High Performance
Girls 14 and Boys 15 and over are eligible to be invited into this squad. The Mississauga Aquatic Club’s High-Performance Swim Program is for swimmers to compete at the highest levels, National, International, or have the ability to achieve these levels.
Training is structured around the Train to Compete and Compete to Win area of Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD). This is the stage where a swimmer is maximizing his engine. Swimmers are expected to show total commitment in reaching their full potential. 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 highperformance swimmers. The expected attendance of the program is +90%.
This group, along with the other performance groups, has a broad focus on competing at the National level with major competitions that include the Canadian Championships, Canadian Junior Championships, and Eastern Canadian Championships.
HEAD COACH
Aris Bousoulegkas
Aristeidis Bousoulegkas has been a Head Coach and Technical Manager in major private clubs in his hometown Thessaloniki, Greece. With over 20 years of experience in creating and coordinating plans for the development of elite athletes, Aristeidis is a true asset to MSSAC. His leadership abilities, connection with his athletes, skills and passion for coaching have awarded him with many victories at the National Championships with his biggest accomplishment, his athlete Diogenis Tsitouridis placing 16th worldwide in the 1500m (personal record: 15.20.92) according to 2004 Fina World Ranking from January to May 26,2005. Aris received a degree in Physical and Sports Education with a specialization in swimming from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
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
Jim Reeves/Athletes Zone
Jim is one of the best strength and conditioning experts in the GTA and specializes in athletes performance. He works with amateur athletes and the pros at his training facility, Athletes Zone. We are very fortunate to have Jim integrated into our programs!
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.
MEET SCHEDULE
ATHLETES
| Boris Vassilev 
How Many Years Competitive Swimming: 13 Years
Favorite Musical Group or Artist: Drake
Off-Season Interests:
Travelling and going out with friends
Best Stroke: Freestyle
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Natalie Hocevar 
How many years competitive swimming: 6 Years
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Best Stroke: Freestyle
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| Ashley Hodge 
How many years competitive swimming: 10 Years
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Best Stroke: Butterfly
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Hanwen Luo 
How many years competitive swimming: 9 Years
Favorite musical group or artist: Tekashi
Off-Season Interest: Sleeping, Basketball
Best Stroke: Butterfly
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| Jacob Wahba
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Best Stroke: Freestyle
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Adriana Wasik
How many years competitive swimming: 8 Years
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Best Stroke: Butterfly
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| Madison Van Hoof 
How many years competitive swimming: 7 Years
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Best Stroke: Freestyle
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Kirsten Oldham 
How many years competitive swimming: 8 Years
Favorite musical group or artist: One Republic
Off-Season interests: Traveling
Best Stroke: Freestyle
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| Mark Meikus
How many years competitive swimming: 6 Years
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Best Stroke: Freestyle |
Sarah Don-Wauchope 
How many years competitive swimming: 8 Years
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Best Stroke: Backstroke
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| Seamus Chan 
How many years competitive swimming: 5 Years
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Best Stroke: Freestyle
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Meredith Coolen
How many years competitive swimming: 9 Years
Favorite musical group or artist: Lil Tecca
Off-Season interests: Yoga
Best Stroke: Individual Medley
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| Noor Bansal 
How many years competitive swimming: 9 Years
Favorite musical group or artist: Post Malone
Off-Season interests: Baking, Being Outside
Best Stroke: Butterfly |
Nick Pereira
How many years competitive swimming: 8 Years
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Best Stroke: Backstroke |
| Maksimas Zander
How many years competitive swimming: 8 Years
Favorite musical group or artist: Blueface
Off-Season interests: Ultimate Frisbee
Best Stroke: Freestyle |
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