Goldfins Post Personal Bests at the 2023 Lasers SC Swim Meet

The Saskatoon Goldfins competed in the Saskatoon Lasers Short Course Swim Meet – November 18, 2023 – Saskatoon, SK – Shaw Centre.  The Goldfins had 105 swimmers race in over 390 races.  Goldfins posted 54 new provincial qualifying time standards. Congratulations to Sidney Goodwin who qualified as the newest member of the Goldfins Junior Provincial Team.

Saskatchewan AA Short Course Qualifying Time Standards:

Hassan Awadalla                    50 & 100 Breaststroke, 50 Fly, 50 Backstroke

Carsyn Busa                           200 IM, 400 Freestyle

James DeLathouwer               200 IM

Noah Findlay                           200 Freestyle

Olivia Hoffmann                      100, 200 & 400 Freestyle

Landon Kennedy                     50 Backstroke

Monica Lin                              50 Breaststroke

Naomi Liu                                200 IM, 100 Fly, 50 Freestyle

Shay Sullivan                          100 Freestyle, 200 IM

Oliver Wruck                           100 Backstroke

Saskatchewan A Short Course Qualifying Time Standards:

Sadie Burrows                        100 Freestyle, 50 Breaststroke

Carsyn Busa                           100 Fly

James DeLathouwer               100 Fly

Sidney Goodwin                      50 Freestyle

Ava Gursky                             200 IM, 100 Backstroke

Emmy Hoffmann                     50 Freestyle

Dejan Jarcan                          400 Freestyle

Mateo Jarcan                          100 Backstroke

Clara Lane                              200 Freestyle

Monica Lin                              100 Freestyle

Naomi Liu                                100 Breaststroke

Katie Longjohn                        200 IM, 100 Backstroke

Avyn Munshaw                       100 Fly

Gracie Munshaw                     400 Freestyle

Benjamin Nesteroff                 100 Backstroke

An Nguyen                              50 Breaststroke

Lan Nguyen                            200 IM, 50 Fly

Ethan Rieger                           50 & 100 Freestyle

Lauren Russell                        100 Breaststroke

Carson Sereda-Wosminity      400 Freestyle

Philip Shorte                           50 Breaststroke

Chasen Weber                        50 Breaststroke

Sienna Weber                         200 IM

Oliver Wruck                           50 & 100 Breaststroke

Sebastrian Wruck                   100 & 400 Freestyle, 100 Backstroke

Ethan Zbytovsky                     400 Freestyle

The Club posted 269 personal best times, with 29 Goldfins posting 100% personal bests.  Congratulations to these Goldfins who posted 100% personal best times this past weekend:

Kiarash Aminaie, Carlin Armstrong, Hassan Awadalla, Cori Biberdorf, Sadie Burrows, James DeLathouwer, Noah Findlay, Zeyah Flemming, Emerson Flockhart, Ava Gursky, Emmy Hoffmann, Olivia Hoffmann, Hadley Hollick, Grayson Keays, Jasper Ledingham-Off, Monica Lin, Elliotte Mah, Avyn Munshaw, Gracie Munshaw, Benjamin Nesteroff, An Nguyen, Layla Phung, Lauren Russell, Rhett Ruzesky, Phillip Shorte, Wil Sothilingam, Shay Sullivan, Brette White, and Oliver Wruck.

The Goldfins Top 3 Most Improved Events were:

Ava Hall                                   100 Freestyle              “-40.10”           26.6%

Jacob Findlay                          100 Freestyle             “-35.82”           25.8%

Aiden Sereda-Wosminity        100 Breaststroke            “-39.88”           25.5%

The Goldfins swimmers and coaching staff would like to thank the Saskatoon Lasers Swim Club for hosting this event.  The Club would also like to thank the Meet Referees: Ryan MacGilivray, Ryan Lejbak, Bob Cowan, Colleen Patterson for guiding and for supporting the swimmers, coaches and officials throughout the weekend.  The swimmers and coaching staff would also like to acknowledge all of the Goldfins parent volunteers who spent the weekend cheering us on by officiating, volunteering, and for supporting the Goldfins swimmers on the live racing feed.

The Goldfins Swim Club is looking forward to competing in the Prairie Winter International - December 7 – 10, 2023 and in the RODS Winter Solstice Swim Meet – December 9 & 10, 2023.

Go Goldfins Go!

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