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| Alberta Summer Games - Triathlon Report |
August 15, 2008 |
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3 OSC swimmers crossed over to a whole different sport at Alberta
Summer Games, and all 3 of them came away with medals. Adeline
Maunder won Silver in the 11-12 Girls Triathlon, Kelly Delorme won
Silver in the 13-14 Girls Triathlon, and Elodie Maunder won Bronze
in the 13-14 Girls Triathlon. It shows a lot of courage and shows off the athleticism of these 3 swimmers to be able to cross over into another sport and still be one of the best in the province. Way to go girls! |
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| Alberta Summer Games - Meet Report |
August 13, 2008 |
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6 OSC swimmers representing two different Zones competed this past
weekend at the Alberta Summer Games in Medicine Hat. Andrew McDowell
and Monica McDowell were members of the Zone 5 team which was
comprised of cities surrounding Edmonton, and Shannon Johnston,
Kristan Kushlyk, Shyla Golly, and Rachel Maradyn represented Zone 6
(Edmonton). The meet was held short course which is always a fun way
to end off the season. This meet was also exciting because finals
were held in the morning, so the swimmers got to experience what our
Olympians in Beijing are facing over there. The meet ended up being great for OSC with a number of medals and personal best times posted. On Saturday morning Monica took gold in the 400 im, while Shyla followed for the bronze in the 11-12 category. Kristan followed up with a gold in the 13-14 category. Next up was 100 free where Shannon took bronze for 13-14’s. In the very next event Shannon got another bronze, this time in 200 back. Then we had the 100 breast where Shyla took the bronze and Kristan took the gold. 200 IM followed that, where Monica took silver and Rachel took bronze for 11-12’s, and Kristan took the silver. The final individual event was the 400 free where Monica got the silver and Kristan got her third gold of the session winning handily in a great time of 4:40. Monica finished up her session helping Zone 5 to a silver in the 200 medley relay. Sunday morning the swimmers were back at it with some more early finals. In 200 breast Shyla took her third bronze medal of the meet while Kristan got her fourth gold in her only race of the day. In the 100 fly Monica took silver and Shannon got bronze. Monica rounded out the OSC medal haul with leading off her 200 free relay to another silver medal performance. Overall the swimmers did an amazing job of stepping up with lots of racing in a short period of time and really did us proud! Congrats to everyone on a great season and we’ll see you in the fall! |
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| Deanna Matthews sets a new Provincial Record |
August 10, 2008 |
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Matthews finished the season with one last attack on the Provincial
record books. On Friday night at the North American Challenge Cup in
Edmonton, Deanna broke her own 15-17-year-old 200 Backstroke
Provincial record set back in November 2007. Her new time of 2:16.22
breaks her old record of 2:16.93. Deanna is still only 16 years old,
and has nearly 2 full seasons to continue improving on her own
records.Her splits were as follows:
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| Paige Kremer sets 2 new Provincial Records |
August 10, 2008 |
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Kremer finished off the 2007-08 season with an amazing meet as part
of Team Canada at the North American Challenge Cup in Edmonton, from
August 7-9th, 2008. This was Paige's first National team, and she
used the opportunity to swim huge lifetime best times in both of her
backstroke events to set new 11&12-year-old Provincial records in
each.Paige's 100 Backstroke time of 1:08.61 in the finals on Thursday night broke the 8-year-old Provincial record of 1:09.08, previously held by Mallory Hoekstra of EKSC. Her splits were as follows:
Paige's 200 Backstroke time of 2:27.14 in the finals on Friday night broke another 8-year-old Provincial record. This time it was Mallory Hoekstra's record time of 2:28.11 that was surpassed by Paige. Her splits were as follows:
Paige has a lot of racing left in the 11&12 age group, as she is still 11 years old until fall. Way to go, Paige! Keep racing and having fun! |
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| Far Westerns - Meet Report |
August 8, 2008 |
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OSC has travelled to Far Westerns 3 times over the last 3 seasons,
and we have always been able to count on 3 things: very hot
conditions, fast swimming and a fun time. This meet was so much fun,
and every swimmer was successful in challenging there own goals and
learning a lot about how to swim fast late in a season. Every
swimmer achieved at least 1 personal best time. Kelly Delorme swam amazing, placing top-8 in the toughest age group at the meet (13-14 girls) with a 16-second best time in the 1500 Free of 18:36.6, and also a 6-second best time in the 400 Free of 4:45.5. Shannon Johnston, also in the toughest age group at the meet, swam best-ever morning swims including a best time in 200 Fly of 2:39.5. Nathan Kindrachuk dropped 8 seconds in his 400 IM to place 3rd with a time of 4:49.0. Callum Lavoie had much-deserved best times by over 3 seconds each in his 2 best events, going 4:42.7 in 400 IM and 2:30.9 in 200 Breast. Bobbie Mielnichuk also had a big best time in one of her best events, dropping over 1 second in her 200 Free to go 2:03.6, which was just a small part of her gold medal sweep in the 100-200-400 Free events. Braeden Newton was nearly 100% best times throughout the meet, including a 2:06.4 in 200 Back (1 sec best), 4:46.5 in 400 IM (4 sec best), 2:12.8 in 200 IM (4 sec best), and 4:18.8 in 400 Free (5 sec best). Erik Olson led all of our Free relays in near best times, and had a best time in 100 Breast by over 1 second, going 1:17.1. Justin Selner finished the season with a couple of huge best times, dropping 11 seconds in 400 IM to go 5:05.4 and dropping 4 seconds in 200 Fly (from a 2-second best time only 6 days earlier at Age Group Nationals) to go 2:12.7. And finally, Nicholas Tworek had a best time in his best event with a 17:40.3 in the 1500 Free, and added a 3-second best time in the 400 Free to go 4:29.3. The OSC team had a great time in San Jose / San Francisco, including 2 quick trips down to Fisherman's Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge. You can check out some of the fun by looking at the 2008 Far Westerns LC picture gallery. |
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| British Youth Nationals (Team Alberta) - Meet Report |
August 8, 2008 |
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Hey OSC! So if you didn't already know, we travelled to Sheffield, England for the ASA British Youth National Championships. It's a little bit like our Age Group Nationals. We left on the Sunday of Age Group Nationals in Calgary and returned the following Monday. On the swimming side of things, we started the meet off the morning after we arrived with our two best events (400IM and 200Back/200Fly). We were both very pleased with our performances, both of us making finals (Deanna placing third in 200Back). The next day we had our off event (400FR). On the third day Deanna had 200FR and Lori had 100FLY. The neat thing about this meet was that there were also semi finals for the stroke 100's, sprint FR's, and the 200IM. Lori swam a solid race in the morning which got her into the semi final that night. In the semi final she dropped her time by a little bit, preparing her for the final the following night. The next day Lori had a strong 200IM and Deanna swam 200IM and 100back qualifying in both for the semi finals that night. For the finals, Lori started off the night placing third and tying her best ever time for 100FLY. Later that evening, Deanna swam both semi finals, even though they were less than 20minutes apart. Focusing on 200IM, Deanna swam a life time best, winning the semi final. Unfortunately, the 100back suffered, being right after the 200IM and she didn't make the final. On the last night of the meet, Deanna swam another life time best in 200IM, finishing third. Now for the time outside