August
22, 2006- Registration
is being
held for returning
swimmers this Sat. August 26th between 9 and 11 at the JR Henderson
Recreation Center. You should have received your forms via
email.
Contact the registrar if you have any questions.
August 26, 2006-
A one hour TV
broadcast of the Pan
Pac Championship highlights will be televised today at 1:00pm on
TSN. The show will also be shown on TSN on Monday Sept. 11th
at
3:30pm
and Tuesday Sept. 12th at 4:30. This should show some very good racing
as there were six world records and 32 Pan Pac records set during the
meet. There are more opportunities to see the racing. Check the Swim
Canada website for channels and times.
Sept.
14, 2006- Swim Canada
has posted their
2005/2006
end of season Power
Rankings for both short
and
long course. EBSC have 9
different
swimmers ranked in the top 50 for their age group LONG COURSE. Amanda
McCormack has 8 top 50 rankings in the 10 and Under Girls including two
first places. Jess Craig made the top 50 in 3 different age groups- 16
years, 17 years and Open with a first place in the 17 year old Girls
200 backstroke. The other top 50 swimmers are Elizabeth Wycliffe- 4
events, Allie Duff- 2 events, Hannah Sutherland- 2 events, Ryan Coens-
2 events, Geoff Welham- 2 events, Leah Mayer- 1 event and Isaac Kong- 1
event. Congratulations on all your hard work during last season. EBSC
swimmers
rankings
for Long Course.
Oct. 17,
2006- Andrew
Moss a former Barracuda swimmer and coach has been presented with a
Leadership Award from SNC for his work this past summer as Operations
Director of the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships. Congratulation Andrew,
from your old team!
Oct. 19, 2006-
Congratulations
to Adrienne
Morgan for her first place in county x-country.
Oct. 22, 2006-
The
season finally got underway with the KSSC Pentathlon.
The swimmers
have been training very hard in less than ideal circumstances, swimming
out of several pools while their home pool was under renovation. There
were some very good times posted this early in the season. Barracuda
swimmers brought home 22 firsts, 17 seconds, and 17 third place
finishes. Kristin Buchanan had the second highest point total for
females with 41 and Kristen Bilkovski had the third most points. On the
boys side Stefan Ruksys was third highest with 45 points but the two
ahead of him swam an extra event. Stefan had five first place
finishes. Congratulations to everyone. Georgia Duff, Pamela Ruksys,
Stefan Ruksys and Kristen Bilkovski finished in the top three in all
five events.
Nov. 6, 2006-
The EBSC Swim Meet
was a huge success! With the help of many, many
volunteers the meet went off smoothly with lots of great swims.
EBSC was the team winner and we had 5 of the high point winners- Allie
Duff, Stefan Ruksys, Hannah Sutherland, Isaac Kong & Jess
Craig.
Second place in the point totals were- Georgia Duff and Kristin
Buchanan and third place were- Kristen Bilkovski, Amanda McCormack,
Jesse Thomas, Kaitlin Bilkovski and Geoff Welham. Congratulations to
everyone swimming best times! Read the full report from
the Meet Manager.
Nov. 16, 2006- Looking at
the top ten times there have been some very good swims for this early
in the season- 16 swims in total have cracked the top ten. Check out
the Records
Page for
the
updated lists.
Nov. 17, 2006- Barrie
results are finally posted. Twenty-seven swimmers entered the three day
Barrie meet and 4 Barracudas posted top 3 finishes- Jess Craig had one
first and two seconds, Isaac Kong had 3 firsts, and 1 second, Pamela
Ruksys had 2 seconds and 2 thirds and Hannah Sutherland had 1 first, 2
seconds and 3 thirds. Many others had top 6 finishes. Congratulations
to all!
Nov. 18,
2006- New- Guide
to Canadian University
Swimming is now available on the Swim Canada website!
Dec.
4,
2006- Three
swimmers represented the Barracudas at the Bell Grand Prix in
Etobicoke
Nov. 24-26- Jessika Craig, Pamela Ruksys and Elizabeth Wycliffe.
Together the girls combined to place thirteenth of 69 teams in
the
Girls Team Standings. Jessika placed eighth in the 200M Backstroke and
Elizabeth was first in the 200M Back, second in the 100M Back and 200M
IM, third in the 100M IM and fourth in the 50M Back. Elizabeth placed
third in the Female Point standings. All three should be congratulated
for their efforts at this national quality meet.
Dec.
9, 2006- Youth Cup-
Several
Barracudas are competing at the NYAC Youth Cup this weekend in Toronto.
After Friday night finals Jess Craig had a third place finish in the
200M back and Pamela Ruksys had an 8th place in the 100M fly
and 11th in the 200M free.
Competition continues through Sunday. Swimmers are also attending the
Pickering Christmas Classic meet and results will be posted at the
beginning of the week when they become available.
