August 6,
2007- The
Barracudas helped out at a charity event today. Article found
here
August 8,
2007- Nick
McGraw placed
second in the K-Town Triathlon Short Course event that was held Sunday
Aug. 4th. Nick finished the swim, bike and run in a time of 1:23.54
less than a minute behind the winner. Congratulations Nick.
August 12,
2007- Several
Barracuda swimmers have placed in the top 50 in the Canadian Power
Rankings for the 2007 Long Course season. The rankings show the 50 best
swimmers in each event during the long course season. Search the
Power
Rankings to see how you and
your team mates did.
Congratulations
for all the
fine swims! Go Barracudas Go!!!
August 13,
2007- Leah
Mayer won the 4km open water race this past weekend held in
Orillia.
August 30,
2007- Blair Morgan
competed for Team
Ontario at Eastern Regional Triathlon Championships. See article and photo.
September
29, 2007- Nick
McGraw
placed first in the Junior
division of the Canadian Duathlon Championships held in Parry Sound on
September 15th. Nick was in the lead after the first 5km run,
finished first on the bike after trading the lead several
times over the 20 km course, and then held the lead through the final
2.5 km run, finishing
with a 15 second margin of
victory. Congratulations on a fine
race.
October 16,
2007- Six
Barracudas swimmers have been selected to attend a training camp
sponsored by EOSA November 3 & 4th at Kingston Military
Community
Sports Centre. This camp is for Provincial qualifiers 12-17 years not
attending the Provincial Training Camp and Christy Fonseca from
Oakville will be the Regional Mentor Coach. The Barracudas attending
will be Amanda McCormack, Allie Duff, Kristin Buchanan, Rebecca
Cronkwright, Ryan Coens, Michael Watkins as well as Coach Margaret
Dunn. This should be a great learning experience for our swimmers.
| Swimmer |
Place |
Swimmer |
Place |
| Briana
Coens |
1
1 3 |
Andie
Rose Ledoux |
1
2 |
| Amanda
McCormack |
1
1 1 1 |
Kristen
Bilkovski |
2 |
| Adrienne
Morgan |
3
2 11 |
Georgia
Duff |
3
2 2 |
| Isaac
Kong |
1
2 1 1 1 2 1 |
Kristin
Buchanan |
1 |
| Allie
Duff |
3
1 1 2 1 |
Katie
Coleman |
1 |
| Tanis
Worthy |
3 |
Laura
Perry |
3 |
| Tara
Worthy |
1
3 |
Kaitlin
Bilkovski |
1 |
| Leah
Mayer |
1 |
Jesse
Thomas |
3
3 |
| Blair
Morgan |
3
3 2 1 2 3 3 |
Jennifer
Locke |
3
1 3 |
| Rebekah
Craig |
1
2 3 2 1 |
Emily
Welham |
1
3 |
| Michael
Watkins |
3
1 3 2 2 |
Martin
Blostein |
1
3 |
Several
of
the Barracuda Relay teams also placed in the top three!
November 5,
2007- The
new Swim Canada site finally has the results posted from the KSSC meet.
The Barracudas did very well at this first meet of the 2007/2008 season.
| Swimmer |
Place |
Swimmer |
Place |
| Allie
Duff |
3 |
Rebecca
Cronkwright |
1 |
| Stefan
Ruksys |
1
2 2 2 2 |
Hannah
Sutherland |
1
1 |
| Abby
Sutherland |
2
2 2 2 |
Amanda
McCormack |
1 |
| Isaac
Kong |
2
2 1 1 |
Leah
Mayer |
2
3 1 |
| Rebekah
Craig |
2
3 1 2 2 |
Martin
Blostein |
3
2 3 1 1 1 |
| Tara
Worthy |
1
2 3 3 |
Katie
Coleman |
2 |
| Blair
Morgan |
1
2 3 |
Laura
Perry |
1
2 3 |
| Jennifer
Locke |
2
3 |
Kaitlin
Bilkovski |
1
1 2 |
| Briana
Coens |
3 |
Adrienne
Morgan |
1
2 1 |
| Georgia
Duff |
3
3 2 |
Kristen
Bilkovski |
2 |
| Andras
Switzer |
1 |
Emily
Welham |
1 |
| Samantha
Searle |
2 |
Josh
Vickers |
3
3 1 |
| Nicole
O'Sullivan |
2 |
|
|
November 6, 2007-
Another
exciting weekend of racing came to a conclusion Sunday, November 4th.
The Barracudas finished second in a field of 6 teams at their Anual
Fall Invitational November 2-4. Six of their provincial qualifiers were
missing on Sat. & Sun. as they took part in the EOSA
Training
Camp at Base Kingston. Most of this year's new swimmers got
their
feet wet for the first time at regulation Swim Ontario Meet. The
following swimmers placed first, second or third in their events. It
looks like a good start to the year, congratulations!
November
11, 2007- Four
Barracudas earned one or more top three finishes in Barrie this past
weekend and many others placed in the top eight. Isaac Kong had a third
place in the 100M Breaststroke, Amanada McCormack was first in the 200M
Back & 100M Back, second in the 200M Free, and third in the
400M
Free, 100M Free & 200M IM. Allie Duff was third in the 100M
Back,
200M IM & 200M Back. Rebecca Cronkwright was second in the 100M
Back and third in the 200M Back. Amanda set a club record in her 200M
Backstroke race, taking more than a second off her own record set last
April. She also set a new club record in the 50M back with a time of
33.75 leading off the 200M medley relay. See Records
page
Congratulations!
November16,
2007- Two
Barracudas- Amanada & Hannah have been selected to attend a
high
performance training clinic Nov. 24th. This clinic is being held in
Etobicoke in conjunction with the Bell Grand Prix. Congratulations!
Full article.
