Gold Rush: NACC Day 1

AAC Athletes opened the 2010 North American Challenge Cup with two big swims on Thursday evening in Santa Clara, California. Michelle Fleming gave herself a great 18th Birthday present with a Gold Med...

 Summer Nationals Wrap-Up

Victoria- Julien Dodu and Julian Monks set the tone on Days 1 and 2 of Summer Nationals, setting two new club records. Dodu lowered his own club record in the 1500m Freestyle, swimming to a 30th place...

 Age Group Championships 2010

Winnipeg- With 11 swimmers attending Senior Nationals in Victoria, AAC sent a small but capable squad to take on some of the Nation's best in Winnipeg at the 2010 Swimming Canada Age Group Championshi...

 Porenta and Ayotte Join AAC Staff

Press Release- Ajax Aquatic Club Head Coach and Director of Swimming Matt Bell is pleased to welcome two new members to the team staff for the upcoming 2010-2011 season. Jennifer Porenta comes to the ...

 Great Lake Swimmers

AAC sent a small but capable team to the 2010 Ontario Open Water Provincial Championships yesterday in Professor's Lake in Brampton. 11 year old Emily Vandenberg placed 3rd in her age category in the ...

 Tough, Talented and 12 & Under: Young Stars Light Up the Pool at Provincials

With 18 swimmers attending Canada Cup 3 in Montreal, AAC split their top squads, sending a team of 12 & Under athletes with Coach Mischa Sommerville to Nepean to race the best in the Province. Leading...

 Canada Cup Wrap-Up

AAC swimmers travelled to Montreal on the July long weekend to face the best in Canada at the third installment of the Canada Cup Series, and ended up facing some of the best in North America. This ye...

 Strong Swimming at CRLC

A small but capable group of AAC athletes hit the pool this past weekend at the Central Region Long Course Championships in Etobicoke. Youngsters Alexander Gilchrist and Steven Taylor led the way in t...

 Young Stars Shine Brightly at Ajax LC Invitational

The Ajax Aquatic Club's young guns were firing at the recent Ajax Long Course Invitational swim meet held at the University of Toronto on May 28-30. The meet featured over 650 athletes from various te...

 AAC 5th at AGI; 4 Club Records Smashed

AAC's National, Junior National and Provincial Squads hit the pool this weekend to compete in Eswim's Age Group International, which is the fastest non-championships meet in the Province each season f...

 Bell selected to NACC Staff

AAC Head Coach Matt Bell has been selected to the Swimming Canada Coaching Staff for the 2010 North American Challenge Cup. This year's meet will be hosted in Santa Clara, California, shortly after th...

 Carolina Calling: Andrechuk receives Full Ride

May 20, 2010 - 04:30 AM by Shawn Cayley AJAX -- For Alex Andrechuk, all the hard work has paid off. The 18-year-old Ajax Swim Club member has spent countless hours in the pool over the past few year...

 Top Swims At Top Cup

Aryanna Fernandes carried on with a spectacular season this past weekend at the 2010 Top Cup, a 10&Under Championship meet in Etobicoke that attracts the best young swimmers from all over Canada each ...

 2 Named to SNC North American Challenge Cup Team

Not one, but two AAC athletes were named to the SNC North American Challenge Cup Team this week. Returning to the meet is Zach Fedak, who broke the meet record last year in the 50m Freestyle, while al...

 Dodu Does It: 2 Club Records Broken at Hicken

AAC's Julien Dodu broke his 2nd Club Record of the season over the weekend at the 2010 Ralph Hicken Invitational. Dodu took 35 seconds out of his best time from last season in the 800m Freestyle, on h...

 Burning Up the Pool

AAC's Mark Burns lead the way this past weekend at the Toronto Swim Club's annual John Grootveld Sr. Memorial Meet. Burns, 11, qualified for his first Junior Provincial Championships in the 100m Butte...

 4 Club Records Broken at Time Trial

April 17, Ajax- AAC's 4th Club Time Trial of the season yielded some remarkable results this past weekend at the Ajax Community Center, including 4 new club records. 12 year-old Ryan Kelly broke his 4...