Dec.
10, 2006- Youth Cup-
Three swimmers qualified for the consolation finals Sat. night. Jess
Craig placed 9th in the 100M back, Pamela Ruksys placed 14th in the
400M free and Stefan Ruksys was 13th in the 200M breast stroke.
Congratulation!!
Dec.
10, 2006- Jess Craig
and Pamela Ruksys
have been awarded a Ministry of Health's "Quest for Gold" award. For
information about the program see Swim Ontario Something
to work towards!
Dec.
11, 2006- Youth Cup
concluded on a high note with Pamela Ruksys earning a 4th place finish
in the 400M IM,
Kristin Buchanan a 15th in the 50M free and Amanda McCormack a 15th in
the 50M back. Other swimmers attending this prestigious meet were: Leah
Mayer, Allie Duff, Rebecca Conckwright, Jess Craig, Stefan Ruksys,
Martin Blostein, Ryan Coens and Michael Watkins.
Dec.
11, 2006- Thirteen
swimmers participated in the Pickering
Christmas Classic this
past weekend. Isaac Kong placed first in the 50M breaststroke &
third in the 100M breast, Hannah Sutherland was first in the 100M fly,
Georgia Duff was third in the 50M fly, Josh Vickers was third in the
200M & 400M breaststroke and Kristen Bilkovski place in the top
six
in five events. Congratulations!
Dec. 13, 2006-We
are nearing the midway point of the short course season and 13
Barracudas have earned rankings on Swim Canada Power Rankings
Top
50 Times in the country this season- Jess Craig has rankings in the 17
years & senior groups.
| Isaac Kong |
11-
50 Br |
39-
50 Bk |
33-
200 Br |
24-
100 Br |
26-
100 Fly |
47-
200 IM |
| Michael Watkins |
30-
20 Fly |
49-
100 Fly |
|
|
|
|
| Ryan Coesn |
24-
50 Fly |
|
|
|
|
|
| Geoff Welham |
31-
50 Br |
30-
100 Br |
25-
200Br |
41-
200Fly |
1- 50Fr |
|
| Kristen
Bilkovski |
47-
50Fr |
47-
100Bk |
|
|
|
|
| Hannah
Sutherland |
14-
50Fly |
15-
100Fly |
40-
200Bk |
|
|
|
| Amanda
McCormack |
7-
100Bk |
22-
50 Bk |
8-
200 Bk |
41-
200 Fr |
50-
50Fr |
50-
400Fr |
|
39- 400IM |
|
|
|
|
|
| Allie Duff |
39-
200Bk |
43-
100Bk |
38-50-Bk |
|
|
|
| Rebecca
Conckwright |
46-
100Bk |
47-
200Bk |
|
|
|
|
| Pamela Ruksys |
12-
400IM |
16-
200IM |
10-
100Fly |
14-
50Fly |
40-
50Br |
35-
100Br |
|
29-
200Br |
45-
50Fr |
35-
100Fr |
32-
200Fr |
20-400Fr |
|
| Jess Craig
35-
800Fr |
2-200Bk |
8-
100Bk |
4-
50Bk |
33-
50Bk
Senior |
14-
200Bk
Senior |
43-
100Bk
Senior |
| Ann |
45- 50Bk |
|
|
|
|
|
| Elizabeth
Wycliffe |
11- 400IM |
4- 200IM |
1- 200Bk |
2- 100Bk |
4- 50Bk |
22- 200Fr |
Dec.
14, 2006-
Congratulations are due to Jess Craig on her selection to
the 2007
Future University Stars Tour Team - Switzerland.
Jess is one of four females chosen to represent Ontario. Jess will be
swimming in Switzerland Jan. 24-29, 2007.
Dec. 17, 2006-
Seventeen first &
second year swimmers competed at the KBM Dual
Meet Dec. 14th. This was the first opportunity for new swimmers to get
their feet wet and see what competition is all about. Several now have
that first dreaded DQ out of the way!
| Rhys Agombar |
3 firsts |
Courtney
Buchanan |
1 first |
| Katie Coleman |
3 firsts |
Emilee Cota |
1 second, 1
third |
| Emily Farrell |
2 first, 1
third |
Lauren Hanley |
2 first, 1
second |
| Isaac Kong |
3 first |
Nicole
O'Sullivan |
2 second, 1
third |
| Jillian Perry |
1 first, 1
third |
Robin Pianosi |
1 first, 1
third |
| Abby Sutherland |
1 first, 1
second |
Hannah
Sutherland |
3 first |
Also attending the
meet were- Rachael Agombar, Brianna Coens, Merrit Blair, McKenzie
Worthy
and Andie Rose Ledoux. Congratulations on some fine finishes.
