Thursday, November 15, 2018

re: 2018-2019 Winter Registration!

Greetings to all of our Current and Prospective swim team families!


We hope you're gearing up for the lovely holiday season, it's coming up fast!  The weather changed so quickly  :)


We are pleased to announce our Winter Registration:
WHEN=  Sunday, December 2nd
WHAT TIME= 2:00-4:00pm
WHERE= Community Room in the Dr. Huq Family Library; located inside the St. Catharines Kiwanis Aquatic Center!


You can find all of our registration information and forms up on our website, in the drop down menu from the "Join GCAC" button!


***Returning families need only to provide the first page of the registration form!***


Registration is on a first come, first serve basis :)
Our Aqua Club programs (non-competitive) will begin the week of January 7th, the same week that school resumes after the holiday break!  


We look forward to continuing our FANTASTIC swimming this year!  Thanks for joining and remaining with us; see you on deck soon!


-GCAC Coaching Staff-

Monday, November 5, 2018

SC: Roy Jacobson Invitational***UPDATED!!!

Greetings Parents!  Is everyone excited to attend a meet in a new pool to us?  Welcome to our awesome December meet, it's going to be 'Wonderland'ful :)  Best wishes to our swimmers 'in the hunt' for those qualifiers; championship time is just around the corner!!! -GCAC Coaching Staff- 


          MEET          
30th Annual Roy Jacobson Invitational!
Hosted by the Vaughan Aquatic Club


          DATES          
Saturday, Dec. 8th + Sunday, Dec. 9th


          LOCATION          
Vellore Village Community Centre
1 Villa Royale Avenue
Woodbridge, Ontario   L4H 2Z7


          FACILITY          
One six-lane, 25m pool with Daktronics Timing Systems.
There is plenty of parking, and upper level spectator viewing.


          SESSIONS          
-13+Over-SAT + SUN AM SESSIONS-                                                                                  
Warm-ups @ 7:00-7:55am / Starts @ 8:00am / Finishes @ 10:45am 
-10+Unders-SAT + SUN AM SESSIONS-                                                                                     
Warm-ups @ 11:00-11:25am / Starts @ 11:30am / Finishes @ 1:45pm 
-11+12-SAT + SUN PM SESSIONS-                                                                                     
Warm-ups @ 2:00-2:55pm / Starts @ 3:00pm / Finishes @ 6:15pm  

 
          MEET FEES            
$11.50 per Individual Event
$20.00 coaching fee***overnight meet***
Please remit fees by Wed., Decemeber 5th


          SCRATCH DEADLINE            
Monday, November 12th 


           AWARDS            
Medals awarded 1st-3rd place; Ribbons awarded for 4th-8th place.
Age Categories: 10&U, 11s, 12s, 13s, 14s, 15&O.


          SPECIAL NOTES            
-ONE START rule, be still on the blocks please!!!
-Please bring a lock to store your valuables in the locker room!
-Food is not permitted on the pool deck!
-Absolutely no Marvel comics on deck; DC Universe is acceptable.
-Please be make sure you come to the pool at the proper session time!

SC: 2018 Christmas Classic!

Greetings Parents!  Is everyone excited to swim in a NEW pool to us We're stoked to get more distance in before the new year; for those who love to swim so much they can't get enough!  Here are the details; it's going to be an adventure! -GCAC Coaching Staff-


       -meet-       
31st Annual Lisa Flood Christmas Classic!
Hosted by The Pickering Swim Club!


       -date-       
Friday, December 7th


       -location-       
Pickering Recreation Complex
1867 Valley Farm Road
Pickering, ON  L1V 3Y7


       -facility-       
One 8-lane 25m pool divided, with access to a warm up/warm down pool. 
Spectators will have access to bleacher seating on deck, though you may want to bring your own chair! Swimmers PLEASE bring your own chairs to sit on; there will be a concession stand on site!


       -sessions-       
~ 13+Overs ~ Friday PM Prelim Session! ~
Warm-ups @ 3:00-3:40pm / Starts @ 3:45pm

~ 12+Unders ~ Friday EVE Timed Final Session! ~
Warm-ups @ 6:00-6:40pm / Starts @ 6:45pm


       -meet fees-       
$12.00 per distance event
$5.00 splash fee per swimmer 
no coaching fee***included in the Roy Jacobson Meet Fees!
Please remit by Wed., Dec. 5th!


