CW Swimmers Reach New Heights at 2023 MAC Rising Stars

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The last weekend of the month (May 27-28, 2023) provided an opportunity for a variety of Club Warriors swimmers from the Age Group 3 (AG3), Junior, and Junior Elite teams to compete at the 2023 MAC Rising Stars Long Course (LC) meet hosted by the Markham Aquatic Club at the Markham PanAm Centre in Markham, Ontario.  The PanAm Centre itself is a fantastic facility and I think many of us feel that we are all very lucky to have such venues to host our events and see our swimmers perform.  

In total there were 18 swimmers who participated over the course of the two day event between the various age groups.  Almost all the swimmers participated in their maximum 6 events over the two days, so indeed it made for a fun weekend along with a “very early morning commute” from the KW Area.  Caffeine to the rescue!  

Despite the early morning start, almost all of the swimmers finished in the top half of their races, many with individual bests with a few simply amazing time improvements.  The athletes have been training hard this season and the results are definitely paying off.  We had a few top 10 finishes with many of the swimmers winning their heats, which is always a great feeling for both the athletes and the spectators!

Congrats to all the swimmers, family, and friends who were in attendance and to those who planned to attend but could not due to injury or other commitments, we wish them well in their recovery and hope to see everyone at the final Black vs. Red event of the season in just a few weeks!

Here are some notable results from our swimmers over the weekend in the events in which they participated:

 

JUNIOR ELITE

Stella Sedra

(12-13 yrs)
  • 50 Free (10th Place!)
  • 100 Back (13th Place!)
  • 50 Breast (5th Place!)

 

JUNIORS

Aadrika Bhakt

(14 & Over)
  • 200 Breast (-13.92s and 13th Place Amazing!)
  • 100 Fly (-0.69s)
  • 50 Fly (-2.19)

Patrick Cai
(14 & Over)
  • 50 Back (-0.70s and 14th Place!)

Sofia Fonseca
(12-13 yrs)
  • 100 Back (-2.99s)
  • 50 Back (-2.04s!)

 

Mark Galich

(14 & Over)

 
  • 200 Free (-6.69s GREAT WORK!)

Addison Hector
(14 & Over)
  • 50 Back (-1.53s)

 

Cooper Hutcheson

(14 & Over)

 
  • 200 Free (-9.38s WOW!)
  • 100 Back (-1.73s)
  • 200 Back (11th Place!)

 

Farah Sabri

(14 & Over)

 
  • 50 Free (-1.57s)
  • 50 Back (8th Place!)
  • 100 Breast (-6.42s GREAT WORK!)

 

 

Patrick Sun

(14 & Over)
  • 50 Free (-0.82s)
  • 100 Back (13th Place!)
  • 50 Breast (-1.59s and 13th Place!)
  • 100 Free (-3.18s) 
  • 100 Breast (-1.34s) 
  • 200 IM (-5.43s GREAT WORK!)

 

 

Damir Voleac

(12-13 yrs)
  • 50 Free (-1.37s and 14th Place!)
  • 100 Back (-3.87s)
  • 100 Free (-3.00s)
  • 50 Back (-3.27s and 9th Place!)

 

AGE GROUP 3 (AG3)

Nikol Bondar

(12-13 yrs)
  • 50 Free (-0.82s)
  • 50 Breast (-1.38s)
  • 100 Free (-1.15s)
  • 100 Breast (-5.39s GREAT WORK!)

 

Orin Cesarini
(12-13 yrs)
  • 200 Free (4th Place!)
  • 100 Back (9th Place!)
  • 400 IM (-35.42s and 7th Place AMAZING!)
  • 100 Free (-2.58S and 4th Place)
  • 200 Back (-5.73s and 3rd Place!)
  • 200 IM (-4.37s and 6th Place!)

 

Kylie Chira
(12-13 yrs)
  • 200 Free (-0.77s)
  • 100 Back (-1.83s)
  • 50 Breast (-6.69s GREAT WORK!)
  • 100 Free (-1.62s)
  • 200 Back (-24.43s FANTASTIC!)

 

 

Rosa Doucet

(14 & Over)

 
  • 200 Free (-18.48s AMAZING!)
  • 400 IM (-13.62s GREAT WORK!)
  • 50 Fly (-0.87s)
  • 200 IM (-0.55s)

 

Yehia Fath
(12-13 yrs)
  • 50 Free (-2.96s!)
  • 200 Breast (9th Place!)    
  • 50 Breast (7th Place!)
  • 100 Free (-9.36s GREAT WORK!)
  • 100 Breast (12th Place!)

 

 

Alex Shevkoplyas

(12-13 yrs)

 

 

  • 100 Free (-8.58s and 11th Place!)
  • 50 Back (-6.53s and 10th Place!)
  • 100 Breast (-12.96s and 15th Place!)

 

Angela Shevkoplyas

(12-13 yrs)
  • 100 Free (-4.35s)
  • 50 Back (-1.84s)
  • 100 Breast (-4.13s GREAT WORK!)

 

 

Ekaterina Skadorova

(12-13 yrs)

 
 
  • 50 Free (-9.01s WOW!)
  • 50 Breast (-4.53s)
  • 50 Back (-2.54s)
  • 100 Breast (-10.31s GREAT WORK!)