November
19, 2007- Pamela
Ruksys has been named to the Swim Ontario Future University Stars Tour
Team. The team is comprised of 4 female and 4 male Ontario swimmers who
will travel Jan 22-28, 2008 to Zurich, Switzerland for the
International IMU Swimming Invitational. Congratulations Pamela, we
will be watching for your results. For all the details and selection
criterion click here.
November
23, 2007- Elizabeth
Wycliffe set a new Canadian Record in the 200M SC backstroke in
this morning's prelims. Congratulations Elizabeth! Elizabeth swam
2:07.05 taking .68 seconds off Jennifer Fratesi's record time of
2:07.73 set November 23, 2001. Elizabeth will swim the final tonight.
Other Barracuda's at the Bell Grand Prix with Elizabeth are Pamela
Ruksys and Jess Craig. Pamela finished 15th in the 400IM and
Jess
was 7th in the 200M back this morning. They also both contested the 50M
fly. Good luck to all three girls in their swims tonight.
November
23, 2007- Elizabeth
won the 200M LC back final tonight at the Bell Grand Prix. Jess Craig
finished 8th in the same event and in the 400M IM LC Pamela Ruksys
finished 15th. Competition continue tomorrow through Sunday. Click
here
for Swimming
News article.
November
24, 2007- Elizabeth
was third in the 200M IM and fourth in the 50M back on day two of the
Bell Grand Prix. Pamela finished 21st in the 200M IM and 33rd in the
50M back and Jess finished 26th in the 50M back and 59th in the 200M
IM.
November
25, 2007- The
Barracudas finished the Bell Grand Prix meet tied for 12th place in
a field of 67 teams. Elizabeth won the 100M LC backstroke final tonight
after placing first this morning in the SC prelim with a club record
time of 59.83. Congratulations! Jess finished the 100M
backstroke
final in 13th place. A great weekend of swimming!!!
November
27, 2007-
Some
updates on Elizabeth's amazing weekend! The finally tally was 1
Canadian Record, two Ontario Records, four Club Records, two gold
medals, one bronze medal and a big contribution in helping the club
place 12th at the Bell Grand Prix. Pamela Ruksys had a best time in her
400M IM race and both Pamela and Jess contributed points in EBSC's high
placing. Congratulations to them all.
December
7-9, 2007- 18
Barracudas completed in the Youth Cup placing 19th in a field of 41
teams. Seven Barracudas placed top 16 in at least one event.
| Swimmer |
Place |
| Amanda McCormack |
1st-100 Back, 200 Back,
3rd- 400 IM, 4th-
50 Back, 200 IM, 5th- 200 free, |
| Hannah Sutherland |
12th- 100 Back, 14th
200 Fly |
| Allie Duff |
2nd- 50 Back, 3rd- 200
Back, 100 Back,
13th- 400 IM |
| Laura Perry |
16th- 50 Back, 100 Back |
| Kaitlin Bilkovski |
15th- 50 Fly |
| Rebecca
Cronkwright |
7th-
50 Back, 14th- 200 Back, 15th- 100 Bacl |
| Ryan
Coens |
15th-
50 Fly |
Amanda
McCormack set four club records in the 11/12 girls division: 50 back-
33.12, 100 back- 107. 97, 200 IM- 2:36.13 and the 200 free- 2:16.91.
Well done!
Also attending the meet
were: Kristen Bilkovski, Kristin Buchanan, Leah
Mayer, Jennifer Locke, Rebekah Craig, Emily Welham, Isaac Kong, Martin
Blostein, Joch Vickers, Stefan Ruksys and Michael Watkins.
Congratulations on a great weekend of swimming!
December
23, 2007- Five
senior swimmers are home training with the Barracudas over the
holidays: Jess Craig, Pamela Ruksys, Rachel Lesslie, Emma West-Saddler
and Elizabeth
Wycliffe. The younger swimmers will have an opportunity to learn from
and be inspired by these swimmer who have gone on to swim at the
university level. Elizabeth sho is training full time in Texas for the
upcoming Oympic trial shas
offered to conduct a special training session for the older club
members Monday Dec. 24th. We wish you all continued success and hope
you will come back often.
December
23, 2007-
Three
club records were set at the BYST meet last weekend. Allie Duff set two
new records in the girls 13/14 age group in the 1500M free with a time
of 19:05.85 and the 100M IM with a time of 1:13.13. Abigail Sutherland
set a club record in the 10 & under girls 1500M free with a
time of
26:00.92. Congratulations to both girls, the club records are falling
fast!!! Meet results from the BYST meet will be reported when the full
results are available.
January 15, 2008-
I
finally have some results from the BYST swim meet that was held
December 14, 2007. Twenty-eight Barracudas took part in this meet with
some very good results. The following swimmers had one or more top 3
finishes. It's nice to see some of our new swimmers on the podium.
Congratulations to all who took part.
| wimmer |
Place |
Swimmer |
Place |
| Courtney
Buchanan |
2, 2, 1 |
Blair
Morgan |
2,3,1,3,1 |
| Brianna
Coens |
3,3 |
Nicole
O'Sullivan |
3,3,3 |
| Katie
Coleman |
1,2,3,3,1,3,2 |
Carolyn
Poucher |
3 |
| Allie
Duff |
1,2,1,1 |
Samantha
Searle |
1,1,1,1,2,1 |
| Georgia
Duff |
2 |
Abby
Sutherland |
2,3,1,2,1,1,1 |
| Michael
Lahaye |
1 |
Hannah
Sutherland |
2,1,1,2,2,1,1 |
| Andie
Rose Ledoux |
2 |
Jesse
Thomas |
2,3 |
| Adrienne
Morgan |
3,2,2 |
|
|
January 16, 2008- Pamela
Ruksys will be representing Ontario as a member of the Ontario Future
University Stars Tour Team competing in Switzerland. If you wish to
leave her a good luck message please sign the Guestbook. Best
of luck Pamela!!
