 |
The Competitive Edge |
|
| Important Bingo Announcement |
August 13, 2007 |
| The latest bingo summaries have been added to the website. Please check that our records match your own, and ensure that you have completed your full commitment before August 31. Any bingo commitments remaining on September 1 will be billed to your account at a cost of $100 per bingo. | |
| Olympians lead Team Alberta with 16 Medals at North American Challenge Cup |
August 13, 2007 |
| In the 1st Annual North American Challenge Cup, held
this past weekend from August 10-12 at the 1984 Olympic Pool in Los
Angeles, California, 5 OSC swimmers represented Team Alberta in a
truly impressive display of fast swimming and medal hauling. The meet itself was an age group meet, created to be a tri-meet between the best 18-year-old and younger swimmers from Mexico, Southern California, and Canada. Alberta joined the competition as invited guests. With Team Mexico, Team SoCal and Team Canada expected to do most of the winning at the meet, it must have been quite a surprise for them to watch the proud Albertans reach the medal podium in nearly every event. Team Canada will certainly need to select more Albertans, and especially Olympians, when they go back to this meet next summer! Each of the 5 OSC swimmers came away from the meet with at least 2 medals, and that accomplishment cannot be understated. These swimmers were absolute leaders at the meet, let alone for Team Alberta. Lori-Layne Kremer led the medal count with 4 individual medals, winning both butterfly events, and taking bronze in both IM's. The IM swims, both huge best times, really demonstrate how hard Lori-Layne has worked to become a national-level swimmer in all four strokes. Deanna Matthews had 3 individual medals, taking silver in the 400 IM and bronze in the 200 Back and 200 IM. This was Deanna's fifth high-calibre competition in the last six weeks, and she continues to perform consistently well. Lindsay Morton took gold in the 400 IM and silver in the 200 IM, both with great best times. Competing in the most senior age group at the meet, Lindsay is one of the few 17+-year-old girls who continues to improve regularly, and is already one of top female IMer's in Canada. Nathan Kindrachuk won the gold medal in both breaststroke events. In the last two weeks Nathan has stormed onto the national scene to become one of Canada's top young male prospects in breaststroke and IM. And finally, Josh Au took the silver medal in the 200 butterfly in an incredibly fast best time. Josh actually dropped 2 full seconds from his previous best to come within 1/10th of a second of winning the event. To top off the medal count, Deanna and Lori-Layne were both a part of a silver medal-winning 400 Medley relay team, Nathan Kindrachuk won a silver medal on his 400 Medley relay team, and Josh added a bronze in his 400 Medley relay team. To browse all the results, you can look online at the North American Challenge Cup real-time results website. That marks the end of the season for all OSC swimmers! We had another hugely successful year, full of best times, and records, Provincial and National team selections, and we showed tremendous potential for even greater swimming in the years to come. Congratulations to Lori-Layne, Deanna, Lindsay, Nathan and Josh on a terrific meet! |
|
| OSC Swimmers highlight Western Canada Summer Games |
August 8, 2007 |
 Western
Canada Summer Games were a huge success for Team Alberta, coming
within 3 medals of Team BC for tops at the competition. Highlighting the 45 medals earned by Team Alberta were the 4 swimmers selected to the team from the Olympian Swim Club, who were a part of 13 podium finishes (11 individual & 2 relay). The performances were exceptionally fast, and it was exciting to see the OSC swimmers leading the way for Alberta. Justin Selner was the first Olympian to swim at the meet, and in his 400 Free placed in the top 8, a placing that he topped in the 1500 Free where he finished in 6th place. Nathan Kindrachuk smashed his own best times, and the competition, by taking a gold and silver in the breaststroke events and taking bronze in both IM's. Josh Au took silver in both butterfly events and added another silver in 100 backstroke. And finally, Deanna Matthews swept the gold medals in all of the backstroke and IM events. Deanna was also a part of a gold medal in the Women's 400m Medley Relay, while Nathan and Josh earned silver medals in the Men's 400m Medley Relay. On a club note, these 4 swimmers also combined to break 9 Senior Club records. Nathan Kindrachuk broke the 100 Breaststroke record twice, Josh Au broke the 100 Backstroke twice and the 200 Butterfly, and Deanna Matthews broke the 100 Backstroke twice, the 200 Backstroke, and the 200 IM. Congratulations Justin, Nathan, Josh and Deanna! |
|
| Day 3 & 4: Strong finish for OSC at Canadian Senior Nationals |
July 31, 2007 |
| On day 3 of Canadian Senior Nationals, Lori-Layne
Kremer continued to highlight the Olympian results as she made
another consolation final, this time in the 100 Butterfly. Her
morning swim was a best time of 1:04, and her first time under 1:05,
but she followed that up at night with an incredible swim of 1:03.65
to finish 2nd in the consolation final and10th overall in the
country. Deanna Matthews also made a consolation final, hers in 200
backstroke, and finished with a time of 2:21. This was just off of
her best ever time, and good enough for 13th place in the country. Day 4 saw some new faces making highlights for OSC. First to swim in finals was Mike Vanden Ham in the 50 Freestyle. Mike swam an impressive best time in the morning of 24.11, just 0.12 shy of the senior club record. In finals, Mike swam another solid race, finishing with another 24-second performance in 16th place in the country. The final race for Olympians this weekend was the final of the men's 1500 Freestyle, in which Doug Rawlick swam a great, tough race to finish in 6th place. With another meet passed, OSC once again congratulates those swimmers who have finished their season and are now ready to take a few weeks break from training and racing. It has been an excellent year for the Olympian Swim Club, and all swimmers should share in this success. For a select few, the peak of the season is coming up over the next 2 weeks, as OSC sends swimmers on the Alberta Provincial team to Western Canada Games in Strathcona County, Alberta, and then more swimmers on the Alberta Provincial team to the North American Challenge Cup in Los Angeles, California. Good luck to all the swimmers participating in these competitions! |
|
| Day 2: More big swims for OSC at Canadian Senior Nationals |
July 27, 2007 |
| Olympian swimmers continued to produce impressive
results on Day 2 of Canadian Senior Nationals in Calgary. With the
400 IM and men's 800 Free on this day, OSC was ready for another big
one. In Finals tonight, the 800 Freestyle led things off and Olympian swimmer Doug Rawlick produced OSC's first top-8 swim of the week. Doug was close to his best ever time from Montreal last week, and that was good enough to place him 7th overall in the country. The 400 IM was a strong event for the OSC girls, as we put 2 swimmers into the consolation final. In the pressure of the final, Deanna Matthews and Lindsay Morton swam great races, each taking off plenty of time from their morning swim. Deanna swam a best time of 4:59, breaking 5:00 for the first time, and winning the consolation final by over 8 seconds. Lindsay also took 4 seconds off of her morning swim to go 5:07 and finish 5th in the consolation final. Tomorrow should be another good day for OSC, so keep your eyes on the results and check back here for the highlights. Go "O"! |
|
| Day 1: OSC off to a good start at Canadian Senior Nationals |
July 27, 2007 |
| Canadian Senior Nationals began yesterday, and 9
Olympian Swim Club swimmers returned from their stellar performances
last week at the National Age Group Championships in Montreal to
compete in the big show down in Calgary. The first day highlights were a couple of second swims in the 200 Butterfly by Lori-Layne Kremer and Josh Au. This is Lori's first ever nationals, and in her first ever swim at a senior national championship she qualified for her first ever second swim. In the evening session, Lori won the consolation final with a huge best time of 2:18.88. What a great way to start off the meet! Josh also qualified for the consolation final and finished just over his personal best to finish 12th overall. You can follow the team results at the Canadian Senior Nationals website, or check our homepage for more updates as the week continues. Go "O"! |
|
| New Provincial Record for 13-14 Girls 400 Free Relay!! |
July 25, 2007 |
|||||||||||||||
 Last
weekend at the Canadian Age Group National Championships in
Montreal, Quebec, the Olympian Swim Club relay team of Lori-Layne
Kremer, Natasha Fung, Christine Kemp, and Madison Mills broke a
9-year-old Alberta Provincial Record for the 13-14 Girls 4x100
Freestyle Relay by over 2 seconds. The previous record of 4:06.73
belonged to the Red Deer Catalina Swim Club.
