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Josh Sorensen

Event Recap - Winter Provincial Trials This past weekend, LASC sent 11 swimmers up to compete at Alberta Winter Provincial Trials in Calgary. The exciting three day affair had swimmers contesting in heats and finals with swimmers able to earn their way to next weekend's Provincial Championships in Edmonton by hitting the Champs qualifying standard or winning their respective event. A very big congratulations to JJ Koop and Kaitlin Kozub who were able to book their tickets to Provincial Champs by taking home victories in the 50 Free and 50...

Josh Sorensen

Hello LASC Families, I hope you are all doing well today, we have an exciting upcoming week with our first home meet of the year this weekend, the Pronghorn Classic, taking place. LASC H2Oh Yeah, Cash! Raffle There is still lots of time to sell booklets for our upcoming cash raffle later this month. Each booklet contains 10 tickets at $10 a ticket. We have some significant cash prizes up for grabs with the Top 3 Prizes being $3000, $1000, and $500 respectively. A big bonus for all the families...

Josh Sorensen

Hello LASC Families, Welcome to our next month of the season, March, and with it comes plenty of fast and exciting racing for all swimmers in the club! We have a busy month upcoming with two Provincial Championship meets, a home meet, Friday Night Races, and other items on our agenda. Practice Cancellations The Max Bell Mantas are hosting a Lifesaving Club meet at the University Pool this weekend. Due to the pool being booked out, there will be NO SATURDAY Morning practices for all groups this upcoming March 8th....

Josh Sorensen

Hello LASC Families, We are looking forward to having our Jr. Horns return this week as well as a return to our normal pool configuration set up. The cold snap seems to be over as we head towards March and some exciting upcoming meets. Meet Recap - Western Transmountain Festival We had just under 20 swimmers compete this past weekend at the Western Transmountain Festival on the weekend at the Brookfeild YMCA in South Calgary. The two day affair was the third installment of the WTF series over the last...

Josh Sorensen

Hello LASC Families, I hope you have all enjoyed your weekend and have been able to take in some of the sun on this chilly day. Here is some information on upcoming items for the next few weeks. Monday, February 17th Family Day - No Swim on Family Day next week for all groups. Maverick Madness We had over 40 swimmers compete this past weekend at the Maverick Madness meet on the weekend in south Calgary. It was an exciting three day affair full of fast and exciting races. We...

Josh Sorensen

Hello LASC Families, I hope you have all been able to keep warm these past few days. Here is some information on upcoming items for the next few weeks. UCSC Grand Prix Thirteen LASC swimmers traveled to Calgary this past weekend to compete in the UCSC Grand Prix out of the University of Calgary Pool. The group consisted of swimmers from the Academy and National groups. The event had a mixture of Heats and Finals events along with some Timed Final swims. Swimmers competed in both Short Course and Long...

Josh Sorensen

Swimmer of the Month - January Welcome to the first segment of Swimmer of the Month for 2025. We are excited to announce that we have new Swimmer of the Month caps coming in, hopefully by the end of March, and we can’t wait to hand them out to all of the well deserved winners so far this season. As well, We will have our bulletin board outside the viewing gallery updated shortly. Olympic Way 1 - Adrian Laird Adrian started the swim season with a strong determination to improve...

Josh Sorensen

Hello LASC Families, I hope you have all been able to enjoy the first few weeks of the new year. Here is some information on upcoming items for the next few weeks. Team Photos We have some team photos with the groups set for today and tomorrow at practice. They will take place roughly at the start of each group's practice time slot. Please bring an LASC t-shirt. If you have not received a t-shirt this year, please let us know, and we will give it to your swimmer when...

Josh Sorensen

Hello LASC Families, I hope you were all able to enjoy your winter break and were able to connect with friends and family during the holidays and over New Years. Here is some information on upcoming items for the next few weeks. Scheduling While our competitive groups hopped in the water this past Thursday, we’re looking forward to the return of the whole club, including Jr. Horns and Masters, this Monday, January 6th. Upcoming Meets Alberta Winter Festivals - Edmonton - January 24th - 26th Congratulations and best of luck...

Josh Sorensen

Hello LASC Families, I hope you are doing well this morning. Not much for new details in this newsletter, more so reminders of upcoming items. Jr. Horns Hopefully all Jr. Horns were able to get into the water at some point last week. We were very happy to see all the new and returning swimmers back in the pool last week and are excited for the upcoming 4 weeks. Upcoming Meets Killarney Short Course Invitational - Nov 22-24th Thank you to all of the parents who have signed their swimmers...