March 4, 2010- Better late than never....  Last weekend 6 Barracudas travelled to Etobicoke to compete in the Junior Provinical Championships. Martin Blostein, Abby and Hannah Sutherland, Brianna Coens, Allie Duff and Amanda McCormack all met the stringent qualifying times and represented the club well. The highlight of the meet was Allie's Bronze medal swim int the 200M backstroke. Other A Finalists were Amanda- 4th in 400 free and 5th in the 100 back and Hannah, 4th in the 200 fly. Congatulations!

March 1, 2010- The Barracudas competed this past weekend at the KBM hosted Short Course Finale. This was the last meet until our EBSC Spring meet in early April. The following swimmers had top eight finished in one or more events. Well done!

Nick VanderSchoor	3,5,6,6,8	Nathan Little	2,3,4,6,6,7
Luke Tulk	4,5,6,6,7	Evynn Cota	1,5
Josiah Ascough	8	Thomas Lee	4,6
Evan Jackson	3,5,5,6,6	Sean Ditmore	1,4,8
James Xie	2,3,3,4,5	Jesse Thomas	1,1,1,2,2
Maggie McDonnell	5,7,8	Lydia Vandenengel	2,5,6
Maddie Rosebery	7,7	Sophia Smith	2,2,3,4,4,5
Sarah Rebec	3,4,5,8	Jennifer Lapp	8,8
Ashley Pascoal	2,3,3,4,4,4	Jaycee Farmer	1,3,6,7,7
Tina Cai	1,5,8	Sierra Bonsall	6
Megan Dowling	1,2,3	Kelly Thompson	6,7
Lochlyn O'Reilly	7	Andie Rose Ledoux	3,4,4,4,7
Madison Edgar	4,5,5,6,7	Carolyn Poucher	1,1,4,5
Courtney Buchanan	2,2,2,2,3,5	Annika Bartsch	5,7,7
Georgia Duff	1,1,2,2,3	Shelby Neville	2,5,6
Madison Halligan	2,8,8,8	Katrina Lott	4,5,5
Sara Daigle	7,7	Katie Coleman	3,4,4,4
Kristin Buchanan	2,2,3

February 21, 2010- Five Barracudas competed this weekend in the Eastern Canadian Championships. Allie Duff made three finals swimming very well. This is a high level senior meet highlighting some of the best swimmers in the country. Barracuda placings are listed below. Congratulations!

Allie Duff	4,4,6,28,32,37,	Hannah Sutherland	15,34
Amanda McCormack	18,31,39,42	Laura Perry	49,69
Stefan Ruksys	6,11,27,

February 21, 2010- Former Barracuda Pamela(Poppy) Ruksys swam to two silvers and a bronze medal at the Canadian Inter-University Sport Swimming Championships, Toronto, Feb. 18-20th. Poppy, swimming for the University of Toronto, won silver medals swimming to best times - 4:12 in the 400 free, and 8:38 in the 800 free, coming a close second to University of Calgary’s and Canadian National team member Kevyn Peterson.
Pamela placed fourth in the 400 Individual Medley with a personal best of 4:47 and 7th in the 200 free also with a pb of 2:01. Poppy also anchored the University of Toronto’s 800 freestyle relay team to earn the bronze medal closely defeating rivals University of Western Ontario.
Jessika Craig won the silver medal for the University of Calgary in the 200 back in 2:11, second to National team member Katy Murdoch. She also came 6th in the 100 back with a time of 1:02.
Submitted by Lucia Chown

February 14, 2010- Twenty-five Barracudas competed this weekend in Nepean at the EOSA championships, finishing in 9th place in a field of 19 teams. The following swimmers place top eight.Well done!
Any errors or omissions please contact the webmaster.

Megan Dowling	2,3,5,6,7,8	Sophia Smith	4,8
Vanessa Gervais	2,5	Sarah Rebec	6,8
Carolyn Poucher	6	Abby Sutherland	2,5,6,8
Ashley Pascoal	7	Chad Coleman	1,2,3,4,4,6
Ryan Hu	4,6,7,7,7	Brianna Coens	1,1,4,8
Martin Blostein	1,1,4	Robin Pianosi	2
Georgia Duff	3,4,8	Laura Perry	4
Amanda McCormack	1,1,2	Stefan Ruksys	1,1,1,1,3
Courtney Buchanan	2	Jesse Thormas	5,6,8
Emanuelle Delaney	1,6

February 11, 2010- The JR Henderson Recreation Centre was host to EOSSAA swimming today as swimmers from the Eastern Ontario Region competed to represent their schools at OFSSA the provincial level of high school competition. Six Barracudas represented several of the area high schools and all seven have advanced to the provincial meet. Congratulations to Jess Thomas, Amanda McCormack, Allie Duff, Laura Perry, Stefan Ruksys and Kristin Bubhanan. Hannah Sutherland also qualified for the meet but unfortunately was ill and not able to attend. Sara Cond Flower, a former swimmer was meet manager, and long time Barracuda dad, Dan Clissold was meet referee.