Dec. 21, 2006-
EBSC held a Time Trial last
evening in the distance events. Several of
our swimmers acheived one or more provincial standards. These can be
seen (far right) on the results
sheet that Steve B has so
quickly prepared for posting. Congratulations
to the swimmers and thanks to the many parents who gave up one of
their last chances to battle the Christmas shopping mobs.
Jan. 13, 2007-
The Perth results have been
posted from last weekend and the Barracudas
had several top three finishes. Stefan Ruksys had 5 firsts and 1 second
and Isaac Kong had 2 firsts, 2 seconds, a third and fourth to lead the
team. Swimmers with top three place finishes are listed in the table
below but several other swimmers had great swims earning them top 6
place finishes. Keep swimming fast!
Jan. 13, 2007-
Jess Craig has won a gold
medal at the Senior Provincial Short Course
Championships being held in Toronto this weekend. Jess was second in
the 200M Backstroke after the prelims and moved up to first in the
finals with a time of 2:14.66. Pamela Ruksys placed in 4th the 200 IM
with a time of 2:23.02. She was also 14th in the 100M Fly. Other
Barracudas attending this meet are Rebecca Cronkwright, Michael Watkins
and Geoff Welham. Jess is seeded seventh in the 200M Backstroke
final and Pam is seeded 4th in the 400M IM and 14th in the
100M
Backstroke finals which will be contested tomorrow.
Jan. 14, 2007-
Jess
Craig added a second gold medal to her collection at the Senior
Provincials today. Jess finished the race in a time of 1:04.35. Jess
will be representing the Barracudas as a member of the Senior
Provincial Tour Team competing Jan 25-28 in Switzerland. Best
of
Luck! Pamela Ruksys placed seventh in the 400M IM in a time of 5:03.51.
Pam also
raced in the consolation final of the 100M backstroke finishing 12th
and earning a fifth place spot on the club's Senior Girls Top Ten list.
Jan. 15, 2007-
Best of luck to Jess Craig
as
she gets ready to participate in the 2007
Future Stars Tour Team - Switzerland.
Jess is one of four females chosen to represent Ontario and will be
travelling to Switzerland Jan. 23-29, 2007. If
you haven't signed the guest book on our home page, you can wish Jess
well and hopefully
she will have the opportunity to keep us posted about all the fun and
great swims she has in Switzerland.
Jan. 24, 2007-
I just
received an article that was in Friday Jan. 19th County Weekly News
about Jess. See article here
that the County Weekly News has allowed us to reproduce. Also Jess has
agreed to try to send us journal entries if she can. Watch the link on
the home page for updates about her experience in Switzerland.
Jan. 27, 2007-
Jess is seeded first going
into tonights final in the 200M backstroke
in Switzerland. With a time of 2:15.59 Jess has left herself room to
improve in tonights race. Best of luck Jess!
Jan. 28, 2007-
Jess
has added a bronze medal in the 100M back as well as a silver in a
relay event. All in all a very good meet. Congratulations! Jess has
kindly shared her experience with us in this journal.
Jan. 29, 2007-
The results are up for the
KSSC swim meet. I started to tally
everyone's first, second and third places finishes and there were just
TOO many. Let's just say that over all the club had an excellent
showing. Some statistics: 47 swimmers competed in one to six events for
a total of 212 swims. There
were 103 top three finishes- an excellent effort! Thirty-four swimmers
earned these top three placings. As a team, 1036 points were earned for
first place over all, and both the Girls and the Boys teams won their
respective division. I also heard that several more swimmers have
earned either provincial times or prerequisite times. Congratulations
on a great team effort, hope you all had fun! A link to the full
results can be found on the Results Page (under Meets tab above).
Feb. 10, 2007-
Some promising early
results are up from the EOSA short course
championships being held in Nepean this weekend. After the distance
freestyle and the first session of 12 and under finals: Georgia Duff
has placed first in the 10 & under 100M backstroke, Kristin
Buchanan has second in the 100M free, Amanda McCormack has second in
the 100M back and third in the 100M free, and Leah Mayer was
third
in the 11/12 800M free. The 13 and overs will swim finals tonight.
Feb. 10, 2007-
The
Barracudas scored five firsts, a second and a third in 12 &
under individual events today at EOSA. Leading the way was Kristin
Buchanan with first in the 50M back and 50M free, Georgia Duff- first
in 50M back, Amanda McCormack- first in 200M back, Kristen Bilkovski-
first in 50M free and Isaac Kong- second in 50M back and third in the
100M fly. The Barracudas currently sit in fourth place. In the 13
&
over age group Jess Craig led the way with a first place finish in the
400M free and a third place in the 200M IM, Martin Blostein was first
in the 100M breaststroke, Poppy Ruksys was first in the 200M back and
second in the 800M free.
