NYAC - CENTRAL REGION SUMMER TEAM CHAMPS

The final scene, late Sunday afternoon at the Etobicoke Olympium, was a mixture of joy and exuberance as our exhausted NYAC swimmers embraced their trophies in a spontaneous celebration of their championship performance. NYAC concluded a weekend of repeated excellent performances to capture the Central Region Summer Team Championship.

The most precious commodity of any successful swim club is its young swimmers, and once again these fledgling athletes gave us a glimpse into a very magical future. If teamwork can be described as the fuel that drives the motor of success, it is abundantly clear that NYAC had its tank full on Sunday evening. All of the ingredients of successful teamwork were present and readily observed last weekend as swimmers, parents and coaches marched through the events full of enthusiasm, determination and resilience.

These young swimmers earned a well deserved deposit of celebration, excellence and most importantly resilience in their personal bank accounts that will serve them well in their future competitive endeavours.

A swimming career is composed of a large collection of many small moments of deep-felt delight and sometimes profound disappointment. The trophies raised in celebration and the screams of joy were highly satisfying but most importantly, the inner resolve, the deep feeling of personal success and the commitment to return to this magical moment are the ingredients that make up a significant building block. Ask successful swimmers about the highlights of their careers and invariably you will hear a story about an early moment when they understood that they could achieve great things. On the deck, at the Olympium late Sunday afternoon in the midst of this celebration, as I looked into the eyes of our young swimmers, I believe I saw that moment.

John Calnan

Some of the highlights include...

Tamir Arnesty (11)-8th in the 50 back
Sara-Beth Arnold (10)- 1:48 for the 100 IM - 34 second drop !!!
Adham Assad (8)- 3rd in the 100 breast
Jonathon Brodie (10) -1:46 for the 100 breast- first central region cut
Charlotte Caswell (10)- 2nd in the 50 back
Janice Cheung (12)- 3rd in the 50 breast
Harry Critchley (14) - 3rd in the 100 fly
Jack Critchley (12)- 2 second drop in the 50 fly
Nicole Da Silva (13)- 1:32 for the 100 fly- 6 second drop
Ariella Daniels (13)- 2nd in the 50 free
Razvan David (11)-1:43 for the 100 breast- 13 second drop
Ainsley Deeth (9) - 1:50 for the 100 back - first time under 2 minutes
Andrea Dobrescu (12)-1st in both the 50 and 100 breast
Jacqueline Douglas (8)-1:44 for the 100 IM - 8 second drop
Nathalie Douglas (9) - 2nd in the 100 back, 3rd in the 100 free
Andrew Dumitrache (9)-45.21 for the 50 free - 2 second drop
Stephanie Farkas (11)- 3rd in the 100 free
Amy Gao (7)- 53 for the 50 free - 6 second drop
Katy Goren (9)- 51 for the 100 back- 4 second drop
Claire Guttentag (11) - 1:24 for the 100 free 4 second drop
Macalem Henley (10)- 1:31 for the 100 back- 3 second drop
Brooke Henry (8) - 1:55 for the 100 IM - first time under 2 minutes
Martin Jurak (13) - 1:34 for the 100 breast - first time under 1:40
Daniel Katz (15)- 2nd in both the 50 and 100 breast
Evelin Kovacs (13)- 3rd in the 100 back
Lee Ann Liberta (9) - 1st in the 100 back
Gavin Lifman (12)- 3rd in the 100 back
Fan Lin (13) - 1:39 for 100 breast - 3 second drop
Yi Wen Li (9)- 1st in 100 fly, 100 IM, 100 free and 50 fly
Claire Lockridge (10)- 1:56 for 100 breast - 8 second drop
Palmer Lockridge (11)- 1:51 for 100 breast - 8 second drop
Anna Lombardo (12) - 39 for the 50 back -6 second drop
Jordan LoMonaco (12) - 3:36 for the 200 IM - 16 second drop
Sierra Lomonaco (11) - 39 for the 50 free - 5 second drop
Sarah Lychy (9)- 1st in the 50 and 100 free, 2nd in the 100 IM, 3rd in the 100 fly
Thomas Lychy (8) - 1:46 for the 100 IM - 13 second drop
Sara Macanovic (12)-1:42 for the 100 fly - 2 second drop
Cameron MacIntyre (9) - 1:56 for the 100 IM - 13 second drop
Patrick Malihan (14)- 2:49 for the 200 IM - 6 second drop
Allison Martin (8) - 2nd in the 100 fly, 100 free and 50 fly, 3rd in 100 back and 50
Free
Kyle Martin (10)- 1st in the 100 IM, 3rd in both the 50 and 100 free
Una Mazalica (9)- 48 for the 100 free - first time under 50
Jack Miller (11) - 1:23 for the 100 free - 11 second drop
Sammy Miller (11)- 1:41 for the 100 fly - 21 second drop
Kamila Mukherjee (12)- 1:32 for the 100 fly - 15 second drop
Emre Ozguven (14)- 47 for the 50 breast - 2 second drop
Katie Parent (12)- 3:03 for the 200 IM - 2 second drop
Elysha Park (13) - 36 for the 50 free - first time under 40
Rachel Park (17)- 1st in 50 breast, 3rd in the 100 free
Courtney Rider (10)- 49 for the 50 back- 2 second drop
Margaret Runnalls (11) - 3rd in the 100 back
Natalijia Scepanovic (10) - 1:50 for the 100 back - 3 second drop
Sarah Shum (10) - 1:39 for the 100 back - 4 second drop
Emma Spitz (9) - 57 for the 50 back - 7 second drop
Matthew Suen (12)- 3:09 for the 200 IM - 7 second drop
Ozgu Topuz (14)- 32 for the 50 free - 2 second drop
Mark Umansky (11) - 1:00 for the 50 breast- 7 second drop
Milica Veselinovic (12) - 1:28 for the 100 free- 5 second drop
Sava Veselinovic (10)- 1:42 for the 100 IM - 12 second drop
Jason Wong (11) - 55 for the 50 free - first time under 1:00
Kevin Wong (15) - 1st in the 100 fly and 100 free, 3rd in the 50 back
Eric Woolven (11)- 51 for the 50 breast - 8 second drop
Chris Yan (13) - 1:48 for the 100 fly - first time under 2:00
Jason Yi (13) - 3rd in the 50 fly