of the pool. Since we had our best events on Tuesday, we didn't get out much that day. But on Wednesday, neither of us had finals so we went out shopping around Sheffield. Our hotel was right by the pool and we walked everywhere so we had quite a bit of freedom. For lunches and during the day we were usually oyo. We ended up going to a lot of different bakeries and shops to eat. For dinner we changed it up by eating at different places each night. We found it funny because we were in Europe but we ate Chinese, Indian, Thai, Italian, Oriental, and some other different foods. On Saturday we took the train to one of the biggest malls in Europe. Deanna had to leave early to prepare for her 200IM final, but everyone else stayed and shopped for most of the day. While running (in sandals) to catch the train back to our hotel, Lori tripped, and at first didn't notice anything, but later found a big pool of blood around her feet dripping all over the train platform. But it was okay in the end when our chaperone cut and patched up everything. On our last day in Sheffield we took a double-decker bus out to the countryside to see an old castle and take a tour through some old caverns and mines. Overall it was an amazing opportunity for both of us, competing in an international competition and representing Team Alberta in Sheffield. Deanna: 400IM Prelim 510 Final 509 200Back Prelim 220 Final 218 (Bronze) 400FR Prelim 442 200FR Prelim 215 200IM Prelim 226 Semi Final 222 Final 221 (Bronze) 100Back Prelim 106 Semi Final 106 Lori Layne: 400IM Prelim 514 200Fly Prelim 222 Final 222 400FR Prelim 440 100Fly Prelim 104 Semi Final 104 Final 103 (Bronze) 200IM Prelim 231 -Deanna and Lori Layne |
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| Age Group Nationals - Meet Report |
August 8, 2008 |
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The 2008 Canadian Age Group Nationals in Calgary were the most
successful championships to date for the Olympian Swim Club. 2 years
ago, OSC cracked into the top-15 overall teams in the country for
the first time at this meet, by placing 5th overall (in part due to
poor attendance from eastern Canadian teams). 1 year ago, OSC
competed in the largest championships ever held in Canada and held
onto a very strong 8th overall placing. This year, at the 2008 Age
Group Nationals, OSC was once again a notable force throughout the
weekend, and finished with a best-ever 4th overall placing, with the
Girls in 3rd and the Boys in 5th overall. In total the team won 22 medals in the pool, up from 13 last year. Gold medal winners were Lori Layne Kremer (200 fly), Josh Au (200 fly), Deanna Matthews (200 back), Braeden Newton (200 back), Bobbie Mielnichuk (100 free), and the 15-18 Girls 4x100 Free Relay (Shaneese Nowlan, Natasha Fung, Bobbie, and Madison Mills). Silvers went to Paige Kremer (100 back, 200 back), Braeden (100 back), the 11-12 Girls 4x50 free and 4x50 medley relays (Paige, Arynn deLeeuw, Hannah Lantz, and Berkley Nowlan), and the 16-18 Boys 4x100 Medley Relay (Braeden, Nathan Kindrachuk, Josh, and Erik Olson). Bronze medals went to Luke Peddie (50 free), Bobbie (50 free, 800 free), Natasha (200 im), Shaneese (200 im), Paige (1500 free), Madison (200 back), Lori Layne (100 fly), Bruno Sharpe (800 free), and the 15-18 girls 4x100 medley relay (Shaneese, Natasha, Lori Layne, and Bobbie). On Monday we also had the Open water 5 km competition. The team added 3 more medals from our 4 swimmer contingent. Nick Tworek won the gold in the 16 year old boys competition, Bruno got bronze in the 15 year old boys, Madison got bronze in the 15 year old girls, and Kristan was 7th in the 14 year old girls. Two Provincial Records were also broken by our girls. Both the 4x100 free relay (3:55.88) and 4x100 medley relay (4:26.53) were new Alberta Records for 15-17 year old girls. Great job Shaneese, Natasha, Bobbie, Madison, and Lori Layne! There were so many incredible performances throughout the weekend. One of the most memorable was a new Senior National standard by Kristan Kushlyk in the 50 Breaststroke. Kristan needed to go over a second faster than her previous best morning swim just to make the final, and then she dropped over a full second off of her previous best time of 35.51 in finals to go 34.45 seconds and beat the national standard by 3/10ths. With that swim, Kristan became the first swimmer ever in OSC to qualify for Senior Nationals while training in the Performance group. That sure says a lot about the depth of our program, and the potential our club has to continue being the best competitive swim program in Edmonton and one of the very best in all of Canada for years to come. 17 club records were also broken throughout the course of the weekend. Paige got two of them, breaking the 11-12 100 back twice (1:11.00, 1:10.83). Kristan got both the 13-14 and Open records with her 50 breast (34.45), Bobbie got the Open 50 free (26.71) and 100 free (57.02), Mackenzie got the 50 breast (37.50), Braeden broke his 100 back (1:00.18), and Josh broke the 50 fly twice (26.65, 26.09). On the relay side it was the 11-12 girls breaking both records (200 FR – 2:02.20, 200 MR – 2:16.31), the 15-17 girls broke both the 15-17 and Open records in 400 FR (3:55.88) and 400 MR (4:26.53), and the Open Boys 400 MR broke the record with 3:57.25. The most fun part of the whole weekend was seeing the really really great team spirit during all the sessions. The OSC swimmers were cheering for every race, and the performances got better and better because of it. Great job to everyone on an amazing weekend. To those with meets still to go, Good Luck, and to those who are done, enjoy your summer! Congratulations, Olympians! |
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| Alberta Age Group / Senior Provincials - Meet Report |
July 17, 2008 |
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It was another fast weekend for the O’s at the Provincial Champs
this past weekend at Kinsmen pool. A total of 59 OSC swimmers were
in attendance, and we had representatives from every group from High
Performance to JOW. Overall we placed third on both the Age Group
and Senior sides of the meet, with our Age Group girls again winning
the meet! One highlight was a huge number of club records broken this weekend: 19! Individual record breakers were Georgia Kidd (50 fly), Deanna Matthews (50 back), Mackenzie Lubberding (50 fly, 50 breast), and Josh Au (50 back). O’s who broke records as members of relays were Georgia Kidd, Rachel Maradyn, Alyssa McNamara, Hayley Basterash, Paige Kremer, Berkley Nowlan, Hannah Lantz, Arynn deLeeuw, Bobbie Mielnichuk, Natasha Fung, Deanna Matthews, Madison Mills, Lori Layne Kremer, Nic Ferland, Kyle Aseron, Noah Lubberding, Fred Kamminga, Mackenzie Lubberding, Eduardo Gamboa-Araiza, Aiden Friesen, Luke Peddie, Josh Au, Kean Lanti, Trace Kremer, and Nathan Kindrachuk. Great job! Another highlight of the weekend was Luke Peddie making his first Western Champs qualifying time in the 50 fly, hitting the time exactly to the one hundredth of a second! It was great to see this many OSC swimmers together swimming fast and cheering each other on. The team spirit was amazing and really showed the great character of the OSC swimmers. Congratulations to everyone on a great meet, and to those who are done for the season, have a great summer! |
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| Bingo Requests for 2008-09 Season |
July 8, 2008 |
| Here is the Bingo Request Sheet for September 2008 - February 2009. Please read the request sheet and follow the directions for submitting your bingo request. | |
| Mackenzie Lubberding sets New Provincial Record! |
June 25, 2008 |
 Mackenzie
Lubberding set a new Provincial Age Group Record in the 11-12
year-old Boys 50m Butterfly on Saturday evening at the OSC Blue and
White meet.Mackenzie's time of 29.69 eclipses the previous provincial record set in 2001 by Joel Greenshields of 29.82. Greenshields is currently an Olympic team member who will be competing in Beijing this summer. This is Mackenzie's first provincial record. Congratulations, Mackenzie! |
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| Age Group Trials - Meet Report |
June 20, 2008 |
| The Aquatic Center in Medicine Hat once again proved
that it is one fast pool last weekend. The racing at Age Group
Trials was fast and furious and the Olympians did not disappoint.
