Monday, April 22, 2019

LC: Natalie Lewis Invitational!***updated!

Greetings Parents! Is everyone excited to attend our annual meet across the border?  The kids will see all new faces, and it will be GREAT to race different, FAST competition! ...and don't forget TOWEL PANTS!!!  Here are the details. This is going to be a FUN adventure! -GCAC Coaching Staff- 


       MEET       
2019 Natalie Lewis Invitational
Hosted by the Tonawanda Titans



       DATES       
May 17th+18th+19th



       LOCATiON       
Town of Tonawanda Aquatic & Fitness Center
1 Pool Plaza
Buffalo, NY   14223
***Remember to pack your Passports or Nexus!***



       FACiLiTY       
One 8-lane, 50m pool
Programs will be on sale for $10.00; concession stand will be available!

There is limited spectator seating in the bleachers on deck. There is free parking in the lot adjacent to the building. Parking is not permitted in the "ABOVE" lots near Aldi's and Sears; offenders will be towed!



       SESSiONS       
WHOLE TEAM - Friday Afternoon / Distance
Warm-ups @ 3:15pm / Starts @ 4:15pm
***Parents must be available for timing their swimmers!

WHOLE TEAM - Saturday Afternoon
Warm-ups @ 12:15pm (approx. 45 min after AM session) / Starts @ 1:00pm
***Please be on deck by 12:00pm to be in the water on time! 

WHOLE TEAM - Sunday Afternoon
Warm-ups @ 11:30pm (approx. 45 min after AM session) / Starts @ 12:15pm
***Please be on deck by 11:15am to be in the water on time!



       MEET FEES       
$5.00 USD / per individual event
$7.00 USD /
deck fee per swimmer
$15.00 CAD coaching fee per swimmer
$4.09 CAD per day SwimON Travel Insurance
Please remit all fees by Wednesday, May 15th via cheque or e-transfer!
You will be invoiced with the latest CAD-USD exchange rate!



       SCRATCH DEADLiNE       
Wednesday, May 1st



       SPECiAL NOTES       

-All events are Timed Finals!
-ONE START rule, one false start is a DQ!
-800+1500 events will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating Girls + Boys!
-Positive check-in required for 400+ events; three timers must be provided!
-Please bring a lock to store your valuables in the locker room!
-Open evens will be scored as "Open Mixed" by times only, no awards!

re: Speedo Easterns + Trials Meet Results!

We're  THRiLLED  with our swimming in Quebec City in this  NATiONAL  championship meet, and in Toronto (TPASC) for Trials!  They were fun aadventurese in one of the fastest pools in Quebec, and the fastest in Ontario, amongst the best in Eastern Canada and ALL of Canada! 

We had   AMAZiNG   swims, more time standards achieved, lots of best times and team records broken!   Way to Go 

The coaches are  SUPER  proud of everyone's efforts!!  Great job!!

Once again, SPECiAL THANKS  to all of our parents + siblings who came to cheer on their athletes!

SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS to Emma Grace for being selected to the Para PAN AM Games in Lima, Peru this August!  View the article here: http://swimming.ca/en/news/2019/04/08/thirteen-swimmers-nominated-to-lima-2019-parapan-am-games-team/



~speedo eastern Champs!~
 Thursday, April 11th - Sunday, April 14th  


13-15 yr old Girls
Anwyn S.
200m Fly ~ 2:43.91 ~ 42nd overall/9th in 13s ~ WOSA/Festival/OYJ
                


14-16 yr old Boys
Emmett M.
100m Fly ~ 1:00.82 ~ 54th overall/8th in 15s ~ W/OYJ/OSC/Easterns/CJC
200m Fly ~ 2:14.12 ~ 22nd overall/3rd in 15s ~ bT! ~ W/OYJ/OSC/East/CJC/Team Record!


Matthew K.
200m Back ~ 2:25.63 ~ 47th overall/14th in 14s ~ WOSA/OYJ/OSC "B"
800m Free ~ 9:35.98 ~ 48th overall/11th in 14s ~ WOSA/OYJ/OSC "B"


Nathan T.
200m Br. ~ 2:42.37 ~ 58th overall/21st in 14s ~ WOSA/OYJ/OSC



PARA Girls
EmmaGraceV.
100m Free ~ prelims ~ 1:11.71 ~ 2nd ~ bT! ~ W/OSC/Easterns!/Record!
                   ~ finals ~ 1:12.10 ~ 3rd ~ WOSA/OSC/Easterns!

100m Br. ~ prelims ~ 1:36.74 ~ 2nd ~ WOSA/OSC/Easterns!
                 ~ finals ~ 1:35.51 ~ 2nd WOSA/OSC/Easterns!

100m Fly ~ prelims ~ 1:24.84 ~ 2nd~ WOSA/OSC/Easterns!
             ~ finals ~ 1:20.44 ~ 1st ~ bT! ~ W/OSC/Easterns!/Team Record!