 Junior Provincials 2010: Young Guns & Seasoned Vets break 6 More Club Records

All of AAC's top squads contributed to the team's success at this past weekend's Junior Provincial Championships in Etobicoke. Leading the way for Coach Mischa Sommerville's Provincial Squad was 12 ye...

 Easterns 2010 Wrap-Up

Nepean- Day 4 of the 2010 SNC Eastern Canadian Championships finished with a bang, as AAC athletes were once again re-writing the record books and were prominent in Finals throughout the entire sessi...

 Easterns Day 3: 3 More Club Records Erased

AAC swimmers put on a show tonight with 16 appearances in the Finals session. Julien Dodu got things started with a new best time in the 16&Under A Final with a :53.68. Zach Fedak and Chris Tanouye ba...

 Easterns Day 2: Cowley Wins Bronze

15 year old Darelle Cowley lead the way tonight in Nepean, swimming to a Bronze medal in the 15&Under Women's 200m Breastroke. Cowley dropped nearly 9 seconds between heats and finals and missed the S...

 Easterns Day 1: Dodu Do-Does It, 2 Club Records Broken

Nepean- A team of 15 AAC athletes hit the pool today to open the 2010 SNC Eastern Canadian Short Course Championships. Zach Fedak and Chris Tanouye got things started in the Men's 800m Freestyle, with...

 Central Region Short Course Champs 2010

With 16 dequalified athletes staying at home in order to prepare for the upcoming Eastern Canadian and Junior Provincial Championships, a small but effective Ajax Aquatic Club squad hit the pool thi...

 Burns Leaves his Mark in Markham

AAC's young guns were blazing at the 2010 Markham Invitational this past weekend, and were lead by 10 year old Mark Burns. Along with his teammates in the 11&Under Boys category, Mark racked up medals...

 Full Ride For Fleming

By Shawn Cayley AJAX -- Michelle Fleming knows she didn't get to where she is today all on her own. The 17-year-old member of the Ajax Aquatic Club and newest recruit to Texas Christian University w...

 MSSAC Open 20009: Vandenberg Makes The Cut

10 year old Emily Vandenberg lead the charge at the 2009 Missassauga Open at UTM, winning 1 Gold and 1 Bronze medal, and qualifying for her first ever Junior Provincial Championship in the process. Em...

 Redakulous! Fedak makes his mark in Portland

AAC's Zach Fedak travelled to Portland, Oregon this past weekend to compete for Team Ontario at the 2009 Paul Bergen International. The meet attracts the top 18 and Under swimmers from North America a...

 TAS Dash For Cash 2009

Although it was mostly AAC's senior-most athletes that made up the contigent that travelled to Guelph for this year's meet, two youngsters emerged as the team's standouts. Cassidy Blackwin, 12, swam t...

 Youth Cup 2009: Gilchrist Sets 4 New Club Records

The Ajax Aquatic Club sent 24 athletes to Youth Cup 2009, and the small but very competitive squad came home with some impressive results. Leading the way was 14 year old Robert Gilchrist, who was fre...

 Monks Makes his Mark

WHITBY - Ajax Aquatic Club swimmer Julian Monks is com-bining athletics and academics to the highest level at Simon Fra- ser University in Burnaby , Bri-tish Columbia . The Whitby ...

 December Assessment Dates:

We will be assessing athletes aged 10&Under for placement in our Sears I Can Swim program Winter Session on the following dates: -Monday, December 14th -Monday, December 21 -Monday, December 28 All as...

 Fedak Named to Bergen Tour

Fedak, 17, will compete in the annual meet as a member of Team Ontario. The Bergen International is one of the fastest meets in world for swimmers 18 years of age and younger, and is named for renowne...

 3 Athletes Named to National Teams

This month, Swimming Canada announced the Youth and Junior ID teams for the 2009-2010 season. These selections are based on last season?s performances, and give athletes access to training camps hoste...

