The Dad's Club National group traveled to Calgary, AB for this
year's Cascade Swimming International Meet. The CSI meet is hosted by Cascade
Swim Club and took place on June 2nd -4th at the Repsol
Athletic Centre. The meet was well attended by many Canadians teams as well as
a team from Germany. Dad’s Club was the
only U.S team in attendance.
Our swimmers did a great job stepping up and racing. Every single one of them earned themselves a second swim in the finals. We had many best times, Dad’s Club All Time top 10, and new sectional cuts. Participants Girls Sydney Buchman, Emma Clark, Amy Evans, Fernanda Gamez, Brodie Hibbler, Kaley Hoffman, Ellie McLeod, Sophie Newell, Audrey Orange, Morgan Reyna, Claire Smith, Clarissa Vincent, Ellie Vincent, and Jodi WongBoys Jeremy Bates, Noah Czelusta, Luke Funderburke, Brandon Mahan, Nathan, O'Neil, Brandon Quinteros, Mark Shoemaker, and Cooper WozencraftAlexandra Buscher (Texas
A&M) and Jack Calderwood (Georgetown)
who are back home for the summer also made the trip. Buscher competed as
Unattached Canada and Calderwood represented Dad’s Club. Individual Event Champions Noah Czelusta – 14-15 year old 100 breastCooper Wozencraft - 16& over 50 fly and 50 back Emma Clark – 13-14 year old 200 back Alexandra Buscher - 15& over 100 and 200 fly
| Marquee 50 The Marquee is an elimination style event which consists of seven 50’s on a two minute interval. The race begins with eight swimmers and slowly dwindles down to only two after the slowest swimmer of each 50 is eliminated. McLeod who qualified in 8th position battled her way into the 5th round of the shoot-out (4th place overall). Wozencraft also qualified in 8th position and ended up racing his way all the way to the 6th round (3rd place overall). Other Notable Swims Jeremy Bates – Breaking the 32 second barrier in the 50 breast. Luke Funderburke – Achieving his sectional cut in the 200 fly. Morgan Reyna – Going a best time of 1:00.88 in the 100 free. Ellie Vincent - Going a best time of 2:28.35 in the 200 IM. We ended our Canada trip with a visit to the nearby Banff National Park and also visited Lake Louise. Some of our highlights during our fun day included seeing wild bears with their cubs, hiking and canoeing in Lake Louise. We would like to thank Cascade Swim Club for being a great host and all the Cascade families who hosted our swimmers throughout the swim meet. Go Dad’s!
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