January 16, 2008-
Pamela
Ruksys, swimming for the Toronto Varsity Blues Swim Team had a great
weekend helping her team beat the McMaster Marauder's. See
article.
January 18, 2008-
The
Perth Mike Brown Invitational results are now available and it looks
like the Barracudas had another successful meet. Stefan Ruksys set a
new Short Course club record for Senior Boys in the 800M free in a time
of 9:17.26 and Amanda McCormack set a new Girls 11/12 Short Course club
record in the 1500M free. The following swimmers
placed top six in at least one event. Congratulations!
| Swimmer |
Place |
Swimmer |
Place |
| Stefan
Ruksys |
1,2,2,2,3,4,6 |
Amanda
McCormack |
1,1,1,3,4 |
| Leah
Mayer |
2,2,4,5 |
Kaitlin
Bilkovski |
1,4 |
| Martin
Blostein |
2,3,3,4 |
Kristen
Bilkovski |
4 |
| Jennifer
Locke |
2 |
Isaac
Kong |
4,4,5,6,6 |
| Brianna
Coens |
1,3,3,4,4 |
Samantha
Searle |
6 |
| Laura
Perry |
4 |
|
|
January 21, 2008- Pamela
Ruksys competed at the Senior Ontario Provincials this past weekend as
part of the University of Toronto Swim Team. Pamela picked up the
bronze medal in the 400M IM LC in a personal best time of 5:03.89 and
finished 5th in the 200M IM LC in a time of 2:24.80. Congratulations!
January 27,
2008- Pamela
Ruksys competing in Switzerland as a part of Swim Ontario's Tour Team
won the bronze medal today in the 400M IM. Pamela also finished 4th on
Saturday in the 200M IM and 11th in the 200M Backstroke.
Congratulations Pamela!
January 27,
2008- Jessika
Craig competing for the University of Calgary Dinos placed first in the
200M back SC and 3rd in the 100M back this weekend in the Canada West
University meet. Well done Jess!
| Swimmer |
Place |
Swimmer |
Place |
| Abby
Sutherland |
5,3,3,3,4 |
Rebecca
Cronkwright |
3,4,7 |
| Courtney
Buchanan |
8 |
Emily
Welham |
6 |
| Hannah
Sutherland |
3,5,6,4,2,3 |
Isaac
Kong |
8,2,7,5 |
| Amanda
McCormack |
1,1,1,1,1,1 |
Blair
Morgan |
3 |
| Adrienne
Morgan |
4,7 |
Ryan
Coens |
2,2 |
| Allie
Duff |
1,1,1,1,1,1 |
Stefan
Ruksys |
8,4,4,2,6,4 |
| Leah
Mayer |
6,4,5,2,3,5 |
Martin
Blostein |
8,6,6,3,4 |
| Laura
Perry |
2,1,1 |
Josh
Vickers |
8 |
| Samantha
Searle |
8 |
Michael
Watkins |
7,3,5 |
February 4, 2008- The
Barracudas had a very good weekend competing in the Eastern Ontario
Championships held by KSSC. The club placed third behind the two big
Ottawa clubs- NKB and GO. Well done! Eighteen of the swimmers placed
top eight in at least one swim and both Allie Duff and Amanda McCormack
won all six of their events. Below is a list of the top eight
finishers. Any corrections gladly received! For news article click
here.
February 5, 2008-
Five
club records were set at the EOSA short course championship this past
weekend. Congratulations to Amanda McCormack, Allie Duff and Stefan
Ruksys. Amanda set new club records in the 11/12 Girls 50M Back, 100M
Free and 400M free, Allie set a new records in the 13/14 Girls 400M
Free and Stefan lowered the Senior Boys 800M Free. For more details see
the Records Page.
Brad Coens and Karl
Buchanan completed the last of their
requirements for Level 4 Referee this past weekend. Congratulations!
February 6,
2008- Five
swimmers met the EBSC Lane Standards at EOSA last weekend and will move
up a lane as a result of their hard work in achieving these times.
Briana Coens moves to Age Group 2, Tanis Worthy and Isaac Kong move to
Age Group 3 and Blair Morgan and Samantha Searle move to the Youth
Group.
February 12, 2008-
Pamela won Gold and double
Silver medals at the
Ontario University Championships this past weekend. Pamela, a rookie
swimmer for the University of Toronto won gold in the 4 by 200
Freestyle relay,and silver medals in both the 200 and 400 Individual
Medley events. She also added the 400 Free, to her meeting the Olympic
Trials qualifying standards, winning the consol final with a whopping 4
second drop.
(submitted by: Lucia Chown)
February
14, 2008- Day
One of the Eastern Canadian LC
Championships
got off to a great start
for the Barracuda backstrokers. Allie Duff lead the way with
a
30th place finish just missing the "C" final by 18/100th of a
second. Amanda McCormack followed close behind Allie with time
of
32. 32, placing 38th. Rebecca Cronkwright placed 40th in
a time of 32.41 and Laura Perry finished 67th with a time of 33.46.
This meet features some of the best youth, junior and
senior talent in Eastern Canada all competing in the senior category
and producing some very fast swims.
Allie and Amanda both had club record setting swims in the prelims
today. Allie chased down
Elizabeth Wycliffe's (remember her!) 13/14 record and lowered it by .71
seconds. Amanda captured Genevieve Handforth's 11/12 record of 33.41,
lowering it by 1.09 seconds.
February 15, 2008-Four more club records fall on Day Two of the
Eastern Canadian Championships being held in Etobicoke. Allie and
Amanda both set new LC records in the 100M backstroke in the prelims
this morning. Amanda finished 25th (1:07.71) with Allie right behind
her in 26th place
(1:07.91). Allie took
another of Elizabeth's records, taking off .08 seconds. Amanda lowered
her own record by a whopping 2.93 seconds. Amanda's club record is just .40 seconds off
the
Canadian and Ontario 11/12 Records set in 1993 by Michelle Cruz. These
records are well within sight for Amanda as she has the entire Long
Course season to take off that last half second.