OSC swimmers made no secret out of the fact that they were there to
race and win. The meet started off with a bang with our Girls 13/14 Relay made up of Georgia Fetzko, Sarah Fleming, Kathryn Legaspi and Tori Frank winning both the Freestyle and the Medley relays by a comfortable margin. As our only solo swimmer Friday night Andrew McDowell also swam a great mile taking just under a minute off his previous best time. Saturday was no different as we had plenty of personal best times and great swims to make finals right in the morning. Saturday night featured some amazing swims and best times as well. Kathryn Legaspi, Georgia Fetzko, Duncan Lotoski, Sarah Fleming and Julia Marchand all medaled with best time swims. Also Kathryn, Georgia and Duncan qualified for Age Group Champs with their efforts on Saturday night. Sunday morning looked a little tough for the OSC squad and some tiredness was creeping in but none of that mattered by finals as everyone again took the pool by storm. Duncan Lotoski, Georgia Fetzko, Kathryn Legaspi, Hayley Basterash and Nikola Srnic all found their way to the podium Sunday night and Hayley became the next qualifier for Age Group Champs with an excellent swim in the 100 Breast. We only had a small team of swimmers at Age Group Trials but they came with a huge presence. Great racing and congratulations to our four new Age Group Champs qualifiers. |
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| Natasha Fung sets New Canadian Record in 200 IM |
March 17, 2008 |
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Fung set a new National Age Group Record in the 13-14-year-old Girls
200m IM on Sunday evening at the Alberta Age Group Provincials in
Edmonton. Natasha's swim broke the previous national record set in 1987 by Allison Higson of 2:16.79. Higson was an Olympic Bronze Medalist in 1988, as well as a world record-holder in the 200 Breaststroke. Natasha's swim also broke her own Provincial Record set in December 2007. Natasha's splits were as follows:
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| Summer Nationals - Day 2 Recap |
July 19, 2008 |
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More fast swimming at Summer Nationals for OSC Our Women’s 4 x 200 Free Relay finished 7th over all with Bobbie Mielnichuk, Natasha Fung, Dana Armstrong and Deanna Matthews breaking the club record set in April at Olympic Trials. Deanna Matthews finished 16th in the 400 IM after a very strong preliminary swim of 5:00.95. The prelim session had some amazing swims with Dana, Natasha and Erik all going best times in the 100 free. Madison and Shaneese both swam huge best times in the 400 IM with Shaneese qualifying for her first Sr. National long course standard. Lindsay Morton Lori Layne Kremer and Shaneese Nowlan all were personal best times in the 50m Butterfly with Shaneese adding her 2nd Sr. National standard in that event. Erik Olson led off the Men’s 4 x 200 Free Relay in a 3 second best time and his first time under 2:00 long course. Stay tuned for more fast swimming with Day 3 a great day for OSC! |
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| Summer Nationals - Day 1 Recap |
July 17, 2008 |
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This summer’s Nationals in Winnipeg has an interesting twist on the
event order. Like the Olympics this summer Nationals is swimming
evening preliminary heats and morning Finals. It is a great exercise
to teach our national kids to get up for those morning swims as they
are finals now. OSC has 12 swimmers in the meet (list below) and after day one we had a record high 4 swims in finals in one session. Josh Au finished 8th in the 200m butterfly, Lori Layne Kremer was 3rd in the B final with a best time of 2:16.94 and a time that was 7th over all. Deanna Matthews was 16th in the 100m backstroke and Bobbie Mielnichuk finished 3rd in the B final with a best time of 2:04.36. Dana Armstrong who swam her 1500 Free in the 2nd fastest heat posted a 10 second best time of 17:26.41 and was good enough for 8th place over all. Best times from the morning were Nathan Kindrachuk - 50 Breast (30.47), Shaneese Nowlan - 100 Back (1:07.59), Braeden Newton - 100 Back (60.35) and Dana Armstrong - 200 Free (2:07.08) Keep looking back to the real time site for results (https://www.swimming.ca/liveresults/08SummerNat/) or watching online at www.swimming.ca OSC Team in Winnipeg:
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| Officials needed for North American Challenge Cup |
July 17, 2008 |
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The Olympian Swim club is about to hit the International Stage. We
have been selected by Swim Canada to host the 3rd annual North
American Challenge Cup where approximately 200 athletes from Canada,
Mexico and the United States will compete for continental bragging
rights. The meet will take place on Thursday August 7, Friday August 8th, and Saturday August 9th. Each day will have a preliminary session beginning at 9 AM with the finals to start at 6 PM. The meet will take place at the Kinsman Field House. All sessions are expected to be approximately 2 hours in duration. I am looking for volunteers to act as lane timers and stroke and turn officials for this international meet. If you will be in town, please forward your name to me advising me what sessions you want to work and in what position. Session #1 – Thursday Aug. 7 (warm-ups at 0700) Session #2 – Thursday Aug. 7 (warm-ups at 1600) Session #3 – Friday Aug. 8 (warm-ups at 0700) Session #4 – Friday Aug. 8 (warm-ups at 1600) Session #5 – Saturday Aug. 9 (warm-ups at 0700) Session #6 – Saturday Aug. 9 (warm-ups at 1600) I will require 8 stroke and turn officials for each session (two will be embedded as lane-timers) I will require 20 lane timers for each prelim session and 16 for each finals session. We can’t do this without your help. Please sign up for as many sessions as you possibly can. Send me an email with your times at bnowlan@shaw.ca. Brian Nowlan Olympian Swim club |
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| Blue vs. White - Meet Report |
June 30, 2008 |
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Another Blue versus White meet is in the books and this year it was
Blue with a marginal victory. It was great to see how fast our kids
swam at this year’s meet. There were so many best time performances
and the environment was competitive yet friendly. Thank you to all
the parents for their support throughout the season in hosting over
10 competitions. We have truly become the club in Edmonton for
hosting meets and it is a credit to the volunteerism from our
membership. If you are wrapping the season up this weekend please enjoy your summer and we hope to see you back in Blue and White next year. If you have a few more competitions to go, train fast to race fast! Good luck to all and have a great summer! |
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| Congratulations to our new Board of Directors! |
June 26, 2008 |
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A new board of directors was elected on Tuesday evening at our AGM.
Congratulations to Susan Kamminga, our new President, and
congratulations to all Board members for volunteering their time to
be valued leaders of the Olympian Swim Club. For a list of all board members, please see the Contact OSC webpage. |
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| Alberta Summer Games Zone 6 Trials - Meet Report |
June 26, 2008 |
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Mission Accomplished! Four OSC swimmers took part in the Alberta Summer Games Trials for Zone 6 on Sunday, June 22, and all 4 made the team! Shyla Golly and Rachel Maradyn made the 11-12 team, while Shannon Johnston and Kristan Kushlyk made the 13-14 team. All 4 girls raced tough especially considering they did 5 or 6 races in less than 3 hours, and they even produced some best times! Great job ladies, and good luck to our competitors in the Zone 5 Trials this coming weekend! |
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| New Section on the OSC Website |
June 25, 2008 |
| A new section has been added to the OSC website.
There is a new menu title called 'Education', under which you will
be able to access important or interesting information relevant to
the sport of swimming. A new page titled 'Articles for Swimming' has been added under the 'Education' menu. This page will continue to grow as we post more articles over time. There are already several articles posted, offering great advice and outlooks on the sport of swimming for both a swimmer and parent point of view. |
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| Group Movement |
June 24, 2008 |
| Each year a letter goes out to all the families with
information for next season’s registration. Each year we try to get
these letters done as soon as the season wraps up. There are many
details that have to be taken care of prior to confirming
registrations or group movements. One of our biggest challenges is
getting all the pool time confirmed with the various rentals. This season we will be sending the letters out to the families in early July. I hope this doesn’t inconvenience anyone too much however it is the best timeline we can hope for in confirming all necessary details. We have had a great season of swimming and I look forward to welcoming back each and every member to our program. Once the letters go out to our families please feel free to contact our coaches if you have further questions. |
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| OSC Special General Meeting - Re: 2008-09 Membership Fees |
June 20, 2008 |
| Wednesday July 30, 2008 7:00pm Olympian Swim Club Office |
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| Provincial Championships - Update |
July 2, 2008 |
| Please note that prelims will have a 7:30 warm-up for an 8:30 start this weekend. Swimmers should be on deck for 7:15 am each morning for stretching and a team meeting. Finals start times are yet to be announced, but will be passed along to the swimmers when they are available. | |
| Help Needed for Age Group / Senior Provincials |
June 17, 2008 |
| The Edmonton Keyano Swim Club is hosting the 2008
Alberta Age-Group Senior Championships on July 3-6 and they are
looking for volunteer officials. This is the season-ending meet and
they are expecting a large number of swimmers. They are seeking our
help in supplying as many volunteers as we can muster. They have
been very supportive of OSC meets of late and I would like to see
this tradition continue into next season. If you can help out, please go this link and you can sign up electronically. Feel free to sign up for as many shifts as you can as they will be double-ending some events which require twice as many timers. |
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| Josh Au added to Team Canada for NACC |
June 17, 2008 |
| A 6th OSC swimmer has been added to Team Canada at
the North American Challenge Cup this summer. It has been announced
that Joshua Au will be added to the Canadian Team competing in
Edmonton this August. Joshua Au, Lori Layne Kremer, Deanna Matthews,
Natasha Fung, Paige Kremer and Mackenzie Lubberding will all be
members of Team Canada competing against 2 American Teams and a Team
from Mexico. Congratulations to all 6 swimmers and to Coach Michelle
MacNeil for their great performances this season! OSC will be hosting the International Competition this August 7th to 9th. Please come out and volunteer to support our swimmers and our club on the international stage. |
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| OSC Annual General Meeting - June 24th, 2008 |
June 20, 2008 |
| Read the following announcement regarding our Spring
AGM: OSC 2008 Spring AGM Information |
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| Blue vs. White Teams |
June 17, 2008 |
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meet, held at Fountain Park Pool from 4-8pm on Saturday, June 21st.