February 3, 2010- Former Barracuda Pamela Ruksys has been nominated for a Quest for Gold Card, which provides financial assistance Ontario's top athletes. Pamela was one of 14 females to earn this award. For more information can be found on the Swim Ontario site.

Februrary 1, 2010- Another EBSC meet in the books. Many of our swimmers placed in the top 5 and gained some valuable experience leading into EOSA Championships being held in Nepean Feb. 12-14.
The following swimmers had top 5 finishes, congratulations!
January 17, 2010- Five Barracudas competed at the Ontario Cup swim meet this weekend hosted by Toronto Swim Club. This meet required senior provincial times and produced some excellent racing.
Below are the placings for our swimmers.

Hannah Sutherland	100 fly- 52 200 fr- 69 100 bk-54 200 fly- 28	Allie Duff	200 fr- 24 400 IM- 5 50 fr- 45
Amanda McCormack	200 fr- 55 100 bk- 52 50 fr- 79	Stefan Ruksys	50 fly- 26 1500 fr- 11 100 fly- 33 200 fly- 25 400 fr- 19
Laura Perry	100 bk- 46 50 fr- 76

January 12, 2010- 2010 started off with some good results posted at KSSC Ice Breaker meet this past weekend. This was a good meet for the younger swimmers to gain some experience and get ready for EOSA and other upcoming meets. Below are the swimmers placing in the top three. (please contact me with any errors or omissions)

Vanessa Gervais	1,2,2,2,2	Maggie McDonnell	1,2,3
Lydia Vandenengel	2,3,3	Lexiana McLean	1,2,2
Maddie Rosebery	3,3	Brianna Coens	1,1,1,1
Sarah Rebec	2,2	Sophie Smith	1,2,3
Carolyn Poucher	1,1,2	Courtney Buchanan	1,2,3
Savanah Thibeault	3	Megan Dowling	1,2,3,3
Andie Rose Ledoux	2,3	Annika Bartsch	3
Ashley Pascoal	3	Jaycee Farmer	3
Kristen Bilkovsky	1,2,2	Robin Pianosi	1,1,1,2,3
Georgia Duff	1	Katrina Lott	2
Madison Halligan	3,3,3	Sara Daigle	1,2
Sam Searle	1,1,1,1,1	Kristin Buchanan	1,1
Nick VanderSchoor	1,1,1,1	Evynn Cota	1,1,2,3
Nathan Little	2,2,2,3,3	Chad Coleman	1,1,1,1,2
Ryan Hu	1,1,2,3	Michael LaHaye	1,3
James Xie	1,1,2,2,3	Martin Blostein	1,1,1,1
Ryan Coens	1

December 12, 2009- Stefan Ruksys has had a great start to the 2009/2010 season, setting three new club records in the distance freestyle events. New times of 4:16.60 in the 400M free, 8:50.44 in the 800M free and 16:48.38 in the 1500M free are the latest times to beat. Congratulations Stefan!

December 7, 2009- Many of the Barracudas competed at the KBM meet this past weekend. This was a great opportunity for the younger swimmers to test out their training to see where improvement is needed. There were a lot of top three finishers!

December 6, 2009- Eleven Barracudas attended Youth Cup in Etobicoke this weekend while the rest of the club swam at the KBM meet in kingston. The contingent at Youth cup had some very good swims. Brianna Coens had a 5th in the 100 fly and a 6th in the  200 Fly, Amanda placed 4th in the 400 IM and 3rd in the 200 Back, while Hannah earned a third in the 200 fly. Allie had a 1st in the 400 IM, a second in the 200 back and a 3rd in the 100 back. On the boys side Stefan placed 6th in the 1500 free, 7th in the 100 fly, 8th in the 800 free and 8th in the 50 fly and Ryan Coens had a 6th place finish in the 50 fly. Well done! Below are the results for all swimmers.

