18 May 2024 (Scarborough, ON) - Well, we got a bit behind on our meet summaries with all the excitement happening at the Pan AM centre in Toronto but - let’s just say its a been a heckuva week! Day 2 featured swims at night from Rebecca Smith in the 200m free as well as Cole Pratt and Parker Deshayes in the “A” final of the 100m backstroke. Rebecca Smith was up first in her race looking to lock up one of those relay spots, first and foremost, for Canada’s...

14 May 2024 (Toronto, ON) - Canadian Olympic Trials Day 1 concluded with a bang with a couple of swims at night and a number of best times in the morning and in the time trials. In the “A” final at night of the 100m butterfly Rebecca Smith was in tight qualifying in 3rd place overall (tied) in 58.65 just over the OQT (Olympic qualifying time) of 57.92. Smith was out in 26.98 on the first 50m and looked strong the whole way through. At night it was up against...

26 March 2024 (Winnipeg, MB) – Day 4 was the culmination of the weekend’s racing with all pistons firing in the pool – more swimmers swam for Cascade at night on day 4 then on any of the other final sessions and it was quite a glorious sight to see! The first event of the night was the 200m butterfly with special mention of Cuyler McNeil making his finals debut – not bad for one of our western championship’s rookie – finishing 5th overall in a new lifetime best time...

24 March 2024 (Winnipeg, MB) - The third day was another one of the quick ones with plenty of action and gamesmanship going on between a couple of teams - it made for an exciting day. First podium finish of the evening session came in the 100m butterfly with Rebecca Smith racing in the open (16&O) final. The meet record was set last year in 59.59 and Smith was looking for a fast one before she jetted out of town (her flight home was 90 minutes later)! In prelims she...

23 March 2024 (The corner of Portage & Main, MB) - The second day of the Western Canadian Championships proved just as exciting as the first with all sorts of action across the pool including a set of relays that left your heart on the floor with all the excitement! First up on the night, the 100m freestyle, was an exciting event as it always is - up and down the pool as fast as you can! Our girls in the “A” finals were Elleigh Wise and Rebecca Smith. Rebecca,...

22 March 2024 (Winnipeg, MB) - The, “last one fast one!” Is on as the history of the current format of the Western Canadian Championships draws itself to a close after 10 solid years of swimming across Canada’s western provinces. We can look back in appreciation of everything this meet has done for Cascade - and, proudly, look back just as much - in how much we at Cascade have done for this meet! The Westerns record book is replete with the names of Cascade swimmers from over the years...

22 October 2023 (Calgary) - All sorts of ‘first meet of the season’ and for some ‘first meet of the lifetime’ vibes this weekend after a very successful outing of the Halloween Howler. The meet ran yesterday with 6 teams and 329 swimmer - resulting in 1,161 splashes (swims)! It was a great effort on the part of all our coaches and swimmers as well as the visiting teams all in attendance. A special thank you to all the volunteers and officials who came out to help yesterday - the...

25 June 2023 (MNP Community & Sport Centre, Calgary) - The Steven Brown Memorial swim meet (named for long time Nose Creek Swim Association official and referee Steve Brown) is one of our last few opportunities to make new championship meet qualifying times this summer: Provincials, Canadian Juniors and Canadian Seniors. Yesterday Lilah Thiessen took advantage of her opportunity given in the girl’s 100m breaststroke chasing down the Canadian Jr qualifying time in the girl’s 100. She came to the meet with a 1:20.67 personal best, just over the Canadian...

15 May 2023 (Barcelona, Spain) - The Cascade crew of three swimmers and one coach have made their way from Canet-en-Rousillon to Barcelona, Spain today and onto the second leg of the long course European tour known as the Mare Nostrum. Coach Dave Johnson has a team of three with Cole Pratt, Liam Weaver & Ingrid Wilm making their way in and around the Mediterranean Sea (wikipedia). In Canet Ingrid managed to get on the podium twice with a silver in the 50m backstroke (28.10) and bronze on the 100m...

National ID Team Recognition Congratulations to our own Parker Deshayes! Parker has been recognized as a part of Canada’s National Development Program ID Team. This is great recognition on the part of Swimming Canada and Parker’s recent performances. At the 2023 Bell Canadian Trials (World Championship Trials) Parker was 6th in the Junior Final of the 100m backstroke (58.13) and 4th in the Junior Final of the 200m backstroke (2:06.80) - his performance in the 100m backstroke named him to the ID team. Congratulations Parker and to his coaches and...