Allie Duff was second in the 200M back. Competition concludes tomorrow.
Feb. 11, 2007-
The
12 & under age group had one first, one second and 4 thirds
this afternoon. Leading the way was Isaac Kong with a first in the 100M
IM and a third in the 50M fly. Georgia Duff swam to a second place
finish in ghe 100M IM, Kristin Buchanan was third in the 50M fly,
Amanda McCormack was third in the 200M free and Kristen Bilkovski was
third in the 100M IM. The meet closed tonight with several
Barracudas placing in the top three. Leading the way was Poppy Ruksys
with wins in the 200M & 50M breast stroke and 200M fly. She
also
placed third in the 50M fly. Kaitlin Bilkovski was first in the 50M
fly, Ryan Coens was second in the 50M fly, Martin Blostein placed
second in the 200M breast stroke, Rebecca Cronkwright was second in the
100M back, Tara Worthy took silver in the 50M breast stroke and Allie
Duff had thirds in the 100M back and 50M fly. Congratulations to all
the swimmers attending EOSA. As a team the 35 Barracudas attending the
meet combined to place third overall out of 21 teams.
Feb. 13, 2007-
Poppy Ruksys set club
records at EOSA short course champs last weekend
in the 50M breast stroke and the 200M breast stroke. Congratulations!!!
Feb. 18, 2007-
Poppy Ruksys and Jess Craig
attended the Eastern Canadian Championships
this weekend. This is a meet where the top Canadian swimmers in Eastern
and Western Canada compete at meets held in Montreal and Regina (this
year). The results are combined for national winners in each event.
Poppy
swam to 11th in the 200IM (15th overall), and 6th in the 400IM
(10th overall). She also competed in the 50 Fly, 400 Free
and
200 Free. Jess Craig was 6th in the 200 back (7th overall), 7th in
the 100 Back (10th overall) and 8th in the 50M Back
(12th overall). Jess also swam the 200 Free.
Feb. 21, 2007-
The
Ruksys family has shared a granola bar recipe
which is easy to make and
nutritious. Happy snacking!
Feb. 26, 2007-
Eight
Barracudas are travelling to Etobicoke to compete in the Jr. Provincial
Championships. Competition begins Thurs and runs through Sun. Amanda
McCormack, Hannah Sutherland, Kristin Buchanan, Leah Mayer, Allie Duff,
Rebecca Cronkwright, Poppy Ruksys, and Michael Watkins made the tough
qualifying standards in one or more events. Best of luck to all the
swimmers!
Mar. 1, 2007- Day 1-
Amanda McCormack won silver
in the Girls-11, 100M backstroke in a time
of 1:11.29. Also competing today were Hannah Sutherland,
Kristin Buchanan, Leah Mayer, Allie Duff and Rebecca Cronkwright. Good
luck to everyone!
Mar. 2, 2007- Day
2- Poppy
swam to a 4th place prelim swim this morning in the 400M IM and will
swim the final tonight. Good luck Poppy! Allie Duff swam the 400M IM,
Rebecca Cronkwright competed in the 50M free, Michael Watkins raced the
100M fly and Poppy also swam the 200M free to round out the morning
competition.
In the younger age groups
Amanda McCormack finished 6th in the 200M
free and 10th in the 400M IM, Kristin Buchanan also had a 6th place
finish in the 50M free. Also swimming this afternoon was Leah Mayer in
the 200M free.
Mar. 2, 2007- Day 2-
Poppy
remained
in 4th place after the 400IM final tonight swimming a time of 4:59.09.
Congrats! Swimming continues tomorrow and Sunday in Etobicoke.
Mar. 3, 2007- Day 3-
Amanda
finished 4th in the 100M free and 15th in the 200M IM, Hannah placed
15th in the 200M fly, Allie was 8th in the 200M back and Poppy swam to
a
13th place finish in the 200M back. Also competing today were
Leah, Kristin and Rebecca. Several personal best times
were posted during prelims and finals!
Mar. 4, 2007- Day 4-
Four Barracudas competed
today at Jr Provincials. Amanda McCormack won
gold in the 200M back in a time of 2:30.65. This time was
equal to
the existing club record set by Genevieve Handforth in 2000.
Congratulations Amanda! Also swimming today were Leah Mayer, Allie
Duff, and Michael Watkins.
