Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club WINS 2024 Summer Man/SK

July 20, 2024

The Saskatoon Goldfins Swim Club concluded a highly successful weekend at the 2024 Summer Man/SK Championships held in Regina, SK from July 4 to 7, 2024. The Goldfins emerged as the leading Large Club in Saskatchewan, amassing an impressive total of 5494.5 points and securing the prestigious Overall Top Points Large Club Award.

This event marked a momentous occasion for the club, with swimmer Miller Gotto shattering the Girls 10 & Under 1500M Freestyle Goldfins Club long course record, established back in 2019. Notably, Miller also achieved a new Senior Provincial qualifying time standard, clocking in at a remarkable 22:55.67 in the same event.

Celebrations continued as Keiran Dyck claimed the Boys 16 & Over Saskatchewan High Point Award along with the Boys 16 & Over Overall Individual Top Point Awards. Additionally, Benjamin Nesteroff was honored with the Boys 13 & Under Saskatchewan Provincial High Point Age Group Award.

Top Three Goldfins:

Female:

Avery Houle 222 Points

Isabel Magus 152 Points

Zoe Zimonick 152 Points

Male:

Keiran Dyck 320 Points

Benjamin Nesteroff 204 Points

Bryce Tierney 203 Points

The Club brought home 75 individual medals, while adding 13 Club relay medals to their total podium finishes.

Goldfins Individual Medalists:

Jonathan Arndt 800 & 1500 Freestyle – GOLD, 400 Freestyle – Bronze

Sami Benning 200 & 1500 Freestyle – Bronze

Kasey Biberdorf 1500 Freestyle – Bronze

Jayden Bilous 50 Breaststroke & 50 Fly – GOLD, 50 Freestyle – Silver

Carsyn Busa 400 & 1500 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke – Silver, 100 Backstroke – Bronze

James DeLathouwer 100 Freestyle – Silver, 200 Freestyle – Bronze

Keiran Dyck 200 & 400 IM, 100 & 200 Fly, 200 & 400 Freestyle – GOLD, 100 Freestyle – Bronze

Abby Gebhardt 50 Breaststroke – GOLD, 100 & 200 Breaststroke – Bronze

Ian Genest 200 Breaststroke – Silver

Nicole Godbout 400 IM – Bronze

Nathan Grayston 200 Backstroke – Bronze

Olivia Hoffmann 400 Freestyle – Silver, 100 & 200 Freestyle – Bronze

Avery Houle 200 IM, 200 Breaststroke, 400 Freestyle – GOLD, 50 & 100 Breaststroke – Silver

Monica Lin 50 & 200 Breaststroke – Silver

Naomi Liu 200 IM – Bronze, 200 & 800 Freestyle – Bronze

Isabel Magus 200 IM, 50 & 100 Fly – Silver, 50 Freestyle – Bronze

Gracie Munshaw 100 Freestyle, 400 IM – Silver, 50 Freestyle, 50 Fly – Bronze

Benjamin Nesteroff 100 Backstroke, 800 Freestyle – GOLD, 50 Freestyle – Silver, 200 IM, 100 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke – Bronze

Lan Nguyen 200 Breaststroke – GOLD, 100 Breaststroke – Bronze

Carson Sereda-Wosminity 50 Freestyle Bronze

Jordan Szutiak 50 Backstroke – GOLD

Max Thille 200 Breaststroke – Silver

Bryce Tierney 200 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke – GOLD, 200 IM, 50 & 100 Backstroke – Silver

Chasen Weber 800 Freestyle – Silver, 200 Fly, 400 IM – Bronze

Mariah Weber 50 Freestyle – Silver

Oliver Wruck 1500 Freestyle, 400 IM – Silver

Zoe Zimonick 400 IM – GOLD, 800 Freestyle – Silver, 400 Freestyle – Bronze

Goldfins Relay Medalists:

400M Freestyle Relays:

Female 12 & U: Naomi Liu, Gracie Munshaw, Ava Gursky, Carsyn Busa – Silver

Male 13 & U: Oliver Wruck, Chasen Weber, Ethan Zbytovsky, Benjamin Nesteroff – GOLD

Female 13 – 14: Mariah Weber, Avery Houle, Piper Lejbak, Olivia Hoffmann – Silver

Male 14 – 15: James DeLathouwer, Noah Findlay, Carson Sereda-Wosminity, Jordan Szutiak – Bronze