The new record was a major highlight from the Age
Group Nationals, and once again demonstrates just how great these
girls are.
|
||||||||||||||||
| Olympians Finish 8th Overall at National Age Group Championships |
July 25, 2007 |
| The final results are in, and OSC
managed to move up one extra spot from the Open Water day to finish
in 8th position overall. This year's meet had over 1,500 swimmers,
over 500 more than last year in Calgary, in large part due to the
full participation of all of the eastern Canadian teams. Last year
OSC finished as the 4th-placed team from western Canada, and this
year OSC has moved up to 2nd-place overall in the West. And, from a
high performance standpoint we also doubled our number of event wins
from last year from 2 Gold medals (1 relay, 1 individual) in 2006,
to 4 Gold medals (all individual) in 2007. Beyond the overall placings and medals, the Olympians had a great time all weekend going an incredible number of best times and cheering on their teammates to do the same. The rainy start to the competition really showed the character of our team, when not only did OSC continue to swim best times while other teams faded in the cold, but our swimmers got even louder and did some of the best cheering ever at a national competition. There were plenty of looks and comments from around the pool expressing either envy or utter confusion at how our team was able to look so good at all times. For most of our swimmers the season is now finished, with a few carrying on to Senior Nationals in Calgary (beginning tomorrow!) and then onto the Provincial tour teams going to Western Canada Games in Strathcona County and the North American Challenge Cup in Los Angeles. Check the website often over the next few weeks to read highlights of the Olympian performances still to come this summer. Congratulations, Olympians! For a day-by-day recap of the meet's highlights, check out our 2006-07 news archive. |
|
| OSC Finishes 2nd Overall at Age Group Provincials; 3rd at Seniors |
July 12, 2007 |
| It was a great weekend
of racing for the Olympian Swim Club at the Age Group and Senior
Provincials in Edmonton. For the first time since the mid-1980's,
the Olympian Swim Club went into the final day of competition at Age
Group Provincials in the lead for Overall Team Scoring. Going into
the final session with a 30-point lead, it came down to the final
events of the weekend to decide the team scoring championship, with
the Cascade Swim Club of Calgary eventually pulling ahead to win by
a score of 4600 to 4570. The Olympian Swim Club did hold on to win
the Overall Girls Team Scoring championship. On the Senior side, OSC once again was in a position it had not been in since the mid-1980's, when after 2 days of competition OSC was sitting in 2nd place in Overall Team Scoring behind the powerful UCSC Senior team. Once again, the Cascade Swim Club of Calgary chipped away at the OSC lead, and OSC eventually finished in 3rd spot in the Overall Team Scoring championship. This was an especially impressive result when you consider that OSC only has 2 athletes over the age of 18. These results once again show the Olympian Swim Club to be the team to beat in Edmonton, and a team still rising through the ranks in Alberta. The 2 big Calgary teams are certainly feeling the pressure now that OSC has shown this quality of performance with consistent improvement for 2 straight years. Congratulations to all OSC swimmers, and good luck in the rest of your summer! |
|
| Club Office Update |
July 26, 2007 |
| The OSC telephone number/hook up has not yet been moved to our new office location. To contact Sophie at the OSC office, please call 940-0282. Another announcement will be posted once we return to our regular telephone service. Thanks for your patience. | |
| 5 Olympian Swimmers off to Los Angeles with Team Alberta |
August 10, 2007 |
| It's the grand finale of the season, and 5 OSC
swimmers are representing Team Alberta at the 1st Annual North
American Challenge Cup, being held this year at the 1984 Olympic
Pool in Los Angeles, California. The meet begins on Friday, August
10th, 2007. Lori-Layne Kremer, Lindsay Morton, Deanna Matthews, Nathan Kindrachuk and Josh Au have made the trip down with Team Alberta to take part in the 3-day meet. You can follow the results online at the North American Challenge Cup real-time results website. Go "O"! |
|
| 4 OSC Swimmers off to Western Canada Summer Games |
August 1, 2007 |
| Team Alberta will be competing against all the best
of the west this weekend at Millennium Place in Sherwood Park as the
swimming events at the Western Canada Summer Games begin on
Saturday. The team is comprised of the top 10 girls and 9 boys all
born 1990 or later, as selected from Western Canadian Championships
and Pan Am Trials held back in February and April 2007,
respectively. 4 members of the Olympian Swim Club were selected to represent Alberta at the games: Deanna Matthews, Justin Selner, Nathan Kindrachuk, and Joshua Au. The competition will take place over 3 days, from Saturday to Monday, and all results can be followed at the Western Canada Summer Games real-time results website. Good luck to Alberta, and go "O"! |
|
|
OSC Board Member Announcement |
July 4, 2007 |
| Keith Reichert recently
resigned from the OSC Board of Directors. On behalf of the Olympian
Swim Club I’d like to thank Keith for his contribution to the
governance of our club. Kevin Kindrachuk OSC President |
|
|
New OSC Board Member |
June 28, 2007 |
|
On behalf of the Olympian Swim Club
I’d like to welcome Eileen Joly as a new Board Member. We look
forward to working with Eileen throughout the upcoming swim year. |
|
| Special General Meeting Information |
July 26, 2007 |
||||||
Here is the information for all members for the
special general meeting regarding fees for the 2007/08 season:
|
|||||||
| One more medal for OSC from the Open Water 5-km at National Age Group Championships |
July 23, 2007 |
| The final day of competition was this morning at the
Olympic Rowing Basin in Montreal, literally just outside the
backdoor of our dormitory "the Orphanage" (a slight mistranslation
perpetrated on the first day that just kind of stuck...). We woke up
around 7:00am and stepped outside into a beautiful morning, already
sunny and mid-20's, and looking out over possibly the most
attractive open water venue in North America. The 13 Olympian
athletes were the biggest team participating in the event, with most
of our swimmers participating in either their first or second ever
open water swim. The highlight of the day was another medal for an OSC swimmer, this time for Shannon Johnston, who finished in second place. This was an outstanding result in her first ever attempt in a national 5-km Open Water event. Full results were not available immediately following the event, so the final team standings are still not available. At the beginning of the day, Olympians were sitting in 9th place overall at the competition, and just 35 points behind the 8th place team. The team result also has OSC ranked as the 2nd team in Western Canada behind the Cascade Swim Club in Calgary. Our performances over the last 5 days definitely created a little buzz around the pool deck, as spectators from around the country witnessed Olympian after Olympian rise up to the occasion with impressive results. Whether it was coping with the bitter cold and rain of days 1 & 2, the heat of days 3 & 4, the long sessions every day, or just the pressures of being at one of the peak competitions of the summer, OSC swimmers constantly outperformed their competition in heats and finals. It was a great and fun team effort, and every Olympian should be proud of the great success achieved by our swimmers. Open Water start with "the Orphanage" in background right . . . click here! |
|
| Three individual medals cap off a big Day 4 at National Age Group Championships |
July 22, 2007 |
| The warmest day on the pool deck also ended up being
the hottest day for OSC swimmers as we continued to pound out some
amazing best times, this time in the heat. The day began with the 400 IM and 3 swimmers in the final. Lori-Layne Kremer started the night off on an exciting note by dropping 7 seconds from her morning time to finish with a 5:07.4 - good for a silver medal and also Lori's first-ever national qualifying time in a non-butterfly event. Deanna Matthews followed a few heats later with a big best time and a silver medal of her own with a 5:01. Callum Lavoie was the third Olympian in the 400 IM finals, bettering his time from preliminaries to finish at 4:46.5 and ninth place. Next was the 50 Fly, where Shannon Johnston swam to a new 11-12 Girls Club record with a time of 31.65. The time beat out the 2-year-old record of her teammate Christine Kemp - an amazing swim that placed her sixth in the final. Lori-Layne was also right back up on the blocks after her 400 IM to swim a 30.00 in the 50 Fly and finish in seventh place. Third event up was the 100 Freestyle, with Natasha Fung in the finals. Natasha bettered her morning swim with a 1:00.91 and finished in ninth place. The 200 Breast was the next event and a big one for OSC with 4 swimmers in the finals. Kristan Kushlyk started the event off with a life-time best time of 2:48.20 and a sixth-place finish. Natasha Fung was up again for this event, and pulled out the 'gutterball' strategy when she rolled right passed everyone in the middle of the pool from lane 1 to grab the bronze medal. She also went a personal best-ever time with a 2:41.36. Deanna Matthews had her second swim of the night as she matched her morning swim time and finished in