M Breast and 6th in the 400M Free. Leah
Mayer swam to a first place finish and new club record in the 400M
Free and was 3rd in the 100M Back. The
competition continues tomorrow and Sunday.
June 4, 2008- Amanda McCormack
has kindly written a report about the Tri-Meet Camp and
competition that she was selected to attend. Congratulations and thanks
Amanda!
June 1, 2008- It was another
good weekend for the Ernestown Barracuda Swim club as they competed in
the Kingston Sharks Meet on Sunday. Leading the way with 5 time first
place finishes ..12 year old Amanda MacCormack. Her swims
included the 800 M Free, 200 M Breaststroke/Fly and Backstroke as well
as the 100 M Backstroke. 14 year old Jesse Thomas came in with 4 first
place finishes, including the 100 and 200 M Back, and the100
and 200 Free. Thomas was second in the 50 Back. Swimmers with
3 first place races include 15 year old Tara Worthy, and 10 year olds
Megan Dowling and Chad Coleman. Carolyn Poucher,
10, 11 year old Brianna Coens and 12 year old James Xie all took home 2
gold place medals as well. Those three swimmers also placed
in the top 3 in
their 3 other races as well.
EBSC swimmers that placed at least first in one race include Leah
McGraw and Leah Mayer, Sammi Moffatt, Allie Duff, Katilin Bilkovski,
Hannah
Sutherland, Abigail Sutherland and Courtney Buchanan.
Other notable finishes included 14 year old Laura Perry, with 4- second
place finishes and one 3rd place finish in the 50 Breaststroke. 15 year
old Nicole O'Sullivan had 2 seconds and one third place
finish. 12 year old Michael Lahaye finished the day
with 2 silver place finishes and a bronze medal. 9 year old
Evan Jackson came home with 3 second
place finishes.
EBSC girl relay teams also did well, with the 15 and over team of Leah
Mayer, Katie Coleman, Nicole O'Sullivan and Tara Worthy taking first
place. And the 10 and under girls's team finished top spot as
well, with Courtney Buchanan, Megan Dowling, Carolyn Poucher and Ashley
Pascoal.
| Swimmer |
Place |
Swimmer |
Place |
| Tara Worthy |
1,1,1 |
Nicole O'Sullivan |
2,2,3 |
| Katie Coleman |
2,2 |
Kaitlin Bilkovski |
1 |
| Leah McGraw |
1 |
Leah Mayer |
1,2 |
| Laura Perry |
2,2,2,2,3 |
Sammi Moffatt |
1,3 |
| Allie Duff |
1 |
Tanis Worthy |
3 |
| Kristen Buchanan |
2 |
Brianna Coens |
1,1,2,3,3 |
| Amanda McCormack |
1,1,1,1,1 |
Andie Rose LeDoux |
2 |
| Emilee Cota |
3,3 |
Kristin Bilkovski |
3 |
| Courtney Buchanan |
1,3 |
Megan Dowling |
1,1,1,2,3 |
| Carolyn Poucher |
1,1,2,2 |
Hannah Sutherland |
1 |
| Abigail Sutherland |
2 |
Jesse Thomas |
1,1,1,1,3 |
| Michael Lehaye |
2,2,3 |
James Xie |
1,1,2,3 |
| Chad Coleman |
1,1,1,2 |
Evan Jackson |
2,2,2 |
Report submitted by Dianne Sutherland.
May 12, 2008- Amanda
McCormack, selected to the Ontario Team competing at the FNQ
Tri-meet, helped Team Ontario win the meet. The competition was run in
conjunction with a training camp for the best swimmers 12-15 years old
in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. Each area selected their 4 best
swimmers in each age-12, 13, 14 & 15. The swimmers were coached
by
some of Canada's top coaches and had some intensive long
course
training before the competition. Amanda (12) won the 200M back stroke
and had the best time of any female regardless of age. This was an
invaluable experience for Amanda. Look for more great results in the
near future.
May 12, 2008- It was a gold rush for 12 year old Ernestown
Barracuda swimmer Hannah Sutherland
this weekend.
She was one of 500 swimmers competing at the Nepean Sportsplex at the
Festival of Spring Swim Meet. She brought the golds home in
the
100 Back, 100/200 Fly and 100 Free. She finished off
with
weekend with 2 third place finsihes in the 200 free and the 200
IM. She was also
a member of the relay team that brought home a 3rd place finish, along
with Kristen Bilkovski, Georgia Duff and Brianna Coens.
Home, swimming with the
team, 19 Jessika Craig came home with 2 first place finishes in the
100/200 back. Pamela Ruksys took first in the 200 fly, and
silver in the 100 Fly and third in the 100 Free.
It was a first place finish
in the 200 IM and 4-second place finishes for 14 year old Allie Duff of
the Barracuda's. She placed 2nd in the 50, 100 and 200 Free
as well as the 100 Fly. Team mate Laura Perry came home with
a 3rd place finish in the 100 Back. 15 year old Martin
Blostein and 12 year old Isaac Kong both came in 3rd in their
Breast Stroke races. 10 year old Courtney Buchanan came in
3rd in 50 Breast Stroke race. Many of the same
swimmers will be competing again in the same pool for the Eastern
Ontario Swim Championships early in June. (submitted by Dianne Sutherland)
The following swimmers placed top eight in at
least one event.
| Swimmer |
Place |
Swimmer |
Place |
| Megan Dowling |
5,5 |
Courtney Buchanan |
3,5 |
| Hannah Sutherland |
1,1,1,1,3,3, |
Allie Duff |
1,2,2,2,2,2 |
| Leah Mayer |
4,5,6,8 |
Laura Perry |
3,4 |
| Pamela Ruksys |
1,2,3,5 |
Jessika Craig |
1,1,8 |
| Rebecca Cronkwright |
3,5 |
Kaitlin Bilkovski |
6 |
| Chad Coleman |
6 |
Isaac Kong |
3,4,4,5,6 |
| Ryan Coens |
6 |
Martin Blostein |
3 |
| Josh Vickers |
7 |
Michael Watkins |
5 |
April 22, 2008- It
was a successful weekend for the Ernestown Barracuda's, defending their
position in Division II of the swim world. Swim offs were
held
across the province this weekend, as all swim clubs in Ontario looked
to defend or better their rankings in the swim world. The
ErnestownBarracuda's ended up in 6th place out of 18 teams at
Laurentian University, up three positions from last year. The
team also collected more points for their swims. All top 8 finishes for
each swim, in each age group, was worth points. Relay teams
took
double points, so it was with great excitement that the crowd watched
the girls 13/14 free relay team finish in top place. The
same group also took 3rd in
the Individual medley relay. Two girls in that age group,
Allie Duff and Laurie Perry captured both first and second place in the
100/200 Meter backstroke races as well. Duff took first place
in all 5 of her individual events. 12 year old Amanda McCormack took 4
golds and a silver home after the weekend of swimming. 17 year old
Rebecca Cronkwright and 12 year old Hannah Sutherland came home with 4
medals each, 1 silver and 3 bronze place finishes. Both
swimmers also came in 4th
place in their fifth swim. Not to be outdone, 16 year old Stefan Ruksys
brought home 3 medals, a 2nd in the 400 IM, and 3 third place finishes,
in the 200 IM and 1500 M
free. 14 year old Leah
Mayer took silver in the 800 Free. 17 year olds, Michael
Watkins and Emily Welham, along with 15 year old Martin Bloestein all
brought home a bronze medal. (submitted by: Dianne Sutherland)
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