Feb 24, 2006- Amanda McCormack continues to excel at Junior Provincials. She reset the 50M Back club record that she set just two weeks ago at EOSA on her way to a bronze medal performance. The new record is 35.77 which was .01 off the second place finish of 35.76. The meet continues Saturday and Sunday.

Feb 25, 2006- Jessika Craig won the bronze medal tonight in the 200M Backstroke at Junior Provincials taking a second off her entry time. Action continues tomorrow  for our six provincial qualifiers. Good Luck!!!
Elizabeth Wycliffe swimming for the University of Texas won the 200y Backstroke, was 3rd in the 100y Back and was 7th in the 200y IM, to help her team win the Big 12 Conference Meet.  Elizabeth has qualified for the NCAA Championship meet to be held in March which includes the very best university swimmers in USA.  Elizabeth was also named to the ' Big 12 10th Anniversary Team'.

Feb. 26, 2006- Most of the club attended the KBM meet this weekend.  As a  team of 13 and over swimmers the Barracudas finished third in the 'Duel in the Pool' Saturday morning.  There were many first, second and third place finishers over the weekend, so if I have missed anyone's results let me know.

Mar. 2, 2006- Oops! I missed the fact that Kristin Buchanan had also qualified for (one of only 7 swimmers)  and attended the Junior Provincial Meet in London last weekend.  When the swimmers work so hard their efforts should not go un-noticed. Congratulations Kristin.

Mar. 9, 2006- Update from the News Letter- KBM  meet three stars were Josh Vickers, Marta Switzer & Leah McGraw. Congratulations!  Please note that there are no practices March 17, 18 & 19. Have a good March break.

Mar. 18, 2006- Elizabeth Wycliffe has finished her University swimming career competing at the prestigious NCAA Championships this weekend. This meet  sees the very best swimmers in the US Division I  system and has very stiff qualifying times. Elizabeth placed 18th in the 200 yard IM, 19th in the 100 yard Back and 6th in the 200 yard backstroke.

Mar. 25, 2006- Alison Doherty co-captain of the McMaster University Swim Team was named MVP of the McMaster Women's Swim Team  at the year end banquet last night. Alison is in her fourth year and  represented McMaster at the CIS Championship meet this past February. Congratulations to Alison!

Mar. 27, 2006- Kelly Cook swimming at  Laurentian University was named  Rookie of the Year for Women's Swimming at the Athletic's Year End Banquet March 24th. Congratulations Kelly!  Laura Martin was also honoured at the Trent University Banquet  for her contribution to the Women's Swim Team. Congratulations Laura!

March 31, 2006- Swim Canada keeps rankings for each age- 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and Open for both girls and boys as well as both long course and short course each year. As of March 31 the following EBSC swimmers are ranked in the top 50 in Canada for short course events. Jessika Craig is also ranked 22nd in the 50 Back, 15th in the 100 back and 6th in the 200 back in the girls Open category as well. Congratulations to these swimmers!

March 31, 2006- Elizabeth Wycliffe receives Big 12 Conference Female Swimmer of the Year Award.

April 1, 2006- The EBSC Spring Meet was once again a great success.  Ryan Coens set a new club record in the boys 13/14 100M IM. A post race report will be posted soon. Below are the swimmers bringing home the ribbons. Please report any errors or omissions. The three meet stars are Blair Morgan, Miriam Frachetto and Hanna Sutherland. Congratulations!

June 5, 2006- The KSSC meet was a long day but everyone swam well with some top ten times posted. Results will be posted as soon as they are available.

June 6, 2006- There was a great turn out for the 2006 Swim Banquet last night.  As usual the social committee did an outstanding job organizing the evening and there was lots and lots of good food. No one went away hungry! The kids put on some entertaining skits and sang some songs for the parents and the yearly awards were presented.  The award winners can be found on the awards page.  Two of the National Level swimmers who will be leaving for University in the fall- Nicholle Sherwood and Emma West-Sadler gave inspiring talks about their time with the Barracudas.

June 7, 2006- Michael Watkins has submitted a report on the EOSA Training Camp that a small group of EBSC swimmers attended.  Michael has done a fine job of sharing this learning experience.   Thanks Michael!

June 10, 2006- Amanda McCormack set a new record in the 100 Back last night during day one of the EOSA championships and followed that up today with a club record in the 200 Back. Both records were held by Jean Ooi and set in 1988. Amanda took over two seconds off both records. Congratulations! The girls 10 & under and 11/12 relay teams both won silver in the 200M freestyle event. Amanda has five first place finishes so far and Allie Duff won the 400 Freestyle. Isaac Kong  and Laura Perry also won medals so far in the meet. In the finals tonight Jessika Craig won the 200M Backstroke, Geoff Welham and Ryan Coens picked up silver medals. Several other swimmers swam in the  finals. Action continues for all age groups tomorrow.

June 11, 2006- The EOSA Championship ended with 11 different swimmers (over a third of the 31 qualified swimmers) picking up 25 medals over the weekend (10 Gold, 10 Silver and 5 Bronze).  Many other swimmers made at least one final swim. Amanda McCormack set two more 10 & Under records, this time in the 200M freestyle event in a time of 2:40.03 and the 50M back(relay lead off) in a time of 36.56, and finished the meet with 7 medals. Kristen Bilkovski won the 50M back, Ryan Coens won the 50M Fly and Hannah Sutherland, Kristin Buchanan and Michael Watkins all earned their first medals of the meet today. The girls 11/12 Medley relay won bronze. Ryan Coens got his 50 free provincial time this week-end. Michael Watkins qualified for Age Group Nationals in the 200M fly and has a provincial time as well.  Hannah Sutherland got her very first provincial time in the 100 butterfly.   Allie Duff picked up one more provincial time in the 400 free. Congratulations to all the swimmers!