Mar. 5, 2007-
Twenty-six
swimmers took part in the KBM Invitational this past weekend. The team
placed third overall behind two larger teams. High female scorer for
the Barracuda's was Jennifer Locke with 27 points. Stefan Ruksys was
the Barracuda's highest scoring male swimmer with 30 points. More than
half of the swimmers had at least one top three result over the three
day meet. Congratulations to all of those participating.
| Swimmer |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Swimmer |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
| Martin Blostein |
4 |
1 |
- |
Courtney
Buchanan |
- |
- |
1 |
| Isaac Kong |
- |
3 |
- |
Jennifer Locke |
2 |
3 |
1 |
| Leah McGraw |
1 |
- |
1 |
Adrienne Morgan |
- |
1 |
- |
| Blair Morgan |
- |
2 |
- |
Robin Pianosi |
1 |
- |
- |
| Stefan Ruksys |
3 |
3 |
- |
Andras Switzer |
2 |
1 |
- |
| Jesse Thomas |
1 |
- |
2 |
Josh Vickers |
1 |
1 |
- |
| Tanis Worthy |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Tara Worthy |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Mar. 16, 2007-
Amanda McCormack has been
selected KTW althete of the week. This is the
second time a Barracuda has received this honour. In February Poppy
Ruksys was also selected as an athlete of the week. Congratulations!
The article appearing in Kingston This Week is can be read
here.
Mar. 20, 2007-
Jess
Craig and Poppy Ruksys are ready to compete at the Spring National
Meet starting tomorrow in Victoria, BC. They will be joined by
Elizabeth Wycliffe. See article submitted to Whig Standard for details here.
Mar. 23, 2007-
Elizabeth
Wycliffe swam to a first place seeding for tonights final in the 100M
backstroke and is also seeded 7th in the 200M freestyle. Poppy Ruksys
finished 26th in the 200M IM today and Jess Craig placed 22nd in the
100M back. In competition yesterday Poppy was 24th in the 400M IM and
Elizabeth finished 15th in the 100M fly during prelims. This meet is
being used to select the Pan Am and University Games teams that will
represent Canada this summer.
Mar. 23, 2007-
Elizabeth
is having an amazing meet so far at spring nationals! She is Canadian
Champion in the 100M backstroke having won the event in a club record
time of 1:02.61 lowering the record that she set in prelims this
morning. Elizabeth finished 8th in the 200M freestyle. Elizabeth set
the 200M free club record this morning taking off over 2 seconds.
Yesterday her 100M fly swim was also a club record. Congratulations
Elizabeth and good luck to all our swimmers in their remaining events.
Swimming continues Sat. & Sun. and the National teams should be
announced shortly after completion of the meet.
Mar. 25, 2007- Elizabeth,
Poppy and Jessica were in action again today after all three girls had
the day off yesterday. Elizabeth was seeded first in the 200M
Backstroke after this mornings prelims and raced to a second National
title in a club record time of 2:14.36 this evening. This is
Elizabeth's fourth club record at the meet. Jess also swimming the 200M
back, placed 13th in
the prelims and finished 13th again tonight in a time of 2:20.31. Poppy
swam the 100M free this morning
and took .45 off her entry time. The Barracudas finished 13th in a
field of 61 teams. Congratulations all!
Mar. 26, 2007-
Poppy
Ruksys set a club record in the 400IM at Spring Nationals this past
weekend. Poppy lowered Elizabeth's record by .84 seconds swimming the
event in 5:11.16. Congratulations!
Mar. 30, 2007-
Amanda is in the running
for KTW Athlete of the Month after
having been selected for Athlete of the Week in March. You can vote
once/day/computer until noon April 9th, so vote often. The poll is
located about 1/3 of the way down the right hand column of the page. It
would be nice to have our swimmer win this honour.
April 1, 2007- EBSC,
sponsored by Aquatica Pools, had great results at their spring meet
yesterday. Kristen Bilkovski and Allie Duff both walked
away first
place finishes in each of their swims. Poppy Ruksys, Jessika
Craig, Ryan Coens, Stefan Ruksys and Amanda McCormack came first in 3
of their swims. Isaac Kong, Jesse Thomas, Mike Watkins, Geoff Welham,
Rebecca Cronkwright, Martin Blostein and Hannah Sutherland all took
home 2 firsts. Leah Mayer had 1 first and 2 seconds, Robin
Pianosi, Kristin Buchanan,
Laura Perry, Andras Switzer
all had 1 first, 2 seconds and Emily Welham
had one first, one second.
Many
of the swimmers posted personal bests. Congratulations and best of luck
in the upcoming Team Champs in Sudbury.
May 1, 2007-
The
Barracudas competed in the Division II Team Championships April 20-22
and finished 9th in a field of 18 teams. Poppy finished 8th in the
female top point earners and Amanda was 10th. Martin and Michael were
to top point earners for the males. Congratulations to the 30 member
team for a fine showing. Swimmers with first, second and third place
finishes are listed below.
| Martin
Blostein |
3rd-
100 Breast |
| Jess
Craig |
1st-
200 BK, 2nd- 400 Fr & 100 BK |
| Rebecca
Cronkwright |
3rd-
200 BK |
| Allie
Duff |
3rd-
200 BK & 200 IM |
| Leah
Mayer |
2nd-
200 Fr & 800 Fr, 3rd- 200 BK |
| Amanda
McCormack |
1st-
100 & 200 BK, 2nd- 100 Fr &
400 IM, 3rd- 400 Fr |
| Poppy
Ruksys |
1st-
200 IM, 800 Free, 2nd- 100 Fly, 400 IM
& 200 Fr |
May 3, 2007- Three new club records were set at Divisions by
Amanda McCormack and
Pamela Ruksys. Amanda set her records in the 100M & 200M
Backstroke
and Pamela set hers in the 800M Freestyle. Congratulations!
