This past Tuesday, the Barracudas came together to officially kickoff the new season with an evening full of games, team bonding, shared meals and celebration. And of course, it was a busy night on the stage as the triumphs of the 2022-2023 were recognized! Our Barracudas broke records and climbed from regional to provincial to national rankings. Swimmers demonstrated grit and tenacity as they dropped literally hundreds of seconds of improvement across their events. Our more veteran Barracudas showed what it really means to wear the green and black as they demonstrated leadership in academics, camaraderie, training, and sportsmanship. And, our most senior athletes and coaches travelled across Mexico, the United States, Spain, and Israel as they swam their way to national and international titles.
It’s safe to say we’ve set the bar high for ourselves, but there are no doubts that these Mighty Barracudas are ready to rise to the challenge of reaching new heights in the 2023-2024 season.
2022-2023 NKB Award Winners
If your swimmer was recognized but did not receive their award, please contact [email protected] to arrange pick up from the NKB office.
AWARD OF MERIT
The swimmers at NKB not only swim fast but are very dynamic individuals. The recipients of the Award of Merit are swimmers who have demonstrated in the pool that they train, race, and perform with great success. Moreover, they do it with a positive attitude. They can also be seen supporting teammates, volunteering, leading cheers, and regularly contributing to the positive, family-oriented climate at NKB.
2022-2023 Award of Merit Winners
MOST IMPROVED SWIMMERS
NKB Swimmers are constantly striving to improve – strengthen our core, lengthen our stroke, streamline tighter, increase our arm turnover. It sure feels great when we can see the results of this hard work! These swimmers showed the largest drop in time across all of their events during the 2022-2023 Season.
2022-2023 Most Improved Swimmers
FIRST TIME QUALIFIERS
Throughout their careers, our swimmers will experience many firsts – first final swim meet, first final swim, first tour team selection…. Just to name a few. These NKB swimmers have achieved some of those firsts during the 2021-2022 season by qualifying to their first Championships at the Regional, Provincial, and/or National levels. We know these are just the first of many accomplishments!
2022-2023 First Time Qualifiers
IMX CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS
Is your swimmer Xtreme? The IM Xtreme (IMX) is a challenge originally developed to identify and rank swimmers on their all-around performance in the following events:
- 10 Years & Under: 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM
- 11-12 Years Old: 400 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM
- 13 -18 Years Old: 400 Free, 200 Back, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM
Where did the points come from? Rankings are based on power points, a system developed by USA Swimming and Hy-Tek.
2022-2023 IMX Champions
RECORD BREAKERS
At NKB, the 2022-2023 season was filled with swimmers rewriting our record books, both with Team Records and Top Ten All-Time Performances. These swimmers topped the charts in their 2022-2023 races
2022-2023 Record Breakers
TOP RANKED PERFORMANCES
Explanation: The swimmers of NKB not only want to achieve personal bests, they also want to be tops at regional championships… then provincial championships… then national championships… They never stop striving for the top. These awards recognize those NKB swimmers who ranked in the NKB Top 5 Age Group Performances, NKB Top 10 All-Time Performances and the Top 25 Canadian in their age group/event when the waves settled at the close of our 2022-2023 season.
2022-2023 Top Ranked Swimmers at the Club Level
2022-2023 Top Ranked Swimmers in Canada
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Explanation: This award recognizes individuals whose respect for coaches, chaperones, team mates, themselves and for what the club stands for inspires others to strive to be the best that they can be!
Ella Moustgaard
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR (presented in June 2023)
Explanation: This award recognizes individuals whose sincere efforts promote the positive growth within the organization and are representative of the vast reservoir of potential from which dreams become reality!
Andrew Barton and David Cocking
FOR THE KIDS AWARD (presented in June 2023)
Explanation: The kids are the reason we are all here, but we know the support and sacrifices of the families make their quest for success in the water possible. Every year, there are a few people who stand out as leaders in doing it all “for the kids.” While this award recognizes these leaders, a big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who does it “for the kids” day in and day out.
Shari Schaepper
Congratulations to Julie Brousseau and Coach Scott Faithfull for representing Team Canada at 2023 World Juniors!
