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BIG TIME PERFORMANCES |
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OSC's Big Time Performances:
This is a spotlight to recognize exceptional performances by our athletes throughout the swim year. The performances highlighted below are distinct for their National and/or International significance: Senior Club Records, Provincial Records, Provincial and/or National Team Selection, and high performance at Senior National and International competitions.
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Deanna Matthews |
Deanna Matthews broke a 29-year-old
Women's Senior Club record in the 200m Individual Medley on Day 3 of
the Western Canada Summer Games in Strathcona County, Alberta, on
her way to her fourth individual gold medal of the weekend.
Congratulations, Deanna! |
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Deanna Matthews |
Deanna Matthews continued to break
Women's Senior Club records on Day 2 of the Western Canada Summer
Games, this time in the 200m Backstroke.
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Nathan Kindrachuk |
Nathan Kindrachuk had a breakthrough
swim in his 100m Breaststroke on Day 2 of the Western Canada Summer
Games. His time of 1:04.62 in prelims was his first ever senior
national qualifying standard, and also broke the 7-year-old Senior
Men's Club record of 1:05.03, previously held by Chris Nelson.
Congratulations, Nathan! |
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Josh Au |
Josh Au continued his great swimming
on Day 1 of Western Canada Summer Games by breaking the Senior Men's
Club record in the 200m Butterfly just moments after setting a club
record and earning a silver medal in the 100m Backstroke.
Congratulations, Josh! |
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Josh Au |
Josh Au began his Western Canada
Summer Games by breaking the Senior Men's Club Record in the 100m
Backstroke twice in the same day.
Great job, Josh! |
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Deanna Matthews |
Deanna Matthews started off her Western Canada
Summer Games with a pair of Senior Women's Club records in the 100m
Backstroke. Deanna broke the 9-year-old record of 1:04.78 previously
held by Colleen Nuc, when she swam 1:04.44 in the preliminaries
session on Day 1. Deanna didn't stop there, however, as she swam another big best time in finals and finished her second 100m Backstroke of the day in 1:03.21. Deanna won gold in the event. Her splits in finals were as follows:
Great swimming, Deanna! |
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Team Alberta |
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 sweeping the golds 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! |
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13-14 Girls 4x100 Free Relay |
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. Our girls' splits went as follows:
The new record was a major highlight from the Age Group Nationals, and once again demonstrates just how great these girls are. In fact, the three fastest split times from our girls were only matched by one other 13-14-year-old girl from all the rest of the relay teams at the meet. Great swimming, girls, and congratulations on a new Provincial Record! |
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Josh Au |
In the dual for all-time 50 backstroke supremacy
in the Olympian Swim Club, Joshua Au struck back at Senior
Provincials to reclaim a record that he has traded with current
teammate Greg Swain already once this season. Josh's time of 29.15 was 0.16 seconds faster than Greg's record that was set only one month earlier. Congratulations, Josh! |
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Greg Swain |
One of the newest swimmers in the Performance group is already
making his mark on Olympian Swim Club history. At the Kamloops
Classic Swim Meet, Greg broke the Senior Men's Club Record in the 50
Backstroke. Greg's time of 29.31 was 0.05 seconds faster than the record set by Josh Au at Pan Am Games Trials just 2 months ago. Great swim, Greg! |
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Team Alberta |
Shannon Johnston, Kristan Kushlyk, Mackenzie Lubberding, Madison
Mills, Natasha Fung, Lori-Layne Kremer, and Deanna Matthews were all
selected for Team Alberta to attend a Dual Meet versus Team BC in
early April. Their selections were based on performances at the
Short Course Alberta Age Group Provincials. Of the 7 athletes, 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. Congratulations, Olympians! |
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Deanna Matthews |
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, check out this video: Click Here Deanna's splits went as follows:
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Josh Au |
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:
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Lori-Layne Kremer |
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, check out this video: LoriLayne50fly.wmv 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! |
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Josh Au |
Over the first 2 weeks of January 2007, Josh Au represented the Olympian Swim Club
on the Canadian Youth National Team 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! |
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13-14 Girls 4 x 50 Medley Relay |
The team of Deanna Matthews, Natasha Fung, Lori-Layne Kremer,
and Madison Mills, Olympian Swim Club, smashed the 13-14 girls 200m
Medley Relay Provincial Record at the PCS Christmas Cracker Meet in
Victoria, setting a new time of 2:00.90. Their splits went as follows:
They shattered the previous mark of 2:03.53, which was set by the
Edmonton Keyano Swim Club in 2005. |
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Deanna Matthews |
Deanna Matthews, Olympian Swim Club, broke her own Alberta
Provincial Record in the Female 13-14 year old 200 Backstroke short
course at the PCS Christmas Cracker in Victoria. Deanna posted the new time of 2:16.20 in the finals session, which also gave her the gold medal in the event. Her splits went as follows:
The time broke the 13-14 Girls Provincial Record and the OSC
13-14 Girls & Senior Female Club Record, which Deanna had set only 3
weeks earlier at the Bell Grand Prix in Toronto. |
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Deanna Matthews |
Deanna Matthews continued her attack on the OSC Club Record
board with her second Senior Club Record of the weekend at the the
Bell Grand Prix in Toronto. This time Deanna showed a bit of flat out speed in breaking her own 13-14 Age Group & Senior Club Record in the 50m Backstroke. Her time of 31.14 should be a scary thought for her competitors in the 100 and 200 meter backstroke events. Congratulations, Deanna! |
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Josh Au |
On Sunday at the Bell Grand Prix in Toronto, Josh crushed his previous best time in the
200 Fly twice in the same day. His morning swim of 2:04.22 was
actually 0.01 seconds slower than Stephen Badger's Senior Club
Record. The morning swim ranked Josh 6th going into finals, and that
night Josh took another second off of his morning swim, going
2:03.30 to finish 5th. His splits went as follows:
Josh's time breaks a 26-year-old club record held by former Canadian National Champion Stephen Badger. His time is also only 1.1 seconds away from former Canadian Record holder and Olympic medalist Tom Ponting's 15-17 Age Group Provincial Record. That's pretty elite company. Congratulations, Josh! |
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Deanna Matthews |
In
the first session of the first big meet of the year, the Olympian
Swim Club already has its first Provincial Record of the season. At
the Bell Grand Prix in Etobicoke, Ontario, Deanna Matthews smashed
her previous best time in the 200m Backstroke to break not only the
OSC Senior Women's Club Record, but also the Alberta 13-14 Girls
Provincial Record. Deanna's swim went as follows:
The time broke a 5-year-old Provincial Record of 2:17.04,
previously held by Mallory Hoekstra of Keyano. It also broke a
3-year-old Senior Women's OSC Club Record of 2:17.91, previously
held by Ifiyenia Koskinas. |
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