The coaches and swimmers have been divvied up for a fun dual meet,
and you can see each of the full teams by clicking on this link: Blue vs. White Teams The coaches for each team will be as follows:
Good luck and have fun! |
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| Age Group Trials Announcement |
June 13, 2008 |
| 10 OSC swimmers are heading to Medicine Hat this
weekend to compete at the Long Course Age Group Trials. Follow the
live results here:
meets.marlin.ab.ca/agt-0608. Go O! |
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| Kamloops June Classic - Meet Recap |
June 13, 2008 |
| This was the second year in a row that the
Performance and TAG groups have taken the long bus ride down to
Kamloops for the June Classic, and for the second straight year we
had excellent results. One new club record was set by Mackenzie Lubberding in the 50 Fly. There was also a cash prize for a 50 Freestyle Eliminator, for which 2 Olympians placed in the top 4: Kean Lanti placed 3rd and Luke Peddie placed 4th, each breaking 26 seconds for the first time. Swimmers with 8 for 8 best times were: Kelly Delorme, Katelyn MacLeod, and Matt Ricioppo. Swimmers with 7 for 8 best times were: Kristan Kushlyk, Elodie Maunder, Hannah Lantz, Katrina Sharpe, and Stephanie Thomlinson. That's almost half of the 23 swimmers who attended the meet with 7 or more best times! In fact, every swimmer had at least 2 best times and were close in many more. That is awesome as we turn our focus to the championship meets coming up in July. The meet was also a great lesson for many of our swimmers on the importance of teamwork and being positive. As the team grew more tired, we managed to save our best session of the meet for last, with almost 100% best times, and not by coincidence almost all of our focus was directed at supporting each other and swimming fast. |
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| Red Deer Freeze or Fry - Meet Recap |
June 13, 2008 |
| This year’s Freeze or Fry was definitely a Freeze!
With cloudy and windy conditions leading into rain and thunder on
Saturday night, the weather wasn’t as beautiful as last year. That
didn’t stop the OSC swimmers from doing a great job though! The biggest challenge of the weekend was staying warm and dry. The swimmers learned throughout the weekend how to keep themselves warm (the buddy system worked well!) and to just focus on the task at hand – swimming FAST. Overall we had a ton of best times, great swims, and great races, and the O’s showed how tough they really are. Even despite the weather the swimmers kept a great attitude and had fun during the weekend. An attitude like that will go a long way to making these swimmers champions of the future! |
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| 3rd Annual OSC Blue vs. White |
June 9, 2008 |
| Mark your calendars because the dual is on June 21st
at Fountain Park Pool. OSC divides its team into two and races for
the pride of the season. The meet warm ups start at 4pm, racing at
5pm with a BBQ and ice cream as a wrap up. Each year the meet has
been a close decision so come out and help your team to victory. Check back to the website for a complete list of teams early next week. |
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| Reagan Williams Fundraiser |
June 9, 2008 |
| Please come out and attend the Pub Night and Silent
Auction in remembrance of Regan Williams, June 19th at the Hudson’s
Tap House. Regan was an Olympian Swim Club member who went on to
swim with the UofA and later became of the Edmonton’s biggest
contributors to swimming through his volunteerism. All monies raised
at the Silent Auction will be put towards an endowment for the UofA
swim team. Click here for more information. |
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| Silver Cup - Meet Report |
June 9, 2008 |
| The Silver Cup on May 31 and June 1 was a great
competition for OSC with a variety of swimmers from Performance to
OW swimming together. Big highlights from the meet were new A times
for Annika Kamminga (200 breast) and Grace Tworek (200 fly) and a
new Meet Qualifying time for Adeline Maunder (200 im). Another
highlight was Luke Peddie breaking the club record in the 13-14 boys
50 fly and narrowly missing the Westerns qualifying standard in the
process. There were lots of best times achieved from the swimmers, and those with best times in every event they raced were Nicole Baker, John Colquhoun, Sarah Fleming, Caitlin Kamminga, Paige Kremer, Kathryn Legaspi, Duncan Lotoski, Katelyn MacLeod, Elodie Maunder, Alyssa McNamara, Madisen Rayburn, Katrina Sharpe, Stephanie Thomlinson, and Alice Zhang. Congratulations to all the swimmers on a great competition and on representing our team so well! |
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| 10 & Under Series #4 - Meet Recap |
June 5, 2008 |
| The 2007-2008 10 and Under Series wrapped up on
Sunday at Fountain Park pool with lots of awesome racing from our 10
and unders. Best times were falling all over the place, and there
were so many that it was hard to keep up! Seeing how much these
swimmers have improved since September was so much fun to watch, and
the coaches look forward to seeing these young swimmers get better
and better over the years. Special congratulations go out to Paxton Gerritsen who won the award for achieving a best time in every swim at every meet! It is a great challenge for a swimmer to get better every time they swim and Paxton did an amazing job at this! Thanks to all the volunteers who helped out all season with organizing the meets, bringing food and refreshments, and officiating. We again showed that OSC runs some of the best meets around and with the great volunteers that we have this will surely continue in the coming years. |
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| Kamloops Update |
June 2, 2008 |
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| Lori Layne Kremer added to Team Canada |
June 2, 2008 |
| A 5th OSC swimmer has been added to Team Canada at
the North American Challenge Cup this summer. It was announced late
last week that Lori Layne Kremer will be added to the Canadian Team
competing in Edmonton this August. Lori Layne, along with Deanna
Matthews, Natasha Fung, Paige Kremer and Mackenzie Lubberding will
all be members of Team Canada competing against 2 American Teams and
a Team from Mexico. OSC will be hosting the International Competition this August 7th to 9th. Please come out and volunteer to support our swimmers and our club on the international stage. |
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| Mel Zajac Jr International - Meet Recap |
May 27, 2008 |
| OSC brought 19 swimmers to Vancouver’s Pacific
Dolphin’s Mel Zajac meet this past weekend. This was the largest
team from OSC ever at a National level competition. Our team
finished 11th overall with the Australians taking top honours with
several Olympic Team members. This season’s Mel Zajac meet was
significantly faster than years past with the AUS team and Canada’s
entire Olympic Team at the meet. We had several swims in the top 16
and top 8 at the meet which bodes well for Senior Nationals in
Winnipeg this summer. The meet was swum as an Olympic Prep Meet with
evening preliminaries and morning finals. Nationals this summer will
be run the same way so it was a valuable experience for our team to
swim in this format. Natasha Fung broke 4 OSC Club Records with her swims in 50m Breast (34.74) and the 100m Breaststroke (1:14.49) in both 13-14 and Open categories. Braeden Newton broke a pair of Open records, 100m Back (1:01.23) and 200m Back (2:09.07). Braeden also led the way with more personal best performances than any other swimmer from OSC. It was a great meet to see how fast the best in the world can swim ‘in-season’. It was a good lesson to remind our swimmers that to be the best you have to be swimming at your personal best level no matter what the meet or the preparation. |
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| OSC Annual General Meeting - June 24th, 2008 |
May 27, 2008 |
| Read the following announcement regarding our Spring
AGM: OSC 2008 Spring AGM Information |
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| OSC Website Information |
May 27, 2008 |
| If you would like more information on how articles are posted onto the OSC website, please follow this link to our Web Policy. | |
| Alberta Summer Games |
May 27, 2008 |
| This summer from August 7-10 the Alberta Summer
Games will take place in Medicine Hat. This is a great competition
for swimmers to get the experience of a multi-sport games very early
in their careers. Any swimmer born between 1994-1997 is eligible to
try out for their zone team (regardless of speed), and swimmers born
between 1991-1993 can try out for their team if they have never
achieved a 15-16 ‘A’ time. Zone teams are split based on where swimmers live and/or train, so OSC has swimmers eligible for two different zones. Swimmers living or training in Edmonton can try out for the Zone 6 team, and swimmers living in surrounding areas (St. Albert, Spruce Grove, etc.) can try out for Zone 5. The Zone 5 trials will take place June 28 & 29 at Millennium Place in Sherwood Park, and the Zone 6 trials will take place June 22 at the U of A West Pool. Please talk to your coach if you would like to compete in your Zone’s trials competition and we will give you more information about the time and place for the trials. If you have any questions about the Trials or Games themselves talk to your coach or Dave Macdonald. |
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| Deanna Matthews & Paige Kremer added to Team Canada |
May 6, 2008 |
| Deanna Matthews and Paige Kremer have been added to
Team Canada along with fellow OSC swimmers Natasha Fung and
Mackenzie Lubberding. These four OSC swimmers will be competing for Team Canada against USA and Mexico in the 2nd NACC meet. Deanna has been a Youth National Team Member this past winter in Geneva and Luxemburg, Natasha Fung was selected to the Canadian Age Group National Team which competed in Portland this past December, while Mackenzie Lubberding and Paige Kremer becomes OSC’s youngest ever National Team Selections. The meet will be held in Edmonton August 4th to 10th. |
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| 3 OSC Swimmers named to Team Alberta for US Grand Prix |
April 18, 2008 |
| Based off performances swum at Olympic Trials, Bobbie Mielnichuk, Lori Layne Kremer and Joshua Au will all be representing Alberta at the US Grand Prix Meet in Charlotte, North Carolina in June. The meet is in early June and is host to many of the USA’s best athletes in their preparation for their Olympic Trials. | |
| 2 OSC Swimmers named to Team Canada for NACC |
April 18, 2008 |
| Natasha Fung and Mackenzie Lubberding have been
selected to represent Canada at this summer's North America
Challenge Cup. The meet, which was held last summer in Los Angeles,
will take place right here in Edmonton between August 4-10, 2008.
