UCSC Holiday Classic 2024

Tara McWilliams

EVENT: UCSC Holiday Classic 2024

DATES: Dec 14-15th, 2024

LOCATION: Calgary, Alberta

# of teams: 7 teams

# of AMAC swimmers racing: 18 AMAC swimmers

Next meet: Pugsley’s Plunge in Calgary- January!

 

Coaches Shout Out: 

Congratulations to everyone who raced in our last competitions of 2024 at JP Fiset in Edmonton and UCSC Holiday Classic in Calgary! AMAC ended the year with some speedy racing and lots of learning how we can improve going into the New Year. Loads of best times, second swims, top place finishes, and new qualifying times were had at the JP Fiset! All of the hard work the last several months have for sure paid off. Amazing job to everyone who represented AMAC up in Edmonton! UCSC Holiday Classic had too many amazing swims to count and every athlete who attended should be proud of themselves! 

 

Swim of the Meet: The Swim of the Meet goes to Breagh Kohlman for her stellar performance in her 200m IM! Breagh had numerous great swims over the weekend, earning her lots of best times, but her 200IM was the stand-out swim of the weekend! She went into this race with a positive attitude and excitement to work on all of her strokes with coach feedback and executed the race so well she was able to drop 7 seconds, gain a provincial trials qualifying time, and snag a bronze medal! Congratulations, Breagh! 

 

Heart and Hustle: the Heart and Hustle award goes to Isabelle McWilliams! Isabelle brought excitement and energy to the pool for each session of the meet; even at 7am she was helping pump up her teammates, cheer everyone else on, and was ready to crush it in her own swims! The swim that stood out most to the coaches was her 200IM on Sunday morning, especially as it was her first 200IM! She went into the event with excitement to do her best, follow her race plan, and show how much improvement she has made in all of her strokes so far this year! Super great work this weekend, Isabelle!


 

Amelia Grisak (10) 2 new best times

45th 100 free timed final 

12th 50 breast timed final

40th 100 IM timed final

51st 200 free timed final

32nd 100 back timed final

53rd 50 free timed final

53rd 100 breast timed final


 

Estelle Grisak (13) 2 new best times

16th 100 free prelim

7th 50 back prelim

6th 50 back final 

7th 200 free prelim

1st 100 back prelim

1st 100 back final 

19th 50 free prelim

4th 200 back timed final 

 

Abigail Holden (12) 

23rd 100 free prelim 

 

Teagan Hollingworth (15)  1 new best time

22nd 100 free prelim

15th 50 fly prelim

6th 400 free timed final 

11th 200 free prelim

3rd 100 back prelim

20th 50 free prelim 

 

Campbell Kletzel (10)  2 new best times

22nd 100 free timed final

5th 50 breast timed final

21st 100 IM timed final 

20th 100 back timed final

18th 50 fly timed final

14th 50 free timed final 

12th 100 breast timed final 

 

Breagh Kohlman (13) 6 new best times

25th 100 free prelim

8th 100 breast prelim 

6th 100 breast final 

3rd 200 IM prelim 

3rd 200 IM final 

4th 100 fly prelim 

5th 100 fly final 

6th 100 IM prelim

5th 100 IM final 

4th 200 breast timed final 


 

Kate Kotze (7)  1 new best time

47th 100 free timed final 

40th 50 breast timed final

41st 100 IM timed final

33rd 100 breast timed final


 

Lillian Liebenberg (10)  2 new best times

34th 100 free timed final

35th 50 breast timed final

34th 100 IM timed final

39th 200 free timed final 

24th 100 back timed final

35th 50 fly timed final


 

Isabelle McWilliams (10) 7 new best times

37th 100 free timed finals 

16th 100 IM timed finals

29th 200 free timed finals

11th 100 back timed finals

14th 200 IM timed finals

43rd 50 free timed finals

39th 100 breast  timed finals

23rd 50 back timed finals


 

Olivia McWilliams (11)  5 new best times

6th 50 back prelim

6th 50 back final 

5th 200 IM prelim 

5th 200 IM final 

2nd 400 free timed final 

4th 100 back prelim

4th 100 back final 

5th 200 back timed final 

3rd 200 breast timed final 


 

Lucy Pattison (8)  2 new best times

44th 100 free prelim

23rd 50 breast prelim

36th 100 IM prelim

41st 200 free prelim

26th 100 back prelim

47th 50 free prelim

37th 100 breast  prelim

48th 50 back prelim


 

Marsha Van Der Merwe (9)  5 new best times

2nd 50 breast prelim

12th 100 IM prelim

9th 100 back prelim

12th 50 fly prelim

11th 50 free prelim

3rd 100 fly prelim

5th 100 breast prelim

42nd 50 back prelim


 

Matthew Daley (17) 3 new best times

14th 100 free prelim

3rd 100 breast prelim

3rd 100 breast final 

10th 50 fly prelim

4th 50 breast prelim

4th  50 breast final 

6th 50 free prelim 

8th 50 free final 

 

Benji Liebenberg (7)  1 new best time

41st 100 free timed final 

31st 50 breast timed final

43rd 200 free timed final 

23rd 100 back timed final


 

Ryes Pattison (10)  6 new best times

1st 50 breast timed final 

13th 100 IM timed final

24th 200 free timed final

12th 100 back timed final

12th 200 IM timed final 

22nd 50 free timed final

8th 100 breast timed final

31st 50 back timed final


 

Izaak Smith (12) 7 new best times

11th 100 free prelim 

4th 50 fly prelim 

5th 50 fly final 

11th 200 IM prelim 

5th 200 free prelim 

6th 200 free final 

3rd 50 free prelim 

4th 50 free final 

7th 100 IM prelim 

8th 100 IM final 


 

Micah Smith (14)  1 new best time

6th 200 IM prelim 










 

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