Rebbeca Cronkwright
finished 42nd in the 100M back in a time of
1:08.88 and Laura Perry placed 88th with a time of 1:11.19. All four
girls also contested the 50M free placing 133rd, 134th, 148th &
150th.
Allie and Amanda both lowered the club records in the 200M IM.
Allie finished 35th in a record time of 2:29.15 taking 2.53
seconds off Elizabeth's record and Amanda finished 53rd with a record
time of 2:30.89, 7.03 seconds faster than Jean Ooi's old record. Congratulations on the fine
swims!
February
16, 2008- Day Three of
the Eastern Champs saw more
records set, including an Ontario
Record for
Amanda in the Girls 11/12 200M backstroke (Swim ON article). Amanda bettered Michelle
Cruz's 1993 Ontario Record by 1.25 seconds and her own Club Record by
9.03 seconds. Allie Duff also set a new Club Record in the 200M
backstroke for 13/14 girls with a time of 2:22.73, 5.10 seconds better
than Elizabeth Wycliffe's time. All four swimmers contested
the
200M backstroke and finished well in a field of 121 swimmers. Allie was
12th, Amanda 14th, Rebecca Cronkwright 38th and Laura Perry 85th in the
prelims.
Rebecca Cronkwright was the only Barracuda in the 100M free, placing
132rd in a field of 177 with a time of 1:04.02. Well done
girls
and good luck to Allie and Amanda in the B Finals
tonight. Will more records fall?.....
The prelims were a hard act to follow as Allie and Amanda swam slightly
slower times in the 200M back finals tonight placing 14th and 16th
respectively.
This was an excellent meet for the Barracuda quartet: with one Ontario
record, eight club records and many personal best times posted.
Congratulations!!
February
19, 2008- An article
appeared in the Napanee Guide about
Allie Duff. For those of you who missed it her is the article.
February 21, 2008-
Jess
Craig swimming for the University of Calgary Dinos and Pamela Ruksys
swimming for the University of Toronto Blues have both qualified for
the CIS swimming championships being held at the University of British
Columbia, Feb 21-13.. In prelims today Jess finished 5th in the 50M
back and Pamela finished 5th in the 400M IM and will both be in finals
tonight. Good luck!!!
Day one finals are over and Jess remained in 5th in the 50M back
improving her time to 29.71 and Pamela improved to 4th place with a
time of 4:52.76. Both swimmers are rookies for their university so I am
sure we will hear lots more of them in the next 4 years of their CIS
eligibility. Watch for day 2 and 3 results, this is a great start.
February
22, 2008- Jess
and Pamela both made finals today. Jess finished 4th in the
100M
back in a personal best time of 1:02.28. Pamela and Jess both
swam
the prelims in the 400M free and finished 17th & 18th
respectively.
Pamela secured a place in the final after a swimmer scratched and made
the
most of her opportunity finishing in 9th place with a personal best
time of 4:20.79, taking over 6 seconds off her morning swim.
Action continues tomorrow.
February
23, 2008- Pamela
and Jess both made finals tonight in the last day of the CIS
Championships. Jess finished the 200M back prelims in first place and
swam to the bronze medal in the finals tonight in a time of 2:13.80.
Pamela was 7th after prelims in the 200M IM and finished 7th in
tonight's final with a time of 2:20.64. Both girls had great results
this weekend. Congratulations!!!
February
26, 2008-
It will be a busy weekend for the Barracuda swimmers. Eight Barracudas
have qualified for Jr Provincial Championships being held Feb 28- Mar 2
in London
Ontario. Amanda McCormack, Hannah Sutherland, Kristin Buchanan, Allie
Duff, Rebecca Cronkwright, Martin Blostein, Stefan Ruksys and Michael
Watkins all met the tough Provincial qualifying standards. The bulk of
the swimmers will be taking part in the KBM SC Finale & Duel in
the Pool in Kingston
Feb 29- Mar 2. Good luck to everyone! There will be no regular
practices this weekend except for the Jr Barracudas.
February
28, 2008- Barracuda
Elizabeth Wycliffe has been named the Kiwanis
Amateur Athlete of the Year.
February
28, 2008- The
provincial meet is off to a good start for the Barracudas with Amanda
winning gold in the 100M back for 12 year old girls. Amanda swam a
personal best and club record time of 1:06.68. Hannah
Sutherland
just missed top eight with a 9th place finish in the 12 year old girls
100M fly in a personal best time of 1:12.66 and placed 11th in the 100M
back with another PB as well. Also swimming today were Allie Duff, 13th
in the 100M back, Kristin Buchanan 25th in the 100M back, Stefan Ruksys
25th in the 400M IM with a PB, and Rebecca
Cronkwright 27th in 100M back. Action continues through Sunday.
February
29, 2008- Amanda
picked up her second gold medal at Jr Provincials today with a PB and
club record by almost 8 seconds in the 400M IM with a time of 5:12.21.
Amanda also lowered her club record by over 3 seconds with a PB time of
2:13.79 in the 200M freestyle, good for a fourth place finish. Also
racing today were Allie Duff- 13th in 400M IM & 34th in the
200M
free, Rebecca Cronkwright- 69th in 50 free & 63rd in the 200M
free
with a PB time, Kristin Buchanan- 32nd in the 50M Free, Martin
Blostein- 25th in the 200M breaststroke, Michael Watkins- 46th in the
100M fly and Stefan Ruksys swam the 1500M free (results not yet
posted). Congrats to all
March 1,
2008- Day Three of Jr.
Provincials: Michael
Watkins swam two PB's this morning, finishing 56th
in the 100M free and 51st in the 200M IM. Martin Blostein contested the
200M IM finishing 20th and the 400M free (23rd). Stefan Ruksys finished
37th in the 400M free, Rebecca Cronkwright finished 28th in the 200M
back and Allie Duff finished the prelims of the 200M back in 5th place
and will compete again in the final tonight. Good luck Allie!!!
