A Magical Performance at the Spooktacular Goldfins Invitational 49

October 30, 2025

The Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club cast a spell of success at the Spooktacular Goldfins Invitational 49, held from October 24th to 26th, 2025, at the Shaw Centre in Saskatoon. With an enchanting mix of talent and determination, 240 swimmers competed in over 1600 individual events and 54 relays, breaking records like a werewolf breaks a full moon silence. The Goldfins emerged from the mist of competition to etch their names into swimming folklore, setting 2 new swim meet records with a hauntingly impressive performance.

In a display reminiscent of witches on a broomstick, the Goldfins Girls 'A' 400M Freestyle Relay team—Victoria Darling, Isabel Magus, Nicole Godbout, and Sami Benning—surged through the water, breaking the previous invitational record with a time of 4:06.86, banishing the old record of 4:07.92 set in 2023. Not content with just one triumph, they continued their spectral streak by setting a new record in the 400M Medley Relay at 4:31.19, outperforming the former mark of 4:34.16.

An Nguyen, a rising star as bright as a pumpkin's glow, carved out a new provincial record in the Girls 10 & Under 50M Breaststroke, finishing fifth with a time of 39.69, surpassing the previous record of 40.52. An's achievement was accompanied by an improvement of her own club record from March 2025.

Abigail Gauld brought down an enduring club record in the Girls 50M Breaststroke Short Course, a record that had stood like a haunted house since October 2013. With a golden touch, she posted a personal best of 36.52, securing the gold medal.

The Goldfins swimmers: Aliyah Aubut, Abigail Gauld, Miller Gotto & Sofia Baron set a new Goldfins Girls 11 – 12 – 400M Freestyle Relay Record, posting a time of 4:35.03, improving the record that had been set back in 2002. The previous record of 4:39.81, set by Goldfins swimmers Alexis Pufahl, Marlee Budz, Khristine Feraro, and Rikia Trischuk, has now been surpassed with an impressive time of 4:35.03.

The Goldfins' spellbinding achievements continued in the Girls 400M Medley Relay event. The team of Aliyah Aubut, Abigail Gauld, Zoe Gursky, and Miller Gotto conjured a new record at 5:03.22. This record had been set in January 2025 by Goldfins swimmers: Naomi Liu, Abigail Gauld, Sadie Burrows & Ava Gursky – 5:03.44.

These feats were no mere illusions. The Goldfins stood on the podium 93 times, a testament to their prowess and dedication.

Goldfins Gold Medalists:

Aliyah Aubut 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke, 200 Individual Medley, 1500 Freestyle

Maddi Sanz 100 Backstroke, 50 Fly

Abigail Gauld 50 Fly, 200 Breaststroke, 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 50 Breaststroke, 200 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke

Isabel Magus 50 Fly, 50 Freestyle, 50 Breaststroke, 100 Fly

Foster Fourney 50 Freestyle

Miller Gotto 800 Freestyle

Kasey Biberdorf 800 Freestyle

Cohen Veikle 800 Freestyle

Cameron Harms 800 Freestyle

Piper Lejbak 100 Freestyle

Victoria Darling 100 Freestyle

Sami Benning 200 Backstroke

Oliver Wruck 200 Backstroke

Zoe Gursky 400 Freestyle

Benjamin Nesteroff 50 Backstroke

Goldfins Girls ‘A’ 400 Freestyle Relay: Nicole Godbout, Claire Huber, Isabel Magus, Victoria Darling

Goldfins Girls ‘A’ 400 Medley Relay: Victoria Darling, Isabel Magus, Nicole Godbout, Sami Benning

Goldfins Silver Medalists:

Benjamin Nesteroff 100 Backstroke, 400 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle

Zoe Gursky 50 Fly, 800 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke

Piper Lejbak 50 Fly

Foster Fourney 50 Fly

Kian Wu 200 Breaststroke, 50 Breaststroke, 100 Breaststroke

Aliyah Aubut 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke

Oliver Genest 50 Freestyle

Sadie Baron 400 Individual Medley

Carsyn Busa 800 Freestyle

Chasen Weber 800 Freestyle

Ethan Zbytovsky 100 Freestyle, 50 Breaststroke, 1500 Freestyle

Hadley Hollick 200 Backstroke

Claire Huber 50 Breaststroke

Farrah Aitken 400 Freestyle

Landon Kennedy 400 Freestyle

Cohen Veikle 200 Freestyle

An Nguyen 100 Breaststroke

Oliver Wruck 100 Breaststroke, 50 Backstroke

Victoria Darling 50 Backstroke

Jordan Szutiak 50 Backstroke

Gillian Grayston 1500 Freestyle

Kamlyn Dyck 1500 Freestyle

Goldfins Boys ‘A’ 400 Freestyle Relay: Foster Fourney, Carson Sereda-Wosminity, James DeLathouwer, Kian Wu

Goldfins Boys ‘A’ Mixed 200 Medley Relay: Carson Sereda-Wosminity, Claire Huber, Isabel Magus, James DeLathouwer

Goldfins Bronze Medalists:

Oliver Wruck 100 Backstroke, 100 Fly

Aliyah Aubut 50 Fly

Jacob Findlay 50 Fly

Claire Huber 200 Breaststroke

Piper Lejbak 50 Freestyle

Sami Benning 50 Freestyle

Cohen Veikle 50 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke

Farrah Aitken 400 Individual Medley

Landon Kennedy 400 Individual Medley, 1500 Freestyle

Piper Lejbak 800 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle

Joshua Block 800 Freestyle

Isabel Magus 100 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke

Chasen Weber 200 Fly

Benjamin Nesteroff 200 Backstroke, 1500 Freestyle

James DeLathouwer 200 Backstroke, 200 Freestyle

Carsyn Busa 400 Freestyle

Nicole Godbout 400 Freestyle

Sofia Baron 100 Breaststroke

Abigail Gauld 50 Backstroke

Hadley Hollick 50 Backstroke

Goldfins Girls ‘B’ 400M Freestyle Relay: Piper Lejbak, Carsyn Busa, Shay Sullivan, Ava Gursky

