Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club WINS 2024 Summer Man/SK
The Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club concluded a highly successful weekend at the 2024 Summer Man/SK Championships held in Regina, SK from July 4 to 7, 2024. The Goldfins emerged as the leading Large Club in Saskatchewan, amassing an impressive total of 5494.5 points and securing the prestigious Overall Top Points Large Club Award.
This event marked a momentous occasion for the club, with swimmer Miller Gotto shattering the Girls 10 & Under 1500M Freestyle Goldfins Club long course record, established back in 2019. Notably, Miller also achieved a new Senior Provincial qualifying time standard, clocking in at a remarkable 22:55.67 in the same event.
Celebrations continued as Keiran Dyck claimed the Boys 16 & Over Saskatchewan High Point Award along with the Boys 16 & Over Overall Individual Top Point Awards. Additionally, Benjamin Nesteroff was honored with the Boys 13 & Under Saskatchewan Provincial High Point Age Group Award.
Top Three Goldfins:
Female:
Avery Houle 222 Points
Isabel Magus 152 Points
Zoe Zimonick 152 Points
Male:
Keiran Dyck 320 Points
Benjamin Nesteroff 204 Points
Bryce Tierney 203 Points
The Club brought home 75 individual medals, while adding 13 Club relay medals to their total podium finishes.
Goldfins Individual Medalists:
Jonathan Arndt 800 & 1500 Freestyle – GOLD, 400 Freestyle – Bronze
Sami Benning 200 & 1500 Freestyle – Bronze
Kasey Biberdorf 1500 Freestyle – Bronze
Jayden Bilous 50 Breaststroke & 50 Fly – GOLD, 50 Freestyle – Silver
Carsyn Busa 400 & 1500 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke – Silver, 100 Backstroke – Bronze
James DeLathouwer 100 Freestyle – Silver, 200 Freestyle – Bronze
Keiran Dyck 200 & 400 IM, 100 & 200 Fly, 200 & 400 Freestyle – GOLD, 100 Freestyle – Bronze
Abby Gebhardt 50 Breaststroke – GOLD, 100 & 200 Breaststroke – Bronze
Ian Genest 200 Breaststroke – Silver
Nicole Godbout 400 IM – Bronze
Nathan Grayston 200 Backstroke – Bronze
Olivia Hoffmann 400 Freestyle – Silver, 100 & 200 Freestyle – Bronze
Avery Houle 200 IM, 200 Breaststroke, 400 Freestyle – GOLD, 50 & 100 Breaststroke – Silver
Monica Lin 50 & 200 Breaststroke – Silver
Naomi Liu 200 IM – Bronze, 200 & 800 Freestyle – Bronze
Isabel Magus 200 IM, 50 & 100 Fly – Silver, 50 Freestyle – Bronze
Gracie Munshaw 100 Freestyle, 400 IM – Silver, 50 Freestyle, 50 Fly – Bronze
Benjamin Nesteroff 100 Backstroke, 800 Freestyle – GOLD, 50 Freestyle – Silver, 200 IM, 100 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke – Bronze
Lan Nguyen 200 Breaststroke – GOLD, 100 Breaststroke – Bronze
Carson Sereda-Wosminity 50 Freestyle Bronze
Jordan Szutiak 50 Backstroke – GOLD
Max Thille 200 Breaststroke – Silver
Bryce Tierney 200 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke – GOLD, 200 IM, 50 & 100 Backstroke – Silver
Chasen Weber 800 Freestyle – Silver, 200 Fly, 400 IM – Bronze
Mariah Weber 50 Freestyle – Silver
Oliver Wruck 1500 Freestyle, 400 IM – Silver
Zoe Zimonick 400 IM – GOLD, 800 Freestyle – Silver, 400 Freestyle – Bronze
Goldfins Relay Medalists:
400M Freestyle Relays:
Female 12 & U: Naomi Liu, Gracie Munshaw, Ava Gursky, Carsyn Busa – Silver
Male 13 & U: Oliver Wruck, Chasen Weber, Ethan Zbytovsky, Benjamin Nesteroff – GOLD
Female 13 – 14: Mariah Weber, Avery Houle, Piper Lejbak, Olivia Hoffmann – Silver
Male 14 – 15: James DeLathouwer, Noah Findlay, Carson Sereda-Wosminity, Jordan Szutiak – Bronze
Female 15 & O: Isabel Magus, Nicole Godbout, Victoria Darling, Sami Benning – Bronze
Male 16 & O: Keiran Dyck, Bryce Tierney, Andrew Nghiem, Jayden Bilous – Silver
Jonathan Arndt, Kian Wu, Foster Fourney, Joseph Shao – Bronze
400M Medley Relays
Female 12 & U: Carsyn Busa, Lan Nguyen, Gracie Munshaw, Naomi Liu – Silver
Male 13 & U: Benjamin Nesteroff, Hassan Awadalla, Chasen Weber, Oliver Wruck – GOLD
Female 13 – 14: Zoe Zimonick, Avery Houle, Briana Boyko, Olivia Hoffmann – GOLD
Male 14 – 15: Carson Sereda-Wosminity, Max Thille, Landon Kennedy, James DeLathouwer – GOLD
Female 15 & O: Nicole Godbout, Abby Gebhardt, Isabel Magus, Sami Benning – Silver
Male 16 & O: Andrew Nghiem, Bryce Tierney, Keiran Dyck, Jonathan Arndt – Silver
Goldfins swimmers achieved several new long course time standards at this championship meet. The Club posted 48 Saskatchewan Provincial Qualifying Time Standards.