In the younger age groups
Hannah
Sutherland placed 13th in the
200M fly taking almost 6 seconds off her personal best time and 21st in
the 200M IM, also a personal best. Amanda McCormack finished 5th in the
100M free in a new club record and PB in a time of 1:02.59 taking over
1 second off her old record. Amanda also won her third GOLD medal in
three days in the 200M IM in a PB and club record time (by over 3
seconds) of 2:29.61. Congratulations Amanda!!! Watch for Allie's final
results in the 200M back tonight.
March 1,
2008- Allie
Duff won a silver medal at the Jr. Provincials bringing the Barracuda
total to four so far. Allie swam a PB and club record time of 2:16.06
in the 200M back tonight and claimed Elizabeth Wycliffe's club record
by .04 seconds. Great swim Allie!
March 2,
2008- More
great results on the last day of competition at Jr. Provincials. Allie
Duff qualified for tonights finals in the 200M IM with a 5th place
finish in a time of 2:28.94. Allie also swam the 400M free placing
22nd. Martin Blostein finished 21st in the 100M breaststroke, Michael
Watkins placed 36th in the 200M fly, Kristin Buchanan was 40th in the
100M free and 41st in the 200M IM and Stefan Ruksys competed in the
800M free (no results yet).
Amanda McCormack was the
lone Barracuda
competitor in the younger age
groups this afternoon but continued to excel with a fourth Gold medal
performance in the 200M back in a PB and club record time of 2:21.16.
Amanda also contested the 400M free placing 5th with another club
record and PB with a time of 4:43.21. Congratulations!!!
Allie finished
8th in the 200M IM final tonight with a time of 2:29.10 to end a great
weekend of swimming.
Recap of
Meet: Eight
swimmers in 37 events represented the Barracudas at Junior Short Course
Provincials held in London, ON this past weekend. They set 16 personal
best times, 7 club records and brought home 5 medals- 4 gold and 1
silver. Well done!
March
3, 2008- The
Barracudas not attending Jr. Provincials competed at the KBM Short
Course Finale and Duel in the Pool this past weekend. This was a great
meet for our newer swimmers and it was nice to see a lot of them
placing in the top eight, although I noticed a lot of DQ's from both
new and seasoned competitors. Here are the swimmers that placed in the
top eight:
| Swimmer |
Place |
Swimmer |
Place |
| Megan Dowling |
2,6,7,4,2 |
Courtney Buchanan |
3,4,5,6,5,8 |
| Ashley Pascoal |
8,5,7 |
Andie Rose Ledoux |
8,8,5,5,6 |
| Allyscia Day |
7 |
Emilee Cota |
6,2 |
| Adrienne Morgan |
4,1,2 |
Brianna Coens |
8, 4,7 |
| Robin Pianosi |
7,8,4 |
Merrit Blair |
8,3,7 |
| Katie Coleman |
4,3,2,1,3,1 |
Emily Farrell |
8,4,4,7 |
| Nicole O'Sullivan |
7,2 |
Samantha Searle |
2 |
| Sammi Moffatt |
5,3,6 |
Emily Rankin |
6,1 |
| Rebekah Craig |
8,6,3,6,5 |
Emily Welham |
4,3 |
| Jennifer Locke |
3,7,8 |
Evan Jackson |
6,7,3,6,3,4 |
| Chad Coleman |
4,2,2 |
Isaac Kong |
2,1,2,1,1,1 |
| Michael Lahaye |
7,6 |
Blair Morgan |
1,1,2,1,4,1 |
| Ryan Coens |
1,3,3,1 |
Josh Vickers |
4,3,2,3,1,2 |
| Andras Switzer |
6,7,2,1 |
|
|
Ernestown finished the Duel
in the Pool
challenge Saturday morning in second place.
March
7, 2008- With
the short course
season coming to an end we have compiled a list
of the EBSC swimmers who have made the Canadian Power
Rankings Top 50 in their
age
groups. This is quite an impressive list coming from a small swim
club and we should be proud of the results the swimmers have
achieved. The Barrancudas have 5 swims ranked first, 3 second place rankings and 2 third place.
There are 4 males who have
earned rankings in a total of 7 events and 9 female swimmers ranked in
a total of 61 events.
Congratulations to all the swimmers
making the lists.
March 22, 2008-
Congatulations
to Martin Blostein, Laura Perry, Stefan Ruksys, Michael Watkins,
Rebecca Cronkwright and Amanda McCormack who have selected for special
training Camps.
Amanda qualified as one of 4 female swimmers born in 1995 to represent
Ontario at
the 2008
Eastern Canadian Youth Tri Meet and Camp
to be held May 7-11 at the University of Ottawa. The camp will include
long course training with some of Canada's top coaches and athletes and
will culminate in a meet between the three Eastern Canada areas
represented at the meet- Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Provinces. See
Swim Ontario article here.
The other five Barracudas were selected to attend an EOSA Training
Camp, March 28-30, for 13 and over swimmers who
do not have senior national times.
These camps include in water training sessions as well as classroom
instruction and should be good building blocks going into the Long
Course season.
March
26, 2008- Five
Barracudas
have qualified for the Olympic Swimming Trials to be held at the
Olympic Pool in Montreal,
April 1-6. Allie Duff, Amanda McCormack, Jess Craig, Pamela Ruksys and
Elizabeth Wycliffe all met the tough qualifying standards in one or
more events and will be vying for a spot on the Canadian Olympic Team
travelling to Bejing in July. This will be a great opportunity for the
girls to compete against Canada's very best swimmers. Elizabeth
Wycliffe is ranked 2nd in Canada in the 200M LC backstroke and third in
the 100M LC backstroke and has an excellent chance of securing a spot
on the Olympic Squad. Good luck to all our swimmers!!!!