Female 15 & O: Isabel Magus, Nicole Godbout, Victoria Darling, Sami Benning – Bronze

Male 16 & O: Keiran Dyck, Bryce Tierney, Andrew Nghiem, Jayden Bilous – Silver

Jonathan Arndt, Kian Wu, Foster Fourney, Joseph Shao – Bronze

400M Medley Relays

Female 12 & U: Carsyn Busa, Lan Nguyen, Gracie Munshaw, Naomi Liu – Silver

Male 13 & U: Benjamin Nesteroff, Hassan Awadalla, Chasen Weber, Oliver Wruck – GOLD

Female 13 – 14: Zoe Zimonick, Avery Houle, Briana Boyko, Olivia Hoffmann – GOLD

Male 14 – 15: Carson Sereda-Wosminity, Max Thille, Landon Kennedy, James DeLathouwer – GOLD

Female 15 & O: Nicole Godbout, Abby Gebhardt, Isabel Magus, Sami Benning – Silver

Male 16 & O: Andrew Nghiem, Bryce Tierney, Keiran Dyck, Jonathan Arndt – Silver

Goldfins swimmers achieved several new long course time standards at this championship meet. The Club posted 48 Saskatchewan Provincial Qualifying Time Standards.

Swim Saskatchewan AA LC Qualifying Time Standards

Inioluwa Agbejule 200 IM, 100 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke

Josh Block 200 Backstroke

Carsyn Busa 400 IM

Tori Darling 1500 Freestyle

James DeLathouwer 1500 Freestyle

Adam Foster 100 Fly

Foster Fourney 50 Fly

Ian Genest 100 Backstroke

Miller Gotto 1500 Freestyle

Emmy Hoffmann 200 IM, 200 Freestyle

Olivia Hoffmann 800 Freestyle

Hadley Hollick 100 Backstroke

Avery Houle 200 Freestyle

Landon Kennedy 200 Fly, 200 Freestyle

Monica Lin 200 IM

Naomi Liu 100 & 200 Backstroke

Isabel Magus 1500 Freestyle

Avyn Munshaw 200 IM

Gracie Munshaw 100 & 1500 Freestyle, 400 IM

Benjamin Nesteroff 200 IM, 100 Backstroke

An Nguyen 100 Breaststroke

Phillip Shorte 50 Freestyle

Shay Sullivan 100 Freestyle

Jordan Szutiak 100 Backstroke

Chasen Weber 200 Fly

Oliver Wruck 1500 Freestyle, 100 Fly

Kian Wu 200 Freestyle

Ethan Zbytovsky 100 Freestyle

Swim Saskatchewan A LC Qualifying Time Standards

Josh Block 1500 Freestyle, 200 Fly

Briana Boyko 100 Breaststroke

Landon Dubiel 200 Backstroke

Foster Fourney 100 Backstroke

Ian Genest 50 Backstroke

Sidney Goodwin 200 Backstroke

Claire Huber 800 Freestyle

Rebeka Mourre 50 Breaststroke

Atticus Mowat 200 Fly

Goldfins posting 100% Personal Best Times:

Kasey Biberdorf, Josh Block, Gracie Munshaw, Benjamin Nesteroff, and An Nguyen.

Top 3 Most Improved Goldfins Events:

Gracie Munshaw 1500 Freestyle “-209.32” 13.9% Improvement

An Nguyen 50 Backstroke “- 7.64” 13.9% Improvement

Josh Block 1500 Freestyle “-197.07” 13.8% Improvement

Goldfins swimmers made a strong showing at the Team Sask Provincial Relays. A big congratulations to the following Goldfins members who were selected for the Provincial Relay Teams: Gracie Munshaw, Benjamin Nesteroff, Avery Houle, Olivia Hoffmann, Carson Sereda-Wosminity, James DeLathouwer, Isabel Magus, Bryce Tierney, and Keiran Dyck.

Team Sask clinched GOLD MEDALS in all six 400M Medley Relay events, a remarkable achievement. Kudos to all the Saskatchewan swimmers for their outstanding performance.

The Goldfins swimmers and coaching team extend their gratitude to Swim Saskatchewan and the Regina Optimist Dolphins Swim Club for hosting this championship. A special thanks to the Goldfins chaperones: Rachel Boyko, Shawna Dubiel, and Dwight Grayston, and to Belinda Bilous for their exceptional support. Also, appreciation goes out to the Goldfins parents who officiated throughout the weekend.

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