Natasha and Mackenzie are 2 of only 6 Alberta swimmers selected to this National team. Congratulations, O's! |
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| Swim-a-thon - Event Recap |
May 20, 2008 |
| I would like to thank all who came out and
participated in OSC’s Swim-a-thon this year. We had many swimmers
come out to swim 5km as fast as possible and some new faces do a
great job of their first time through. The BBQ set up by the Kindrachuk and Boisvert families was a huge hit and the weather for Frisbee couldn’t have been better. It was great to see all the groups swim fast and then come together to play out in the field at Kinsmen. Our next big team opportunity is June 21st for the OSC Blue vs. White. Please mark that afternoon on your calendars and come out and race in what has become a great inner club competition. |
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Olympic Trials - 4x200 Relay SILVER for OSC! |
April 3, 2008 |
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The Relay of Dana Armstrong, Bobbie Mielnichuk,
Natasha Fung and Madison Mills swam in the fastest heat of the
Women's 4x200 Free Relay Thursday night in Montreal. Moving up from
a seventh place ranking to Silver took Dana Armstrong leading off in
a Personal Best time, Bobbie swimming her second 200 Free (the relay
was 20mins after her 200 Free B Final), Natasha bettering her time
from the morning and Madison fighting off two teams for the finish.
The time of 8:36.43 demolishes the old Club Record of 8:46.82 set in
November of 2007.
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| Provincial Record at the OSC March 1st Time Trial |
March 3, 2008 |
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Our 13-14 girls set a new Provincial Record on Saturday at the OSC
March 1st Time Trial. Madison Mills, Kristan Kushlyk, Lori Layne
Kremer and Natasha Fung broke the 23-year-old 400m Medley Relay
record set by Keyano in 1985. The old record of 4:25.74 was crushed
by the Olympian girls, who combined for a blistering time of
4:21.99! Their splits were as follows:
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Natasha Fung sets Provincial 200 IM Record in Portland. |
December 10, 2007 |
| Natasha, swimming with Team Canada at the Paul Bergen meet, had several great swims, including her first individual Alberta Provincial record in 200IM. Tash's time of 2:19.16 betters the previous Girls 13-14 mark held by long tome Olympian Kelly Timmons, 2:20.42 set in 2001. Real-time results: Click here | |
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Deanna Matthews sets another Provincial Record in Portland. |
December 8, 2007 |
| Day two of the Bergen meet starts with a bang! Deanna Matthews sets a new 15-17 Girls 200 Backstroke Alberta record with a 2:12.63 in morning prelims. The "old" record, 2:13.85, lasted two weeks, also set by Deanna at Bell Grand Prix in November. Real-time results: Click here | |
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Josh Au takes down Tom Ponting's 200 Fly Record in Portland, Oregon |
December 7, 2007 |
| On the first day at the Paul Bergen Jr. International in Portland, Oregon, OSC breaks another Provincial Record. This time it was Joshua Au racing for a medal in the 200 butterfly. His time of 2:01.54 eclipses the twenty-five year old 15-17 record of 2:02.23 held by three-time Canadian Olympic Team Member Tom Ponting. Josh set up the race perfectly to the 150m mark and swam fast enough on the last 50m to break another of the oldest Provincial Records. Real-time results: Click here | |
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Another 100 Fly Alberta Record for Lori-Layne Kremer in Toronto, Ontario |
December 7, 2007 |
| Lori-Layne Kremer, with Swim Alberta's Youth Team in Toronto, continues to play with the Alberta 13-14 SC 100 Butterfly record. Coming off a stellar performance at Bell Grand Prix, Lori-Layne updated her own record, going 1:02.54, also setting the Youth Cup meet record. Real-time results: Click here | |
| Lori Layne adds another Provincial Record in the 200 Butterfly |
November 25, 2007 |
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Layne Kremer completed the sweep of the 13-14 Girls Butterfly record
book! Having set the 50 Butterfly mark at Westerns last spring, and
the 100 mark yesterday, her Short Course 200m Butterfly time of
2:16.64 in prelims at Bell Grand Prix on Sunday was over 4 seconds
faster than the previous record set by Keyano coach Colleen
(Hnatiuk) Marchese, 2:20.72 set in 1989. The swim also has Lori
Layne going into her 2nd National A final tonight.Lori Layne's splits went as follows:
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| Provincial Record for Lori Layne Kremer on Day 2 of the Bell Grand Prix |
November 24, 2007 |
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Layne Kremer broke the 13-14 Girls Short Course 100m Butterfly on
Day 2 of the Bell Grand Prix. The previous record was set in 1991 by
former National Team member Jessica Amey. The swim was good enough
to get into the Final of the Bell Grand Prix, in which she finished
7th overall. Lori Layne smashed the previous record by more than 1 full second with her time of 1:02.64. The previous record was 1:04.09. Her splits went as follows:
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| 2nd Provincial Record on the day for Deanna Maaaatthews!! |
November 24, 2007 |
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Matthews took down the oldest Alberta Record in the books Friday
night in the Long Course 200m Backstroke. Deanna broke the
long-standing 15-17 Girls record of Cheryl Gibson, set on February
5, 1977 in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Cheryl, a medalist from the 1976
Olympic Games in Montreal, set the record as a part of the South
Side Swim Club in Edmonton. This is the second 15-17 record broken
by Deanna on Day 1 of the Bell Grand Prix in Toronto.Deanna's time of 2:16.93 was nearly a full second under the old record of 2:17.78. Her final time also placed her 3rd overall in the women's final at the Bell Grand Prix - Deanna's first medal in a Senior National competition. Congratulations, Deanna! Her splits were as follows:
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New Provincial Record for Deanna Matthews! |
November 23, 2007 |
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has its first Provincial Record breaker of the 2007-08 season! In
the first big meet of the year, Deanna Matthews broke the 15-17
Girls Provincial Record in the Short Course 200m Backstroke. The record was set in
the preliminary session of Day 1 at the Bell Grand Prix meet in
Toronto. Deanna's time of 2:13.85 breaks the old record of 2:13.96 set by Katelyn Murdoch of UCSC in 2004. Her splits were as follows:
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| Swim-a-thon at Kinsmen on Saturday, May 17th, 2008 |
May 13, 2008 |
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for Swim-a-thon again and this season we are all down at Kinsmen.