April 4,
2008- Congatulations
to Elizabeth Wycliffe who placed 2nd in the 100M backstroke at the
Olympic Trials in Montreal. All five swimmers have been in action: Jess
Craig, Allie and Amanda all competed in the 100M back with Elizabeth
and placed 19th, 49th and 69th respectively. Pam Ruksys contested the
400M IM and finished 19th. Pamela and Amanda also swam the 200M free,
finishing 66th and 176th respectively. The competition continues
through Sunday, a big day for the Barracudas with four of the girls
participating in the 200M backstroke. For more in depth results check
the swim Canada site.
April 5,
2008- Two
club records have been set at the Olympic Trials. Allie Duff
has
lowered the 13/14 girls 100M backstroke by .54 seconds with a time of
1:07.37 and Amanda McCormack reset her 200M free record taking 2.31
seconds off her previous best time. The new record for 11/12 girls is
2:20.06. Congratulations and good luck to all the swimmers in their
remaining races.
April 7,
2008-
The results for Friday and Saturday's swimming at Olympic Trials
produced another club
record for Amanda McCormack in the 100M free. Her time of 1:04.72
eclipsed Genevieve Handforth's old record by over a second. Other
results include Pamela's 200M IM (34th), Allie's 200M IM
(108th),
and Jess Craig's 200M IM (110th). Swimming continues Sunday with the
200M backstroke.
April 7, 2008-
The
Olympic Trials concluded last night with one more club record being set
by Allie Duff in the 13/14 girls 200M backstroke with a time of
2:22.71. Other swimmers in action were Elizabeth Wycliffe who just
missed out on a spot on the Olympic team by placing second in the 200M
backstroke in a time of 2:13.80, Jess Craig placing 15th in the 200M
back, and Amanda McCormack placing 53rd in the 200M back.
April 12,
2008- Thirty Barracudas
have been selected to
represent EBSC at the Division II Team Championships in Sudbury April
18-20. The following swimmers qualified for the team: Ryan Coens, Allie
Duff, Amanda McCormack, Michael Watkins, Hannah Sutherland, Emily
Welham, Martin Blostein, Stef Ruksys, Rebecca Cronkwright, Kristin
Buchanan, Leah Mayer, Isaac Kong, Kaitlin Bilkovski, Rebekah Craig,
Josh Vickers, Blair Morgan, Tara Worthy, Laura Perry, Courtney
Buchanan, Andie Rose Ledoux, Kristen Bilkovski, Brianna Coens, Georgia
Duff, Abigail Sutherland, Nicole O’Sullivan, Tanis Worthy,
Katie Coleman, Jennifer Locke, Samantha Searle and Andras Switzer. Each
Division II team has a maximum of thirty swimmers. Good luck!!!
April
15, 2008- The EBSC
spring meet took
place Friday April 11th and was a shortened one evening meet this year with some good results for the Barracudas. The
following swimmers had at least one top three finish.
| Swimmer |
Placings |
Swimmer |
Placings |
| Carolyn Poucher |
2 |
Chad Coleman |
2,1,3,3,1 |
| Leah Mayer |
1,2,2,1,3 |
Kaitlin Bilkovski |
3,2,1,2 |
| Blair Morgan |
1,2,1,2 |
Josh Vickers |
2,2,3 |
| Megan Dowling |
1,2,2 |
Amanda McCormack |
1,1,2,1 |
| James Xie |
2 |
Kristin Buchanan |
2,1,1,2 |
| Emily Welham |
1,1,3 |
Martin Blostein |
1 |
| Ryan Coens |
2,3,1,3 |
Andie Rose Ledoux |
3 |
| Hannah Sutherland |
1,1 |
Evan jackson |
2,2 |
| Rebecca Cronkwright |
1,1,2,1 |
Courtney Buchanan |
1,1,1 |
| Isaac Kong |
2,1,1,3 |
Rebekah Craig |
3,3,3 |
| Emily Farrell |
3 |
Michael Watkins |
3,1 |
| Tara Worthy |
1 |
Brianna Coens |
3 |
The Barracuda Novice
swimmers also took
part in this meet. The following swimmers had at least on top three
finish in their division: Carter Garrah, Madison Edgar, Sarah Rebec,
Sierra Bonsall and Alana McGraw. Congratulations to all our swimmers!
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)
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 |
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.
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. Report
submitted by Dianne Sutherland.
| 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 |
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 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 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 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
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)
July 2, 2008- Four Barracudas
are competing 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.
July 3, 2008- The
Barracudas got off to a great start at Junior Provincials today with a
gold medal in the 100M Backstroke for Amanda McCormack and a silver in
the 1500M Free for Leah Mayer in a new club record time of 18:55.48.
Allie Duff and Laura Perry also competed today contesting the 100M
Backstroke- Allie finished 4th and Laura was 9th.
July 4, 2008-
The Barracudas continue to excel at the Provincial Championships!
Amanda earned gold in the 200M Free and the 400M IM both in new club
records times and Allie added a third gold for the club in her 400M IM
swim tonight. Allie also placed 12th in the 200M Free, Leah Mayer
finished 7th in the 200M Free and Laura Perry touched the wall in 17th
in the 50M Free. Congratulations girls!!!
July 5, 2008-
Two more medals today- Amanda won gold in the 200M IM beating her
nearest competitor by over 2 seconds. Allie added a silver in the 200M
Backstroke to the Barracudas' impressive total so far this weekend.
Laura placed 11th in the 200M Back and Leah finished 6th in the 800M
Free. The four girls also finished 8th in the 13/14 girls 400M medley
relay.
July 6, 2008- Junior
Provincials ended today with three more gold medals added to the
Barracuda's total. Amanda capped off a great weekend with her 5th and
6th gold medals of the meet. Amanda was first in the 400M free in a new
club record time of 4:41.42 taking more than 10 seconds off the record
she set last month. Amanda also won the 200M back. Allie earned her
gold in the 200M IM and was 5th in the 400M Free today. Laura placed
15th in the 100M Free and Leah was 9th in the 400M Free and 11th in the
100M Free. The girls placed 7th in the 400M Freestyle relay.