       -scratch deadline-       
Monday, November 12th


       -special notes-       
~Events will be swum fastest to slowest.
~ONE START rule, one false start is a DQ!
~Monopoly is NOT allowed on deck; Cranium is permitted. 
~There will be Positive Check-In for all distance events!
~There will medals for 1st/2nd/3rd place + ribbons 4th-8th place!
~Please bring a MASTERLOCK to store your valuables in a locker!!

Sunday, November 4, 2018

re: Burlington Fall Invitational Meet Results!

Congratulations to everyone for an  AMAZING  meet this weekend!  :)

We had lots of  BEST TIMES , great  TEAM SPiRiT , team records broken, and  AWESOME  relays!! (We love relays!)  

We also have some new WOSA qualifiers, team records broken, and more WOSA, Festival, Ontario Youth Junior and Ontario Swimming Championship time standards achieved WAY TO GO! 


The coaches are very proud of everyone's accomplishments!


Once again,a  SPECIAL  thanks to all of our parents + siblings who came to cheer on their swimmers!




.~2018 Burlington Fall Invitational!~.


~ Fri., Nov. 2nd + Sat., Nov. 3rd + Sun., Nov. 4th ~



10 + under GiRLS!

miss Kaylin  
200m free~3:01.13~bT!~4th~wosa!~fest “c”!
100m fly~1:43.53~bT!~4th~fest “d”!
100m IM~1:33.71~bT!~6th~wosa!~fest “b”!
100m free~1:22.78~bT!~3rd~wosa!~fest “c”!
100m back~1:30.18~bT!~5th~wosa!~fest “b”!
200m IM~3:20.48~bT!~4th~wosa!~fest “c”!

miss Madison
800m free~11:04.26~bT!~1st~team record!
100m br.~1:36.53~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!~team record!
200m back~2:50.01~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!
50m back~38.76~bT!~1st~wosa!~team record!
100m IM~1:24.98~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!
100m free~1:13.83~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!~team record!
50m br.~45.62~bT!~1st~wosa!
100m back~1:24.09~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!~team record!
200m IM~2:59.73~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!

miss Olivia
100m br.~2:01.22~bT!~7th
50m free~39.04~bT!~9th~fest “d”!
100m IM~1:44.03~13th~fest “e”!

miss Peyton
200m free~2:52.58~bT!~1st~wosa!~fest “b”!
100m fly~1:26.61~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!
100m IM~1:28.93~bT!~4th~wosa!~festival!

miss Sloan Marie
100m br.~1:54.51~bT!~5th~fest “e”!
50m free~44.54~bT!~13th
50m back~53.16~7th
100m IM~1:51.59~bT!~16th

miss Torrin
100m br.~1:44.46~2nd~wosa!~fest “c”!
200m back~3:13.12~bT!~4th~wosa!~fest “b”!
100m IM~1:32.28~bT!~5th~wosa!~fest “b”!
200m br.~3:42.64~bT!~3rd
100m back~1:31.34~bT!~7th~wosa!~fest “c”!
200m IM~3:16.73~bT!~2nd~wosa!~fest “b”!



11 y r. old GiRLS!
miss Lila
100m br.~1:41.80~bT!~2nd~wosa!~fest “d”!
50m free~32.93~bT!~2nd~wosa!~fest “b”!
100m fly~1:33.44~bT!~2nd~fest “d”!
50m br.~46.23~bT!~3rd~wosa!
50m fly~36.73~bT!~2nd~wosa!
200m IM~3:17.96~bT!~7th~fest “d”!

miss Rhiannon
100m br.~1:55.99~4th
100m fly~1:50.48~bT!~3rd
50m back~47.99~bT!~5th
200m br.~3:58.39~bT!~10th
100m back~1:40.08~bT!~7th
200m IM~3:34.16~bT!~14th

miss Syrah
400m IM~5:57.14~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!~team record!
200m free~2:28.69~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!~team record!
100m br.~1:33.01~bT!~1st~wosa!~fest “b”!~team record!
100m fly~1:12.20~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!~team record!
100m free~1:08.59~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!
200m fly~2:54.37~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!
200m IM~2:46.47~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!~team record!