June 13, 2006- Congratulations to Allie Duff- I have just been informed that her great 400M freestyle swim at EOSA is a club record. The new time is 5:08.24, over a second faster than Jean Ooi's record of 5:09.45 set in 1990. It seems that EOSA was a very good meet for many of the swimmers- almost wish I had been there to see all the great swims.  EOSA point earners report submitted by Steve B.

June 13, 2006- Swim Canada has posted long course Power Rankings including meets held last weekend. The Barracudas have 11 swimmers ranked in one or more events (includes Elizabeth Wycliffe). Jess Craig has rankings in 3 age categories. These swimmers are in the top 50 in CANADA in long course events during the 2005/2006 season. I tried not to miss any of the swims, but please let me know if there are any others.


June 17, 2006- Thanks to Emma and Nicholle who have provided their banquet speeches for our website. The content and your presentations were exceptional and I hope that everyone will take the opportunity to read them over.
                      - A time trial was held for EBSC swimmers this morning. Nineteen swimmers participated. Results are posted.


July 9, 2006- Amanda McCormack won her third gold medal of the meet with a 2:45.44 in the 10 & Under 200M backstroke. Allie Duff finished 4th in the 12 year old 200M backstroke. The younger age group team moved up to 27th  out of 66 teams.  More news to come soon.

July 10, 2006- Recap-The Junior Provincials finished with the Barracuda's winning 4 gold medals and 2 silver over the weekend. Eight swimmers qualified to compete at this high level meet- Amanda McCormack, Allie Duff, Hannah Sutherland, Kristin Buchanan, Jessika Craig, Ryan Coens, Michael Watkins and Geoff Welham. Jessika Craig finished first in the 200 back and second in the 100 back. Allie Duff finished second in the 100 back and 4th in the 200 back and Amanda McCormack swimming in her last meet in the 10 and Under age group had three gold as well as a fifth and eighth place finish. Both Jessika and Amanda set meet records with their 200M backstroke swims, Congratulations!  Amanda set five club records in the 50, 100 & 200 back as well as the 100 and 200 freestyle, lowering the 200 backstroke record by just over 9 seconds. What a way to finish off the 10 & Under age group! Record information can be found in the records area. Ryan Coens finished 4th in the 50 freestyle. All swimmers are to be congratulated on fine performances.  Good luck to the swimmers off to Age Group Nationals in a couple of weeks.

July 18, 2006- Kent Milsom a former Barracuda swimmer won a 9 km ocean race yesterday in Vancouver, BC. Kent still holds the Barracuda 1500M SC record for Ten & Under Boys. See article.

July 20, 2006- Jessika Craig finished 5th in the 50M backstroke in the female 16-18 year old age group at Age Group Nationals taking place in Calgary AB. Congratulations! Allie Duff finished 33rd in the 200 IM .  The Barracudas have four swimmers that have qualified for this prestigious meet: Michael Watkins, Geoff Welham, Jessika Craig and Allie Duff. Racing continues through July 23.

July 21, 2006- Jessika Craig won a bronze medal in the 100M Back tonight with a time of 1:07.29, Allie Duff finished 8th in the 12 year old girls 100M Back in a time of 1:15.10 and 26th in the 400M Free with a time of 5:16.11.  Michael Watkins finished 21st in the 15 year old boys 200M Fly with a time of 2:25.69 and unfortunately Geoff Welham was DQ'd in the 50M Breast for 17-18 year old boys.

July 22, 2006- Jessika Craig finished 1st in the 200M Back in the girls 16-18 age group with a time of 2:21.06. Congratulations Jessika!!!  Geoff Welham finished in 17th place in the boys 17-18 age group in the 100M Breaststroke with a time of 1:14.27. Michael Watkins finished 25th in the boys 15 age group in the 100M Fly with a time of 1:04.43. Allie Duff swimming in the 12 and under age group finished 20th in the 200M Back with a time of 2:43.17. The meet wraps up for EBSC swimmers tomorrow.

July 23, 2006- Geoff Welham finished off the Age Group National meet with a 15th place finish in the 200M Breatstroke for 17-18 boys age group with a time of 2:43.50. Michael Watkins (boys age 15) finished off the meet today swimming both the 50M fly with a time of 29.69 and the 100M Free with a time of 1:01.74 but did not advance to the finals. Allie Duff competed in the 400 IM in the girls 12 and under age group, posting a time of 6:02.01. The meet was a great experience for the swimmers and some good times were posted. Congratulations!

July 25, 2006- Best of luck to Jessika Craig and Elizabeth Wycliffe who will both be competing at the Pan Pac Trials this coming weekend in Montreal. Jessika will contest the 100 & 200M backstroke and Elizabeth will compete in the 100 & 200M backstroke as well as the 200M IM. Results will be posted during the competition. We wish you both well!!

July 27, 2006- Elizabeth and Jessika both competed in the 100M backstroke today. Elizabeth finished in 4th place with a time of 1:03.61 and Jessika finished in 22nd place with a time of 1:06.74. Both swimmers will compete Saturday in the 200M backstroke.

July 29th, 2006- Elizabeth Wycliffe finished with the bronze medal in the 200M Backstroke final (2:15.17) at the Pan Pac trials.  Jessika Craig finished in 7th place with a time of 2:21.36. Elizabeth will compete in the 200M IM tomorrow. Both swimmers are to be congratulated on a fine effort!

July 30th, 2006- Elizabeth Wycliffe finished the Pan Pac trials today with a 6th place finish in the 200M IM in a time of 2:19.94.