10 Medals Come Home from CSI 2024
This past weekend, the Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club competed in the 2024 Cascade Swimming International - May 31 – June 2, 2024 – Calgary, AB.
Over 450 swimmers, representing 19 teams competed in this fast-paced international swim meet. Goldfins swimmers gained competitive experience racing against some of the top age group swimmers in Western Canada as well as a team from Germany.
The Goldfins swimmers took home 10 individual medals. Congratulations to Goldfins Swim Club medal winners:
Gold:
Nicole Godbout 400 Freestyle
Silver:
Noah Findlay 200 Fly
Ian Genest 100 & 200 Breaststroke
Avery Houle 50 & 100 Breaststroke
Bronze:
Nathan Grayston 200 Backstroke
Landon Kennedy 400 Freestyle
Sebastian Wruck 1500 Freestyle
Kian Wu 50 Backstroke
The Goldfins swimmers posted 65 personal best long course times, posting 11 new Swim Saskatchewan qualifying time standards.
The Top 3 Most Improved Goldfins’ Events:
Atticus Mowat 200 Backstroke “-29.59” 14.9% Improvement
Katherine Gebhardt 100 Backstroke “- 9.83” 10.9% Improvement
Avery Lutz 50 Fly “- 3.63” 9.4% Improvement
Swim Saskatchewan AA Long Course Qualifying Time Standards:
Nathan Grayston 100 Freestyle
Avery Houle 400 IM
Max Thille 400 IM, 100 Freestyle
Mariah Weber 200 Backstroke
Swim Saskatchewan A Long Course Qualifying Time Standards:
Katherine Gebhardt 100 Backstroke
Zahra Gokavi Bailey 50 Backstroke
Clara Lane 100 Backstroke
Avery Lutz 50 Fly
Atticus Mowat 200 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke
Thank you to the Cascade Swim Club for hosting this terrific event.
Thank you to the Goldfins Team Managers: Kelly Kozak, Dwight Grayston, and Taylor Dubiel for looking after our swimmers and coaches. Thank you to Ryan Lejbak for serving as the Club’s photographer this past weekend.
The Goldfins Swim Club will be back in action as members of Team Sask at the 2024 KCS Tru Wolfpack Invitational – June 6 – 10, 2024 – Kamloops, BC.
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