50m Free ~ prelims ~ 32.06 ~ 2nd ~ bT! ~ W/OSC/Easterns!/Record!
                  ~ finals ~ 32.79 ~ 2nd ~ WOSA/OSC/Easterns!

200m IM ~ prelims ~ 2:51.13 ~ 1st ~ WOSA/OSC/Easterns!
                 ~ finals ~ 2:50.08 ~ 1st~ WOSA/OSC/Easterns!






~2019 cANADIAN tRIALS!~
            Wednesday, April 3rd - Sunday, April 7th
PARA Girls
EmmaGraceV.
100m Back ~ prelims ~ 1:18.01 ~ 7th ~ bT! ~ W/OSC/Easterns!/Record!
                   ~ finals ~ 1:18.28 ~ 6th ~ WOSA/OSC/Easterns!

200m Free ~ prelims ~ 2:33.14 ~ 2ndWOSA/OSC/Easterns!
             ~ finals ~ 2:30.93 ~ 2nd ~ bT! ~ W/OSC/Easterns!/Team Record!

100m Br. ~ prelims ~ 1:33.23 ~ 9th ~ bT! ~ W/OSC/Easterns!/Record!
             ~ finals ~ 1:33.23 ~ 9th ~ bT! ~ W/OSC/Easterns!/Team Record!

200m IM ~ prelims ~ 2:48.88 ~ 10th ~ W/OSC/Easterns!
             ~ finals ~ 2:48.61 9th ~ bT! ~ W/OSC/Easterns!/Team Record!

50m Free ~ exhibition ~ 33.12
 

Friday, April 5, 2019

re: 2019 OYJ Meet Results!

Way to Go Team!   

Congratulations to  ALL  our team members for their FaNTaSTiC swims at the the 2019 Ontario Youth-Juniors Championships!  

    The coaches are EXTREMELY proud of everyone!    .

As always, a  SPECIAL  thanks to all of our AMAZING parents + siblings for their support! 




2019 Ontario-Youth Juniors!
           March 7th + 8th + 9th + 10th


~13+Under Girls~
Anwyn!
100m fly ~ 1:17.34 ~ bT! ~ 37th ~ wosa ~ festival
   ~Ranked 39th in Canada in this event!~ 
200m fly ~prelims~ 2:44.21 ~ bT! ~ 7th ~ wosa ~ festival ~ oyj
200m fly ~finals~ 2:45.09 ~ 10th ~ wosa ~ festival ~ oyj
   ~Ranked 11th in Canada in this event!~
200m IM ~ 2:52.36 ~ bT! ~ 49th ~ wosa ~ fest "b"

Autumn!
200m br. ~ 3:00.10 ~ bT! ~ 17th ~ wosa ~ festival ~ oyj ~ team record!
   ~Ranked 42nd in Canada in this event!~
100m free ~ 1:09.03 ~ bT! ~ 64th ~ wosa ~ fest "b"
100m br. ~ 1:24.69 ~ bT! ~ 29th wosa ~ festival ~ team record!

Syrah!
200m free ~ 2:27.82 ~ bT! ~ 44th ~ wosa ~ fest "b"
   ~Ranked 45th in Canada in this event!~ 
100m fly ~prelims~ 1:08.56 ~ bT! ~ 2nd ~ wosa ~ fest ~ oyj ~ easterns
100m fly ~finals~ 1:08.44 ~ bT! ~ 2nd ~ fest ~ oyj ~ easterns ~ record!
   ~Ranked 3rd in Canada in this event!~ 
200m fly ~prelims~ 2:44.27 ~ bT! ~ 8th ~ wosa ~ festival
200m fly ~finals~ 2:40.85 ~ bT! ~ 5th ~ wosa ~ fest ~ oyj ~ record!
   ~Ranked 11th in Canada in this event!~
200m IM ~ 2:42.76 ~ bT! ~ 27th ~ wosa ~ fest ~ oyj ~ team record!
   ~Ranked 27th in Canada in this event!~

~13 yr old Boys~
Eddie!
100m back ~ 1:13.05 ~ bT! ~ 14th ~ wosa ~ fest "b"
50m free ~ 28.02 ~ 14th ~ wosa ~ festival ~ oyj ~ team record! 
   ~Ranked 27th in Canada in this event!~
200m free ~ 2:25.79 ~ 42nd ~ wosa ~ fest "c"
100m fly ~ 1:11.12 ~ 24th ~ wosa ~ festival ~ oyj 
100m free~ 1:02.74 ~ bT! ~ 23rd ~ wosa ~ festival ~ oyj "b" ~ record! 
100m br. ~ 1:18.34 ~ bT! ~ 13th ~ wosa ~ festival ~ oyj 
   ~Ranked 31st in Canada in this event!~