The 4 Barracudas combined to bring home 8 gold and 2 silver medals, set
4 new club records and Leah made a qualifying time for Age Group
Nationals and will join her team mates in Calgary later this month.
Congratulations, what a great weekend of swimming!!
July 11, 2008-
Leah Mayer competed in the Ontario Open Water Championships on Wed.
July 9th at Professor's Lake in Brampton, ON. Leah completed the
grueling 5km race in 14th place with a time of 1 hour 17.33.
Well
done!
July
17, 2008- Elizabeth Wycliffe, Jess Craig and Pamela
Ruksys are
representing the Barracudas at Summer Nationals in Winnipeg this week.
The prelims are being swum in the evening and finals in the morning to
prepare the national team going to the Bejing Olympics. Elizabeth
earned a bronze medal this morning in the finals of the 100M backstroke
with a time of 1:02.67. Pamela Ruksys finished 40th in the 200M free in
last nights prelims and Jess Craig had a 23rd place finish in the 100M
backstroke. The meet continues through to Sunday.
July 19, 2008-
Elizabeth won a gold medal in the 200M backstroke in a new club record
time of 2:12.68 at Senior Nationals. Congratulations! Other results are
Pamela Ruksys 20th in the 400M IM, 29th in the 400M free and 67th in
the 100M fly. Jess Craig placed 34th in the 50M back and 10th in the
200M back. Elizabeth also finished 16th in th 50M back prelims but did
not compete in the finals and finished 5th in the 400M IM. Competition
continues with the final day prelims tonight and their finals Sunday
morning.
July
20, 2008-
The Canadian Senior Championships ended with two more club
records
for Elizabeth. In the 50M free prelims last night Elizabeth placed 20th
in a personal best and club record time of 27.16. All three Barracudas
also swam the 200M IM in the prelims last night: Jess placed 74th,
Pamela finished in 22nd place and Elizabeth qualified for today's final
in 9th place. With a scratch, Elizabeth moved into the A final and
finished in 6th place with another club record time- 2:19.17.
Congratulations
Age Group Nationals are next weekend in Calgary for eight Barracudas:
Ryan Coens, Michael Watkins, Pamela Ruksys, Laura Perry, Leah Mayer,
Allie Duff, Hannah Sutherland and Amanda McCormack. Good Luck!!
July 24, 2008-
All seven Barracudas saw action in the pool today at the National Age
Group Championships in Calgary. Representing the Barracudas are: Amanda
McCormack, Hannah Sutherland, Allie Duff, Laura Perry, Leah Mayer,
Michael Watkins and Pamela Ruksys. Ryan Coens also planning to attend
has scratched the meet due to a shoulder injury. Allie, Amanda and
Pamela have qualified for tonights finals. Amanda is seeded 1st in the
50 M Back and 5th for the 200M IM final, Allie and Pamela are both
seeded 7th in the same final tonight and Allie is seeded 5th in the 50M
Back. Check back tonight for all of today's results. Good luck in
finals!
July 24, 2008-
Great start to the Age Group Nationals!! Amanda won the gold medal in
the 12 year old Girls 200M IM in a new club record time of 2:30.67
taking .22 off her previous record. See Swim Canada article. Allie placed 7th in the
14 year old
Girls 200M IM and Pamela finished 7th in the 16-18 year old Girls 200M
IM. In the 50M Back final Amanda won a second gold in another club
record with a time of 32.25. Allie finished 8th in the 14 year old
Girls 50M back. Stay tuned for more results tomorrow as the competition
continues.
July 25, 2008- The
Barracudas have three swimmers through to the finals on Day 2 of the
Age Group Nationals. Allie Duff qualified in 5th place in the 100M
Back, Hannah Sutherland made it through in both the 200M Fly (6th) and
the 100M Back (7th) and Amanda will also have two swims tonight in the
100M Back (1st) and the 400M Free (2nd). See table for the other
prelims from today.
July 25, 2008-
Amanda won two more gold medals in the finals tonight. Amanda placed
first in the 100M Back (1:08.73) and the 400M Free (4:42.91). Allie
finished 6th in the 100M Back with a time of 1:07.86. Hannah placed 6th
in the 200M Fly with a time of 2:38.29 and 8th in the 100M Back with a
time of 1:15.16. EBSC currently is 17th in a filed of 109 teams.
Congatulations on another day of great results!
July 26, 2008- Hannah,
Allie and Amanda all qualified for the finals tonight. Amanda picked up
her 5th gold medal of the meet with a win in the 200M Back, Allie
finished with a silver medal in the same event and Hannah placed 4th in
the 100M Fly. See table for the other swims on Day 3 of the Age Group
National Champs.
July 27, 2008-
Allie, Hannah and Amanda have each qualified for one swim in the finals
tonight. Amanda is seeded 4th in the 400M IM, Allie 6th in the same
event and Hannah will contest the 50M Fly final after finishing with
the 3rd fastest time in prelims this morning in a new club record time
of 32.14. Other prelim results from
Day 4 listed in the table below.
July 27, 2008-
Amanda concluded the Age Group National Championships with her 6th gold
medal tonight in the 400M IM. To cap of a great meet for the
Barracudas, Allie Duff finished 6th in the 400M IM and Hannah
Sutherland placed 4th in the 50M Fly breaking the club record that she
set in the prelims this morning. The swimmers earned 6 gold medals, 1
silver medal and set 4 new club records at the meet. The team finished
the competition in 21st place out of more than 113 teams, reinforcing
that they are one of the best small clubs in the country.
Congratulations to all the swimmers competing in Calgary! See
Swim Canada articles!