fourth position. Finally, Nathan Kindrachuk became one of the big boys of breaststroke in the country as he raced in the final to a fifth-place finish, just 2/100's shy of the fourth spot. The final event of the day was the 800 Freestyle. Doug Rawlick was the lone swimmer in finals, and he swam to a best time and fourth-place finish with a time of 8:31. As a time-final event, we also had several swimmers from the preliminary session knock out some excellent top-10 finishes. Kelly Delorme had her second big best time in the last 2 weeks as she took off 8 more seconds to go 9:59.2 and finish in ninth place. Madison Mills also went a best time as she negative-split a time of 9:31 for fifth position. Christine Kemp finished just behind Madi with a 12-second personal best effort in a time of 9:42 and just missed a top-10 finish in eleventh spot. And that's just the beginning...! Next was Dana Armstrong, who swam a big best time of 9:15, qualifying her for the national standard in the event and placing her eighth. Nicholas Tworek took down his own best time by 18 seconds, on his way to taking down half the field and his first-ever Western Championships qualifying standard (by over 5 seconds!) with a time of 9:10.97 and eleventh place overall. Finally, Justin Selner added another best time to his weekend with a 9:04 performance, which placed him just outside the top-10 in eleventh place. Just the Open Water 5-km race is left to go, with 13 OSC swimmers participating. Olympians are the biggest participating club in the Open Water event this year, so we will certainly have some more great news tomorrow when we take over the 5-km event. It promises to be another great session tomorrow at the National Age Group Championships in Montreal - stay tuned for the rest of our results! When Harry Potter arrived, you could hear a pin drop! . . . click here! |
|
| Five more medals on Day 3 at National Age Group Championships! |
July 21, 2007 |
| And the sun came out and the swimming was fast . . .
Day three was a much brighter day with the sun high in the sky and
the Olympians just as fast. Our day started with the 200 Free where
Christine Kemp made it through to finals and her combined
improvement from her prelim and final performances was 6 seconds.
Her 2:10.70 placed her 5th. Colin Bull broke 2 minutes for the first
time and narrowly missed making yet another top ten finish. Natasha
Fung and Nathan Kindrachuk both made second swims in 100m Breast and
both moved up at night. Natasha went from 9th to 5th and Nathan from
6th to 5th. Deanna’s 200 Backstroke was another race that came down
to the 100ths of a second. Deanna swam her fastest ever ‘outdoor’
200 back and finished 2nd only 19/100th behind first place.
Lori-Layne Kremer’s 100m butterfly was again a nail-biter of a
finish with Lori going a best time of 1:04.40 and finishing 2nd.
Joshua Au went from Zero (lane Zero) to Hero in the final. His 9th
place prelim swim was enough for Josh to out turn and out finish
most of the field for a bronze medal. Our 14-year-old girls 4x100
Medley Relay was the closest race of the meet. The OSC Relay
finished 2nd in a race that could have gone either way. Our Men’s
relay from the morning was fast enough to place us 4th over all – a
real shock for some of those teams at night. Sunday is our most eventful day with over 60 individual races to be swum… how many in finals??? You’ll have to wait and see! |
|
| Second and third National Age Group Championship Golds! |
July 20, 2007 |
| Day Two here at Age Group Nationals
was highlighted by lots of rain, more fast swimming, and our second
and third National Age Group Golds! All morning the rain was pouring
down, but that didn’t stop the OSC swimmers from posting some great
results. The swimmers showed their mental toughness by not worrying
about the weather and just doing what they are here to do, race
fast. There were lots of cases where the swimmers took their races
out fast and won heats in great best times. This resulted in us
having 9 individual finals tonight. The first race of the evening was the 200 fly where we had 4 swims. Lori-Layne Kremer was up first and swam an awesome race for 2:20.90, a win by over 4 seconds, a new club record, and her first National Age Group Championship. Next was Maura Lavoie swimming only her 2nd 200 fly of this season (the first was this morning!) and dropping her best time by another 2 seconds for 2:27. Lindsay Morton swam in the next heat and went a 2:24, a best by 1 second. Josh Au was our last flyer and swam a tough race, just missing out on a medal for 4th place and almost a best time of 2:07. The next event was the 100 back and our only swimmer was Deanna Matthews. She didn’t disappoint, with a come from behind victory in 1:06.1, winning by a mere 2 one hundredths of a second, for her second NAG Championship in as many days. Nathan Kindrachuk swam the 50 breast with some serious speed and dropped down to 30.9 from his previous best from the morning of 31.4. He also had a tight finish and ended up in fourth position. The last individual race was the 400 free where we had Erik Olson swimming the 16 year olds final and came in for 10th after going out really hard. Colin Bull and Doug Rawlick swam the 17-18 final, and came 5th and 6th respectively, both going 4:09’s, and both breaking 4:10 for the first time! The last event was the 400 free relay and our girls didn’t disappoint. The 13-14 relay of Lori-Layne, Natasha Fung, Christine Kemp, and Madison Mills had a great race and just got touched out, finishing in second place. This race was extra special as the girls broke the provincial record by over 2 seconds in the event! Hopefully the weather will turn around tomorrow, but either way I’m sure we’re in for some more great racing from these great young athletes.. ... |
|
|
Big first day at Age Group Nationals; bigger first night |
July 19, 2007 |
| We had a lot of great swims today with some very
exceptional highlights. Colin got his first Senior Nat time
with a 16:37. Christine (50 Free) just one tenth over the club
record, Nathan, Callum and Ross with huge drops in the 200IM and 8
more PB's in the 1500 Free from this morning. In Finals, Natasha Fung grabbed silver in 200IM while adding a new National standard, Deanna Matthews captured our first Gold in 50 back, while Shannon Johnston held her own in the 50 back final. Doug Rawlick closed with a Bronze in 1500 Free. Deanna's Gold was our first Age Group National Champion since 2005 and just the beginning of many more for OSC in Montreal. ...our medal winners, click here! |
|
|
HI MOM, we ALL made it! |
July 18, 2007 |
| OSC's Age Group Nationals team at the site of Monday's 5,000m Open Water Championship...click here! | |
|
HI MOM, we made it! |
July 17, 2007 |
| OSC's Age Group Nationals team discovering Old Montreal...click here! | |
|
OSC heads to Montreal for Age Group Nationals |
July 15, 2007 |
| With 29 swimmers going to Montreal for
Age Group Nationals, OSC is one of the largest clubs from
Western Canada. You can follow results ...here! |
|
| OSC Concession Workers Required for Friday, July 20th Edmonton Eskimo Game |
July 12, 2007 |
| The Olympian Swim Club
is providing concession workers for all Eskimo home games this
football season. Our booth is located on the East Concourse level of
the stadium. Concession shifts will count toward your bingo
commitment, travel credits, point requirement, or next year’s
registration fees. All OSC members are encouraged to come out and
give this a try. On the job training will be provided. We need 8
more workers for the July 20th game. Please call or email Cheryl
Mielnichuk if you can work this game or future games. OSC Football Game Worker Instructions: On Friday, July 28, OSC will be operating the “Burger East” concession booth at Commonwealth Stadium. All workers are reminded that there is no designated parking at the stadium for concession workers. Upon arrival at the stadium please proceed to Gate 13 (South East Entrance). Let the attendant(s) know your name, which group you are working for (OSC), and booth (Burger East). They will provide you with a ticket that will allow you to enter the stadium. Then proceed to the Burger East booth that is located on the North East side of the stadium in the new area. You will see OSC folks in the booth. Once there, you will be given a red t-shirt uniform and ball cap to wear while working. The uniform is to be returned at the end of the evening. We suggest wearing comfortable and casual attire. Note: blue jeans, shorts, sweat pants and open toed shoes are not allowed so please do not show up wearing these items. If you have any questions regarding this information please contact Kevin Kindrachuk at 459-0037 or kindkmk@shaw.ca. |
|
|
Special General Meeting Announcement |
June 28, 2007 |
| A Special General Meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, July 31, 2007 to discuss OSC fees for the upcoming year. Time and location to be determined. | |
|
Summer Training Schedule at Kinsmen |
June 22, 2007 |
| A schedule has been added to the 'Calendars & Schedules' for those swimmers training into July for Age Group & Senior Provincials, Age Group Nationals, and Senior Nationals. The posted schedule shows the in-water training time only, so please talk to your coach about any added dryland training time (HP & P swimmers see their training calendars under the same menu). All of the training time in July will be at the Kinsmen Sport Centre. | |
|
Club Office Moving on Thursday, June 28th |
June 21, 2007 |
| This is a note to all families that
our club office will be closing on Thursday, June 28th at 1:00pm.
