Cochrane Comets 3rd Annual Comet Cup

Tara McWilliams

EVENT: Cochrane Comets 3rd Annual Comet Cup

DATES: Nov 15-17, 2024

LOCATION: Cochrane, Alberta

# of teams: 7 teams

# of AMAC swimmers racing: 25

Next meet: AMAC Fall Invitational in Medicine Hat on Nov 29-Dec 1st at the BMGC!

 

Coaches Shout Out: 

 

Comet Cup Meet Review: We had an amazing weekend in Cochrane from our 25 attending AMAC swimmers! Congrats to everyone who attended, you represented AMAC well and should be proud of your accomplishments. 

  • Swim of the Meet: Amethyst Millar had the “Swim of the Meet” during her 100m breaststroke on Sunday where she achieved her first provincial trials qualifying time of the season and dropped nearly 2 seconds from her previous best time. She is a dedicated coach with the Mini Marlins and TAG groups and decided to come back to a bit of racing this season. Amethyst found elevation and speed around every turn and her success brought happy tears on deck having obtained this goal. Congrats, Amethyst! 

  • Heart and Hustle: This award goes to Abigail Holden, specifically for her last race of the competition (50m freestyle) where she found a 3 second time drop from when she last swam the event only 2 weeks ago! Abigail had a long weekend of racing with some events that were hard both physically and mentally but came back to her final race with a positive attitude, excitement to improve her stroke technique, and followed her race plan to push herself to a huge personal best! Abi really brought forward the spirit of “Heart and Hustle” at this meet. Congratulations! 

 

 

Nayla Berg (12) 6 new best times

2nd 50 backstroke, 1st 50 breaststroke, 6th 100 fly, 3rd 100 backstroke, 2nd 100 IM, 5th 200 backstroke and 1st 100 breaststroke

 

Kolton Clarke (11) 6 new best times

14th 50 backstroke, 20th 100 freestyle, 18th 50 freestyle, 20th 200 freestyle, 14th 50 freestyle and 16th 100 breastroke

 

Matthew Daley (16) 6 new best times

6th 50 backstroke, 4th 200 breastroke, 2nd 50 breastroke, 4th 50 fly, 5th 100 IM, 6th 50 freestyle and 4th 100 breastroke

 

Westin Endres (16) 1 new best time

4th 200 backstroke, 3rd 100 breastroke

 

Wyatt Gage (15) 6 new best times

2nd 50 backstroke, 2nd 100 freestyle, 3rd 100 fly, 2nd 50 fly, 3rd 100 IM, 3rd 50 freestyle, 6th 100 breaststroke

 

Carleigh Gainsborough (11) 7 new best times

29th 400 freestyle, 27th, 200 IM, 22nd 100 freestyle, 20th 200 freestyle, 15th 100 backstroke, 18th 200 backstroke and 11th 100 breaststroke

 

Lauren Gainsborough (13) 6 new best times

6th 400 freestyle, 4th 50 backstroke, 1st 200 breaststroke, 9th 100 fly, 4th 50 fly, 2nd 100 IM, 7th 50 freestyle and 1st 100 breaststroke

 

Estelle Grisak (13) 4 new best times

9th 400 freestyle, 5th 50 backstroke, 6th 100 freestyle, 10th 100 fly, 7th 200 freestyle, 6th 200 backstroke and 8th 100 breaststroke

 

Jordan Hill (15) 3 new best times

9th 800 freestyle, 4th 50 breaststroke, 9th 200 freestyle, 3rd 100 backstroke, 6th 200 backstroke and 5th 100 breaststroke

 

Abigail Holden (12) 7 new best times

20th 50 backstroke, 25th 100 freestyle, 34th 50 breaststroke, 24th 200 freestyle, 26th 100 IM, 23rd 200 backstroke, 33rd 50 freestyle

 

Teagan Hollingworth (15) 6 new best times

3rd 400 freestyle, 3rd 50 backstroke, 2nd 100 freestyle, 3rd 100 fly, 6th 200 freestyle, 2nd 100 backstroke, 3rd 200 back stroke and 3rd 50 freestyle

 

Isabela Josey (11) 5 new best times

26th 100 freestyle, 5th 50 breaststroke, 27th 200 freestyle, 16th 100 IM, 19th 200 backstroke and 26th 50 freestyle

 

Breagh Kohlman (12) 4 new best times

13th 400 freestyle, 4th 50 backstroke, 7th 200 IM, 9th 100 freestyle, 3rd 50 fly, 3rd 100 IM, 13th 50 freestyle and 3rd 100 breaststroke

 

Olivia Liebenberg (12) 8 new best times

11th 400 freestyle, 6th 50 backstroke, 14th 200 IM, 4th 100 freestyle, 3rd 200 freestyle, 6th 100 IM, 5th 50 freestyle and 8th 100 breaststroke

 

Johnathan Marshall (17) 3 new best times

3rd 50 backstroke, 1st 100 freestyle, 2nd 100 fly, 1st 50 fly, 2nd 100 IM, 1st 50 freestyle and 2nd 100 breaststroke

 

Lily McWilliams (13) 1 new best time

3rd 400 freestyle, 3rd 50 backstroke, 2nd 200 IM, 5th 100 fly, 2nd 200 freestyle, 3rd 50 fly, 1st 50 freestyle and 2nd 100 breaststroke

 

Olivia McWilliams (11) 8 new best times

7th 50 backstroke, 12th 800 freestyle, 25th 200 IM, 21st 100 freestyle, 10th 100 backstroke, 18th 100 IM, 15th  200 backstroke and 23rd  50 freestyle

 

Amethyst Millar (17) 3 new best times

1st 50 backstroke, 1st 100 freestyle, 2nd 50 breaststroke, 4th 200 freestyle, 2nd 100 IM, 4th  50 freestyle and 2nd 100 breaststroke

 

Masao Mori (13) 4 new best times

5th 800 freestyle, 1st 200 IM, 1st 50 breastroke, 1st 200 freestyle, 1st  50 fly, 1st  100 IM, 2nd  50 freestyle and 2nd  100 breaststroke

 

Jack Mulligan (12) 7 new best times

11th 400 freestyle, 8th 200 IM, 6th 100 freestyle, 8th 200 freestyle, 9th 100 backstroke, 8th 200 backstroke and 4th 100 breaststroke

 

Maria Robinson (11) 5 new best times

22nd 50 backstroke, 45 100 freestyle, 29th 50 breaststroke, 38th 200 freestyle, 31st 100 backstroke, 42nd 50 freestyle and 29th 100 breastroke

 

Aliya Seeley (14) 4 new best times

6th 50 backstroke, 8th 800 freestyle, 5th 100 freestyle, 6th 100 fly, 4th 200 freestyle, 1st 100 IM, 4th 200 backstroke and 3rd 100 breaststroke

 

Austin Seeley (11) 5 new best times

9th 50 backstroke, 10th 200 IM, 9th 50 breaststroke, 23rd 200 freestyle, 7th 100 IM and 10th 100 breaststroke

 

Owen Sommerfedlt (14) 2 new best times

7th 400 freestyle, 1st 50 backstroke, 3rd 100 freestyle, 1st 100 fly, 4th 200 freestyle and 2nd 100 backstroke, 3rd 200 backstroke and 2nd 50 freestyle

 

Leo Yonkman (15) 8 new best times

6th 400 freestyle, 5th 50 backstroke, 2nd 200 breaststroke, 4th 100 freestyle, 3rd 200 freestyle, 4th 100 IM, 4th 50 freestyle and 5th breaststroke