May 7, 2007-
Results
have been posted for the OYO Long Course meet held April 29th in
Nepean. Thirteen Barracudas placed in the top three in one or more
event and Pamela Ruksys had two firsts, a second, third and fouth in
her events.Many others had top 8 finishes.
| Swimmer |
Place |
Swimmer |
Place |
| Kaitlyn
Bilkovski |
3-
50 fly |
Martin
Blostein |
1-
50 Br, 2- 100 Br |
| Ryan
Coens |
3-
50 fly |
Jess
Craig |
1-
100 Bk, 2- 50 Bk |
| Rebecca
C |
3-
50 Bk |
Allie
Duff |
1-
100 Bk |
| Isaac
Kong |
3-
50 Bk |
Leah
Mayer |
1-
100 Fly, 3- 100 Fr |
| Amanda
McCormack |
1-
100 Bk, 2- 100 Fr |
Robin
Pianosi |
3-
50 Bk |
| Geoff
Welham |
1-
50 Br |
Stefan
Ruksys |
3-
50 Br |
| Pamela,
Ruksys |
1-
50
fly, 100 fly, 2- 100 Br, 3- 100 Bk |
May 14, 2007- The
Barracuda's finished 4th among 15 teams at the Festival of Spring long
course meet held in Nepean this weekend. The
following
swimmers placed in the top three in one or more events.
| Swimmer |
Finish |
| Amanda
McCormack |
1st-100
Fr, 200 Bk, 400 IM, 2nd- 400
Fr, 200 Fr, 200 IM |
| Leah Mayer |
1st- 1500
Fr, 2nd- 100 Fr, 200 BK, 3rd- 400
Fr, 200 Fr, 100 BK |
| Pamela Ruksys |
1st- 200
Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM, 400 Fr, 3rd- 100 BK |
| Allie Duff |
2nd-
100 Bk,
200 IM, 400 Fr, 3rd- 400 IM |
| Jess
Craig |
1st-
200 Bk, 2nd- 100 BK |
| Abby
Sutherland |
3rd-
100 Fr |
| Martin
Blostein |
2nd-
100 Fr |
| Stefan
Ruksys |
3rd-
1500 Fr, 400 Fr |
Three
relay teams also placed in the top three- the Girls 10 & Under
200
M Medley of Andie Rose Dedoux, Robin Pianosi, Abby Sutherland &
Brianna Coens was second. The Girls 11/12 200 Free Relay of
Leah
Mayer, Kristen Bilkovski, Hannah Sutherland & Amanda McCormack
was
third as was the Girls 11/12 200 Medley Relay team of Amanda McCormack,
Georgia Duff, Hannah Sutherland and Leah Mayer.
Congratulations!!
May 14, 2007-
Amanda
McCormack & Leah Mayer both set club records this weekend in
Nepean! Amanda
set two new long course club records for Girls 11/12 in the
400 free and the 200 back. Amanda took just over 1 second off the
record Allie Duff set last June in the 400M free and over 3.5 seconds
off the 200M backstroke record set by Genevieve Handforth in 2000.
Leah set a new long course record in the Girls 11/12 1500M
free.
Congratulations!
May 29, 2007-
Pamela Ruksys is one of two
Ontario swimmers to earn a Swim Ontario
Training Bursary
for the 2007-2008 swim season. Congratulations Pamela! For more info
see article on
Swim Ontario site.
June 3, 2007-
Elizabeth
Wycliffe won gold in the 100M & 200M backstroke events at the
Mel
Zajac/Bell Grand Prix this past weekend in Vancouver, BC. She was also
4th in the 200M IM & 50M backstroke as well as 7th in the 400M
IM.
Congratulations on a great weekend in the pool.
June 11, 2007-
The
Barracudas finished 4th overall at EOSA Long Course Championships
this past weekend in Nepean. The team was lead by Amanda
McCormack in the 12 and under group with 3 firsts, 2 seconds and a
third. Also earning medals in the younger group was Hannah Sutherland
with 1 first. Pamela Ruksys lead the way in the 13 and over group with
4 firsts and a third. Pamela was also High Point
winner for Senior Girls at the meet. Also picking up hardware were
Geoff Welham- 1
second & 1 third, Allie Duff- 2 firsts and a third, Ryan Coens-
1
second, Jess Craig- 1 first and 1 third, Leah Mayer- 1 third and
Rebecca Cronkwright with 1 second. Isaac
Kong, Tara Worthy, Stefan Ruksys, Josh Vickers, Laura
Perry, Kaitlin Bilkovski, Michael Watkins, Martin Blostein and
Jesse Thomas all had top eight place
finishes.