12 y r. old GiRLS!
miss Anwyn
400m IM~6:04.98~bT!~1st~wosa!~fest “c”!
200m free~2:49.43~bT!~9th~fest “e”!
100m br.~1:41.21~bT!~3rd~fest “e”!
100m fly~1:17.29~bT!~2nd~wosa!~fest “b”!
100m free~1:18.29~bT!~5th
200m fly~2:53.34~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!
200m IM~2:58.88~bT!~5th~fest “c”!


12 y r. old BoYS1
mr Casey
100m br.~1:56.38~bT!~5th
50m free~37.80~11th
50m back~44.83~bT!~4th
100m IM~1:42.32~bT!~13th
200m br.~4:11.04~bT!~14th
50m br.~51.35~bT!~2nd
100m back~1:34.41~bT!~9th

mr Eddie
200m free~2:20.75~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!
50m free~27.70~bT!~1st~wosa!~fest!~OYJ!~team record!
100m fly~1:11.76~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!~team record!
100m IM~1:11.84~bT!~1st~wosa!~team record!
200m br.~2:55.47~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!
100m back~1:13.28~bT!~2nd~wosa!~festival!
200m IM~2:38.61~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!~team record!

mr Sebastian
50m free~38.31~bT!~13th
100m fly~1:51.79~bT!~5th
50m back~47.47~5th



13 y r. old GiRLS!
miss Abby
800m free~11:13.59~bT!~8th~fest “d”!
200m free~2:31.88~bT!~5th~wosa!~fest “c”!
50m free~31.04~3rd~wosa!~fest “c”!
200m back~2:47.21~bT!~3rd~wosa!~fest “c”!
100m free~1:07.83~bT!~5th~wosa!~fest “c”!
100m back~1:17.69~bT!~4th~wosa!~fest “c”!
200m IM~2:56.60~bT!~5th~fest “d”!

miss Autumn
800m free~10:16.98~bT!~4th~wosa!~fest “b”!~team record!
100m br.~1:26.04~bT!~3rd~wosa!~fest “b”!
200m back~2:47.63~bT!~4th~wosa!~fest “c”!
50m back~35.83~bT!~5th~wosa!
200m br.~3:00.63~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!~team record!
50m br.~39.84~bT!~1st~wosa!~team record!
200m IM~2:47.93~bT!~2nd~wosa!~fest “b”!

miss Isabella
800m free~10:55.77~bT!~6th~wosa!~fest “c”!
200m free~2:31.61~bT!~4th~wosa!~fest “c”!
50m free~31.39~4th~wosa!~fest “c”!
200m back~2:50.13~bT!~5th~wosa!~fest “c”!
50m back~36.35~bT!~6th
100m free~1:08.01~bT!~6th~wosa!~fest “c”!
50m fly~35.68~bT!~6th

miss Ivana
100m br.~1:59.66~20th
50m free~37.89~23rd
50m back~45.42~22nd
100m IM~1:39.51~11th

miss Jayne
50m free~33.02~6th~fest “d”!
100m fly~1:33.39~bT!~6th
50m back~38.33~bT!~9th
100m IM~1:28.92~bT!~5th


13 y r. old BoYS1

mr Jared
400m IM~5:14.25~bT!~1st~wosa!~festival!~OYJ!
100m br.~1:20.03~bT!~4th~wosa!~festival!~OYJ!
50m free~29.83~bT!~3rd~wosa!~fest “c”!
200m back~2:37.15~bT!~4th~wosa!~fest “b”!
50m back~36.17~bT!~4th~wosa!
200m br.~2:46.78~bT!~3rd~wosa!~festival!~OYJ!
100m free~1:04.64~bT!~3rd~wosa!~fest “b”!
100m back~1:14.72~bT!~4th~wosa!~fest “c”!

mr Kieran
200m br.~3:19.94~bT!~6th~fest “d”!
100m free~1:11.56~bT!~5th~fest “e”!
100m back~1:26.79~bT!~8th
200m IM~3:03.68~bT!~7th~fest “e”!