Swim Saskatchewan AA LC Qualifying Time Standards
Inioluwa Agbejule 200 IM, 100 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke
Josh Block 200 Backstroke
Carsyn Busa 400 IM
Tori Darling 1500 Freestyle
James DeLathouwer 1500 Freestyle
Adam Foster 100 Fly
Foster Fourney 50 Fly
Ian Genest 100 Backstroke
Miller Gotto 1500 Freestyle
Emmy Hoffmann 200 IM, 200 Freestyle
Olivia Hoffmann 800 Freestyle
Hadley Hollick 100 Backstroke
Avery Houle 200 Freestyle
Landon Kennedy 200 Fly, 200 Freestyle
Monica Lin 200 IM
Naomi Liu 100 & 200 Backstroke
Isabel Magus 1500 Freestyle
Avyn Munshaw 200 IM
Gracie Munshaw 100 & 1500 Freestyle, 400 IM
Benjamin Nesteroff 200 IM, 100 Backstroke
An Nguyen 100 Breaststroke
Phillip Shorte 50 Freestyle
Shay Sullivan 100 Freestyle
Jordan Szutiak 100 Backstroke
Chasen Weber 200 Fly
Oliver Wruck 1500 Freestyle, 100 Fly
Kian Wu 200 Freestyle
Ethan Zbytovsky 100 Freestyle
Swim Saskatchewan A LC Qualifying Time Standards
Josh Block 1500 Freestyle, 200 Fly
Briana Boyko 100 Breaststroke
Landon Dubiel 200 Backstroke
Foster Fourney 100 Backstroke
Ian Genest 50 Backstroke
Sidney Goodwin 200 Backstroke
Claire Huber 800 Freestyle
Rebeka Mourre 50 Breaststroke
Atticus Mowat 200 Fly
Goldfins posting 100% Personal Best Times:
Kasey Biberdorf, Josh Block, Gracie Munshaw, Benjamin Nesteroff, and An Nguyen.
Top 3 Most Improved Goldfins Events:
Gracie Munshaw 1500 Freestyle “-209.32” 13.9% Improvement
An Nguyen 50 Backstroke “- 7.64” 13.9% Improvement
Josh Block 1500 Freestyle “-197.07” 13.8% Improvement
Goldfins swimmers made a strong showing at the Team Sask Provincial Relays. A big congratulations to the following Goldfins members who were selected for the Provincial Relay Teams: Gracie Munshaw, Benjamin Nesteroff, Avery Houle, Olivia Hoffmann, Carson Sereda-Wosminity, James DeLathouwer, Isabel Magus, Bryce Tierney, and Keiran Dyck.
Team Sask clinched GOLD MEDALS in all six 400M Medley Relay events, a remarkable achievement. Kudos to all the Saskatchewan swimmers for their outstanding performance.
The Goldfins swimmers and coaching team extend their gratitude to Swim Saskatchewan and the Regina Optimist Dolphins Swim Club for hosting this championship. A special thanks to the Goldfins chaperones: Rachel Boyko, Shawna Dubiel, and Dwight Grayston, and to Belinda Bilous for their exceptional support. Also, appreciation goes out to the Goldfins parents who officiated throughout the weekend.
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