The office will re-open in its new location at Woodcroft School
(13750 Woodcroft Ave.) on Tuesday, July 24th. Access to the new
office will be from the NW entrance only. Also note that we may have an interruption of phone and email service while Telus moves our lines. We appreciate your patience. |
|
|
Alberta Age Group & Senior Provincials Start this Thursday |
July 4, 2007 |
| There should be plenty
to look forward to this weekend at the Alberta Age Group & Senior
Championships being held at the Kinsmen Sport Centre from Thursday
to Sunday this weekend. Every OSC family is encouraged to come down
and support the team by helping out as a volunteer on deck and
cheering for all our swimmers who have prepared so well for these
Provincials. It will be a great weekend to come out and be a proud
member of the Olympian Swim Club. Stay tuned to the Real-Time Results web page for the most recent results for this weekend's events. |
|
|
Warm-up & Start Times Announced for Age Group / Senior Provincials |
June 28, 2007 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The warm-up & start
times for Age Group / Senior Provincials have been announced. Please
check the table below to see when your session starts:
*** As always, all swimmers please be on deck 15
minutes prior to the start of every warm-up for our team
stretch and cheer. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Volunteers Needed For Provincials |
June 21, 2007 |
| The Olympian Swim Club now has 70
swimmers qualified for the combined Age Group & Senior Provincial
Championships being held in Edmonton from Thursday, July 5th to
Sunday, July 8th. As the biggest team from Edmonton, our team is
really establishing itself as the major swim program in Edmonton and
one of the real elite programs in Alberta. Part of what makes our club so successful is the unbelievable volunteer support that we have shown in the past for local competitions and championships. This upcoming Provincials is another opportunity to show that support by volunteering to time or officiate at any session for which you are available. We expect every family with a swimmer in the meet to volunteer for at least one shift, and more if possible. Your help is greatly appreciated. To volunteer for a specific session, please contact Cheryl Wall at <jschramm@telusplanet.net>. As a side note, it is thanks to both our tremendous athletes and volunteers that Olympians are being considered to host next spring's Alberta Age Group Provincials. Thank you for all of your help, both past and future. |
|
|
Three More New A Qualifiers on Day Two at Age Group Trials |
June 17, 2007 |
| Day two was filled with more excitement here in
Lethbridge. The morning session was great with Haley Jaques stepping
up and dropping 6 seconds to make her first ever A time in the 100
butterfly at 1:39. The finals were even more exciting with tons of
great performances. The night started off with the 200 breast. Aiden
Friesen won the 10 and under boys event with an improvement from the
morning at 4:02, and thanks to the win he is off to A provincials!
Duncan Lotoski swam in the 11-12 boys event and came 2nd with
another 3 second drop from his best time set in the morning at 3:32.
Next up was the 50 back. Tanner Fisher swam this event and improved
on his morning swim for a nice bronze medal. The 200 free was
exciting as Duncan Lotoski won a tight battle for Gold with a new
best time of 2:36. The 100 fly was again a great event tonight as it
was this morning. Georgia Kidd stepped up with a silver medal
performance and a new A time of 1:41, and Haley Jaques, just off
from her morning swim, ended up 4th. 200 back came next and Madisen
Rayburn really stepped up and dropped 4 more seconds (10 on the day)
for a bronze medal and a 3:01. Aiden Friesen saved his best swim of
the night for last as he dropped 5 seconds in the 200 back and won a
silver medal. Duncan Lotoski won his 2nd event of the day and 3rd
medal in total in the 11-12 boys event in an amazing race of 3:00.
This race was so close that the top 3 swimmers were all within 8
tenths of a second! The last event of the night was the 50 free and
Georgia Kidd came though again with a great swim for 3rd in the 10
and under event, and another solid time of 36.9. Tanner Fisher ended
the night well with a best time in 50 free and first time under 30
seconds for the bronze medal at 29.4. The total for the weekend is now 4 new A qualifiers, with a few more hopefuls tomorrow! Check back for more stories… |
|
|
One New A Qualifier on Day One at Age Group Trials |
June 17, 2007 |
| Today was the first day of Age Group Trials here in Lethbridge, and the racing was fast and furious! The only events today were the 4x50 freestyle and medley relays, and the 1500 free. The highlight of the night was Shyla Golly destroying her best time in the 1500 free and making the A time by 46 seconds in a time of 23:02! The relays were very fast with many of the swimmer posting best ever split. Of note were Tanner Fisher going 28.9 for a 50 free, Georgia Kidd dropping a 41.8 50 fly, Haley Jaques leading off with a 45 second 50 back, Georgia Fetzko going 37 for her 50 back lead off, and Duncan Lotoski bringing his 50 free home in 31.2. More great racing is in store for the rest of the weekend, so keep checking the web for more stories. | |
|
Concession Workers Required - June 28th Edmonton Eskimo Game |
June 25, 2007 |
| The Olympian Swim Club is providing concession
workers for all Eskimo home games this football season. Our booth is
located on the East Concourse level of the stadium. Concession
shifts will count toward your bingo requirement. Concession shifts
can also be worked for travel credits. We have one date remaining this month:
June 28. All OSC members are encouraged to come out and give this a try. On the job training will be provided. For more information call Kevin Kindrachuk at 459-0037 or email Kindkmk@shaw.ca. Please advise Cheryl Mielnichuk which game or games you would like to work. |
|
|
Blue & White Club Championship Meet this Weekend |
June 21, 2007 |
| This Saturday, June 23rd, we will be having our 2nd Annual Blue & White Club Championship Meet. The meet is being held at Fountain Park Pool from 4:00-8:00pm. It will be an exciting chance for all of our swimmers to race and cheer for their teammates. It's also a great opportunity for our youngest swimmers to get to know some of the oldest and fastest swimmers on the team. I hope to see you all there! | |
|
P/HP Parent Meeting on Friday, June 22nd |
June 21, 2007 |
| There will be a Parent Meeting for all Performance and High Performance families from 5:45-6:15pm on Friday, June 22nd at Peter Hemingway pool. The meeting will go over the pending 6- to 8-month closure of Peter Hemingway and the new schedule that will begin for both groups in September 2007. | |
|
Updated Training Calendar - High Performance & Performance Groups |
June 7, 2007 |
| An updated training calendar has been posted under
the "Calendars & Schedules" link for each of the High
Performance and Performance Groups. We have now finalized our training
schedule for the month of July, and all training times are included
on the calendar. Beginning on July 2nd, 2007, all practices will be
at the Kinsmen Sport Centre. If you have any questions, please email me at chris.nelson@telus.net. Thank you. |
|
|
Concession Workers Required - June 2007 Edmonton Eskimo Games |
June 6, 2007 |
| The Olympian Swim Club is providing concession
workers for all Eskimo home games this football season. Our booth is
located on the East Concourse level of the stadium. Concession
shifts will count toward your bingo requirement. Concession shifts
can also be worked for travel credits. We have two dates this month:
June 21 and 28. All OSC members are encouraged to come out and give this a try. On the job training will be provided. For more information call Kevin Kindrachuk at 459-0037 or email Kindkmk@shaw.ca. Please advise Cheryl Mielnichuk which game or games you would like to work. |
|
|
10 & Under Series - Thank you to all Volunteers! |
June 6, 2007 |
| The final swim meet for this year of the 10 & Under
Series was held on June 3, 2007. It was terrific to see the swimmers
have fun and develop during the series. Compared to the last few