mr Matthew
800m free~9:21.05~bT!~1st~wosa!~fest!~OYJ!~OSCb”!~team record!
200m free~2:14.26~bT!~2nd~wosa!~fest!~OYJ!~team record!
200m back~2:25.22~bT!~1st~wosa!~fest!~OYJ!~team record!
50m back~32.60~1st~wosa!
100m free~1:01.29~bT!~1st~wosa!~fest!~OYJ!~team record!
50m br.~38.96~bT!~3rd~wosa!
100m back~1:09.00~bT!~1st~wosa!~fest!~OYJ!~team record!
200m IM~2:29.82~bT!~2nd~wosa!~fest!~OYJ!

mr Nathan
100m br.~1:13.01~2nd~wosa!~festival!~OYJ!
200m back~2:27.09~bT!~2nd~wosa!~festival!~OYJ!
50m back~32.85~bT!~2nd~wosa!
200m br.~2:41.18~1st~wosa!~fest!~OYJ!
50m br.~33.78~bT!~1st~wosa!~team record!
100m back~1:10.02~bT!~2nd~wosa!~fest!
200m IM~2:29.00~bT!~1st~wosa!~fest!~OYJ!~team record!


14 y r. old GiRLS!
miss Madeleine
400m IM~6:25.49~bT!~1st~fest “e”!
100m br.~1:35.21~bT!~2nd
100m fly~1:26.34~bT!~4th
50m back~41.46~bT!~1st
200m br.~3:23.82~bT!~5th~fest “e”!
50m br.~45.04~bT!~2nd
100m back~1:27.49~bT!~7th
200m IM~3:08.01~bT!~6th


15 +  ov er  GiRLS!
miss Alisha
50m free~31.31~bT!~14th
100m fly~1:17.07~4th
50m back~38.13~13th

miss Chavon
50m free~30.16~7th~wosa!~OSCc”!
100m fly~1:21.19~7th
50m back~37.47~bT!~12th
100m free~1:06.19~bT!~9th~wosa!
50m br.~40.13~6th~wosa!
50m fly~33.79~9th

miss Emma
50m free~30.72~10th~wosa!~OSCd”!
200m back~2:46.33~4th~OSCd”!
50m back~35.55~7th
100m free~1:07.78~13th
200m fly~3:07.69~bT!~2nd
50m fly~33.30~7th

miss Madelyn
50m free~30.51~8th~wosa!~OSCd”!
200m back~2:56.31~6th
50m back~36.66~10th
100m free~1:06.23~bT!~10th~wosa!~OSCd”!
100m back~1:19.73~6th
50m fly~34.17~11th

miss McKenna
50m free~28.58~1st~wosa!~OYJ!~OSCb”!
200m back~2:29.03~1st~wosa!~OYJ!~OSCb”!
50m back~32.02~2nd~wosa!
100m free~1:02.25~2nd~wosa!~OSCb”!
100m back~1:09.11~1st~wosa!~OYJ!~OSCb”!
50m fly~33.12~5th~wosa!
200m IM~2:33.81~1st~wosa!~OSCb”!


15 +  ov er BoYS!

mr Emmett
800m free~9:28.33~bT!~4th~wosa!~OSCb”!  
200m free~2:08.70~bT!~5th~wosa!~OSCc”!~team record!
50m free~27.45~6th~wosa!~OSCc”!  
100m fly~1:01.83~bT!~3rd~wosa!~OYJ!~OSCb”!~team record!
200m fly~2:18.52~bT!~3rd~wosa!~OYJ!~OSCb”!~team record!
100m back~1:08.05~5th~wosa!~OSCc”!
200m IM~2:24.26~bT!~2nd~wosa!~OSCb”!

mr Micah
100m br.~1:15.58~6th~wosa!~OSCc”!  
200m back~2:32.73~2nd~OSCd”!  
50m back~33.91~6th~wosa!
200m br.~2:39.55~bT!~5th~wosa!~OSCb”!  
50m br.~34.87~bT!~6th~wosa!
200m IM~2:25.95~bT!~4th~wosa!

mr Nicholas
100m br.~1:14.22~4th~wosa!~OSCb”!  
200m back~2:34.22~bT!~3rd
100m fly~1:09.83~bT!~9th
200m br.~2:41.83~6th~wosa!
50m br.~34.81~5th~wosa!
200m IM~2:27.84~5th~wosa!