Goldfins Win Overall Top Club - Man/Sask 2022 Summer Long Course Championships
The Saskatoon Goldfins are 2022 Man/Sask Senior Provincial championships for the first time since 2015. The Goldfins, 53 strong in number, won the 2022 Manitoba-Saskatchewan Long Course Open Championships on Sunday, defeating the Manta Swim Club (Winnipeg, MB). The Goldfins, who won the title at Saskatoon’s Shaw Centre, came from behind to take the title on the final night of the 3.5-day championship swim meet.
Goldfins competed against 27 swim clubs, topping the results with a total of 4607.5 points, clinching the Top Saskatchewan Club Award and the Overall Top Manitoba or Saskatchewan Club Award. Four Goldfins swimmers were recognized for their individual achievements.
Saskatchewan Individual High Point Awards were given out to Goldfins swimmers: Abby Gebhardt (Female 15 & O) and to Landon Kennedy (Male 13 & U).
Keiran Dyck won the Saskatchewan Individual High Point – Male 14 – 15 and also received the Overall Top 14-15 Male High Point Award.
Brayden Hemeon received the Betty Lou Dean Award. This award is given to a Saskatchewan male swimmer for the outstanding swim of the meet (highest FINA points score). Brayden posted a time of 1:03.54 – 717 FINA Points. At this same meet, Brayden broke his own Saskatchewan Provincial Long Course Senior Records and he broke Saskatoon Goldfins Club records in the 50M Breaststroke (29.34) and in the 100M Breaststroke (1:03.54).
Saskatoon Goldfins Senior Female Relay Record - Abby Gebhardt, Shanna Tierney, Alice DeCoteau, Maclaren Burwell
200 Medley Relay - 2:03.05
Goldfins Top 3 Point Scorers:
Keiran Dyck 298 Points
Zoe Zimonick 220 Points
Brayden Hemeon 211 Points
Goldfins individual swimmers stood on the podium 58 times; winning 18 gold medals, 18 silver medals and 22 bronze medals. Goldfins relay teams made 8 podium appearances; 3 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze medal.
Goldfins Gold Medal Performances:
Lauren Anderson 1500 Freestyle
Sami Benning 200 Backstroke
Keiran Dyck 200 & 400 IM, 200, 400 & 800 Freestyle
Abby Gebhardt 50 & 100 Breaststroke
Brayden Hemeon 50 & 100 Breaststroke
Ethan Hemeon 200 Breaststroke
Piper Lejbak 1500 Freestyle & 200 Fly
Isabel Magus 400 IM
Obi Nguyen 50 Fly
Maxwell Thille 200 Breaststroke
Zoe Zimonick 800 Freestyle
12 & U Female 200 Freestyle Relay: Zoe Zimonick, Avery Houle, Piper Lejbak & Mariah Weber
12 & U Female 200 Medley Relay: Zoe Zimonick, Avery Houle, Mariah Weber & Piper Lejbak
14-15 Male 200 Medley Relay: Scott Heinbigner, Isaac Louie, Keiran Dyck & Obi Nguyen
Goldfins Silver Medal Performances:
Jayden Bilous 50 Freestyle
Maclaren Burwell 50 Breaststroke
Keiran Dyck 100 Fly
Nicole Godbout 1500 Freestyle
Brayden Hemeon 200 Breaststroke & 50 Fly
Ethan Hemeon 50 & 100 Breaststroke
Avery Houle 50, 100 & 200 Breaststroke
Obi Nguyen 100 Freestyle
Shanna Tierney 200 IM
Mariah Weber 400 Freestyle
Zoe Zimonick 50 & 200 Freestyle, 100 & 200 Backstroke, 400 IM
13-14 Female 200 Freestyle Relay: Lauren Anderson, Victoria Darling, Sami Benning & Isabel Magus
13-14 Female 200 Medley Relay: Isabel Magus, Victoria Darling, Sami Benning & Lauren Anderson
15 & O Female 200 Medley Relay: Alice DeCoteau, Abby Gebhardt, Shanna Tierney & Maclaren Burwell
16 & O Male 200 Medley Relay: Andrew Nghiem, Ethan Hemeon, Jayden Bilous & Brayden Hemeon
Goldfins Bronze Medal Performances:
Lauren Anderson 800 Freestyle & 200 Backstroke
Jayden Bilous 100 Freestyle
Noah Findlay 200 Fly
Abby Gebhardt 200 Breaststroke
Oliver Genest 400 Freestyle
Scott Heinbigner 50 Backstroke
Landon Kennedy 1500 Freestyle
Isabel Magus 200 IM, 50 & 200 Breaststroke, 50 & 100 Freestyle
Andrew Nghiem 200 Backstroke
Obi Nguyen 100 Fly & 50 Freestyle
Mariah Weber 50 & 800 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke, 400 IM
Zoe Zimonick 200 IM
16 & O Male 200 Freestyle Relay: Jayden Bilous, Nathan Vong, Brayden Hemeon & Ethan Hemeon
Goldfins swimmers posted 75 NEW qualifying time standards. Jayden Bilous, Abby Gebhardt and to Brayden Hemeon for posting Canadian Trials time standards, qualifying these swimmers to compete in the 2023 Trials for the FINA World Championships will be held at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (March 2023).