years, we had an increase in the number of swimmers to over 150
swimmers per meet. It took tremendous effort of many different people to make the four swim meets work. In particular, the flexibility shown by volunteers at the last meet was outstanding. THANK YOU to all swimmers, coaches, parents, officials and spectators for making this year’s 10 & Under Series a success. We gratefully appreciate the time and effort of everyone who participated. See you next year! |
|
|
More Great OSC Swimming at Kamloops Classic Meet |
June 6, 2007 |
| While one High Performance / Performance squad was
heating up the pool at the Mel Zajac Meet in Vancouver, another
squad of Performance / TAG swimmers was terrorizing the rest of BC
at the Kamloops Classic Meet. With only 21 swimmers attending the
meet, we made up for our lack in size with a lot of dominating
performances in the pool. Swimmers took advantage of their
opportunity to race hard at an in-season meet and we saw both new
qualifying standards being met and old club records falling. Highlighting the new qualifier list was Berkley Nowlan, who crushed the 200 Fly Age Group National standard in Finals on Sunday night. The swim came at the end of a long weekend of racing for Berkley, and after spending all day at the pool. Following closely behind Berkley in the 200 Fly was Katelyn Macleod, who dropped her time under 2:50 for the first time and just missed qualifying for Age Group Nationals as well. Tessa Wilson was pounding on the doorstep of several Age Group National standards over the weekend, most notably the 100 Fly and 200 IM, which she missed by less than 1 second each. A few more weeks of good training and these girls will surely make their first-ever Age Group National standards. Some new club records were also set, and highlighting the list was Greg Swain who broke the 2-month-old Senior Men's Club Record in 50 Back set by Josh Au at Pan Pac Trials in April - a great in-season performance. Also setting club records were Shannon Johnston in the 11-12 Girls 50 Back, and Mackenzie Lubberding in the 11-12 Boys 50 Fly. Shannon broke a 12-year-old record previously held by Kelly O'Toole, and Mackenzie broke a 9-year-old record previously held by Malcolm Lavoie. The meet was a great success, and everyone who attended gained exactly the kind of racing experience we wanted to have at this meet. Hopefully, everyone came away from this meet with a few new ideas of how they can make themselves even faster by the time we get to our championship meets. Let's turn our focus back to the training pool now, and make those changes happen in these last few weeks of training left in our season. Good luck, swimmers! |
|
|
Mel Zajac International – Vancouver, BC |
June 2, 2007 |
| The beautiful weather on the UBC campus makes for a
bright sunny pool at the home of the UBC Thunderbirds. OSC has a
team of fifteen swimmers from the Performance and High Performance
groups. This meet is the 2nd in the Bell Grand Prix series and the
first Senior National competition of the Long Course season. The
best swimmers from all across Canada come to compete for prize money
and to get an early test of rankings before going into the
championship portion of the season in July. Several teams from USA
Swimming have come to grab some cash as well and they certainly have
some very high quality athletes posting some very fast times. You
can check all the results at
www.pacificdolphins.com/results OSC has had their fare share of success thus far in the meet. Friday night we had Natasha Fung in the top 16 in the 100m Breaststroke and Deanna Matthews place 5th in Finals with a new club record in the 200m Backstroke (2:19.93). Lori-Layne Kremer broke her own records in the 50m and 100m Butterfly (30.21 and 1:05.92 respectively). The OSC men (Joshua Au, Colin Bull, Erik Olson, Justin Selner) broke the 15-17 boys 400 FREE RELAY (3:46.39). The girls (Shaneese Nowlan, Dana Armstrong, Madison Mills, Natasha Fung) were not to be out done by the boys and broke the Senior 800 FREE RELAY (8:51.59). Madison Mills swam a top 16 performance in the 1500m Freestyle (18:10.22) while going a thirty-four second lifetime best time. |
|
|
Officials / Timers Needed - Freeze or Fry Meet |
June 6, 2007 |
| Red Deer Catalina Swim Club has asked OSC if we would be able to support their swim meet with volunteer officials and timers. If you have a swimmer in the meet, and are available to volunteer your time, please contact Sheila Verwey at sheila.verwey@gov.ab.ca. Your support is greatly appreciated. | |
| Swim-a-thon Money |
May 30, 2007 |
| Money from this year's Swim-a-thon needs to be in to the office no later than Thursday, June 7th, 2007. Official receipts will not be available for money turned in after that date. | |
| Olympian Swim Club AGM |
May 9, 2007 |
| Please be advised that our AGM will be on Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 at 7pm at the Coast Edmonton Plaza (10155 105 St.). This is a very important meeting so please plan to attend. | |
| Three OSC Swimmers Selected for Western Canada Games |
March 30, 2007 |
|
Based on performances swum at Pan American Games Trials and Western
Canadian Championships, Alberta has selected its team for this years Western
Canada Summer Games to be held in Sherwood Park during the first week of August. Deanna Matthews was selected from her Provincial Record swim in the 200m Backstroke at Pan Am Trials. Joshua Au was fastest in both Butterfly events for his age group at Trials and will go for 200m Butterfly. Justin Selner was selected based on his 16:53.47 1500m Freestyle at Western Canadian Champs as the top distance swimmer born 1990 or later. To see the whole list of swimmers: click here: Team Alberta |
|
| New Provincial Record for Deanna Matthews in 200 Back |
March 30, 2007 |
||||
 In
dramatic style Deanna Matthews crushed the Alberta Record for the
13-14 Girls 200m Backstroke, taking the time down by over 2 full
seconds. The old record held by Lynette Bayliss (2000) was 2:22.44 –
Deanna went 2:20.32 in prelims at Pan Am Trials. Her time was fast
enough to place her 9th from morning swims. With just moments before
her race was to swim in "B" final, the 8th placed swimmer scratched
and Deanna was moved up into the ‘A’ final, for her first ever
National A Final swim, a mad dash across the deck, which also meant
all race prep was for naught. If you'd like to watch Deanna's swim, Click Here! Deanna's splits went as follows:
|
|||||
| Two Senior Club Records in One Swim for Josh Au |
March 30, 2007 |
||
 Josh
Au broke two club records in one swim Sunday morning at the Pan Am
Trials in Victoria. His 100m Backstroke preliminary swim was fast
enough at the 50m mark to break the Senior Male club record (29.36)
and his final time (1:01.40) was well under the 100m mark.Josh's splits went as follows:
|
|||
| June Calendar for Performance |
May 30, 2007 |
|
The June training calendar is posted for the Performance group. Over
the last 2 months of the season we will be adapting our regular
training schedule to cope with 2 pool closures: NAIT - June 18 to
June 30 (annual maintenance), and Peter Hemingway - July 2 to
Mid-Winter (renovations/upgrades). Just as a heads up, please note that beginning in June, all Friday PM practices will be moved to Peter Hemingway from 4-6pm. From June 18 to June 30, all Tuesday and Thursday practices will be moved to a different pool still to be confirmed. In July, all practices regularly scheduled for Peter Hemingway will be moved to a different pool still to be confirmed. I will post an updated schedule to the end of the season as soon as the new training time information becomes available. Coach Chris |
|
| Attention 10 & Under Series Swimmers |
May 23, 2007 |
| Following the 10 & Under Series #4, there will be pizza and pop for swimmers only. Also, awards will be presented to those swimmers that achieved best times in all their races throughout the four meets. | |
| 10 & Under Series #4 |
May 23, 2007 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The last meet of the 10 & Under Series is on Sunday June 3rd
beginning at 2:15 pm until 6:30 pm @ Fountain Park Pool. Volunteers
will be needed for timing, stroke and turn, runner or marshalling.
