Aquajets Splash Into the Season with Fast Racing!

NOVEMBER 4 2024 - Cambridge Aquajet athletes are making a splash early this season with 4 successful swim meets complete already as of early November! 

Our Advanced and Intermediate groups kicked things off on the weekend of October 19 and 20 at the Milton DASH4CASH and the GHAC Fall Invitational respectively. The Advanced swimmers not only achieved over 75 personal best times over two days, but every Aquajet improved on their 50 freestyle time and many swimmers rose to the podium including Andrew Rush with a 1st, Jack Gray, Liam Bassin, Ainsley Murdoch all with 2nd and Olivia Pearce with a 3rd. Other top 8 swimmers in the 50 freestyle included Shealen Hayes with a 4th, Brooklyn Pearce with a 5, Addy Nichols with a 7th, and Hailey Murdoch with an 8th. CAJ also dominated the 100 backstroke with 12 top 12 finshers including Bassin, A. Murdoch, Rush and Gray capturing gold, Marley Pedersen with a 7th, Clara Lepage with a 9th, Emiliano Cardenas Granados with a 10th and Saeed Rasheed with an 11th. Mikayla Heeley had great improvement in the 200 backstroke with 5 seconds off of her personal best and a 5th place finish. Great job advanced! 

The same weekend, the Intermediate took to the pool in Hamilton at the GHAC Fall Invitational. Over 50 personal bests were smashed over the weekend with stand out swims in the 50 meter events and individual Medley events. Standout Charlotte Carpenter brought home 4 golds in the 50 Fly, 50 Free, 100 IM, 50 Breast and a 2nd place in the 200 Free! Every Intermediate swimmer achieved a top 10 result over the meet: Holly Anderson (2nd, 3rd, and 4 7th places), Grace Dobbie (3rd, 6th, 5th), Claire Fitzpatrick (3 1st, 5th, and 6th), Clara Gray (1st, 4th, 3 5th, 9th), Ariel Heeley (3 5th, 6th, 8th), Paige Hewitt (2nd, 2 3rd, 4th, 9th), Aubrey Ireland (2nd, 2 5th, 2 6th, 7th), Hannah Johnson (3 2nd, 2 3rd, 5th), Charlotte Lepage (2 1st, 2 2nd, 6th, 8th), Brielle McLellan (2nd, 7th, 8th, 9th, 2 10th), Gabriel Presicareanu (2nd, 3 3rd, 4th, 5th), Addy Simpson (5th, 6th, 9th), Thomas Straus (5th, 6th, 9th), Gurneet Takhar (2nd, 5th, 6th), and Tianshu Van Altena (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th). Congratulations for a great meet Intermediate! 

On October 26th, CAJ hosted their first meet of the year. The athletes swam fast at home, knocking down 100's of personal bests. A special shout out to the Novice swimmers who participated in their first swim meet of the year and some for participating in their first meet ever! Your coaches are extremely proud of your accomplishments so far this season. A big thank you to all of our volunteers - your swimmer could not do it with out you. 

This past weekend, the Novice 2's and 3's took on the University of Guelph Pool and swam fast at their first away meet of the year. With many personal bests being broken, it was hard to keep track of all the improvements in the pool! Congratulations to Wesley Brown for qualifiying for short course Western Regionals in February in the 50 freestyle and achieving 3 1st place finishes. Special shoutouts to all of our other top ten finishers: Caitilin Brown (1st, 2 3rd), Norah Cocking (2 1st, 2nd), Bonds De lulis (8th), Elsie Emary (2nd), Bronson Foster (3rd, 4th, 5th), Adrianna Huizingh (2 1st, 5th), Hanna Kharlova (1st, 3rd, 4th), Alee Rush (1st, 5th), Chiara (2nd, 3rd, 6th), Skyelar (10th), Danny Vasic (3rd, 7th), Ben Watkins (2nd, 3rd, 6th), Rachel Wu (7th, 8th). Olivia Davidson, Maya Dhole, Brynn Illingworth, Eric Girard, Isla Kelly, Sam Leigh, Jack Mansson, Elsie McArthur and Anvi Mudlapur all raced hard in the 50 freestyle and achieved a top 25 result. Congratulations Novice!