Canadian Trials Qualifying Time Standards
Jayden Bilous 50 Breaststroke
Abby Gebhardt 100 Breaststroke
Brayden Hemeon 50 Fly
Canadian Swimming Championships Qualifying Time Standards
Jayden Bilous 50 Breaststroke
Abby Gebhardt 50 Breaststroke
Brayden Hemeon 50 Fly
Canadian Junior Championships Qualifying Time Standards
Keiran Dyck 200 & 400 IM
Abby Gebhardt 100 Breaststroke
Western Canadian Championships Qualifying Time Standards
Keiran Dyck 200 & 400 IM, 100 Fly, 100, 200 & 400 Freestyle
Brayden Hemeon 50 & 100 Freestyle, 50 Fly & 50 Backstroke
Holden Lees 200 Breaststroke
Isabel Magus 200 IM
Andrew Nghiem 200 IM & 200 Backstroke
Obi Nguyen 50 Fly
Rhett Smith 400 Freestyle
Nathan Vong 50 Breaststroke
Saskatchewan AA Qualifying Time Standards
Jonathan Arndt 200 & 1500 Freestyle
Kai Burke 50 Fly
Jacob Cameron 100 Freestyle
Victoria Darling 50 Fly
Keiran Dyck 100 Fly & 400 IM
Noah Findlay 100 Fly
Abby Gebhardt 200 IM
Katherine Gebhardt 50 Freestyle
Ian Genest 100 Fly & 400 IM
Oliver Genest 400 Freestyle
Jordyn Hahn 200 Backstroke, 50 & 100 Breaststroke
Avery Houle 200 IM, 10 & 200 Freestyle
Piper Lejbak 1500 Freestyle, 400 IM
Isaac Louie 100 Freestyle
Jacey Lutze 200 IM
Obi Nguyen 200 IM
Ava Norman 200 IM
Alyssa Park 200 IM & 50 Backstroke
Anya Sasata 100 & 200 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle
Rhett Smith 1500 Freestyle
Shay Sullivan 200 Breaststroke, 50 Freestyle
Maxwell Thille 200 IM
Bryce Tierney 100 Freestyle
Siarhei Tsyrhanovich 200 Freestyle
Claire Yeo 1500 Freestyle
Saskatchewan A Qualifying Time Standards
Jonathan Arndt 400 IM
Jacob Cameron 400 IM
Katherine Gebhardt 200 Freestyle
Ian Genest 200 Backstroke
Nicole Godbout 200 Fly
Jane Gurney 50 Backstroke
Piper Lejbak 100 & 200 Fly
Mariah Weber 400 IM
Sebastian Wruck 50 & 100 Backstroke, 200 Freestyle
The Goldfins posted 233 Personal Best Times.
Goldfins posting 100% Personal Best Times:
Keiran Dyck, Avery Houle, Landon Kennedy, Obi Nguyen, Shay Sullivan, Siarhei Tsyrhanovich, and Sebastian Wruck.
Top 3 Most Improved Goldfins:
Rhett Smith 1500 Freestyle “-295.11”
Claire Yeo 1500 Freestyle “-274.00”
Keiran Dyck 400 IM “-127.16”
2022 Man/SK Senior Provincials concluded day 4’s final session with the 200 Medley Provincial Relays. Congratulations to these Goldfins named to the Provincial Relay Teams: Avery Houle, Zoe Zimonick, Landon Kennedy, Isabel Magus, Scott Heinbigner, Spencer Nave, Obi Nguyen, Isaac Louie, Abby Gebhardt, Maclaren Burwell, and Brayden Hemeon.
Team Sask took GOLD MEDALS in the Female 12 & Under, Female 15 & Over, and in the Male 16 & Over events. Congratulations to all the Saskatchewan swimmers on these achievements.
The Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club would like to thank all of the volunteers and officials who spent numerous hours in the organization and in the hosting of this provincial championship swim meet. Special thanks to Meet Managers Ryan MacGillivray, Ryan Lejbak, Colleen Patterson, Officials Chairpersons Tanya Gokavi Bailey. Kelly Kozak and to Marni Caldwell (Entries Chairperson). The Goldfins would like to thank meet referees: Gary Thronberg, Belinda Bilous and Jennifer Abrahamson.
The Goldfins gratefully acknowledge Swim Saskatchewan, Swim Manitoba, the City of Saskatoon for their support in hosting this special championship event. The Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club is appreciative of their sponsors’ support: Al Anderson’s Source for Sport, Axon Software, Craven Sport Services, Affinity Credit Union, Little Caesars, Calibre, SaskTel, SaskEnergy, Nutrien, Stonebridge Dental Centre, PWM Private Wealth Counsel, Ken Cheveldayoff, Sask Sport, and Sask Lotteries.
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