North York Aquatic Club

Murray Drudge
NYAC Head Coach

Highlights of the
2006 Summer Season

Pan Pac Trials
Jul 25 - 28, 2006
Montréal

Julia Wilkinson

Julia Wilkinson was NYAC's star at the Pan Pac Trials in Montreal. She is the national champion for the 200 IM with a time of 2:16:75 at the Pan Pac Trials in Montreal. This achievement qualified her, for the first time in her career, to be selected for the Senior National Canadian team.

She also earned swims for the team for 200 Free (silver, 2:01:45), 100 Free (bronze, 56:41) and both the 4x100 Free and 4x200 Free relays!

The Pan Pac swimming championships are held on Aug 17-20 2006 in Victoria, BC.

National Age Group Championships
Jul 20 - 23, 2006
Calgary

Andy Townsend (16) was our top performer winning gold in the 100 Free (54:47) bronze in both the 200 Free (1:58:34) and 400 Free (4:15:67). Michelle Williams (15) was also a gold medal winner in the 50 Fly with a blistering time of 29:24. She was also a Top 8 finalist in the 50 Free, 100 Free and 100 Fly events. Kyle Resnick won a silver medal in very close 200 Fly for the 14 year old boys, with a personal best time of 2:14.69. Kyle was also a Top 8 finalist in the 800 Free and 100 Fly. The weekend drew over 1,400 swimmers from across Canada and is considered the premiere national summer event for age group swimming.

Top 8 finalists

Matthew Chu 15	50 Breast (7th) 100 Breast (8th)
Victor Crivianu-Gaita 13	50 Free (4th) 100 Free (4th) 50 Back (4th) 100 Back (6th)
Nick Karpov 16	100 Free (6th)
Yi Lui 16	100 Fly (5th)
Natalin Moy 12	50 Fly (7th) 100 Fly (4th)
Nicole Pierce 16	50 Fly (5th)
Kyle Resnick 14	800 Free (5th) 100 Fly (4th) 200 Fly (2nd)
Andy Townsend 16	100 Free (1st) 200 Free (3rd) 400 Free (3rd)
Michelle Williams 15	50 Free (7th) 100 Free (7th) 50 Fly (1st) 100 Fly (5th)

Junior Provincial Long Course Championships
July 6 - 9, 2006
Nepean

Bronwyn Colford was one of NYAC's standout performers at this summer's Junior Provincial championships in Nepean. She was a Gold medal winner in the 100 Fly for 11 year old girls. Her winning time was 1:14:95 and was her best time by almost three seconds. The 200 Fly was a close race in which she finished second with a time of 2:48:82. She was also in the Top 8 in both the 200 IM and 400 Free. Victor Crivianu-Gaita's standout performances were scored in the 50 Free for first place (27:19) and second place in the 100 Free with a time of 58:84. Victor also placed in the Top 8 in both backstroke events for 13 year old boys.

Top 8 finalists

Maks Celkowski 14	50 Free (7th) 100 Free (6th)
Matthew Chu 14	200 Breast (6th) 100 Breast (4th)
Bronwyn Colford 11	400 Free (8th) 100 Fly (1st) 200 Fly (2nd) 200 IM (8th) 400 IM (5th)
Victor Crivianu-Gaita 13	50 Free (1st) 100 Free (2nd) 100 Back (5th) 200 Back (4th)
Lily Godawa 11	200 Breast (6th)
Samantha Hu 13	200 IM (8th)
Joclyn Lee 10	100 Breast (8th)
Kathryn Martin 11	100 Fly (7th) 400 IM (8th)
Alex Mierzynski 11	100 Back (8th) 200 Free (7th) 100 Free (4th) 200 Back (6th) 400 Free (4th)
Nathalin Moy 12	200 Breast (7th) 100 Fly (5th) 400 IM (5th) 200 Free (7th) 200 Fly (4th) 400 Free (8th)
Connie Yang 11	100 Fly (5th) 200 Fly (4th)

Bell Grand Prix / Quebec Cup
Jun 30 - Jul 2, 2006
Montréal

Top 20 finalists

Heinrich Hattingh	50 Free (15th) 100 Free (6th) 200 Free (12th)
Marius Hattingh	200 Fly (17th)
Nick Karpov	800 Free (15th)
Yi Lui	200 Fly (18th)
Roman Margulis	50 Br (5th) 50 Fly (13th) 100 Fly (17th)
Nicole Peirce	50 Br (19th) 100 Br (19th)
Eduardo Toro	100 Br (16th) 200 Br (19th) 200 IM (4th) 400 IM (17th)
Andy Townsend	200 Free (13th)
Michelle Williams	50 Free (13th) 100 Free (18th) 50 Fly (16th)