 Early Season Accolades for AAC Athletes

AAC's Julian Monks, has been selected to the Canada Games Hopefuls Stage 3 camp. Monks is among a small group of athletes that have been identified as potential members of Ontario's Canada Games Team ...

 King of California

Fedak, a late addition to the squad that featured over 40 of Canada?s top 18&Under prospects, proved to be one of the team?s top performers with Top 5 finishes in all of his individual events- and Gol...

 Age Group Championships 2009

Over 1500 of Canada?s best 18&Under athletes hit the pool over the weekend in Montreal to take part in the 2009 SNC Age Group Championships. With 18 athletes present, AAC had one of the largest contig...

 World Trials 2009: Wrap-Up

9 AAC athletes travelled to Montreal to race the best in the Nation for a spot on Canada?s World Championship Team. Veteran Christine Raininger led the way with her 400IM, which scored 786 FINA points...

 World Trials: Day 3

Devin Ste. Marie, fresh off her appearance in the B Final on Day Two, broke the 15-17 club record in the 100m Butterfly in the morning session in a time of 1:02.79- erasing yet another one of Michelle...

 World Trials Day 2: Raininger Reduces Record to Rubble

Raininger, fresh off her 12th place finish and new club record in the 200 Fly, picked up where she left off in the morning session, dropping 9 seconds and breaking the club record by 2 seconds. At nig...

 World Trials: Day 1

Raininger, 18, shattered the existing club record by nearly two seconds in the Preliminary session, placing 14th in the process. Christine rose to the occasion once again in the B Final this evening, ...

 Fedak named to NACC Squad

Fedak will represent Team Canada in August as a member of the North American Challenge Cup Tour Team, which features the top 18&Under swimmers in Canada in a Tri-Meet against the United States and Mex...

 Junior Provincials 2009

A small but capable squad was sent to the 2009 Ontario Junior Provincial Championships last weekend in London. The group of 6 combined to score over 200 points and hauled in 6 medales as well. Leading...

 MANouye

Tanouye, fresh off his first Senior National qualifying swim last weekend at the Ajax Sprint Meet, picked up where he left off this weekend in the Butterfly events. Tanouye first made the SNC Senior c...

 Young Guns

Top Cup is the premier 10 & Under competition of the season in Ontario, and is often attended by teams from outside the Province and the Country. AAC sent 12 young athletes to the meet this season and...

 Victorious Day Long Weekend

38 AAC athletes travelled to Montreal this past weekend to compete in the 2009 Leadersport Invitational hosted by PPO. After winning the meet two seasons ago, AAC athletes were keen to come home champ...

 Lasalle Lands Lawrie

Lawrie, 18, will attend Lasalle next season on a scholarship that is worth over $200,000 over four years. Lasalle, located in Philadelphia, competes in NCAA Division 1's Atlantic 10 conference. Lawrie...

 Full Ride For Raininger

Raininger will attend Boise State University this Fall, with all expenses paid for the duration of her post-secondary education. As one of the top graduates in Canada this year, Raininger was offerred...

 Politicoach

Last week AAC Head Coach Matt Bell was appointed to the Town of Ajax Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee. The Board works closely with the Town Council and members of the community on recreation...

 Grootveld Officials Classic 2009

Over 50 members of the Junior and Senior Groups hit the water this past weekend in Toronto, racing in the Grootveld Officials Classic. This meet is named after long-time Swim Ontario Official John Gro...

 CSCTA Coaching Awards

The 2007-2008 CSCTA Awards for Excellence in Domestic Coaching were handed out during the opening ceremonies of the Finals session on Day 2 of the 2009 Spring National Championships. Coaches that took...

 2009 Spring Nationals

Setting two new club records over the weekend was veteran Christine Raininger, who broke two of the oldest records on the books. Christine's swim in the 200 Fly broke the 1985 Club Record in the event...

 Golden Girls

Fleming, 16, won both the 100m and 200m Breastroke events in the 16-17 Girls category, shattering the existing meet records in both events. Fleming is rapidly closing in on the AAC club record in both...