This season we are going to try to have everybody swim the fastest
5km possible in the two hour time block. We always use some parent
volunteers to count swimmer’s laps and get times for the distance. We will be running our groups through 3 ‘shifts’ with a BBQ in Kin Park at the end. The groupings are as follows:
The HP/P and TAG/JAG swimmers will be out in the field from 3-5pm
playing Frisbee, Soccer or Bacon (don’t ask) until the BBQ cranks up
at 5pm and the JOW, OW join us. |
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| EKI - Meet Report |
May 6, 2008 |
| OSC wins the Edmonton Keyano International! With another strong team effort from our swimmers OSC has set another “First Ever” by winning the EKI. This was a whole team effort with many of our TAG and JAG swimmers making finals and pushing to the top of the heat. Some stand out performances were done by Deanna Matthews breaking a 20 year old EKI record in the 200m backstroke and Natasha Fung breaking a former OSC EKI record in the 200m IM. Other great swims were Hanna Lantz making Age Group Nationals in the 1500m Free and Shyla Golly and Arynn deLeeuw both making Provincial A standards. We had several more OSC Club Records broken with the 12 and under boys leading the way. They broke the 4x100 Medley and Freestyle relays on the weekend (Jordan Aseron, Kyle Aseron, Mackenzie Lubberding and Noah Lubberding). The 15-17 women broke the 200m MR (Deanna Matthews, Aisha Friesen, Lori Layne Kremer and Bobbie Mielnichuk). Deanna Matthews broke her own 50m Back Club Record and Noah Lubberding broke a long standing 10 and Under 800m Free record at the 800m split in his 1500m Free. Beyond all the records, best times and fast swimming was a team that was very dedicated to swimming well and supporting each other. OSC once again showed great team spirit and blazed the path to the top of the meet by training hard and having fun! Congratulations to all! |
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| Double Double - Meet Recap |
May 6, 2008 |
| Hey Guys! That was an excellent meet for all
swimmers! It was so good to see all the young swimmers get back up on the blocks after such a long competition break. I was very pleased to see everyone get up and attack each and every race. We also had 3 new 'B' qualifiers in the 400 free; Nikola Srnic, Tyler Wells and Kathryn Legaspi. Way to go guys!! It’s great to see all that hard work in practice paying off! Keep up the awesome work guys! Now that we are getting into the long coarse season, it’s very important to keep working hard and having fun! Let's finish off the season with a BANG! And show all our competitors what OSC is made of! |
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| Fountain Park TAG training schedule changes |
April 28, 2008 |
| At the start of May every year, our Fountain Park
program is forced to reduce by 1 lane to accommodate the Sailfish
summer club, which causes our TAG group to be confined to minimal
lane space. This year, we have been lucky enough to secure extra
lane space for the FP TAG group at NAIT, 4:30-6:30pm on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, from May 5 through June 4, 2008. This space
gives TAG the most ideal training environment possible for the month
of May, as well as gets the TAG group training alongside the
Performance group once per week, on Wednesdays. All other practices for TAG will remain at the regularly schedule time and pool. Thank you. |
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OSC Double Double |
April 26, 2008 |
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| OSC Financial Policy |
April 25, 2008 |
| An updated version of the Olympian Swim Club's financial policy has been posted under the 'About OSC' menu. The key changes in the updated policy are to sections 21 & 22 regarding swim meets and team travel. Please check out the financial policy document if you are interested in knowing more. | |
| Provincial Stroke Camp - Recap |
April 25, 2008 |
| Another great camp for the Olympian Swim Club swimmers at the Alberta Provincial Stroke Camp held this past weekend in Grande Prairie. The three strokes that highlighted were Individual Medley (Shaneese Nowlan and Berkley Nowlan), Breaststroke and Distance Freestyle (Paige Kremer, Bruno Sharpe, and Kelly Delorme). Our athletes were once again stand out performers with Shaneese awarded the ‘Leader of the Camp’ and both Paige and Bruno awarded for their dedication and work ethic. Both Berkley and Kelly developed some new skills and I believe are better from the experience. It was very nice to see a few new OSC faces at the stroke camps this season and that they were able to carry on the tradition of excellence while at the camps. Way to go ‘O’ in the end, we had 12 swimmers represented at the stroke camps this season… | |
| University of Alberta Summer Swim Camps |
April 25, 2008 |
| University of Alberta Summer Swim Camps are a great
way to brush up on your swimming before September rolls around. The
camps are run by current and former U of A Golden Bears and Pandas
under the supervision of the Head Coach of the Varsity Squad. The
camp focuses on improving basic components of the four competitive
strokes, turns, starts, and other aspects of swimming. It includes: - Aerobic training and stroke drills which concentrate on stroke efficiency - Mental skills, dry land sessions, and nutrition lectures The cost of the camp is $200. There are two weeks that the camps run on. July 7-11, and July 28-Aug 1. Everyday the camp starts at 8:30 AM and runs until 4:00 PM. Lunch: CAB cafeteria. Purchase on-site or bring your own. For registration information, check out http://www.activityreg.ualberta.ca/Activities/ActivitiesDetails.asp?aid=59 |
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| OSC Double Double - Officials needed |
April 18, 2008 |
| I will need some officials for the upcoming
Double-Double swim meet for Saturday April 26th and Sunday the 27th.
There will be one session on Saturday beginning at 1:00 PM and two
on Sunday (prelim at 9:00 AM with an 8 o’clock warm-up and finals at
4:40 PM with a 3:30 warm-up). We are using one 8-lane pool at
Kinsman and we will require timers and stroke and turn for these
sessions. The sessions should be only 2 hours in length as we are
running only 5 events each day. You can send your information to me directly at bnowlan@shaw.ca and indicate your preference and qualifications (timer or stroke and turn). |
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Silver Cup added to Meet Announcements |
April 18, 2008 |
| The meet listed on the meet sign up form as “Meet –
TBA” on the May 24-25 weekend has changed. We will now be attending
the Silver Tide Silver Cup the following weekend, May 31 & June 1.
With the 10 and under series on Sunday the 1st, and some swimmers
having meets the following 2 weekends, not all swimmers will be
competing in both days of the Silver Cup. The coaching staff will be
meeting in the coming weeks to decide what will be the best
competition schedule for each swimmer. Please check with your
swimmer’s coach to see which days they will be competing. The response that was indicated on the meet form for “Meet – TBA” will be honoured for this competition. If any family would like to change their response either way due to the change in date please contact the office by May 5. If you have any questions about this competition please contact Dave Macdonald (dave@olympianswimclub.com). |
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Officials Needed for EKI |
April 11, 2008 |
| Keyano Swim Club has asked that we assist with
officiating at the upcoming EKI swim meet which goes from Thursday
May 1st through to Sunday May 4th. There are two sessions per day
(one prelim in the morning and the finals at night) while the
opening day (Thursday) has only one evening event. This club really
stepped up to the plate and helped OSC with many needed officials at
the recent Short Course A’s. It’s our turn to reciprocate. Volunteer
points are applicable for any meets that you volunteer for. If you can help, please click on this link: http://www.eksc.com/v_meetshosted_08EKI.html You can select a time slot and a position that is suitable for you and sign up electronically. Let’s show them what the OSC spirit is all about. |
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Scona Rookie Camp Cancelled |
April 11, 2008 |
| The Rookie Camp scheduled for Scona Pool on April
15th & 17th has been cancelled. If you are interested in joining our
team please contact our office manager Sophie
(office@olympianswimclub.com or 455-8457) to arrange a time for
an assessment. Sincerely, Dave Macdonald OSC Head Age Group Coach dave@olympianswimclub.com |
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Far Westerns - Meet Recap |
April 11, 2008 |
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and TAG groups made a trip down to Pleasanton, California last
weekend to compete in the Far Westerns SC championship. This is the
age group championship meet for northern California and attracts
many of the fastest 11-18-year-olds in North America. This year's
meet had nearly 1200 swimmers competing over 4 days. Our swimmers learned a lot about dealing with the elements of an outdoor meet in early spring. Although the afternoons got up to very pleasant temperatures between 18-24 degrees, the mornings were as cold as 6 degrees... not a normal temperature to be walking around in a wet Speedo. Luckily all of our swimmers are pretty bright, and fast learners, and put up incredibly fast times each session of the meet. OSC came away with 2 major awards:
It was a special treat for our 11-14-year-old girls to race
against the very best of the same age group from the United States.
It was incredibly difficult for our girls to move through to finals,
even though all 4 of the OSC girls were easy finalists back home at
our Alberta Age Group Provincials. Kristan Kushlyk had an
outstanding swim in the 200 Breast to make finals and place 4th, and
even still she was less than 1 second from placing 10th and missing
the final completely. It was such a valuable experience for these
young girls to experience how close it can be sometimes between
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Callum Lavoie
was named 17-18 male swimmer of the meet for his
performances throughout the weekend. Callum finished the
meet with 6 gold and 1 silver medal. (Trevor Godley had an
outstanding meet and finished 2nd in the same award category).