Four club records were set
over the weekend: Amanda set records in the
400M free and 200M free in the Girls 11/12 age group, Leah Mayer
established a club record for 13/14 Girls in the 1500M free and Pamela
Ruksys set a new record for Senior Girls in the 400M
IM. Congratulations! see records page for details.
June 12, 2007-
The
EBSC awards banquet was held June 11th at Edith Rankin Church in
Collins Bay. Awards were given out to many deserving swimmers: see
Awards
page for details. Everyone
had lots to eat as usual and then were
entertained by the swimmers (and coaches). Some pictures are posted on
the Photos
page. Many thanks to all who
helped set up and clean up
afterwards.
June 14, 2007-
Stefan
Ruksys established a club record in the Senior Boys 800M Free last
weekend at EOSA with a time of 9:44.74. Congratulations Stefan!
June 19, 2007-
Jess Craig has provided us
with
a copy of her banquet
speech for those of you who
missed the banquet. Many thanks Jess and good luck
next year! Hopefully one or two more speeches will arrive as well.
June 30, 2007-
Jess
Craig and Elizabeth Wycliffe are representing the Barracudas at the
Bell Grand Prix in Montreal this weekend. This national level meet
brings together the best swimmers in Canada and is a tune-up for the
National teams heading into summer competition. Jess made B finals last
night in the 100M back finishing 12th and Elizabeth made two A finals
finishing 4th in the 200IM and 10th in the 200M free. Competition
continues today and tomorrow.
July 2, 2007-
Competition ended yesterday
at the Bell Grand Prix in Montreal with
more great finishes for Jess and Elizabeth. On Saturday both Barracudas
earned medals in the 200M backstroke. Elizabeth placed first and Jess
was third. On Sunday Elizabeth had a second in the 50M backstroke and a
10th in the 100M freestyle. This meet was a tune-up for Elizabeth
heading to the Pan Am Games in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil July 16-22. Congratulations to both swimmers on some
great results this weekend and best of luck to Elizabeth in Brazil.
July 5, 2007-
Nine Barracudas are
attending the Junior Provincial Championships this
weekend in Nepean. Kristin Buchanan, Ryan Coens, Rebecca Cronkwright,
Allie Duff, Leah Mayer, Amanda McCormack, Pamela Ruksys, Hannah
Sutherland and Michael Watkins will all be competing against the best
swimmers in Ontario. Best of luck!!!
July 5, 2007-
Provincials Day 1- The
Barracudas are off to a great start at
Provincials
today.
Amanda won a gold medal in her first event, placing first in
the
11 year old girls 100M backstroke setting a new club record with a time
of 1:10.64. This was almost 2
seconds off the previous record. Hannah had a 6th place
finish in the 11 year old girls 100M fly. In the older age group Allie
had a 4th place in the 100M back, Ryan was 16th and 24th in the 50M
free and 200M free, Rebecca was 16th in the 100M back, Pamela was 7th
in the 100M fly and 10th in the 100M back. Competition continues
through Sunday.
July 6, 2007-
Provincials Day
2- finished with Pamela winning silver in the 400M IM and
setting a new club record. She was also 11th in the 200M
free. Amanda earned a bronze medal swimming to a
third place
finish in
the 400M IM and also placed 5th in the 200M free. Allie had a 14th
place finish in the 400M IM. Hannah placed 13th
in the 800M free. The Barracudas are currently in 27th place in team
scoring after event #17.
July 7, 2007-
Provincials Day
3- Amanda earned her third medal and second gold today in the 200M IM.
Hannah swimming in the same age group placed 6th in the 200M fly and
15th in the 100M free. Allie finished earned a bronze
medal in the 200M backstroke. Pamela finished 10th in the
200M fly this
evening. Congratulations on some fine results!
July 8, 2007-
Provincials Day 4- Amanda
earned a third gold medal,
in the 200M backstroke, with a club record time of 2:32.42. She also
finished in 4th place in the 400M free, setting another new club
record. Pamela finished second in the 200M IM in finals tonight and
Allie finished 5th in the 200M IM and 14th(after prelims, finals not
coming up) in the 400M free. The Barracudas had a very good weekend
winning 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals and setting 4 new club
records. Congratulations to all the swimmers this weekend.
