BLUE WINS THE 2024 BLUE VS GOLD BANNER!
The Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club organized the 5th Annual Blue VS Gold dual swim meet on Saturday, June 22, 2024, at the Shaw Centre in Saskatoon, SK. This event, hosted by the Goldfins, included an internal competition where swimmers were split into two teams: Blue VS Gold. The Goldfins' Blue Team reclaimed their title by winning the 2024 Blue VS Gold banner with 2903 points, surpassing the Gold Team's score of 2663 points.
Blue VS Gold Top Point Winners:
Female:
8 & Under Stella Moore 60 Points GOLD
9 – 10 Miller Gotto 60 Points GOLD
11 – 12 Naomi Liu 56 Points BLUE
13 – 14 Avery Houle 60 Points GOLD
15 – 16 Isabel Magus 60 Points GOLD
17 & Over Abby Gebhardt 60 Points GOLD
Male:
9 & Under Matthew Skliar 40 Points BLUE
10 – 11 Inioluwa Agbejule & Cohen Veikle 60 Points BLUE
12 – 13 Benjamin Nesteroff 60 Points GOLD
14 – 15 Noah Findlay 56 Points BLUE
16 – 17 Kian Wu 60 Points BLUE
18 & Over Ian Genest 57 Points GOLD
It was a morning of great racing resulting in 262 personal best short course times.
Goldfins Top 3 Most Improved Short Course Events:
Female:
Emily Charabin 100 IM “-36.50” 31.0% Improvement
Emery Bernier 200 Freestyle “-85.54” 28.3% Improvement
Isabel Magus 100 IM “-22.88” 24.5% Improvement
Male:
Lucas Tse 100 IM “-22.46” 18.0% Improvement
Benjamin Nesteroff 100 Fly “-15.34” 16.5% Improvement
Lucas Tse 50 Fly “- 9.26” 16.0% Improvement
Congratulation to the 51 Goldfins posted 100% Personal Bests at the Blue VS Gold Meet:
Enioluwa Agbejule, Inioluwa Agbejule, Farrah Aitken, Sami Benning, Cori Biberdorf, Kasey Biberdorf, Violet Bi, Evelyn Bourassa, Minau Burrows, Carsyn Busa, Kamlyn Dyck, Wallis Fisher-Katz, Emerson Flockhart, Sidney Goodwin, Miller Gotto, Summer Grajo, Gillian Grayston, Nathan Grayston, Ava Gursky, Zoe Gursky, Tess Hitchings, Emmy Hoffmann, Mateo Jarcan, Aiva Javier, Ivy Kellett, Adalyn Kent, Charlotte Koroll, Hannah Larson, Sofia Lazic, Monica Lin, Olivia Lovick, Kyle MacGillivray, Zachary Mitchell, Stella Moore, Benjamin Nesteroff, Zoey Painchaud, Layla Phung, Rhett Ruzesky, Phillip Shorte, Matthew Skliar, Will Sothilingam, Lucas Tse, Cohen Veikle, Reese Veikle, Leo Wang, Dakota Wigness, Oliver Wruck, Isaac Xie. Michael Xue, Jaja Yin, Ethan Zbytovsky.
Celebrating the 5th anniversary in style, the swim meet pulled out all the stops with a thrilling competition sponsored by Uptown Orthodontics: the heart-pounding 50M Freestyle ‘Skins-Tastic” eliminator! Picture this: 10 fierce female and 10 male swimmers dive in for round one. The top 6 from each gender then battle it out, leading to a nail-biting finale where Sami Benning, Isabel Magus, Keiran Dyck, and Obi Nguyen raced like lightning to victory. In the end, Isabel Magus and Obi Nguyen splashed their way to glory!
Goldfins posted 46 NEW Saskatchewan Short Course Qualifying Time Standards at this meet.
Saskatchewan Short Course AA Provincial Qualifying Time Standards:
Inioluwa Agbejule 50 Fly
Noah Findlay 400 IM, 50 Backstroke
Miller Gotto 100 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle
Emmy Hoffmann 50 Freestyle
Piper Lejbak 100 Backstroke
Monica Lin 50 Backstroke
Naomi Liu 100 Breaststroke
Katie Longjohn 50 Freestyle
Gracie Munshaw 400 IM
Benjamin Nesteroff 50 Freestyle
Phillip Shorte 400 IM, 100 Breaststroke
Saskatchewan Short Course A Provincial Qualifying Time Standards:
Enioluwa Agbejule 50 Fly
Inioluwa Agbejule 100 Fly
Cori Biberdorf 100 Backstroke, 400 Freestyle
Kasey Biberdorf 50 Backstroke
Violet Bi 50 Backstroke
Josh Block 50 Freestyle
Briana Boyko 50 Backstroke
Carsyn Busa 100 Breaststroke
Foster Fourney 50 Breaststroke
Sidney Goodwin 50 Breaststroke
Summer Grajo 50 Backstroke
Zoe Gursky 200 Freestyle
Emmy Hoffmann 50 Fly
Dejan Jarcan 200 Freestyle
Mateo Jarcan 50 Breaststroke
Sofia Lazic 50 & 200 Freestyle
Monica Lin 100 Freestyle
Avery Lutz 400 Freestyle
Atticus Mowat 400 IM
Benjamin Nesteroff 400 IM, 100 Fly
Lan Nguyen 100 Backstroke, 50 Fly
Kellen Nolan 50 Freestyle
Layla Phung 50 Backstroke
Aiden Sereda-Wosminity 200 Freestyle
Jordan Szutiak 100 Breaststroke
Reese Veikle 50 Freestyle
Ethan Zbytovsky 400 IM, 400 Freestyle
The Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club expresses gratitude to Uptown Orthodontics for their title sponsorship of the event. Big shoutout to Dairy Queen Blairmore for helping the Goldfins treat the Goldfins swimmers to a scrumptious post-meet ice-cream delight!
The Goldfins Coaching Staff extends their appreciation to the parent volunteers who dedicated their time to officiate at the swim meet. Special thanks are given to Colleen Patterson and Ryan MacGillivray for their roles as meet referees. Acknowledgment goes to Kelly Burke (Goldfins Meet Manager), Kelly Kozak and Tanya Gokavi (Goldfins Official Coordinators), Adrianne Tanjusay (Goldfins Photographer), and Kae-Lynn Gebhardt (Sponsorship Coordinator) for their continuous support of this special occasion.
Goldfins 2024 Blue vs Gold Dual Meet Results – June 22, 2024
The Goldfins Swim Club will prepare for summer championship season: Man/SK Senior Provincial Championships – July 4 – 7, 2024 – Regina, SK, Saskatchewan Summer Games – July 22 – 24, 2024 – Lloydminster, SK, Canadian Swimming Championships – July 24 – 30, 2024 – Toronto, ON.
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