EKSC Candy Cane Invitational 2025
Candy Cane Invitational 2025
Edmonton, AB
November 28-30, 2025
(written by Coach Minh Nguyen)
Our swimmers kicked off the holiday season at the Candy Cane Invitational, held from Friday, November 28 to Sunday, November 30. Across three days of racing, the meet had a great mix of fun, team spirit, and serious racing as athletes tested themselves in a wide range of events.
Our team put together a strong weekend of racing, coming away with 686 personal bests and 92 podium finishes!
Youth Top-5 Recognition ⭐
- Elise Wonsiak – Top 5 in 50 Breaststroke
- Beckham Dodd – Top 5 in 50 Butterfly
Provincial Trials Qualifiers
- Kai Rymer – 100 Breaststroke
- Sofia Inaba – 100 Freestyle
- Elizabeth Morgantini – 50 Breaststroke
- Emily Philipenko – 50 Breaststroke
- Deah Vetger – 50 Breaststroke
- Michael Kaminsky – 50 Breaststroke
- Jacob Yeung – 50 Backstroke
- Joshua Yeung – 50 Breaststroke
- Alex Yu – 400 IM
Festival Qualifiers
- Sofia Inaba – 100 Freestyle (also a Provincial Trials time!)
- Niah Beaudoin – 50 Butterfly
- Aisling Ulrich – 100 Butterfly
- Flora Smith – 100 Breaststroke
- Avery Gover – 100 Butterfly
- Alyssa Argueta – 100 Butterfly
- Guanyue Liu – 50 Freestyle
Podium Finishes 🏅
- Evan Brake – 4 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze
- Leo Wang – 1 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze
- Elise Wonsiak – 4 gold, 2 silver
- Jamie de Kock – 2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze
- Derek Pahanonot – 1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze
- Beckham Dodd – 3 gold, 1 silver
- Maya Horn – 2 silver, 2 bronze
- Bozhena Penner – 3 gold, 1 bronze
- Nikolai Skoke – 3 gold, 1 silver
- Jeremy Tchir – 1 silver, 3 bronze
- Varvara Varankina – 1 gold, 3 bronze
- Kathryn Woo – 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
- Sofia Inaba – 2 gold, 1 silver
- Guanyue Liu – 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
- Adrien Peng – 1 silver, 2 bronze
- Zenon Andriuk – 2 bronze
- Chloe Chang – 1 bronze
- Caleb Gunderson – 1 silver
- Mikayla Gunderson – 1 gold
- Hudson Ironside – 1 bronze
- Dexter Kingston – 1 bronze
- Katherine Li – 1 silver
- Ivy Maguire – 1 gold
- Claire Purves – 1 silver
- Gweneth Ryan – 1 silver
- Kai Rymer – 1 gold
- Adam Shumilov – 1 bronze
- Flora Smith – 1 bronze
- Joshua Yeung – 1 bronze
Congratulations to our new qualifiers, podium finishers, and the many swimmers who took coach feedback on board and sharpened key parts of their racing!
Next up is JP Fiset, our home meet, and we’re ready to bring that momentum into a loud, fast, OSC-hosted environment. We can’t wait to see our swimmers step up, race hard, and show what they’ve been working on in training. Let’s go, OSC! 💙