For volunteers, please contact Susan Kamminga (home: 458-3886 /
kamminga@shaw.ca or Fountain
Park Pool) or Kathy Huebert (home: 459-0037 /
khuebert@shaw.ca) if you are
able to help out 10 & Under families are responsible for bringing food for the officials. Group B will be providing food for this meet (remember - 3 points for each food item received) - see list below. Please bring items in marked containers if you want your container returned. Absolutely no veggie/fruit dips allowed, also - we must maintain a peanut -free environment so please check your food item!! For any concerns regarding food contact: Julie McDonald @ 459 - 7920.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Another OSC Victory in Regina at the ROD's Invitational Meet |
May 9, 2007 |
|
With 42 swimmers from JAG to High Performance, the
Olympians repeated their team victory at the ROD’s Invitational. OSC
was doubled in size by two other teams, the host (RODS) and the
Goldfins who placed second. |
|
| Swim-a-thon a Great Success! |
May 1, 2007 |
|
With over one hundred swimmers participating in the swim and over 60
in the fundraising effort, Olympian Swim Club's Swim-a-thon was a
great success. This season we raised the bar and fundraised over
$10,000.00 while more funds are still coming in. A special thanks to Teri Nowlan (Uhryn) and Jeanine Au for organizing the Swim-a-thon and coming up with some terrific prizes for those swimmers who raised money. I would also like to thank all the volunteers who brought either food for the wrap up party or awards for the athletes. There were many swimmers who achieved milestones in this year's in the Swim-a-thon, either by swimming continuously for two hours or by increasing their volume from last season. Next year we hope to continue to build on this season's success and swim a little further and raise a bit more funds. |
|
| OSC Volunteers Needed for Concession Fundraiser at 2007 Edmonton Eskimo Games |
April 12, 2007 |
|
The Olympian Swim Club has been given the opportunity to provide 15
concession workers for Eskimo home games this football season. Our
booth will be located on the East Concourse level of the stadium.
Concession shifts will count toward your bingo requirement.
Concession shifts can also be worked for travel credits. Each shift
is equivalent to a 1.0 bingo credit or $50 travel credit. The dates
and times of this year’s football games will soon be posted in the
Bingo section of the OSC webpage. Please advise Cheryl Mielnichuk which game or games you would like to work. All interested members are encouraged to attend the Western Food Service Orientation session on Monday April 30th (see below). |
|
| Swim-a-thon Update |
April 27, 2007 |
|
Please note that for all swimmers in the OW and JOW programs
Swim-a-thon will be running at Fountain Park from 10:00am to Noon.
For all swimmers in the JAG, TAG and Performance programs
Swim-a-thon will be running at Peter Hemingway Pool from 8:00am to
10:00am. See the web stories directly below for information on the Swim-a-thon potluck and the "Pride" movie-fundraiser. Swim Far and Swim Fast! |
|
| "Pride", New Movie to be Presented by OSC as a New Fundraiser |
April 16, 2007 |
|
The new Swim movie "Pride" is not coming to Edmonton for unknown
reasons... so the Olympian Swim Club thought we would bring it in
ourselves. OSC has been given the opportunity to host a fundraiser
at the Grandin Theatre in St. Albert, #101, 22 Sir Winston Churchill
Avenue, where we will show the new movie "Pride" to as many people
as we can sell tickets. On Sunday, April 29 there will be two showings. The first showing is at 1pm and the second at 5pm. We will be selling tickets for only $6.00 per person to see this great new film. This is a great opportunity to see a movie based on your sport and to support your swim club. Get your friends out, your friends’ friends, even their friends! The goal is to sell out both shows so we need 350 people to spend $6 on good swimming entertainment… heck, you may even learn something about the sport!  Tickets can be purchased ahead of time from Brian or Teri Nowlan by calling 459-2232. The movie is rated PG. Here is a short preview: It is the year 1973, and Jim Ellis, a college-educated African-American, can't find a job. Driven by his love of competitive swimming, Jim converts an abandoned recreational pool hall in a Philadelphia slum with the help of Elston, a local janitor. But when city officials mark the new Philadelphia Department of Recreation for demolition, Jim fights back. |
|
| Attention: Police Concert Volunteers |
April 12, 2007 |
|
All OSC members that have volunteered to work this event, and those
of you that still wish to, are encouraged to attend an orientation
session sponsored by Western Food Services. It is important that as
many OSC volunteers as possible attend in order that we will be
fully prepared to work the concert on June 2nd and subsequent
football games during the summer and fall. Date: Monday April 30th Place: Commonwealth Stadium Recreation Center Room 103 Time: 1900 hours (7 p.m.) Parking: Recreation Center Parking Lot Duration: Approximately 1 ½ hours Representatives from Western Food Services will be completing a comprehensive training session for our members and answer any questions we might have regarding this event. Please plan on attending. |
|
| Swim-a-thon is Coming! |
April 12, 2007 |
|
Swim-A-Thon is back again this year and while you are working hard
at getting pledges, we are working at making this fun for all
participants. The Swim-A-Thon is scheduled for Saturday April 28th, 2007. All participants will swim at their designated pools and then everyone will meet at 1:00pm at the St. Albert Eagles Hall at 23 Rowland Crescent, St Albert 780-459-6739 (same location as last year) for a potluck luncheon. (See the potluck luncheon sign-up below from Ms. Au) We ask that you bring your sponsor sheet and money with you to the luncheon so we can announce the winners right away. Only those who have submitted their Swim-A-Thon Sponsor Sheet with money will be eligible for the prize draws. Some of the prizes we have so far: * A $200.00 swimmer basket (filled with towels and movies, brushes and shampoo, your favourite Gatorade, and way more) * An OSC tracksuit in your size! * McDonalds gave us a package worth $135.00 (2 big Macs a month for a full year) * Allora Hair gave us $100.00 worth of products and haircut coupons * Speedo gave tons of stuff like swimsuits, pool bags and swim caps * The Edmonton Sun gave us an MP3 player to give away! * Passes to WEM, Fort Edmonton and the Zoo, Books and Board Games and Posters * We have Frisbees and water bottles and T-shirts, too. The best prizes will be awarded to those that bring in the most sponsors and money!! Want to win????? Show us the Money!! |
|
| Swim-a-thon Potluck - Sign-up! |
April 12, 2007 |
|
The Swim-a-thon is fast approaching and we are in the midst of
planning the family potluck to be held following the Swim-a-thon.