The Olympian
Swim Club received the 8th place award for top teams at the
competition. With only 10 swimmers at the meet, OSC was in
tough for this award as all of the teams ahead of our
standing had between 16 and 56 athletes competing. OSC was
also the only team in the top-8 to score all of their points
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North/South Dual Meet - Meet Recap |
April 11, 2008 |
| The weekend after Age Group Provincials 11 OSC
swimmers aged 11 and 12 trained and competed at the Northern Alberta
vs. Southern Alberta Dual meet. This camp and meet was selected
based off of performances at the Age Group Provincials. Joining them
as a Team North coach was Michelle MacNeil, and filling in as a
coach for Team South was Dave Macdonald. The camp started Friday with a pool session including time trials for the 400 free, 200 IM, and 50 dolphin kick. The 400 free produced 4 best times from the OSC swimmers and the 200 IM also had 4 best times. These performances were even more impressive considering they were done right in the middle of training. The 50 kick was also a great event as the O’s showed their skill in this important aspect of swimming. The other half of Friday was a stretching session with a local synchro coach and the swimmers had anthropometric measurements taken. Friday evening everyone came together for team dinner and then enjoyed the movie “Fast and the Furious” which follows Victor Davis and Alex Baumann on their path to the 1984 Olympics. Saturday morning the swimmers had a workout which included work on using the pace clock, streamlining and breakouts, kicking, and swimming on all 4 strokes. The OSC swimmers did a great job of applying what they were taught and were leaders in many lanes around the pool. After the swim U of A coach Bill Humby gave a talk on the path of swimmers from the 12 and under age to the National level and the National team. Next up National team member Kier Maitland gave a great talk about his experiences growing up and swimming, including what it took for him to get to where he is today. After this it was Dual Meet time. The swimmers each raced 2 or 3 times individually as well as on 1 or 2 relays. With this many races it was more about putting in the effort to race your best each time than actually achieving best times. Even with this the following OSC swimmers went best times: Monica McDowell (200 back), Hannah Lantz (200 fly), Paige Kremer (200 free), Annika Kamminga (50 back), Aiden Friesen (50 breast), Arynn deLeeuw (50 free, 50 breast), and Jordan Aseron (50 free). In the end it was Team South winning the meet by a mere 6 points and the racing came down to the very last relay! Over the weekend the OSC swimmers did a great job of listening well, doing their best in every workout, and respecting their teammates and competitors. Hopefully all the swimmers had fun, made some new friends, and learned something that will make them great swimmers for OSC, Alberta, and Canada in the future! |
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Olympic Trials - Day 6 Recap |
April 6, 2008 |
| Final Day from The CN Olympic Trials The day started with Erik Olson swimming a lifetime best in the 50m Freestyle and Mike Van Denham just over his best. The Men's 200 IM saw Braeden Newton swimming to a four second best time (2:14.69), Nathan Kindrachuk just over his best and Adam Amer with over a second improvement. In the women's 50m Freestyle Bobbie Mielnichuk, Natasha Fung and Shauna O'Toole all swam strong races with Natasha breaking 28 seconds for the first time long course. The women's 200m back was best time swims for Madison Mills, Lori Layne Kremer and Shaneese Nowlan. Deanna Matthews and Lindsay Morton were just over their best on the day. At night the men's 4x100MR broke the Club Record but was disqualified for a fast takeover. They will be sure to swim under the standard at some point this season with how all 4 were looking at the meet. All in all the OSC swimmers had a very good meet with many best time swims. The long course season got started off with a bang at the Trials and they all know where the target is for the remainder of the season. Canada picked what looks to be the best Olympic Team since 1992 so get ready to watch some very fast Canadian swimming come August... and some very fast OSC swimming by the end of July!!! |
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Olympic Trials - Day 5 Recap |
April 5, 2008 |
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Day 5 - CN Olympic Trials
The girls 4x100 MR broke the Club Record for both the 15-17 year
old's and the Senior. The team of Deanna Matthews, Natasha
Fung, Lori Layne Kremer and Bobbie Mielnichuk finished 11th over
all at the meet in a relay event that featured several of the
newly named Olympic Team.
Doug Rawlick swam just over his best in the preliminaries of the
1500 Free and is currently 17th with the final running Sunday
night. The prelims had several more best times from the O, with
Dana swimming a lifetime best in the 100 Free and Nathan doing
the same in the 100 Fly.
Sunday features the 50 Free, Men's 200 IM and Women's 200m back
so keep checking back to see the results from our team in the
morning!
Real-Time results . . . here!
Don't forget that CBC TV is broadcasting the finals LIVE
Saturday and Sunday night...
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Olympic Trials - Day 4 Recap |
April 4, 2008 |
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Day 4 - Lori Layne Kremer 11th overall
Lori Layne Kremer swam a lifetime best in the Women's 200m
Butterfly at the CN Trials in Montreal Friday night. The field
was very close but Lori took out her race in 1:04 and never
looked back finishing nearly a full second ahead of the 4th
place swimmer. This is Lori's best individual performance the
most competitive moment of her swimming career thus far and she
looked confident and comfortable throughout the race.
The Men's 4x200 FR with Joshua Au, Doug Rawlick, Adam Amer and
Erik Olson finished up 6th overall at the meet with four very
strong swims from the team.
In
the morning OSC had several great swims from the women's 200
IM. Natasha Fung just missed the Club Record and the B Final
with her 2 second best time of 2:23.43 and Shaneese Nowlan
dropped 3 seconds in the morning going 2:26.26.
In
the Fastest Event of the meet so far, Men's 100m Free where 8
men swam under 50 seconds for the first time ever, Josh Au
dropped over a full second to go 53.87. Mike Van Denham and
Adam Amer also swam personal best swims in the event.
Bobbie Mielnichuk swam to a 13th place finish in the 800 Free
with a time of 9:10.14. She will swim her B Final on Saturday
night. Madison Mills moved up several placings with a huge 11
second improvement and Dana Armstrong swam a terrific back end
to finish just behind Madison.
Keep checking in to see OSC moving up and swimming lifetime best
times in the most competitive Canadian meet in over a decade! Real-Time results . . .
here!
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Olympic Trials - Day 3 Recap |
April 3, 2008 |
| Day 3- 3 More Club Records go down
in Montreal Joshua Au bettered the Club Record in the 200m Butterfly in Prelims at the 2008 CN Olympic Trials Thursday morning. His time of 2:03.90 was good enough for a B Final position where he swam under the old record again but not quite as fast as his previous mark. The Men's 200m Butterfly was one of the fastest top 16 in Canadian history with a new Canadian Record swim in the final. Bobbie Mielnichuk swam under the Club Record both in the prelim and B Final. The old standard of 2:07.06 went down to Bobbie's 2:05.35 and 2:05.26. The old record was held by Bobbie's Aunt, Jolene Cowan from 1986. Day 3 - Great Morning swimming from the Olympians Another great morning of swimming from our OSC athletes going 80% best times in prelims. The 200m Free for women got us out of the gate with great swims from Shaneese Nowlan, Madison Mills, Shauna O'Toole, Bobbie Mielnichuk, Natasha Fung and Dana Armstrong. Josh Au was our soul 200m butterflyer and made it through to the B Final with a personal best and a Club Record. The Men's 200m Breast was next with Nathan Kindrachuk and Adam Amer swimming very strong first 100m splits. Braeden Newton swam a huge race dropping over 7 seconds from his best time at Alberta Seniors. Look for more great swims tomorrow with Women's 200 IM, 200 Fly, 800 Free and Men's 100 Free... Stay tuned!!! Watch online at CBC.ca Real-Time results . . . here! |
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Olympic Trials - Day 2 Recap |
April 3, 2008 |
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Day
Two say the Olympians going 75% best time performances
from Prelims with Bobbie Mielnichuk making it through to the
Trials 'B' Final in the 400 Free. Her time of 4:21.88 was just
over the Club Record and good enough for a 14th place finish.
Joshua Au swam a first time ever sub 2 minute 200m Freestyle
going 1:58.20 an improvement of over 2 seconds. Mike Van Denham
and Adam Amer also dropped time from their previous bests.
Shaneese Nowlan swam a lifetime best in the 100m Backstroke
(1:09.52) as well as Braeden Newton (1:01.76) and Nathan
Kindrachuk (1:07.97). Natasha Fung improved her 1:14 100m
Breaststroke dropping a few tenths. The Girls 400 Free was a
real treat to watch. Best time after best time with the first 3
girls heat winners in the morning. Lori Layne Kremer (4:40.74),
Deanna Matthews (4:36.33), Lindsay Morton (4:34.81), Madison
Mills (4:34.53), Dana Armstrong (4:29.25) and another new
National standard and Bobbie Mielnichuk going 4:24.04 in her
morning swim and 4:21.88 at night. The boys 4x100 Free Relay
finished 12th overall with a time of 3:40.81
Mielnichuk, Bobbie
4:24.04 4:21.88 825
Look forward to some very fast 200m Freestyles from the girls as well as Men's 200 Fly and Breast to come.
I hope you
are all able to see the amazing racing on CBC TV or CBC.ca at
night. This has been a great Olympic Trials thus far for Canada
and we are only 2 days in!!! Go OSC and Go Canada!
Real-Time results . . .
here!
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Olympic Trials - Day 1 Recap |
April 1, 2008 |
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Looking back on our first day at the CN 2008 Olympic Trials The
Olympian Swim Club had a very successful day. Our Women's 4x100
Free Relay finished 7th over all in the competition with a Club
Record.
OSC 'A' 3:57.11 The previous Club Record was 4:04.48
The morning was stacked with huge best times from the likes of Braeden Newton, Madison Mills, Natasha Fung and Shaneese Nowlan in the 400 IM. Our highest ranking from Day one was Lindsay Morton (18th) just missing the 'B' Final in the 400 IM. Nathan Kindrachuk improved his personal best in the 100 Breast and Lori Layne Kremer was out very fast at the 50m mark in the 100 Fly, just missing her best. Doug Rawlick was just over his best in the 400 free, Josh Au dropped 3 seconds in the 400 Free.
Day Two we have the Men's 200 Free (Mike Van Denham, Doug
Rawlick, Erik Olson, Joshua Au, Adam Amer) - Women's 100 Back
(Shaneese Nowlan, Deanna Matthews) - Men's 100 Back (Nathan
Kindrachuk, Braeden Newton) - Women's 100 Breast (Natasha Fung)
- 400 Free (Lori-Layne Kremer, Lindsay Morton, Deanna Matthews,
Bobbie Mielnichuk, Dana Armstrong, Madison Mills)
Check back for more results from what is shaping up as the
fastest National Meet in Canadian History!
