Girls 14 and up and Boys 15 and over are eligible to be invited into this squad.

The Mississauga Aquatic Club’s High-Performance Swim Program is a fully integrated and supported nation leading program.  The goal of the program is to provide the coaching, tools, education and support that will allow our athletes to evolve into university and international high-performance swimmers. 

HEAD COACH

Kevin Anderson

Kevin is a leading national level coach in Canada.  His athletes have broken national records, national age group records and have gone on to represent Canada on the international stage including the Olympic Games.  He is a NCCP Level 4 coach and holds a High-Performance Coaching Diploma from the Canadian Sport Institute Calgary.  He has coached on Canada’s National Junior Teams and the World University Games Team as well as many Provincial Coaching assignments including the 2017 Canada Games.

Coach Kevin on the Ritter Podcast, 'Hold your expectations high',  https://rittersp.com/podcast/hold-your-expectations-high-kevin-anderson?fbclid=IwAR2z1zMhSa3BWUZKdiYr_wM5b6foqBuukmk1saZ7O8Bt602GZF2mmPvVEmg

PHYSIOLOGIST

Rob Rupf

Rob is an experienced national team physiologist and he works specifically with identifying training adaptations and fatigue.  Blood lactate testing is conducted every 6-7 weeks to monitor changes in fitness and providing specific aerobic training speeds for the athletes.  Wellness questionnaires are utilised each morning before workout.  Over time this provides a baseline for the athletes’ fitness vs their fatigue.  At the end of each day Rob requires the athletes to provide feedback on their perceived exertion.  Rob is currently doing his PHD.

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

Darren Turner 

Darren is the lead strength and conditioning expert at UTM.  Darren develops and implements the strength and conditioning program relative to the yearly plan and works hand-in-hand with Head Coach Kevin Anderson.  Darren leads the athletes through 3 strength sessions each week.

PREHAB AND REHAB SPECIALIST

Dr. Ben Fryer (Dynamic Health & Performance) 

Dr. Ben is our injury prevention or rehabilitation guru.  He has a sixth sense of how to help our athletes either deal with an injury and return to full training quickly or tackle any potential strength, flexibility or mobility issues.  Through Ben’s company he provides education sessions to our coaches or training squads throughout our program on injury prevention.

ATHLETES

Adam Hornak How Many Years Competitive Swimming:  13 Years Favorite Musical Group or Artist:  Linkin Park Off-Season Interests:  Cycling and Hiking Favorite Quote:  Losers let it Happen, Winners Make it Happen Best Stroke:  Freestyle	Evan Corish How many years competitive swimming:  9 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  Justin Rarri Off-Season interests:  Hanging with family and going to the gym. Favorite Quote:    The harder you work for something the greater you will feel when you achieve it. Best Stroke:  Breaststroke
Bridget Manzella How many years competitive swimming:  10 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  The Weekend Off-Season interests:  Weightlifting Favorite Quote:  You miss 100% of the shots you don't take! Best Stroke:  Breaststroke	Hanwen Luo How many years competitive swimming:  7 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  Tekashi Off-Season Interest:  Sleeping, Basketball Favorite Quote:  That moment the alarm clock goes off in the morning and you don't know whether to wake up or fake an illness. Best Stroke:  Butterfly
Christian Florea How many years competitive swimming:  9 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  Drake Off-Season interests:  Formula 1 Favorite Quote:  Get Out Swim!!! Best Stroke:  Butterfly	Tom Clinton How many years competitive swimming:  7 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  Vhance the Rapper Off-Season interests:  Whitewater Kayaking Favorite Quote:  Once I thought I was wrong, I was mistaken. Best Stroke:  Freestyle
Beck Clinton How many years competitive swimming:  7 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  Lil Uzi Vert Off-Season interests:  Gaming, Whitewater kayaking Favorite Quote:  A hedgehogs heart beats 300 times a minute. Best Stroke:  Freestyle	Kirsten Oldham How many years competitive swimming:  6 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  One Republic Off-Season interests:  Traveling Favorite Quote:  Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts. Best Stroke:  Freestyle
Jovan Dhanju How many years competitive swimming:  10 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  AC/DC Off-Season interests:  Fishing Favorite Quote:  Don't mistake silence for weakness. Best Stroke:  Butterfly	Andrew Kang How many years competitive swimming:  7 Years Favorite musical group or artist: Post Malone Off-Season interests:  Travelling, Video Games Favorite Quote:  It's not cheating if you can do it! Best Stroke:  Freestlye
Kevin Ireland How many years competitive swimming:  9 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  XXXTentacion Off-Season interests:  Golfing, Piano Favorite Quote:  If you're struggling, you are progressing. Best Stroke:  Individual Medley	Adriana Wasik How many years competitive swimming:  6 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  Opus Off-Season interests:  Spend time with family, travelling and getting stronger Favorite Quote:  You are tougher than you think.  Faster than you know. Better than you realize. Best Stroke:  Butterfly
Boris vassilev How many years competitive swimming:  Favorite musical group or artist:  Drake Off-Season interests:  Travelling and going out with friends Favorite Quote:  It's ok if you don't like me, not everyone has good taste.                                         Best Stroke: Butterfly	Byron Zhang How many years competitive swimming: 11 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  The Barden Bellas Off-Season interests:  Chillin. Favorite Quote:    Why make sense when you can make dollars. Best Stroke:  Freestyle
Noor Bansal How many years competitive swimming: 7 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  Post Malone Off-Season interests:  Baking, Being Outside Favorite Quote:  It matters if you just don't give up. Best Stroke:  Butterfly	Meredith Coolen How many years competitive swimming: 7 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  Lil Tecca Off-Season interests:  Yoga Favorite Quote:  Whether you believe you can or you can't, you're right. Best Stroke:  Individual Medley
Charles Marcial How many years competitive swimming: 3 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  BLACKPINK Off-Season interests:  Anime Favorite Quote:  The obstacle is the way. Best Stroke:  Breaststroke	Maksimas Zander How many years competitive swimming: 8 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  Blueface Off-Season interests:  Ultimate Frisbee Favorite Quote:  I may look like a potatoe now, but one day I will turn into fries and you will want me then. Best Stroke:  Freestyle
Adam Lahmadi How many years competitive swimming: 14 years Favorite musical group or artist:  Stromae Off-Season interests:  Beach Volleyball and be with family Favorite Quote:  The impossible is not Tunisian! Best Stroke:  Freestyle	Adam Kralj How many years competitive swimming:  6 Years Favorite musical group or artist:  Lil Tjay Off-   Season interests:  Working! Favorite Quote: The body is a vehicle, driven by the mind, fueled by the spirit. Best Stroke:  Freestyle

MEET SCHEDULE

*These are subject to change as meet packages become available