All Results
| Name |
Day 1 |
Day 2 |
Day 3 |
Day 4 |
| Hannah Sutherland |
200 IM- 17th |
200 Fly- 6th
100 Back- 8th |
200 Back- 9th
100 Fly- 4th |
400 IM- 14th
100 Free- 12th
50 Fly- 4th
|
| Amanda McCormack |
200 IM-1st
50M Back- 1st |
100 Back- 1st
400 Free- 1st |
200 Free- 9th
200 Back- 1st |
100 Free- 11th
400 IM- 1st |
| Allie Duff |
200 IM- 7th
50M Back- 8th |
400 Free- 22nd
100 Back- 6th
|
200 Free- 33rd
200 Back- 2nd |
50 Fly- 26th
400 IM- 6th |
| Laura Perry |
50 Free- 43rd
50 Back- 11th |
100 Back- 16th |
200 Back- 25th |
100 Free- 46th |
| Leay Mayer |
50 Free- 47th
1500 Free- 17th |
400 Free- 26th |
200 Free- 28th |
100 Free- 41st |
| Pamela Ruksys |
200 IM- 7th |
no swims |
200 Free- 23rd
100 Fly- 19th |
50 Fly- 25th
100 Free- 33rd |
| Michael Watkins |
50 Free- 85th
200 IM - 54th |
200 Fly- 27th
100 Back- 47th |
100 Fly- 46th |
no swims |
July
29, 2008-
With the Long Course season coming to an end, I have compiled the
club's Power Ranking results from the Swim Canada site. It is current
up to the end of Age Group Nationals. The search was done using 10
& under, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and Open age groups
for
both males and females.
The Barracudas have some very good rankings again this season. There
are 10 different swimmers ranked in 49 events with 5 first place
rankings, 1 second and 1 third. Congratulations to all those who made
the list! Let me know if there are any errors or omissions, thanks.
| Name |
Age Group |
Events
& Ranking |
Hannah
Sutherland |
12 years |
50 Free- 37th
200 Free- 28th,
50 Fly- 9th
100 Fly- 8th
200 Fly- 9th |
50 Bk- 14th
100 Back- 20th
200 Back- 16th
200 IM- 28th |
Amanda
McCormack |
12 years |
50 Free- 27th
100 Free- 17th
200 Free- 7th
400 Free- 4th
50 Back- 1st |
100 Back- 1st
200 Back- 1st
200 Fly- 14th
200 IM- 1st
400 IM- 1st |
Leah
Mayer |
13 years |
200 Free- 43rd |
|
Leah
Mayer |
14 years |
400 Free- 35th
800 Free- 44th |
1500 Free- 21st |
Allie Duff |
14 years |
200 Free- 33rd
400 Free- 36th
50 Back- 7th
100 Back- 10th |
200 Back - 6th
200 IM- 12th
400 IM- 12th |
| Allie Duff |
Open |
200 Back- 48th |
|
| Laura Perry |
14 years |
50 Back- 15th
100 Back- 32nd |
200 Back- 38th |
Rebecca
Cronkwright |
17 years |
50 Back- 25th
100 Back- 32nd |
200 Back- 25th |
| Pamela Ruksys |
18 years |
50 Free- 45th |
200 Fly- 23rd |
| Jess Craig |
18 years |
100 Back- 11th |
|
| Jess Craig |
Open |
100 Back- 34th |
|
Elizabeth
Wycliffe |
Open |
50 Free- 44th
200 Free- 32nd
50 Back- 8th
100 Back- 3rd |
200 Back- 2nd
200 IM- 10th
400 IM- 15th
|
| Martin Blostein |
16 years |
50 Breast- 32nd |
|
July 31, 2008-
Leah Mayer contested the Open Water 5km (yes 5 kilometers!) race that
was held in conjunction with Age Group Nationals in Calgary. The Open
Water event took place Monday July 28th on Lake Chaparral. Leah
completed the 5 km in a personal best time of 1 hour 4 minutes.
Congratulations Leah!
July 31, 2008- Amanda McCormack
has been selected as Swim Ontario's Athlete of the Month. Amanda was
chosen as a result of her great performances at both Ontario
Provincials and Age Group Nationals. See the Swim Ontario site article.
Congratulations Amanda!!!
August 7, 2008-
Allie competed in the 100M backstroke today and earned a bronze medal
with a time of 1:08.18 and swam the 400M IM as an exhibition event.
Congratulations Allie.
Allie Duff is
competing at the North American Challenge Cup being held in Edmonton AB
from August 7-9. The
North American Challenge Cup is a tri-meet between three nations;
Mexico, Canada and the United States (Southern California Swimming and
Pacific Swimming). Allie qualified for this Canadian Development team
as one of the top 4 14 year old girls in the country. The team is
designed to provide the top age group swimmers in the
country with an entry-level international competition.
August 8, 2008-
Allie finished 11th in the 400 M Free today at the North American
Challenge Cup and also was part of the bronze medal 400 x 100 Free
relay Canadian relay team. Allie also swam the 200M back as an
exhibition swim in a time of 2:26.13. Competition ends tomorrow. Good
luck!!!
August 9, 2008-
Allie picked up her third bronze medal at the North American Challenge
Cup in the last day of competition. The medal came in the 4 x 100
medley relay event. Allie led off the the Canadian B team swimming a
1:08.34 in the backstroke leg. Allie also competed in the 200M IM today
and finished in 8th place.
August 16, 2008- Laura Perry has
qualified in first place with a time of 2:34.61 in the 200M backstroke
at the Ontario Summer Games being held in Ottawa. Laura, part of the
Eastern Ontario contingent, also has competed in the 200M IM placing
10th. Good luck in the finals!
August 17, 2008- Laura swam to a second place finish in the 100M backstroke in a time of 1:11.04 Saturday to
win the silver medal at the Ontario Summer Games. Laura would have
added a second silver medal in her final of the 200M back but she was
DQ'd for gliding on her third turn. Well done Laura bringing home a
silver!
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