 Great Dane! Wesselink leads the way in Etobicoke

Wesselink reached the podium twice over the weeknd, earning a Silver in the 100m Butterfly and a Bronze in the 200m event. Kris lowered his best time in the 200 Fly by over 8 seconds, and followed tha...

 Monster Meet in Markham for Intro and Junior Groups

Both the Junior and Intro Groups competed at this season's Markham Invitational and went up against nearly 20 teams from across Southern Ontario. AAC finished up in 4th position and racked up over 100...

 AAC December Promotions

Promotions are announced every December and March, and are based on achievement of qualifying standards (Junior and Senior Groups) or on Coaching Staff decisions (Novice, Intro Groups). Congratulation...

 Dougan Does It

A backstroke specialist, Zoellner-Dougan demolished his best time by over three seconds and finished with a 2:03.87- 2 seconds under the Senior National standard and good for a Silver medal. Aidan als...

 Youth Cup 2008

Youth Cup 2008 featured the Provinces fastest athletes aged 17&Under, as well as All-Star Teams from Alberta, The Maritimes and the Cayman Islands. Senior Group athletes produced liftetime best times ...

 Canada Cup 2008

AAC's Devin Ste.Marie, who turned 15 in October, swam qualified for the new (faster) SNC Senior Nationals in the 50FR, 100FR, 50Fly and 100 Fly this weekend at Canada Cup in Etobicoke. Her time of 28....

 Fernandes Flies High at MSSAC Open

Fernandes, who is still only 8 years of age, continued to impress with Top 8 performances in 4 events- in the 10&Under category! Fernandes put an exclamation point on the weekend's swims with a Junior...

 "Barrie" Fast Swimming at Aquafest

The young group faced stiff competition from other squads, and rose to the occasion posting a tremendous number of lifetime best swims in the process. Improvement was most notable in the 400FR, where ...

 Hard Swimming at Harvest Inviational

Average improvement in the 400FR's and 400IM's was 10 seconds, and best times were plentiful. The group was unrested but progress was easy to see in races of all distances. The group will build on the...

 Lesperance Takes Top Spot

Sarah placed 1st out of 67 competitors at last week's race in Pickering. Lesperance will now travel to Sarnia for the OFSAA Championships on November 1st, where she will race against the top runners i...

 AAC Awards Night 2008

Pulle, an Olympic team member in 2000, spoke to AAC athletes and parents about what it takes to win. His speech was followed by the annual awards ceremony, during which the following athletes were rec...

 AGN Wrap-Up: Day 3 and 4

Day 3 AAC had 11 swims in the Finals session on Saturday night, with Connor Greenley and Julian Monks reaching the podium. Greenley placed 2nd in the 100m Butterfly, while Monks picked up a Bronze in ...

 AGN Day 2: 2 New Club Records, 3rd Champion Crowned

Greenley won his 2nd Gold medal of the meet today in the 14 year old Men's 200m Butterfly, breaking his own club record by over 3 seconds. Greenley will now seek to defend his titles in the 50 and 100...

 AGN Day 1: Fedak and Greenley Top Cats in Calgary

AAC's 21 athlete squad hit the pool today in Calgary and got off to a roaring start. Leading the way was 15 year old Zach Fedak, who swam to a Gold Medal and a new best time of 24.31, a .6 second impr...

 Jaciw-Zurakowsky to Compete at World Championships

AAC's Renata Jaciw-Zurakowsky, who now attends Dalhousie University in Halifax, was named to the National Lifesaving Team in March of 2008. Renata's strong background in competitive swimming combined ...

 Clean Sweep in Thunder Bay; AAC Wins Best Performing Team

Blackwin, 10, after winning both the 50 and the 200 earlier in the meet, swam to a Gold medal yesterday in the 100m Freestyle, with a time of 1:09.06, winning the event by almost 2 seconds. Blackwin a...

 Blackwin: Double Gold in Thunder Bay

Blackwin, 10, won her first Gold of the day in the 50m Freestyle, swimming to a time of 31.35. About an hour later, Blackwin competed in the 200m Freestlyle, with similar results. Shaving over 6 secon...