Brianna Coens	5,6,10,13,14,17,18,20	Abby Sutherland	25,28,30,34,35,36,
Amanda McCormack	3,4,10,14,15,16,	Hannah Sutherland	3,10,11,15,19,21
Kristin Buchanan	24,24,29,30,33,45,51	Emanuella Delaney	12,23,23,35,41,49
Allie Duff	1,2,3,10,11,22,	Laura Perry	19,21,48,53
Sam Searle	28,47	Ryan Coens	6,16,20,20,24,24
Stefan Ruksys	6,7,7,8,8,15,18,20

Results from the KBM meet will be posted when they are available.

November 29, 2009- Allie Duff and Amanda McCormack had the opportunity to swim against some of the best swimmers in Canada this weekend in Etobicoke. They competed at the Canada Cup meet where several Olympians including bronze medalist Ryan Cochrane tested their training in an early season high level meet. Although neither swimmer made finals they gained valuable experience. Allie had a 20th place finish in the 200M back and a very respectable 31st place finish in the 400M IM. Next weekend several Barracudas with contend at the Youth Cup meet also hosted in Etobicoke. Congrats to all who made the qualifying times.

November 16, 2009- Another great EBSC swim meet! Congratulations to all the swimmers, there were some very good placings. I have listed the swimmers who had top 5 place finishes. Email any errors or omissions.  Thanks to everyone that made it such a great success.

Nick Carter	1,2,3,3,5,5	Ryan Hu	1,1,1,1,2,2
Nathan Little	2,5	Nick Vander Schoor	4
Josiah Ascough	5	Evynn Cota	4
Chad Coleman	1,2,2,2,2	Evan Jackson	4,5
Sean Ditmore	3	Thomas Lee	4
Michael La Haye	5	James Xie	1,2,2,5,5
Max Carter	2,2,3,4,4,5,5	James Morris	1,2
Ryan Coens	1,2,2,5	Josh Vickers	2,2,2,3,5,5
Jesse Thomas	1,3,4,5,5	Stefan Ruksys	1,1,1,1,1,2,2
Sophia Smith	1,1,1,2,3,3,3	Tina Cai	3,3,3,3,5,5,5
Lexiana McLean	1	Maggie McDonnell	4,4
Lydia Vandenengel	2	Vanessa Gervais	1,1,1,1,2,2,2
Ashley Pascoal	3,3,35	Carolyn Poucher	2,2,3,3,3,4,5
Megan Dowling	2,3,4,4,5	Alana McGraw	4,5,5
Sierra Bonsall	4,5,5	Kelly Thompson	4,5
Kristen Bilkovski	1,1,2,2,3,3,4	Robin Pianosi	1,2,3,5,5,5
Hannah Sutherland	1,1,1,1,1,1,1	Georgia Duff	1,2,2,3,4,5
Shelby Neville	5	Sara Daigle	5,3
Amanda McCormack	1,1,1,1,1,3,3	Allie Duff	1,1,1,1,1,1
Kristin Buchanan	1,2,3,3,4,4,5	Sam Searle	1,2,3,3,4,4
Emanuella Delaney	2,2,24,5	Laura Perry	1,1,1,2,3,4
Katie Coleman	3,3,4	Brianna Coens	1,1,1,2,2,2,3
Abby Sutherland	2,2,3,3,3,4,4	Courtney Buchanan	4,4

November 12, 2009- Congratulations to Coach Gord and Amanda McCormack on Amanda's selection to Swim Canada's Prospects Team. This selection was based on Swim Canada's 2009 LC rankings. Click here to see the team selections and here for the letter from Swim Canada. Amanda was the only Eastern Ontario swimmer selected. Congratulations!!

November 9, 2009- The Barracudas returned from Barrie yesterday with 5 first place finished. Only Ryan Hu was a double winner, other firsts were earned by Stephan Ruksys, Brianna Coens and Allie Duff.  Below is a list of swimmers with top eight finishes.

Ryan Hu	1,1,2,2,2,2	Stefan Ruksys	1,2,3,3,3
Jesse Thomas	7	Ryan Coens	5,8
Josh Vickers	6	Brianna Coens	1,2,2,2,2,4,4
Carolyn Poucher	8	Anie Rose Ledoux	5
Courtney Buchanan	4,5,6,7	Vanessa Gervais	2,3,4,4,5,5
Emanuella Delaney	6,7,7,8	Kristen Bilkovski	5,7,8
Georgia Duff	8,7	Allie Duff	1,2,2,2,2,7
Laura Perry	3,3	Kristen Buchanan	6

October 27, 2009- The barracudas shone at the first meet of the season. Most of the team participated at the KSSC pentathlon this past weekend with some very good early season results. Below is a list of swimmers with top eight finishes.