2026 Winter Festival

CALGARY — January 23-25, 2026

The Alberta Marlin Aquatic Club (AMAC) made a powerful impression at the Swim Alberta 2026 Winter Festival this past weekend, sending four qualified athletes to compete against 31 clubs from across the province. The young Marlins rose to the challenge, delivering standout performances and achieving new personal bests across multiple events. Swimmer results are as follows.

Rixtonn Biffart (11)
11^th 200m IM Final
8^th 200m Free Final
8^th 50m Free Prelim
7^th 50m Free Final
10^th 50m Breast Prelim
10^th 50m Breast Final
7^th 100m IM Prelim
9^th 100m IM Final
13^th Mixed 200m Free Relay
8^th 50m Back Prelim (New 12y/o Festival Time)
5^th 50m Back Final (New 12y/o Festival Time)
10^th 50m Fly Prelim
10^th 50m Fly Final
7^th 100m Free Prelim
10^th 100m Free Final
13^th Mixed 200m Medley Relay
2^nd 200m Free Relay Blue Vs Red

Isabela Josey (12)
26^th 200m Back Final
17^th 200m Breast Final
31^st 50m Free Prelim
8^th 50m Breast Prelim
10^th 50m Breast Final
25^th 100m IM Prelim
13^th Mixed 200m Free Relay
11^th 100m Breast Prelim (New 16& Over Provincial Time)
35^th 50m Fly Prelim
39^th 100m Free Prelim
13^th Mixed 200m Medley Relay

Marsha Van Der Merwe (11)
24^th 200m IM Final
30^th 400m Free Final
26^th 200m Breast Final
9^th 100m Fly Prelim (New 11y/o Festival Time)
10^th 100m Fly Final
33^rd 100m IM Prelim
13^th Mixed 200m Free Relay
20^th 100m Breast Prelim (New 11y/o Festival Time)
17^th 50m Fly Prelim (New 11y/o Festival Time)
40^th 100m Free Prelim
13^th Mixed 200m Medley Relay
Received 2026 Winter Festival Top 5 Youth Recognition award

Henley Yonkman (9)
49^th 200m IM
40^th 200m Breast
30^th 50m Free Prelim
19^th 50m Breast Prelim
31^st 100m IM Prelim
13^th Mixed 200m Free Relay
28^th 50m Back Prelim
14^th 100m Breast Prelim
42^nd 100m Free Prelim
13^th Mixed 200m Medley Relay

Next up for AMAC is the Mavericks Madness meet next weekend in Calgary.