 Ste.Marie and Ducille Set New Club Records in Montreal

Ste. Marie, 14, continued to prepare for Age Group Nationals by winning the 'B' Final in both the 50m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle. Ste. Marie lowered her lifetime best in both swims by over half a sec...

 Time Trial Tune-Up

Senior group athletes competed in two events each, in a time trial designed to get them ready for fast swimming at their final meets of the season. A surprising number of best times were performed, wi...

 Voth and Kingdon Lead at Central Regions

Kingdon won the 50FR, breaking 27 seconds for the first time in Long Course meters and picking up another AGN qualifying time. Teammate Curtis Voth also won Gold in the 200m Freestyle, while also maki...

 Records Go Down in Steeltown

The Junior Group appeared in the Jack McKormick Invitational, a long course meet held every year at McMaster University. The group emerged with 70% best times, and a number of Central Region Qualifyin...

 Sommerville Heads Home

Sommerville will coach the Junior Group, and will assume the role of Age Group Coach. Sommerville joins the AAC Staff after coaching at both NYAC and COBRA. He brings with him 6 years of coaching expe...

 Harvard Man

AAC sprinter Nick Ducille will attend Harvard next season, and will receive full funding based on his exceptional level of both academics and athletics. Ducille scored in the top 5% in the world wid...

 Spring Promotions Announced

The AAC Coaching Staff was pleased to release the Spring promotions list yesterday, which is as follows: Promoted to Senior Gold: Ashley Waterfield Amanda Briggs Darelle Cowley Julien Dodu Promoted to...

 Lucky #9: Miller Makes The Cut

Miller took over a full second off her previous LTB in the 50m Butterfly, on her way to a 29.31- half a second below the National Standard and the 3rd fastest time by an 18 year old Female so far this...

 Dynamite Development Meet

The Intro group showed remarkable improvement throughout the session, particularly in the 100m Freestyle, where the average improvement was 10 seconds. Hats off to Gabrielle Harris for her 44 second d...

 Bell to Join Team Ontario

Bell will accompany AAC's Zach Fedak, who had the top FINA point total of any male athlete selected for this year's meet. Both Fedak and Bell were members of last season's Tri-Meet, which was held at ...

 Ayotte Promoted

Coach Ayotte, who swam for Ajax during High School and University, has been on Staff at AAC for almost three years. Ayotte's will now be in charge of video race and stroke analysis for the Senior Grou...

 Olympic Trials Wrap-Up

The AAC squad finished the meet with 2 Top 8 finishes, and 1 finish in the Top 16. The all-rookie squad returns home having participated in one of the most successful meets in the history of Canadian...

 Ajax Men's Relay Places 6th: Trials Days 1&2

The team, consisting of Nick Ducille, Greg Laughlin, Aidan Zoellner-Dougan and Julian Monks took 10 seconds out of their entry time on their way to a Top 8 finish, with Laughlin and Monks splitting 2 ...

 Fedak Named to Tri-Meet Team

4 athletes are selected for each age category, based on FINA point totals in their Top 3 events. Fedak was the top qualifier for men born in 1992. This year's meet is being held at the University of ...

 Olympic Trials Squad Ready For Action

In less than 2 weeks, 8 of AAC?s finest will compete at the 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials in Montreal, Quebec. The Trials squad, that consists of 4 Males and 4 Females, is the largest the club has ever...

 Fedak and Greenley Heading North

Fedak and Greenley will head to Ottawa to attend the camp, which is overseen by Swiiming Canada Head Coach and CEO Pierre Lafontaine. The camp is being held over Easter Weekend, and is a great opportu...

 Great Dane! AAC Attracts International Attention

This week, AAC Head Coach Matt Bell was notified that Denmark's Kris Wesselink would indeed be making the trip to Canada to train with the AAC. Wesselink, 17, is Provincial Champion Butterflyer, who ...

 3 Club Records Fall on Final Day of Provincials

Day 4 of Junior Provincials started the way it finished, with excellent swims by a number of AAC athletes. The Men's 800m Freestlye was the standout event of the morning session, with Zach Fedak, Juli...