Below is are a few menu suggestions – feel free to add your own
ideas. Salads: Caesar, Coleslaw, Potato, Macaroni, Vegetable, Three Bean Hot/Cold Meats: Turkey, Chicken, Cold cut trays Beef, Ham, Meatballs, Chicken wings Other Ideas: Casseroles, Potatoes, Pasta, Perogies, Rice, Cheese trays, Beans, Buns Desserts: Squares, Pies, Tarts, Cookies, Fruit trays We encourage all families to attend in support of our swimmers and to help make the potluck a fun finale to our Swim-a-thon! Please email or call me ASAP to confirm what you will be bringing. Thank-you for your support, Jeanine Au 264-2584 au5@shaw.ca |
|
| Seven OSC Swimmers Represent a Best-Ever Team Alberta |
April 9, 2007 |
|
36 Alberta swimmers, 7 of them from OSC, gave up their Easter Long
weekend to represent Team Alberta at the BC/AB Dual Meet in Kamloops
last weekend. Team Alberta put together a best-ever performance at
the meet, finishing just 11 points behind BC, and the Olympian
athletes were the stars of the meet. Of the 7 athletes: Shannon Johnston, Kristan Kushlyk, Mackenzie Lubberding, Madison Mills, Natasha Fung, Lori-Layne Kremer, and Deanna Matthews, 5 of them received Individual awards from the meet / training camp. Madison Mills and Deanna Matthews were named 'Swimmer of the Camp' for their respective age groups, Lori-Layne Kremer and Mackenzie Lubberding received the Team Spirit award for their gender, and Shannon Johnston was named 'Most Positive Teammate" for her age group. For the first time ever, 2 OSC coaches were also named to the team. Michelle MacNeil and Chris Nelson represented the Olympian coaching staff. OSC was the only club to have more than 1 coach named to the Alberta Team. This was such a great way to kick off the Long Course season, with OSC swimmers getting themselves noticed and once again showing that we are the best part of Alberta swimming. Stay proud of these accomplishments, and let's set our focus on the next challenge of getting back to training in our home program making ourselves even better. Congratulations, Olympians! |
|
| Important Message for Long Course Swim Meets |
April 9, 2007 |
|
Swim Meet Announcements for the Long Course season are in the
process of being posted. Please take a look at these announcements
to ensure that you are aware of the cancellation deadline for each
meet. For those families who have not yet returned the Swim Meet Sign-Up Form to their coach, we have not put your swimmer(s) on the 'attending swimmer' list for any swim meets. Please bring your sign-up form in to your coach as soon as possible so that we know how many swimmers we will have entered at each meet. If you bring your form in to your coach before the cancellation deadline, we will add your swimmer back to the list of attending swimmers. |
|
| OSC co-hosts a new LC meet with STSC! April 21-22 @ NAIT |
March 30, 2007 |
| The OSC Double-Double is designed to provide opportunities for the most events in the least amount of time. Swimmers use the morning sessions to qualify for the evening sessions at double the distance. Two days, both double the distance from morning to evening, hence Double-Double! See Double-Double Features for TM Events file and other features. | |
| Deanna Matthews leads off relay with a 100 Backstroke Club Record |
March 30, 2007 |
||||||||||||
The final event of the weekend was the 4 x 100m Medley Relay. Deanna
Matthews led out in a 1:07.02, eclipsing her previous 13 &
14-year-old girls club record of 1:07.23. The relay team (Deanna
Matthews, Natasha Fung, Dana Armstrong, Lindsay Morton) was fast
enough to break the 15-17 Girls Club Record in the event but were
disqualified for a takeover infraction.
|
|||||||||||||
| Girls Relay Sets a New Senior Club Record at Pan Am Trials |
March 30, 2007 |
||||||||||||||||||||
In the first 4 x 200 Freestyle relay swum by OSC Girls at a National
Championships in a very long time, OSC broke the first Club Record
of the weekend. Dana Armstrong, Lindsay Morton, Natasha Fung, Sheena
Gross all swam at or better than there best times to take the old
record of 8:56.63 set in 2001 down to 8:50.93, nearly a 6
full-second drop!
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Good Start for OSC at the Canadian Pan Am Games Trials |
March 22, 2007 |
|
Here we are in rainy Victoria BC for the Pan American Games Trials.
OSC has 7 swimmers entered in the meet with 4 of the 7 being their
first ever LC National competition. Erik Olson swam an 8-second best time for his first-ever race on Wednesday night in the 800m Freestyle. That same evening, Lindsay Morton swam her second-best ever 1500m Freestyle. Thursday morning saw more OSC swimmers posting best times with Erik and Josh getting it started in the 100 Free. Josh was also 9 / 100ths over his best in 100 Fly. All the OSC girls were entered in the 400 IM and all swam near or better than their best swims. Lindsay Morton was the stand out with her first ever National second swim (11th in the 400 IM). Tonight we will get Lindsay going along with our first women’s 4 x 200 Freestyle Relay at a National Competition in over 6 years! To follow the action check the Real-Time results. |
|
| Volunteers Needed for the Penguin Novice Series #3 |
April 12, 2007 |
| The Penguin team needs help with officiating for this Saturday’s Novice Series meet. Our team will be responsible for providing 4-5 timers, so if your child is in this meet please volunteer your time to help make this meet a success. | |
| New Provincial Record for Lori-Layne Kremer at Westerns! |
February 25, 2007 |
 Lori-Layne
Kremer shocked her teammates, coaches, parents, and herself with an
outstanding swim in the 50 Fly on Day 2 of the Western Championships
in Regina last weekend. Her time of 28.66 not only won the B Final,
not only qualified her for her first ever Senior National standard,
but also broke the Alberta Provincial record for 13&14-year-old
girls. The former Provincial record of 28.98 was held by Alexandra
Pasemko of RIP. If you'd like to watch Lori-Layne's swim, Click Here! For all the young swimmers out there, make sure you watch how well Lori-Layne times her touch at the turn and finish of her race. It took over a year of dedicated effort in practice to make that skill this good, and it ended up being the difference in setting a new Provincial record and qualifying her for Senior Nationals (not to mention out-touching the girl beside her in lane 3). Congratulations, Lori-Layne! |
|
| Performance Spring Training Camp in Arizona - Information Package |
March 18, 2007 |
|
The
Information Package for the Performance Spring Training Camp in
Chandler, AZ contains some forms that need to be returned to either
Coach Chris, or the Chaperone Kathy Huebert, by Thursday, March
22nd. The parental consent forms were needed during last year's trip
to Florida in order to pass through customs, so it will once again
be required that all of the proper documentation is filled out and
in the hands of the chaperone before we leave. Also included in the package is our flight information, hotel information, and an itinerary of camp activities. Please look at all the information, and contact Coach Chris at chris.nelson@telus.net if you have any questions or concerns. |
|
| Spring Training Camp - JAG & Up |
March 18, 2007 |
| A Spring Training Camp Schedule has been posted showing the swimming times for all workouts over the March school break. All workouts will be split between NAIT and Peter Hemingway Pools - please pay close attention to the pool in which each workout will be swum. These are swim times only, and do not reflect dryland times, which may be added to the schedule by your coach. Talk to your coach to find out about dryland times. | |
| Level II Officials' Clinic on Saturday, March 24th |
March 18, 2007 |
| We encourage all parents' who have not previously taken the Level II Officials' Clinic to take advantage of this chance to both learn more about the sport and become a certified official for the "Judge of Stroke and Turns" position. For all the information you need, please see this Clinic Announcement, or email Susan Kamminga at kamminga@shaw.ca. We would appreciate interested people to pre-register before Wednesday, March 21st. | |
| Seven Olympians Named to Team Alberta for the AB/BC Dual Meet |
March 18, 2007 |
||||||||||||||
Each year Alberta selects a team of swimmers to represent the
province in a Dual Meet versus Team BC, held in early April. This
year a total of 7 Olympian swimmers were selected to the team.
Congratulations to all of the following swimmers:
|
|||||||||||||||
| OSC Places 2nd Overall at Age Group Provincials |
March 18, 2007 |
|
Once again the number 1 team in Edmonton, the Olympian Swim Club
took down another one of the Provincial giants at these Age Group
Provincials when they handily beat the University of Calgary Swim
Club for 2nd place in Overall Team standings. It was a slightly different looking team from a year ago, when OSC placed 3rd behind the 2 big Calgary teams. This year OSC not only won the girls' side of the meet, but scored nearly twice as many points as any other girls team. This strength was demonstrated in no better way than the fact that there was an Olympian relay team on the podium for every female relay event, in every age group. It is exciting to think that not only is OSC currently strong in its age group program, but there are plenty of even younger swimmers who can't wait to step in as some of the older ones begin racing at a national and international level in the senior age categories. Some of the swimmers from Age Group Provincials are already beginning their senior national experience, as Deanna Matthews and Natasha Fung are off to join the rest of the OSC national qualifiers in Victoria next week for the Pan Am Games Trials. Of special note are Madison Mills and Lori-Layne Kremer, who each came agonizingly close to also qualifying for the Trials meet. It's just a matter of time now before these girls and others become a part of the OSC contingent of senior national qualifiers. This marks the end of the Short Course season, and for most swimmers that includes a short break from training. Take some time to relax and get back ahead of your school work so that you'll be ready for the Long Course season. For the two swimmers going on to Trials next week, Deanna Matthews and Natasha Fung, good luck to you and all OSC swimmers at the Trials! |
|
| Best Ever Provincial Championships for OSC! |
March 12, 2007 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age Group Championships - REAL-TIME |
March 10, 2007 |
|
Two days through A provincials here in Calgary the swimming from OSC
has been amazing! We are currently sitting in second position in the
team scoring just behind Cascade with one day to go. With an amazing
team effort we might be able to give Cascade a run for their money.