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Olympic Trials underway in Montreal |
April 1, 2008 |
| Real-Time results . . . here! | |
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Olympic Trials - One Day away! |
March 30, 2008 |
 OSC Swimmers with one day of
preparation away from the 2008 CN Canadian Olympic Trials in
Montreal. All the swimmers are looking very fast in the pre-meet
training sessions and are very eager to get the racing underway.
Over 700 of Canada's top swimmers will be vying for spots on the
Olympic Team as well as several other selection competitions. Please
check back here for OSC swimming updates |
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| Olympic Trials - April 1st to April 6th |
March 30, 2008 |
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16 swimmers from the Olympian Swim Club are off to Montreal to
compete in the 2008 CN sponsored Olympic Trail. This meet will
determine Canada’s Olympic Team this summer. Our team departs on
March 29th and will finish their final two days of preparation in
the Olympic Pool in Montreal. Please check back for more updates from the pool deck and www.swimming.ca for real time results. |
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| Far Westerns SC 2008 - April 3rd to 6th |
March 30, 2008 |
| 10 swimmers from the Olympian Swim Club are going to Pleasanton, California to compete in the Far Westerns SC Swimming Championships. This is the SC championship meet for Northern California, one of the most competitive swimming communities in the world. Good luck, OSC!! | |
| Spring Training Camp (TAG & JAG) |
March 28, 2008 |
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The start of the Long Course season is just around the corner! To
kick it off, there will be a 5-day spring training camp for the TAG
& JAG groups from Wednesday, April 2nd to Sunday, April 6th. The
confirmed training times are as follows:
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| Coaches' Corner Update: |
March 28, 2008 |
| High Performance page, Fountain Park OW page. | |
| Alberta Age Group Provincials - Meet Recap |
March 17, 2008 |
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Thirty five 14 and under OSC swimmers came together this weekend at
the Kinsmen Sports Centre for the Alberta Age Group Championship
along with 300 other swimmers from across the province. The meet was
a tremendous success as we saw many of the O’s step up with amazing
swims, new qualifying time, club records, best times and many many
medals! One of the biggest highlights of the weekend came Sunday night when Natasha Fung stepped up to the plate in the 200 IM and smashed the National Age Group Record with a stunning 2:16.36. This swim broke the old standard held by Canadian Olympian and former World Record holder Alison Higson. This is the only individual National Age Group record currently held by an OSC swimmer. Congratulations Natasha! We had two swimmers qualify to attend new National meets this weekend as well. Paige Kremer started it off on the first day with a new Western Canadian Champs qualifying time in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:27.61. At age 11, this is a great accomplishment for Paige! On Saturday Jordan Aseron followed up with an Age Group National standard in the 200 free with a huge drop to 2:14.15. Way to go Jordan! Club Records also fell in abundance this weekend, and they were as follows: Natasha Fung added 3 more 13-14 records to her collection in the 50 free (26.57), 100 free (57.16), and 200 free (2:03.84), Mackenzie Lubberding broke the 11-12 50 fly twice (30.10 and 29.94) and the 100 fly (1:07.19), and Luke Peddie broke the 50 fly for 13-14’s twice (28.00 and 27.80). On the relay side of things the 10 and under boys (Kyle Aseron, Noah Lubberding, Fred Kamminga, and Josef Legaspi) broke a 12 year old record in the 200 free relay with 2:22.31, the 11-12 boys (Mackenzie Lubberding, Jordan Aseron, Eduardo Gamboa-Araiza, and Noah Lubberding) broke the 400 free relay record by 3 seconds with 4:30.56, and the 13-14 girls (Madison Mills, Natasha Fung, Kristan Kushlyk, and Shannon Johnston) broke the 400 free relay record set last season with a 4:03.34. There were also two teams selected off of this meet: the 11-12 Northern Alberta vs. Southern Alberta Dual Meet and the 13-14 BC vs. Alberta Dual Meet. On the 11-12 team are Jordan Aseron, Arynn deLeeuw, Aiden Friesen. Eduardo Gamboa-Araiza, Shyla Golly, Annika Kamminga, Paige Kremer, Hannah Lantz, Mackenzie Lubberding, Monica McDowell, and Berkley Nowlan. The names of the swimmers on the BC vs. Alberta team have yet to be announced, but we will post them as soon as we get them. Congratulations to all these swimmers, enjoy the dual meets and learn as much as you can while being part of Team Alberta! Overall the team placed 2nd in the team standings behind Cascade with a very solid effort from top to bottom. We had 12 different swimmers win individual medals, and nearly every swimmer place in the top 16 in at least one event, a true team effort. Congratulations to all the OSC swimmers on an amazing weekend, and thanks to all the parents who spent so much time making this meet such a great success for our team and swimming in Alberta. Sincerely, The OSC Coaching Staff |
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| Coaches' Corner Update: |
March 17, 2008 |
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High Performance page,
Performance page,
Fountain Park TAG page, Fountain Park OW page, SOM February. |
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| Team North-Alberta Selected for 11- & 12-year-olds |
March 17, 2008 |
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This year, Swim Alberta is running the first-ever 11&12-year-old
North vs. South Training Camp and Dual Meet, which takes place in
Edmonton on Friday, March 21 & Saturday, March 22. Selection to Team
North was based off of performances at this weekend's Alberta Age
Group Championships. OSC has 11 swimmers and 1 coach named to Team North! That is far more than any other team, and over 1/3 of the total team of 31 swimmers and 4 coaches. Congratulations, OSC! Team North-Alberta:
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| Huge Thank-You to all Volunteers!!! |
March 17, 2008 |
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I’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of the
OSC members that helped out at the Alberta Provincial Age Group
Championships this weekend. Your unbelievable commitment to making
this event a success is truly special. This meet was one of the best
that OSC has hosted in several years. The feedback received from
other club’s parents, coaches, and swimmers was very positive. I
would especially like to thank all of the volunteers that acted in
chairperson capacities. Your dedication and effort helped make the
meet run smoothly and ultimately ensured its success. This weekend
was a great example of just how great our club can be when everyone
contributes. I would also like to congratulate all of the OSC swimmers. They are truly wonderful kids both in and out of the water. All of you performed very well and should be extremely proud. Finally, I also wish to thank the entire OSC coaching staff. Carl has assembled an awesome team of dedicated coaches that have amazing abilities to get the best from their athletes. Seeing our coaches prepare their athletes for competitions such as this weekend should inspire confidence in all of us that our club is fast becoming a swimming power in Alberta…GO OSC! Kevin Kindrachuk Meet Manager |
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| OSC Hosting 2008 Alberta Age Group Championships |
March 13, 2008 |
| Click here for Real-Time Results. | |
| Alberta Senior Provincials - Meet Recap |
March 13, 2008 |
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The Olympian Swim Club brought 32 swimmers to Calgary over the March
7th to 9th weekend for the Alberta Senior Provincials. This was the
first full Long Course meet of the season for our swimmers and it
turned out to be a great one. OSC finished 4th for the Men’s side of the meet, 2nd for Women’s and 3rd Overall. As a club we continue to move forward at Provincial and National level competitions – our women beat all teams but the University of Calgary. We had swimmers from several different ‘branches’ of OSC gel together as one unit over the weekend. We had Nicole Shrimpton from JAG at her first ever Senior Provincials with several swimmers from the X group, Performance Group, High Performance group and our UofA athletes all coming together as a team over the 3 days. Our Chaperones, the Kremers, faced with some definite challenges, did an amazing job of managing the athletes over the course of the weekend. It was a pleasure to know that all of our athletes were very well provided for in Calgary. Some of the highlights on the weekend were our Women’s 400 IM sweep of the medals with Deanna Matthews (1st), Lindsay Morton (2nd) and Shaneese Nowlan (3rd). Lori Layne Kremer broke the 13-14 girls Club Record in the 50m Butterfly going 29.73, she also won the 200m Butterfly at the meet. Swimmers who were in the medals on the weekend were – Callum Lavoie (400m IM), Joshua Au (200m Fly), Lindsay Morton (200m Fly), Deanna Matthews (200m Backstroke), Dana Armstrong (400m, 800m and 1500m Free), Bobbie Mielnichuk (400m Free) and Lori Layne Kremer (100m Fly). In the Relays we had the women’s 4 x 200m winning 2nd (Dana Armstrong, Bobbie Mielnichuk, Deanna Matthews and Shaneese Nowlan). This weekend we hand off the torch to our Age Group Provincial swimmers here in Edmonton. Good Luck to you all and see you on the deck! |
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| OSC Hosting 2008 Alberta Age Group Championships |
March 13, 2008 |
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Updated Session Report . . .
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