Jared!
800m free ~ 9:37.21 ~ bT! ~ 4th ~ wosa ~ fest ~ oyj ~ osc "b" ~ record!
   ~Ranked 13th in Canada in this event!~
200m br. ~prelims~ 2:49.22 ~ 4th ~ wosa ~ festival ~ oyj ~ osc "b"
200m br.~finals~ 2:44.05 ~ bT! ~ 2nd ~ fest~ oyj ~ osc "b" ~ record! 
   ~Ranked 9th in Canada in this event!~
400m IM ~prelims~ 5:15.84 ~ bT! ~ 3rd ~ wosa ~ festival ~ oyj ~ osc "b"
400m IM ~finals~ 5:10.99 ~ bT! ~ 2nd ~ fest ~ oyj ~ osc "b" ~ record! 
   ~Ranked 9th in Canada in this event!~
100m br. ~1:19.19 ~ 15th ~ wosa ~ fest ~ oyj ~ osc "b" 
  ~Ranked 26th in Canada in this event!~
200m IM ~prelims~ 2:31.41 ~ bT! ~ 10th ~ wosa ~ fest ~ oyj ~ osc "b"
200m IM ~finals~ 2:30.14 ~ bT! ~ 9th ~ fest ~ oyj ~ osc "b" ~ record!  
   ~Ranked 26th in Canada in this event!~
400m free ~prelims~ 4:40.23 ~ bT! ~ 6th ~ wosa ~ fest ~ oyj ~ osc "b"
400m free ~finals~ 4:37.46 ~ bT! ~ 4th ~ fest ~ oyj ~ osc "b" ~ record! 
   ~Ranked 13th in Canada in this event!~


~14 yr old Boys~
Matthew!
800m free~ 9:25.68 ~ bT! ~ 2nd ~ oyj ~ osc ~ easterns ~ record! 
   ~Ranked 19th in Canada in this event!~
100m back ~ 1:10.12 ~ bT! ~ 18th ~ wosa ~ osc "b" ~ team record!
200m free ~ 2:12.04 ~ bT! ~ 4th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b" ~ team record!
400m IM ~prelims~ 5:17.84 ~ 6th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b"
400m IM ~finals~ 5:13.09 ~ 4th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b" ~ team record! 
  ~Ranked 47th in Canada in this event!~

Nathan!
50m free ~ 29.24 ~ 41st ~ wosa ~ osc "c"
200m br. ~prelims~ 2:44.60 ~ 5th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b"
200m br. ~finals~ 2:42.49 ~ 4th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc ~ easterns
   ~Ranked 33 rd in Canada in this event!~
100m br. ~prelims~ 1:15.83 ~ 7th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b"
100m br. ~finals~ 1:16.70 ~ 10th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b"



~15 yr old Girls~
McKenna!
100m back ~prelims~ 1:11.69 ~ 7th ~ wosa ~ osc "b" 
100m back~finals~ 1:10.10 ~ bT! ~ 3rd ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b" ~ record!
   ~Ranked 41st in Canada in this event!~
50m free ~prelims~ 29.24 ~ 8th ~ wosa ~ osc "b"
50m free~finals~ 29.02 ~ bT! ~ 8th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b" ~ record! 
200m free~prelims~ 2:15.52 ~ bT! ~ 6th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b" ~ record!
200m free ~finals~ 2:16.43 ~ 6th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b" 
100m fly ~ 1:11.33 ~ bT! ~ 12th ~ wosa ~ osc "b" ~ team record! 
200m back ~prelims~ 2:32.64 ~ 3rd ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b"
200m back~finals~ 2:32.38 ~ bT! ~ 2nd ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b" ~ record!
   ~Ranked 44th in Canada in this event!~
400m free~prelims~ 4:49.57 ~ bT! ~ 5th ~ w ~ oyj ~ osc "b" ~ record!
400m free ~finals~ 4:54.47 ~ 7th ~ wosa ~ osc "b" 
 

~15 yr old Boys~
Emmett!
400m IM ~ 5:12.49 ~ bT! ~ 10th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b" ~ team record!
100m fly ~prelims~ 1:02.15 ~ 1st ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b"
100m fly~finals~ 1:00.14 ~ 1st ~ oyj ~ osc ~ easterns ~ cjc ~ record! 
   ~Ranked 9th in Canada in this event!~
200m fly ~prelims~ 2:22.08 ~ 4th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b"
200m fly~finals~ 2:14.45 ~ 1st ~ oyj ~ osc ~ easterns ~ cjc ~ record!
    ~Ranked 13th in Canada in this event!~
200m IM ~ 2:28.89 ~ 8th ~ wosa ~ osc "b"



~16+Over Girls~
Olivia!
100m br. ~ 1:21.00 ~ bT! ~ 11th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b" ~ team record!
   ~Ranked 45th in Canada in this event!~

~16+Over Boys~
Micah!
200m br. ~ 2:41.18 ~ bT! ~ 15th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b"
100m free ~ 1:00.67 ~ 39th ~ wosa ~ osc "b"
100m br. ~ 1:13.51 ~ 15th ~ wosa ~ oyj ~ osc "b"


Nicholas!
100m free ~ 1:03.11 ~ 42nd ~ osc "d"
100m br. ~ 1:18.61 ~ 38th ~ wosa ~ osc "c"