10 Medals Come Home from CSI 2024

June 4, 2024

 

This past weekend, the Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club competed in the 2024 Cascade Swimming International - May 31 – June 2, 2024 – Calgary, AB.

Over 450 swimmers, representing 19 teams competed in this fast-paced international swim meet.  Goldfins swimmers gained competitive experience racing against some of the top age group swimmers in Western Canada as well as a team from Germany.

 

 

The Goldfins swimmers took home 10 individual medals.  Congratulations to Goldfins Swim Club medal winners:

Gold:

Nicole Godbout                        400 Freestyle

 

Silver: 

Noah Findlay                           200 Fly

Ian Genest                               100 & 200 Breaststroke

Avery Houle                             50 & 100 Breaststroke

 

Bronze:

Nathan Grayston                     200 Backstroke

Landon Kennedy                     400 Freestyle

Sebastian Wruck                      1500 Freestyle

Kian Wu                                   50 Backstroke

 

 

The Goldfins swimmers posted 65 personal best long course times, posting 11 new Swim Saskatchewan qualifying time standards.

 

The Top 3 Most Improved Goldfins’ Events:

Atticus Mowat                          200 Backstroke            “-29.59”            14.9% Improvement

Katherine Gebhardt                 100 Backstroke            “- 9.83”             10.9% Improvement

Avery Lutz                               50 Fly                           “- 3.63”               9.4% Improvement

 

 

Swim Saskatchewan AA Long Course Qualifying Time Standards:

Nathan Grayston                     100 Freestyle

Avery Houle                             400 IM

Max Thille                                400 IM, 100 Freestyle

Mariah Weber                          200 Backstroke

 

Swim Saskatchewan A Long Course Qualifying Time Standards:

Katherine Gebhardt                 100 Backstroke

Zahra Gokavi Bailey                  50 Backstroke

Clara Lane                               100 Backstroke

Avery Lutz                                 50 Fly

Atticus Mowat                          200 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke

 

 

Thank you to the Cascade Swim Club for hosting this terrific event.

Thank you to the Goldfins Team Managers: Kelly Kozak, Dwight Grayston, and Taylor Dubiel for looking after our swimmers and coaches.  Thank you to Ryan Lejbak for serving as the Club’s photographer this past weekend.

The Goldfins Swim Club will be back in action as members of Team Sask at the 2024 KCS Tru Wolfpack Invitational – June 6 – 10, 2024 – Kamloops, BC.

 

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