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Emma Hesterman

EDMONTON KEYANO INTERNATIONAL 3rd – 7th July, 2024 Congratulations to the 14 swimmers who competed at the EKI Meet (Edmonton Keyano International) this past weekend in Edmonton. Swimmers from all over Canada were competing which made for a really fast competition. It was an action-packed weekend for our Provincial and National level swimmers to fine tune their swims in preparation for Summer Provincials at the end of the month. We had 3 medals awarded and many Top 10 and Top 20 Finals. 2 outstanding swims which produced 2 gold medals...

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STEVEN BROWN MEMORIAL MEET 21st-23rd June, 2024 Congratulations to all our swimmers on a fabulous weekend in Cochrane. Amidst all the last minute, crazy changes with the host club and all the parents helping out through the chaos of it all at the meet, everyone stepped up, swam fast, had fun and was able to finish off the season in style. The coaches would like to wish all our wonderful parents and swimmers an amazing summer season and we look forward to seeing you in September for a brand-new season....

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2024 SUMMER FESTIVALS SOUTH 15th & 16th June, 2024 Congratulations to our 8 swimmers that qualified and 6 swimmers that attended the 2024 Summer Festivals South in Lethbridge this past weekend. All the swimmers stepped up and swam really well and had lots of fun along the way. Festival qualification standards achieved Sam Bouque (100 Back) Dane Gardner (50 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Back, 100 IM, 50 Back, 50 Fly, 100 Free) Cohen Haugrud (50 Back) Clay Johnston (50 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Back, 50 Back, 100 Free) Jerome Ling...

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KSC LC INVITATIONAL 7TH – 9TH JUNE, 2024 Congratulations to the 61 swimmers that competed at the weekend. We had over 130 Final swims, lots of qualification standards achieved, 1 new club record and a Medliminator winner. CLUB RECORD Congratulations to Carson Vollman who broke a 12-year old club record in the 400 Free in a time of 4:54.39 MEDLIMINATOR We had 3 swimmers selected to compete in the Medliminator in an open category. Lucy Wiens, Keton Murphy and Carson Vollman It started out with 10 swimmers swimming 50 Fly,...

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CSI: PARIS-ROBAIX Calgary, AB. 31st May – 2nd June, 2024 Congratulations to the 26 swimmers that competed at the weekend, the swimmers achieved almost 50 finals over the weekend with many Top 8 and Top 16 swims as well as multiple medal awards and 1 new club record broken in the 14U Mixed Medley Relay. CLUB RECORD BROKEN Charlotte Johnston, Peyton Jones, Slade Diakiw & Gavin Pacitti broke a 5-year record in the 14U Mixed Medley Relay. ALBERTA PROVINCIAL QUALIFICATION STANDARDS Oscar Bednarz, Slade Diakiw, Tanner Donnelly, Wells Ginzer, Declan...

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Congratulations to Wells and Lucy who attended the fastest competition in the country 2024 Canadian Olympic Trials (13-19 May, 2024) Not only was it an inspirational competition for everyone to be a part of, they both rose to the challenge and excelled all week albeit both of them trying to get well from sickness. Lucy (15) made best times in most of her time-trial swims and placed 16th place in the 100 Back (13-18); an outstanding performance with swimmers who are 3 years older than her. In the Junior Category...

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MAVS LC TSUNAMI INVITATIONAL Seton, Calgary, AB. 10th and 11th May, 2024 Congratulations to the 69 swimmers that competed at our inaugural long course meet this past weekend, we had many great swims, with qualifications achieved and brand-new swims swum. Thank you to Kylie, Lindsay and Adrien and all our amazing parent volunteers who made this competition run smoothly and efficiently. CLUB RECORD BROKEN Lucy Wiens (15) broke the 100m Free record in 1:00.59 FESTIVAL QUALIFICATION STANDARDS Zachary Flora (50 Back, 100 Back) Dane Gardner (100 Free, 100 Fly, 100...

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Congratulations to Lucy Wiens and Mikayla Paul who were selected by Swim Alberta and attended the 3-day 'Emerge Camp' in Calgary this past weekend. They had a weekend of lots of swimming, dryland and classroom presentations, new friends made and many fun memories.

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COULEE KIDS PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY CHALLENGE Lethbridge, AB. 3RD – 5TH MAY, 2024 Congratulations to the 48 swimmers that travelled to Lethbridge this past weekend. We had many successful swims with best times and new swims created which resulted in many Top 3 medals and Top 10 finishes, including many qualification standards achieved. FESTIVAL QUALIFICATION STANDARDS Dane Gardner (50 Free, 100 Back, 50 Back, 100 Fly) Clay Johnston (100 Free, 50 Free, 100 Back, 50 Fly, 100 Fly) Jerome Ling (100 Free, 50 Free, 100 Back, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 50...

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47th CHINOOK INVITATIONAL 19th – 21st April, 2024 Congratulations to the 38 swimmers that competed at the Chinook Invitational this past weekend. This was a great training meet for most to work on race strategies and long course racing and we also had many best times, qualification standards achieved and many medals and top 10 placings. FESTIVAL QUALIFICATION STANDARDS Jerome Ling (50 Free, 50 Fly, 50 Breast, 50 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly) ALBERTA PROVINCIAL QUALIFICATION STANDARDS Oscar Bednarz, Slade Diakiw, Rylee Flora, Wells Ginzer, Alex Holt, Cora Hunter, Leah...