 Andrechuk makes the Cut: Provincials Day 3

In the preliminaries this morning, Alex Andrechuk became the second AAC athlete in as many days to swim her way to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Trials. After narrowly missing the standard two weeks ago in...

 Devin's Headin' to Trials: Provincials Day 2

Connor Greenley and Zach Fedak got things rolling during the Finals session, with 8th place and 4th place finishes in the 100m Backstroke. With his time of 1:00.01, Fedak earned his first SNC Eastern ...

 Fedak Flies High: Provincials Day 1

Fedak's first Gold came in the 50m Freestyle, where he demolished the field by a full second. Fedak's time of 23.99 was just .2 over the Senior National standard. Later in the 200m Freestyle, Zach too...

 Bronze in B.C.

AAC fielded 13 swims in Finals tonight, yielding over 100 points for the third night in a row. Nick Ducille got things started with a new lifetime best in the Men's 200m Freestyle, a time that is appr...

 Tremendous Time Trial in Toronto

The fully sanctioned event was the last chance for several AAC athletes to qualify for Junior Provincials Championships, being held in two weeks in London. After missing the SC standard by less than 1...

 Monks Shatters Club Record in Victoria

The session began with Christine Raininger's lifetime best time in the 'B' Final of the Women's 200m Butterfly. Alex Andrechuk followed in the 200m Breastroke, appearing in the 'B' Final. Andrechuk sw...

 I.M.pressive Start at Westerns

Raininger took two seconds out of her previous lifetime best, swimming to a 2:20.97, making the Senior National standard in the event for the first time and winning the "C" Final. Raininger is now wit...

 Central Region Wrap-Up

Leading the way for Ajax was up and coming sprinter Yann Desjardins. Desjardins won Gold in both the 50 and 100 Freestyles, and added a Silver in the 200m Freestyle. Desjardins also earned a Silver in...

 Fantastic Fours in Etobicoke

15 Year Old Ashley Waterfield lead the way, making an 11 second drop on her way to a 7th place finish. Teammate Darelle Cowley dropped 7 seconds in the same heat and finished b in 5th position. Cassan...

 Strong Swims at Seniors

The 17 member team was one of the largest in attendance, and featured four 14 year old athletes who managed to qualify for the Senior standards. This year's meet was raced entirely in Long Course mete...

 New Club Record for Blackwin

Blackwin, who is now Provincially qualified in both the 200 and 400 Freestyle, shattered the existing 400IM record (set by Lindsay Sutterlin in 2000) by over 30 seconds. Blackwin had never competed in...

 Major Medal Haul in Markham

The group showed massive improvement in all strokes and distances, particularly events in 200m and 400m events- a sign that hard work over Christmas training camp is paying off already. AAC Junior Gro...

 December Promotions

Promotions are awarded by the AAC Coaching Staff every December and March. December 2007 Promotions are awarded to the following Athletes: Nicholas Oakes: Promoted to Junior Bronze Trae Vond Wood: P...

 Success South of the Border

Ste. Marie and Greenley competed in the 2007 Paul Bergen International Junior Championships in Portland. The meet is attended by many of the World's Top 18 and Under Swimmers. Ste. Marie, a member of ...

 Powerful Performances in Pointe-Claire

AAC athletes competed over three days in Quebec, during which they won 26 different events. Four athletes won the High Point Trophies in their respective age categories, while the 15-16 P1 Men broug...

 Pointe-Claire: Day 2 and 3 Wrap-Up

AAC showed success in Finals and substantial improvement across all events on Friday and Saturday. As always, a complete summary is difficult during the meet, but below is a list of achievements thus ...

 Distance Domination: Pointe-Claire Day 1

AAC athletes got things rolling in a big way with some tremendous swims in the 800 and 1500m Freestyle events. On the Women's side, improvement was massive in the 800m Freestyle, with 9 Girls dropping...

 Happy Campers

The trio, along with AAC Head Coach Matt Bell, will attend the one day training camp in Etobicoke on Monday that is specifically designed for potential members of the Swim Ontario Canada Games Team th...

