May Meet Reviews May competition continued for the AA swimmers in Sydney, Cape Breton. 16 SWAT swimmers from the Senior, Junior, and Novice groups made the journey east to compete. They raced to 55 SWAT best times and 10 new events. Special Thanks to Coaches Aline, Ash, and Ella for taking the trip and supporting the SWAT swimmers on deck. There were 3 Senior swimmers in attendance. They earned 7 best times. They have had an increase in training volume recently and expectations were modest. However, there were still some...

May competition begins with the AAA Swimmers back at Dalplex May 3 and 4. SWAT was represented 17 swimmers: 15 from the Senior groups and 2 Junior Atlantics. The result was 44 best times and 21 new Long Course events. Senior Group swimmers accounted for the bulk of the best times with 40 of 44. Senior swimmers also had 18 New Events over the course of the weekend. Training volume has been up recently and there was no rest for Senior swimmers going into the meet. The event selection was...

Nova Tech #5 Review Miniwaves, Tidalwaves, and Novice swimmers dove back into racing at Nova Tech #5 on April 20. In total 31 swimmers across the three groups competed. They earned 51 best times and added 36 new swims to the SWAT ledger. We welcome 3 new Miniwaves swimmers and two new Tidalwaves swimmers to competition. Novice put forth 9 swimmers to competition; many with eyes on AA qualification. The group earned 11 Best times and 12 New swims. Alex W contributed 2 best times and 1 new swim this...

AA/AAA LCM Invite April 6 and 7 welcomed SWAT to some sunny days and Spring racing. Unlike years past this meet was Long Course Meters (LCM) for AAA, and for AA swimmers. For many AA swimmers this was the first time to race LCM, including the 4 Novice swimmers that raced AA for the first time EVER! 41 SWAT swimmers competed. Many were racing events: for the first time, for the first time LCM, that are considered among the toughest events (200m Butterfly, 400m Individual Medley, 800m Freestyle or 400m...

Winter Championships Season ends with the Eastern Canadian Open in Quebec City. This Junior National event had two SWAT participants this year in its Final rendition before the National Competition Calendar flips to the new SNC format. We had 5 best times and scored points (TOP 20) in 8 events including 6 Finals swims: 1 A final (Top 10), 5 B final (11-20). The swimmers also rewrote 3 club records in the 15O Male LCM category. Ethan Kershaw posted a best time in the 100 Backstroke in the B final,...

It has been a busy month of racing for SWAT swimmers. Nova Tech 4 on February 17, AA Winter Champs from February 23-25, and David Fry East Coast Champs (AAA) from February 29-March 3. Finally, the last meet in the Nova Scotia Winter Championship season: David Fry East Coast Championships Representing SWAT were 17 swimmers, up 5 from this meet last year. It was a strong meet for SWAT with 80 Best Times, 62 lanes at Finals earning a total of 20 medals and 1099 points: good enough for fifth...

It has been a busy month of racing for SWAT swimmers. Nova Tech 4 on February 17, AA Winter Champs from February 23-25, and David Fry East Coast Champs (AAA) from February 29-March 3. On to AA Winter Champs SWAT was represented by 22 swimmers at Acadia University in Wolfville. They raced to 84 best times and 5 first time events. We also had massive success reaching a Top 6 Finals position 61 times and earned 40 medals. Two swimmers joined the AAA ranks, and 3 swimmers were awarded Top...

It has been a busy month of racing for SWAT swimmers. Nova Tech 4 on February 17, AA Winter Champs from February 23-25, and David Fry East Coast Champs (AAA) from February 29-March 3. Starting with Nova Tech 4- SWAT was represented by 31 swimmers swimming to 58 best times and 29 first time events; many racing Fly for the first time. Novice had 11 swimmers competing contributing 21 best times and 12 new swims. 4 swimmers claimed their spot in AA competition for the rest of the season. Katya...

AA 1 and AAA 1 The older SWAT members got their 2024 racing calendar started with two meets January 26-28. AAA swimmers from Junior and Senior groups raced an interesting Short Course/Long Course format Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. The competed in up to 4 races Short Course then the same events again Long Course the following session. AA swimmers from Novice, Junior, and Senior had 3 sessions of racing: Saturday afternoon, and Sunday morning and afternoon. 36 swimmers achieved 130 best times and 23 first events. Novice’s lone representative...

Nova Tech 3 Review Racing in 2024 begins! SWAT hosted Nova Tech #3 January 20 at Centennial pool. SWAT also brought its largest team to the third edition of the Central Region Nova Tech competition; being represented by 28 swimmers. The Novice group had 10 swimmers race, while the Tidal- and Miniwaves each added 9 swimmers to the team. SWAT success continues into the New Year with 36 personal bests and 52 first time events. The Novice Group posted 19 personal bests as a group and 8 first time events...