Four Barracudas have earned their spot in the Toronto leg of the FINA Swimming World Cup! This was no small feat for Julie Brousseau, Alejandro Giggey, Lydia James-Brennan, and Jordan Schaepper. The event is an international competition that includes the world's most elite swimmers. It is sure to be filled with high energy, fast racing, and records falling as they endeavour to take home the top prizes. Events NKB Swimmers Will Compete Julie Brousseau: 50 BR, 200 IM (Sunday, October 30, 2022) Lydia James-Brennan: 1500 FR (Saturday, October 29, 2022)...

This past week, coaches, officials, administrators, and all around supporters of swimming in Ontario come together for the Swim Ontario 100 Years Gala, Awards, and Hall of Fame Dinner. At the event, Mighty Barracuda parent Christie McMann was recognized for her dedication to the sport of swimming as the recipient of the Gord Noddle Award. On or off the deck, she can regularly be found teaching new parents the ropes, supporting the development of new officials, working late into the nights to organize meets, and giving her weekends travelling to...

The NKB community came together for a spectacular evening of celebrating NKB’s 2021-2022 season! It was a season that saw the largest ever NKB squad at Regional championships through to Mighty Barracudas representing Team Canada on the international circuit. It was a season that saw the Black and Green break records and top the national rankings. It was a season that saw impressive time drops, huge acts of merit, and was riddled with leadership, sportsmanship, and quite simply a lot of fun. For a look back at the awards please...

We are excited to officially kick off the season this evening at our 2022-2023 Season Kickoff & Awards Night! As we get started, we would also like to take a moment to introduce the team of dedicated coaches here at NKB. The NKB coaching team is full of people passionate about the sport of swimming and the development of our swimmers as both individuals and athletes. Their collective experience as swimmers themselves, experience as coaches and professionals, as well as the certifications they hold and the professional development they continue...

There simply aren’t words to describe the journey our graduates have taken these past few years. Their high school years have been full of worldwide pandemics, local natural disasters, and countless other logistical challenges, but you would never know it as they continue to dive in, work hard, and climb podiums. Before these Mighty leaders leave us to take on the world we want to take a moment to celebrate them, to thank them for all they have done for the NKB family, and to wish them all the best...

Congratulations to Julie Brousseau on earning her place representing Team Canada at Junior Pan Pacs this summer in Hawaii. We are also proud to announce Head Coach Scott Faithfull has been named a coach for Team Canada at the competition. Julie has proved she is and will continue to be a force to reckon with in the pool! At just 16 years old, she placed herself among Canada’s elite across breaststroke, freestyle, and IM events at the 2022 Bell Canadian Swimming World Trials this past week, most notably winning the...

Congratulations to Christie McMann in achieving her Officials Level 4 Certification! If you've been to a swim meet in the past eight years, it is almost guaranteed you've seen Christie out there supporting the kids. She has been on deck at over 70 sessions to support NKB, Special Olympics, University swimming.... the list goes on. And that's just the part we see. She has spent countless hours running officials development courses, managing our grids, answering midnight emails, and taking on any role needed to create successful meets for our athletes....

Congratulations to NKB’s Breckin Gormley, a 2021-2022 Recipient of the Victor Davis Award! The Victor Davis Memorial Fund was established to remember Victor, his contribution to competitive swimming in Canada, and to encourage other young Canadians toward excellence. Each year awards are made from the fund to promising, high performance Canadian amateur swimmers to assist them to continue their training, education, and pursuit of medals at the international level of competition. (swimming.ca) Breckin has been a mainstay on the national scene in Canadian Swimming, most notably as a top ranked...

Olympic Trials kick off tomorrow, and over the next five days three of our very own Mighty Barracudas will be racing for a spot on Team Canada at the Tokyo Olympics. Let’s be sure to let them know everyone in Ottawa is cheering for them! Breckin Gormley 100 FLY, 200 FLY, 200 IM Meg Wheeler 100 BK, 200 BK, 200 IM, 400 IM Mia Zahab 200 FLY, 400 IM Send Them a Cheer at the Pool This year’s event will be different – they’re missing the enthusiasm and energy of...