 Bell Wins Award

The honour is awarded to Coaches that produce one or more National Champions at either CIS, Age Group National or Senior National Championships. In the 2006-2007 season, Bell coached 5 athletes to Na...

 Great Stuff at Grand Prix

Ste. Marie, building on her swims two weeks ago in Brantford, took 3 seconds out of her best time on the way to a club record breaking performance in the 200m Freestyle. Ste. Marie's time of 2:06.72...

 Back to Business in Brantford

This year's meet was faster than ever and very well attended, with teams from both Quebec and the US adding to the usual contingent from Ontario. AAC athletes attended the meet with little or no prepa...

 Monks and Greenley Make National Teams

Monks, fresh off representing Canada in California at the North American Challenge Cup in August, was named to the 2008 SNC Junior European Tour Team. The team will travel to Europe for 2 weeks in Jan...

 Ste. Marie Makes the Cut

The team will travel to Portland, Oregon to compete in the 2007 Paul Bergen Junior International Short Course Championships in December. Ste. Marie was selected based on her top three Long Course Perf...

 2 Named to Provincial Training Camp

Ste.Marie and Greenley were selected based on their LCM performances in two 200m races and also the 400IM. Ste. Marie will attend the October Camp, while Greenley will attend the April Camp. This seas...

 Silver Sunday in California

Monks placed 2nd in the Boys 17-18 100 Breastroke, for his second individual medal of the meet. Monks also added a Gold medal in the 4x100 Medley Relay later in the evening. Team Canada won the meet, ...

 Monks Strikes Gold in California

Monks is a member of Swimming Canada's contingent at the North American Challenge Cup, a tri-meet between Canadian, American and Mexican swimmers. Monks and AAC Head Coach Matt Bell spent the 2 weeks ...

 AGN Day 4: Ajax Finishes in Style

The Finals session featured 6 AAC athletes competing in a total of 10 events. The session began with the 50m Butterfly, and Devin Ste.Marie got the ball rolling with a Bronze medal performance. Next u...

 AGN 2007: 6th Best in Canada, 4th Place Ontario Team

Our early arrival on Tuesday seemed to pay off, as we were well accustomed to the atmosphere and giant venue after two team practices prior to the start of the meet. AAC athletes were also able to esc...

 AGN Day 3: 4 New Club Records, AAC Men Shatter Provincial Record

Michelle Fleming got things started today in the 100m Breastroke, with a LTB by more than a half second in her 2nd appearance in Finals. Next up was Julian Monks, who eclipsed one of our oldest club r...

 Gold Rush on 1st Night of AGN

Rookie Darelle Cowley set the tone early in her 50 Free, making Finals in her first ever race at the National level. Cowley placed 10th, her morning swim a LTB by more than a half second. Devin Ste.Ma...

 AGN Day 2: Monks Erases Chan

Monks was joined in Finals by not one but two teammates. James Stock swam hard to a 31.38- good for 8th place and a best time by almost one full second. Tom Lawrie rounded out the trio with a b race, ...

 AAC Trio Take the Plunge

Briggs competed in the 3KM event, while the Desjardins and Jaciw-Zurakowsky competed in the 5KM race. The event was held at Professor's Lake in Brampton, and was the most successful since the inductio...

 3 Named to Hopefuls Team

This initiative is designed to increase Ontario's chances of winning the 2009 Canada Games, through a series of training camps and race analysis opportunities. Lawrie was selected for the 200IM, Monks...

 Gold,Silver,Bronze...IRON

AAC athletes continued to show their improving versatility with medal winning peformances in every distance from 50 to 1500 meters, and 14 second swims in Individual Medley events. AAC dominated the r...

 Voth Tops at Central Regions

Voth not only out scored everyone in his age category, he scored more points than any male athlete competing at the meet. Voth won a medal in each of his 6 events, incuding Gold in the 1500FR, 200FR a...

 Desjardins Dazzles

In a thrilling time trial, Desjardins shaved almost an entire second off his LTB time in the 50 Breastroke in order to qualify for the meet. This achievement caps off a tremendous season for Yann, who...