Here are some highlights so far: Mackenzie Lubberding made his first Age Group National qualifying time in the 200 fly on Friday with a great swim for the silver medal. New club records have been set by Lori-Layne Kremer in the 200 fly, The 13-14 Girls 400 free relay (Natasha, Deanna, Christine, and Madison), Mackenzie Lubberding in the 50 fly, and Kristan Kushlyk (50 breast split in the 100). We're expecting more great swims on Sunday. Keep following the live results here on the website. Follow live results HERE. |
|
| OSC Non-Gaming Fundraiser |
March 7, 2007 |
|
Get your commitment points here! The Olympian Swim Club has been
asked to provide workers for the upcoming POLICE concert on
Saturday, June 2nd at Commonwealth Stadium. Our role would be
selling food and beverages in a Western Foods concession booth(s) at
the stadium. At this time we are canvassing the OSC membership to
determine how many individuals would be interested in working this
event. If you choose to do so, 20 points per worker will be credited
to your families’ commitment point requirement. This is a great opportunity for families that still require commitment points. If you have already satisfied your commitment point requirement and would still like to take part in this event you are more than welcome to do so. All interested OSC members are asked to email Brian Nowlan at bnowlan@shaw.ca as soon as possible. This will allow us to determine if there is sufficient interest to proceed with this venture. |
|
| OSC Men & Women 2nd Overall at Alberta Senior Provincials |
March 6, 2007 |
||||||||
The highlights just keep rolling in as 27 Olympian swimmers competed
over the weekend at the Alberta Senior Provincial Championships in
Medicine Hat. Without the presence of our 14&Under swimmers, who are
preparing for Age Group Provincials this coming weekend, OSC still
managed to move up significantly from its placing a year ago and
snatch the prize of 2nd Overall team, as well as top Edmonton team.
The 2nd-Overall placings of the men & women are
outstanding accomplishments and symbols of our increasing
strength in the senior age categories. OSC was once again a
major on-deck presence at the meet, and continue to catch the
attention of the other big Alberta clubs. |
|||||||||
| Age Group Championships Announcement #2 |
March 6, 2007 |
|
Alberta Diving provincials are being held concurrently with our
Alberta Age Group Swimming provincial championships this weekend at
the Talisman Centre in Calgary. The host club, University of Calgary
SC, and the Talisman Centre have asked for the patience and
cooperation of all attending parents and coaches due to the
limitations there will be on parking and spectator space. For the preliminary sessions, the swim meet will be run out of both the South pool of the main competition tank, and the East pool of the new training tank. Viewing areas are extremely limited for the training tank, so the best chance you have of getting to watch the action is by volunteering to officiate on deck. Contact Candice Williams at clwilliams@shaw.ca to volunteer. For parking, the Talisman Centre have suggested carpooling or using the LRT whenever possible. There will also be overflow parking available across the river at St Mary's. Here is a map of the Talisman Centre and the additional parking: talsmap.pdf. |
|
| Age Group Provincials Announcement |
February 28, 2007 |
| Upon our arrival in Calgary next Thursday (March 8), the swimmers attending Age Group Provincials will have a workout at Talisman Centre from 4:00 – 5:30 pm. Swimmers who are staying with their parents for the weekend will need to be picked up from Talisman at 5:30 that evening. If you have any questions please forward them to Dave Macdonald (daveosccoach@gmail.com). Thanks, and we’re looking forward to a great meet! | |
| Big Success for OSC Swimmers at Age Group Trials |
February 25, 2007 |
| This past weekend at Age Group Trials our team of 12 swimmers had great performances, and those resulted in six new qualifiers for A provincials to be held in 2 weeks. Congratulations to Samantha Ferland (1500 free), Luke Peddie (50 free, 50 fly, 100 free), Matthew Ricioppo (50 back), Kyle Aseron (100 fly), Andrea Gamboa-Araiza (100 back), and Lauren deLeeuw (50 fly). | |
| Olympians Finish 5th Overall at Western Championships |
February 24, 2007 |
|
The Championship portion of the 2006-07 Short Course season started
off last weekend in Regina, where 28 OSC swimmers competed in the
Western Canadian Swimming Championships. This was to be an early
measuring stick to see where OSC stands with respect to other teams
in the country, as well as with respect to our own squad of swimmers
who last year finished 11th at this same competition. The meet started very strong for OSC, ending the first day of competition in 5th place overall. From there, OSC never looked back as the team stayed within the top 6 in team rankings all weekend, and finished in 5th place overall. This placing includes being the 3rd place Alberta team and top Edmonton team in the competition, as we creep ever closer to being one of the top 2 clubs in the province. OSC's performance solidifies its place as one of the brightest up and coming programs in the country. Also of note on the weekend was the overall placing of our Men's Team, which finished 5th overall, and our Women's team, which finished in 10th overall. The performance of our boys was a huge step forward from last year's performances where the bulk of the team scoring was done by our girls team. With a swiftly improving group of young boys joining forces with a girls team that was 2nd in the country last summer at Age Group Nationals, it looks like there is a lot to look forward to through the rest of this season and onward. Congratulations, swimmers - Now let's go show our stuff at Senior and Age Group Provincials!! |
|
| New Club Record for Mackenzie Lubberding |
January 26, 2007 |
 At
the Mayflower Invitational in Sherwood Park, Mackenzie Lubberding
broke the 11 & 12 Boys 50 meter Butterfly record, not once, but
twice during the weekend.His preliminary time of 32.15 broke the record of 32.32 set by Luke Peddie last season. In a fantastic race during the finals session, he smashed his morning time to finish in 31.69. This is Mackenzie’s first club record in the 11 & 12 age group, and is an amazing feat as he is still only 11 years of age! Congratulations Mackenzie! |
|
| Josh Au Represents OSC & Canada Proudly at the Olympic Youth Festival |
January 23, 2007 |
 Over
the last 5 days, Josh Au represented the Olympian Swim Club at the
Australian Olympic Youth Festival in Sydney, Australia. The
competition hosted the best 16-year-old or younger swimmers in the
world, with 21 different countries being represented. This was
Josh's first opportunity to represent Canada and his home club at an
International competition.Josh fought through the nerves of being on the world stage for the first time admirably well. He swam many of his best events close to best times until the 3rd day of the competition, where he qualified for a Final in the 100m Butterfly and finished in 8th place with a time of 57.77, a personal best. Congratulations, Josh, on a great meet! |
|
| Volunteers Needed for Swim-a-thon |
February 6, 2007 |
| We are currently looking for volunteers to help organize this year's Swim-a-thon, to be held on April 28th, 2007. As with all volunteer ventures, this is an excellent way to earn your commitment points. If you are interested in helping us out, please call Sophie at our Club Office, 455-8457, ext. 221. | |
| Parent Meeting - Performance Groups (HP/P) |
February 21, 2007 |
|
There will be a Parent Meeting this Friday, February
23rd towards the end of our regular practice, from 6:15-6:30 in the
stands at NAIT pool for all Performance and High Performance
families. |
|
| It's a wrap at Westerns! |
February 18, 2007 |
|
The final night of swimming here at Westerns was
exciting as the team entered the night in 6th place with hopes of
moving up as high as fourth. It would take a monumental effort to
make it happen, but the swimmers were up for the challenge. |
|
| Silver for Josh Au at Westerns! |
February 17, 2007 |
|
Saturday night at Westerns was another great one for
OSC. Racing in the morning was tough, but OSC came in with 18 swims
for the night. |
|