Waves 2025 Awards Night

NICOLE MILLER

On June 3rd, we gathered to celebrate our swimmers and recognize all of their incredible hard work and dedication throughout the season.

We kicked things off by honoring our Splash Swim School swimmers and coaches. It’s been a fantastic year at both the YMCA and Crestwood Pools, filled with growth, learning, and fun in the water. A big thank you to our amazing coaches— Coach Isla, Coach Kemah, Coach Izzy, Coach Keria and Coach Sydni—for their energy, patience, and guidance throughout the season. Thank you also to our Splash Swim School families for your support, which made the experience even more meaningful for our swimmers and coaches.

Next, we recognized our swimmers who took part in the 2024 - 2025 Swim-a-thon. Every swimmer who participated received a certificate that highlighted the number of laps they swam in just two hours.

  • Last year, our swimmers completed 3,797 laps totaling 94,925 meters (94.93 kilometers).

  • This year, they absolutely crushed it—swimming 5,772 laps for a total of 144,300 meters (144.3 kilometers)!

We also celebrated our Top 3 Swim-a-thon Fundraisers:
Isla Johnson
Quinn Davey
Ayslin Sanderson

Together, our club raised an impressive $5,967.90—way to go, Waves!

Following that, we moved on to our Competitive Group Individual Awards, where each competitive coach had the opportunity to present awards and highlight the unique strengths, achievements, and growth of their swimmers.

Sea Waves - Coach Nicole

Connor Donnelly - Perseverance Award

Mack Hutchinson- Growing Confidence Award

Marcus Fanning- Can We Race Award

Dominic Fitzpatrick Knutson - Are We Doing Dives Award

Axton Carr - Conversationalist Award

Lincoln Siemens- Silent But Deadly Award

Blayke Bennett- Smiles Award

Ellis Anstey- Record Breaker Award

Hannah Le - Queen of Questions Award

Aila Gertzen- Thumbs Up Award

Storm Surge - Coach Hunter 

Isla Johnson- The Fashionista Award

Zoe Peterson- The Breastroke Breakthrough Award

Avery Tweten- The Poolside Comedian

Sunai Motsi - The Quiet but Mighty Award

Aria Carr - The Trailblazer Award

Ameila Robenhaar- The Coach's Right Hand Award


Tidal Waves - Coach Nicole

Oliver Tweten - Play on Words Award

Ethan Bennett - Racer Award

Davis Hodel - Hard Worker Award

Wesley Henderson - Determination Award

Ayslin Sanderson - Can We Do Fly Award

Hadlee Dunbar - Giggles Award

Quinn Davey - Mighty Award

Ivana Motsi - Just Keep Swimming Award

Tsunami & Junior  - Coach Sean

Sydni Martens - Finally, a Medal! Award

Isa Miller - I Just Dig Deeper Award

McKenna Lux - Suddenly I Can Dive Great! Award

Connor Tweten - The fake "I Can't Streamline" Award

Avery McDonald - The 1000 Dive Award

Olivia Willburg - Medal of Bravery for swimming with the Seniors Sometimes

Jason Le - Mimic Award for Being Able to Watch Something and Then Being Able to Do IT

Quinn Baht - Picky Distance Swimmer Award

Hazel Vossler - I'll Do It But I Don't Like Doing It Award

Seniors - Coach Sean

Will Miller - Do You Want to See Something Stupid Award

Kaden Goffinet - Squirrel! Award - Most Easily Distracted

Owen Gracie - Maybe I Swim Fly Now? Award

Elizabeth Humphreys - Scary Start Award

Izzy Unreiner- I have a Question? Award

Sophie Baht - I Can Make Anything Look Easy Award

Jordan Hill - Hey, I did the entire Set Award

Jon Miller - Fall asleep almost anywhere award

Maja Kolodziej - Welcome Back Award

Club Records were broken or set 118 times from September 2024 to May 2025

Congratulations to our new Club Record Holders!!

 

Age

Name

Records

6 y/o boy

Axton Carr

SC: 100 FR, 50 BK

7 y/o boys

Ellis Anstey

SC: 50 FR, 100 FR, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR;
            

LC: 50 FR, 100 FR, 50 BK, 100BK, 50 BR, 100 BR

8 y/o girl

Wesley Henderson

SC: 100 FR, 200 FR, 50 BR, 200 BR, 50 FL;
            

LC: 50 FR, 100 FR, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR

9 y/o girl

Quinn Baht

SC: 100 FR, 200 FR

10 y/o girls

Quinn Baht

SC: 400 FR, 200 FR; LC

14 y/o boy

Owen Gracie

L/C: 200 FL

15 y/o girls

Isabel Unreiner

L/C: 50 FR, 100 FR

16 y/o girls

Jordan Hill

L/C: 200 FR, 400 FR

16 y/o boys

Kaden Goffinet 

SC: 50 BR, 100 BR, 200 BR;
 

LC: 50 BR, 100 BR, 200 BR

 

Will Miller

SC: 200 FR, 400 FR, 800 FR, 100 BK, 200 BK, 200 IM, 400 IM; 

 

LC: 400 FR, 800 FR, 100 BK, 200 BK, 200 IM, 400 IM

     

9 y/o Girl Level 1

Isla Johnson 

SC: 50 FR, 100 FR, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR

 

LC: 50 FR, 100 FR, 100 BK, 50 BR

20 & Over Girls

Sydni Martens S14

SC: 50 FR, 100 FR, 200 FR, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR; 50 FL, 200 IM

 

LC: 50 FR, 100 FR, 200 FR, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR; 50 FL

 

Next we handed out the Club 2025 Individual Awards
 

Most Improved 

Spirit Award

MVP

Male -  Connor Tweten

Senior - Isabel Unreiner

Senior

Female -  Hazel Vossler

Junior - Isa Miller

Male - Will Miller

   

Female - Sydni Martens

Most Improved 

Leadership Award 

Junior

Male - Davis Hodel

Senior - Will Miller

Male - Connor Tweten

Female - Zoe Pterson

Junior - Avery McDonald

Female - Isla Johnson

   

* MVP are based on points at Provincial Meets

Mosted Dedicated 

Best Butterfly - Elizabeth Humphreys

 

Male - Will Miller

Best Backstroke - Will Miller

 

Female - Jordan Hill

Best Breastroke Kaden Goffinet

 
 

Best Freestyle Will Miller

 

Mosted Dedicated 

Best Individual Medley Will Miller

 

Male - Ellis Anstey

   

Female - Wesley Henderson

   
     


Congratulations to all of our swimmers on a very successful year in the pool for everyone.  New Best times were achieved, many firsts were experienced and most importantly we had fun as we did it. 

We want to congratulate our swimmers on making Festival and Provincial Standard Times this year.

8 Swimmers Qualified for Festivals

Isla Johnson

Wesley Henderson

Davis Hodel

Quinn Baht

Oliver Tweten

Avery McDonald

Isa Miller

Connor Tweten

5 Swimmers Qualified for Provincial Trials

Avery McDonald

Isa Miller

Sophie Baht

Elizabeth Humphreys

Kaden Goffinet

2 Swimmers Qualified for Provincial Championships

Will Miller

Sydni Martens

Thank you to our competitive coaches, Coach Sean, Coach Nicole, Coach Hunter, Coach Jaymie, Coach Kemah, Coach Keira and Coach Izzy for all the work they have done this past season.  It’s been an amazing year in the pool.  See you all next season!!

** Most pictures will be posted once we have them all**