2007 Bell Grand Prix Youth Clinic

The 2007 Bell Grand Prix 12-and-Under Youth Swim Camp hosted by Swim Ontario. The top 100 swimmers from all of Ontario were selected for this prestigious one day camp including, five TSC swimmers. From right to left: Kara Vanderbeek, Lucasz Kosiorek, Jillian Stoyan, Oliver Straszynski, Isabella Jamieson, and Victor Delac (Head Development Coach). Victor Delac was selected as one of the four coaches to lead the technical camp.

TSC 3RD PLACE FINISH AT BELL GRAND PRIX

Annual Awards Banquet
Thank you to all swimmers and parents who attended the Annual Awards Banquet. Thank you to Karen Florence, Dolores Saunders and the staff at the Marriott Hotel for organizing such a wonderful evening. Also a big thank you to Andrei Tselichtchev for putting together a fantastic slide show.
Congratulations to 2006-07 award winners!

Most Improved Swimmer
Gold 1: Kaleigh McKinnon
Gold 2: George Soules
Silver 1: Jillian Stoyan and Sean Domingo
Silver 2: Emma Crossey
Silver 3: Zoe Smith
Bronze 1: Oliver Straszynski
Bronze 2: Cino Ling, Susan Zhang and Joshua Gold
Bronze 3: Lydia Zhou and Camillo Deller-Borgono
Intro HAR: Renee Corbiere and Micha Mykitiuk
Intro UTS: Caitlin Skain

Most Outstanding Swimmer
Zsofi Balazs and Andrew Hurd (open)
Hilary Bell and Patrick Cuch (15-18)
Kathryn McKinnon and Jeremie Holdom (13-14)
Amelia Bauer-Kong and Edward Liu (11-12)
Isabella Jamieson and Lukasz Kosiorek (10 and under)

President's Trophy Award
David Dorian

John Grootveld Sr. Volunteer of the Year Award
Moira Bell, Maggie Riley and Sally Thorne

2006-07 TAG Ranking (Top 25 in the Country)
Girls 10&U - Nicole Karkavitsas
Boys 10&U - Lukasz Kosiorek, Oliver Straszynski and Joshua Gold
Girls 11-12 - Amelia Bauer-Kong, Zoe Rivard-Aslin, Jillian Stoyan, Leah Vanderbeek and Bronwyn Colford
Boys 11-12 - Edward Liu, Danny Demyanenko Jiminez, Sean Domingo, Bryce Chen, David Riley and Max Celej
Girls 13-14 - Kathryn McKinnon
Boys 13-14 - Jeremie Holdom, William Tran and Martin Smith
Girls 15-17 - Hilary Bell, Paige Schultz, Zsofi Balazs, Helen Pitchik, Rebecca Hinds, Kaleigh McKinnon, Andrea St. Jules and Kaleigh Heard

Special Achievement Awards :
2007 CANADIAN RECORD BREAKERS
10& Under Boys - Lukasz Kosiorek 50 Free L.C. 29.90
11-12 Boys - Edward Liu 100 Fly S.C. 1:01.65

11-12 Boys
4X50 FREE RELAY S.C. 1:50.11
Edward Liu, Danny Demyanenko-Jimenez, Sean Domingo, David Riley
4X50 FREE RELAY S.C. 4:02.97
Edward Liu, Danny Demyanenko-Jimenez, Sean Domingo, David Riley
4X50 MEDLEY RELAY S.C. 2:04.45
Danny Demyanenko-Jimenez, David Riley, Edward Liu, Sean Domingo
4X50 FREE RELAY S.C. 1:52.92
Edward Liu, Danny Demyanenko-Jimenez, David Riley, Max Celej
4X50 MEDLEY RELAY S.C. 2:05.87
Danny Demyanenko-Jimenez, David Riley, Edward Liu, Max Celej

15-17 Girls
4X100 MEDLEY RELAY L.C. 4:19.09
Paige Schultz, Helen Pitchik, Zsofi Balazs, Hilary Bell

Achievement of Excellence Award
Kaleigh McKinnon
Age Group National Champion Montreal 2007
GOLD 200 Fly
Paige Schultz
Age Group National Champion Montreal 2007
GOLD 200 I.M.
GOLD 400 I.M.
GOLD 200 BACK
Helen Pitchik
Age Group National Champion Montreal 2007
GOLD 50 BREAST
GOLD 100 BREAST
GOLD 200 BREAST
Zsofi Balazs
PAN AMERICAN GAMES
Brazil 2007
SILVER MEDALIST
4X200 FREE RELAY
Hilary Bell
PAN AMERICAN GAMES
Brazil 2007
DOUBLE SILVER MEDALIST
4X100 FREE RELAY
4X200 FREE RELAY

4 More Club Records in the Final Day of World Cup in Berlin, GER
Day 1: TSC swimmers Zsofi Balazs and Hilary Bell had a successful first day at the Berlin World Cup. Berlin is the second stop for Team Canada in a seven stop FINA World Cup Series. Hilary placed 10th overall in the 200 Free with a time of 2:00.03, Zsofi placed 5th in the 800 Free with a time of 8:39.89. Stay tuned for more results
Day 2: The final day of World Cup Berlin was very successful for both Hilary and Zsofi. Hilary had a solid performance in the 400 IM with a best time 4:54.16 (10th), Zsofi a new club record in prelims 2:13.86 followed by another club record performance in the final 2:12.80 (8th), ten minutes later Zsofi stood up and raced to another club record performance in the 400 Free 4:12.19 (5th).

Congratulations on a great week of racing ladies.

6 Club Records set in Stockholm, SWE
Day 1: Head Coach John Grootveld reports TSC swimmers Zsofi Balazs and Hilary Bell are off to a great start at the 2007 World Cup in Stockholm. The girls broke 4 new club records. Highlights from the first day of competition include Hilary 2:00.75 200 Free (13th) and 2:17.76 200 IM (13th), Zsofi 2:13.73 200 Back (6th) and 8:40.71 800 Free (4th). Both ladies get the opportunity to experience a high level of international swimming by competing against many of the current world record holders and Olympic medalists.
Day 2: Another good day in Stockholm, 2 more club records smashed! Hilary 56.83 100 Free, Zsofi placed 7th in the final of the 400 Free and set a club record in the 200 Fly 2:15.92

11 Club Records Fall in Brantford
TSC swimmers break 11 records to honor remembrance day.
Congratulations goes to Alek Riley new Provincial Qualifier 100 Fly 1:24.22 and to new Eastern Qualifier Eric Vanderbeek 100 Breast 1:10.05
Record Breakers
Paige Schultz 100 & 200 Back
Martin Smith 100 & 200 Back
Jeremie Holdom 100 & 200 Breast
Jillian Stoyan 50 Free
William Tran 100 Fly
13-14 Boys 4x50 Free (Bryce, Danny, Kris, Andrei)
17 & Over Men 4x50 Free (Kyle, Terrance, Min, Damian)
17& Over Women 4x50 Free (Laura, Kaleigh, Kaleigh, Paige)
meet results page

Balazs and Bell off to Europe for the FINA WORLD CUP CIRCUIT
Zsofi Balazs, Hilary Bell and TSCs Head Coach John Grootveld will join Team Canada for the 2007 Fina World Cup Championships. The first meet will take place Nov 13 -14 in Stockholm, Sweden, followed by some more racing in Berlin, Germany, Nov 17-18. Stay tuned for results

Harvest served as great tune up for TSC
Congratulations:
Sean Domingo for qualifying for Easterns in 800 Free 8:57.86
Jillian Stoyan for her club record 200 I.M. 2:29.86