With 375 personal best times posted, the swimmers' progress was as visible as a ghost in a graveyard

The Goldfins Most Improved Events:

Ariah Kent-Rodgman 100 Breaststroke 28.2% Improvement “-40.62”

Olivia Lovick 100 Freestyle 27.3% Improvement “-30.60”

Ella Reiter 100 Freestyle 26.8% Improvement “-30.23”

The Goldfins added new members to their 2026 Senior Provincial Team: Elliotte Mah, Alisha Memon, Jacob Findlay, Everett Rempel, Heimarie Strydom and Katherine Yang posted Swim Saskatchewan AA Qualifying Time Standards. In total, Goldfins swimmers posted 119 provincial qualifying time standards at this swim meet.

Swim Saskatchewan AA Qualifying Time Standards

Farrah Aitken 100 & 200 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle

Fares Alkhatib 100 Freestyle

Aliyah Aubut 50 Fly, 1500 Freestyle

Sofia Baron 100 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle, 50 & 100 Breaststroke

Harper Bear 100 Backstroke, 100 & 200 Freestyle

Cori Biberdorf 50 & 100 Freestyle

Kasey Biberdorf 50 & 100 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke

Josh Block 50, 100 & 200 Backstroke, 50 & 100 Fly, 100 & 200 Freestyle

Sadie Burrows 100 Fly

Kamlyn Dyck 100 & 200 Freestyle

Jacob Findlay 50 Fly

Foster Fourney 50 Breaststroke

Abigail Gauld 200 Freestyle

Zahra Gokavi Bailey 100 Freestyle

Miller Gotto 50 Fly, 50 & 100 Breaststroke

Gillian Grayston 50 & 100 Backstroke, 200 Individual Medley, 1500 Freestyle

Ava Gursky 50 Fly, 200 Individual Medley

Zoe Gursky 800 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle

Cameron Harms 50 Breaststroke

Emmy Hoffmann 50 Breaststroke

Landon Kennedy 100 Backstroke, 50 Breaststroke

Anton Magsuci 100 Freestyle

Elliotte Mah 50 Breaststroke

Alisha Memon 50 Breaststroke

Atticus Mowat 100 Freestyle

Avyn Munshaw 50 Fly, 100 & 200 Freestyle, 50 Breaststroke, 200 Individual Medley

Lan Nguyen 100 Breaststroke

Everett Rempel 50 Breaststroke

Maddi Sanz 100 Backstroke, 50 Fly, 50 Freestyle

Will Sothilingam 100 Freestyle

Cohen Veikle 50, 100 & 200 Breaststroke, 100 Freestyle

Chasen Weber 200 Backstroke, 400 Freestyle

Dakota Wigness 100 & 200 Breaststroke, 100 Freestyle, 200 Individual Medley

Oliver Wruck 100 Fly

Katherine Yang 50 Fly, 50 Freestyle, 50 & 100 Breaststroke

Ethan Zbytovsky 100 Backstroke, 50 Fly, 100 Freestyle, 200 Individual Medley

Zoe Zimonick 50 Breaststroke

Swim Saskatchewan A Qualifying Time Standards

Farrah Aitken 400 Individual Medley

Fares Alkhatib 400 Freestyle

Lennox Armstrong 100 Freestyle

Addie Bartlett 50, 100 & 1500 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke

Kamlyn Dyck 200 Breaststroke

Jacob Findlay 200 Backstroke, 100 Fly

Noah Findlay 200 Breaststroke, 200 Backstroke

Zeyah Flemming 100 & 200 Freestyle

Foster Fourney 100 Fly

Summer Grajo 100 Freestyle

Dejan Jarcan 400 Freestyle

Ivy Kellett 100 Fly

Ariah Kent-Rodgman 50 Freestyle

Olivia Lovick 100 Breaststroke

Elliotte Mah 100 Freestyle

Alisha Memon 50 Fly, 50 & 100 Freestyle

Atticus Mowat 1500 Freestyle

Kellen Nolan 50 Fly

Everett Rempel 50 Fly, 100 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke

Will Sothilingam 50 Fly, 50 Breaststroke

Naomi Wall 100 Breaststroke, 200 Individual Medley

Danny Wang 50 Freestyle, 50 Breaststroke

Dakota Wigness 200 Backstroke

Katherine Yang 50 Backstroke

The Goldfins Swim Club extends heartfelt gratitude to our generous sponsors for their support of this thrilling competition. We also wish to acknowledge our swim meet referees—Belinda Bilous, Ryan MacGillivray, Randall Keays, and Kirsten Dyck—for their guidance throughout the weekend. A special thank you goes to the Meet Management committee: Ryan Lejbak, Tina Zimonick, Robin Mowat, Jason Wosminity, Rick Godbout, Michelle Jarcan, and Tori Veikle, for their efforts in making this event a remarkable success. We are also grateful to our amazing officials and volunteers for their unwavering dedication to this annual competition. Finally, a huge thank you to all our supporters who cheered on the Goldfins team throughout the weekend. Your enthusiasm and encouragement made all the difference!

As the specter of this competition fades, the Goldfins eagerly prepare for their next challenge at the Craven SPORT Services Racing Series #2 on November 15, 2025. The legacy of this Spooktacular Invitational will linger, like a ghost story told on a chilly autumn night. #GoldfinsRacing

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