July 12, 2007- Leah
Mayer and Coach Trish competed in the Ontario Open Water Championships
yesterday in Brampton's Professors Lake in windy wavey conditions. Leah
finished 16th and Coach Trish finished 21st in the Women's 5km
swim. Congratulations!
July 17, 2007-
Seven
Barracudas are heading to Montreal this weekend to compete at the Age
Group National Championships. Ryan Coen, Jess Craig, Rebecca
Cronkwright, Allie Duff, Amanda McCormack, Laura Perry and Pamela
Ruksys have all qualified for this meet that brings the best Age Group
swimmers in Canada together to compete at an outdoor meet. Racing
starts Thursday and continues through Sunday. Best of luck to all our
swimmers.
July 18, 2007-
Elizabeth
Wycliffe representing Canadan and the Barracudas is seeded second going
into the finals of the 100M backstroke at the Pan Am Games in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. The final will be contested Thursday morning.
Elizabeth lowered her club record in the
semi-final this morning swimming a 1:02.49. Best of luck tomorrow!
July 19, 2007-
Congratulations
to Elizabeth who won the bronze medal this morning at the Pan Am Games.
Elizabeth once again lowered the club record to 1:02.46.
Elizabeth will be contesting the 200M back Friday. Good Luck
Action at the Age Group
Nationals begins today in Montreal. Stay tuned
for results!
July 19, 2007-
The
Barracudas had a great start at the Age Group National Championships
being held in Montreal. Both Amanda McCormack (12 & under age
group) and Pamela Ruksys (15-18 year age group) placed 5th in the
finals. Amanda swimming in the 50M backstroke swam a personal best
34.06 and Pamela competing in the 200M IM swam the race in 2:23.67,
also a personal best. Laura Perry was
11th in the 13 year old 50M backstroke and Allie Duff finished 12th in
the
13 year old 200M IM. Watch for more great swims as
action continues tomorrow through Sunday.
July 20, 2007-
Jess Craig and Amanda
McCormack both placed 4th in their respective 100M backstoke finals
tonight. Allie Duff placed 12th in the 100M backstroke, Laura Perry was
20th in the 100M backstroke and Pamela Ruksys was 20th in the 400M
free. Also competing today were Ryan Coens and Rebecca Cronkwright. Go
Barracudas, Go!!!!
July 20, 2007-
Elizabeth
Wycliffe contested the 200M backstroke today in Brazil. She swam the
second fasted time tonight in the preliminary rounds in a club record
time of 2:13.41. Best of luck in the semis tomorrow morning!
July 21. 2007-
Elizabeth
had another great swim this morning finishing the 200M backstroke
semi-final in second place overall, lowering her club record for the
second day in a row to 2:12.86. Elizabeth was only .11 behind the
winner of the other semi and it should be an exciting final tomorrow
morning.
July 21, 2007-
Jess
Craig and Amanda McCormack both finished 4th tonight in the 200M
backstroke in their respective age groups. Congratulations and best of
luck to everyone in their swims tomorrow!
July 22, 2007-
Elizabeth
swam to a second bronze medal finish today at the Pan Am Games in the
200M backstroke (2:13.29), swimming slightly slower than her club
record semi-final swim yesterday. Elizabeth also lead off the 4 x 100
medley relay team this morning that won the silver medal. She swam a
club record time of 1:02.35 to cap off a great week of racing.
Congratulations on representing the Barracudas so well!
July 22, 2007-
Pamela
finished 4th in the 400M IM tonight at Age Group Nationals to wind up a
very good meet for the Barracudas. The final tally was 5
fouth
place finishes and 2 fifth place finishes as well as several other top
16 place finishes. Amanda was 5th in the 50M back, and fourth in both
the 100M & 200M backs. Jess Craig was fourth in both the 100M
&
200M backs and Pamela was fourth in the 400M IM and fifth in the 200M
IM. There were some great swims that happened with everyone, plus EBSC
fielded their first National relay team- Girls 15-18, 4 x 100 Medley
Relay. Thanks to Lucia for providing
meet details.
July 26, 2007-
Elizabeth Wycliffe won the
bronze medal in the 100M backstroke tonight
at Senior Nationals being held in Calgary this weekend. Jess Craig the
only other Barracuda attending this meet was 15th in the same event.
Competition continues through Sunday.
July 27, 2007-
Elizabeth had a great 400M
IM final today at Senior Nationals, winning
the silver medal and setting a new club record. Both Jess and Elizabeth
contest the 200M backstroke tomorrow and Jess will compete in the 50M
back as well. Good Luck!
July 28, 2007-
Elizabeth won the 200M
backstroke at Senior Nationals and Jess was seventh. Jess also placed
16th in the 50M backstroke.
July 29, 2007-
Elizabeth
concludes Nationals with a 9th place finish in the 200M IM. This was
the last meet of the season. Enjoy the rest of the summer and see you
all in September.
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