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Congratulations to Cynthia Berringer
on a successful Can Am Para Championships
Cynthia Berringer had some great results at the US Cam AM Para Championships in Minneapolis including great swims in the 100 breast and 400 free. Cynthia will be preparing now for a summer of fast swimming and preparation for the Speedo Can Am Para Championships in Gatineau.

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Mitchell Muizelaar
newest Age Group National Qualifier @ Ajax in the 200 free and 100 free Congratulations to Mitchell (13) who qualified for Age Group Nationals in the Men’s 14year old 200 free with a time of 2.10.33, Mitchell returned to the pool on Sunday to once again conquer the Men's 14year old Age group National time standard in the 100 Freestyle with a time of 58:94 Way to go Mitchell we look forward to seeing your performance in Montreal @ Age Group Nationals this Summer. Meghan McDonnell Silver 2 Coach Mississauga Aquatic Club

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The Hard Work in London leads to ……………… to a Huge Cupcake!!!!
It was a very interesting weekend the one I spent in London with Megan Vuong and other seventeen elite Ontario swimmers. At the Train to Compete Camp lead by Swim Ontario Provincial Mentor Coach Dean Boles, I got confirmation (if it was needed!!) that in Mississauga we are doing a very good job with our swimmers and that we focus on the same concepts that the elite swimming in Ontario does!! During the 3 hour sessions in the water a lot of attention went on long underwater, strong kicking, distance per stroke and hard swimming in the second part of a race. All concept that the MSSAC coaches are familiar with since we are working with on a daily bases for long time. And it was nice to see that Megan was among the best for most of these skills. The camp was not only focus on the work in the water but also in the gym. We had a fantastic 4 hour dryland session run by Steve Topham with over 30 different drills to make the core stronger without losing in flexibility. During this session every swimmers worked really hard and always with a sense of enjoyment and gratification. This is definitely an area were at MSSAC we can get better and I will encourage our head Coach Mike Rutledge to have Steve coming over to teach our coaches and swimmers how fun a productive dryland could be.
Another area we tackle during the 3 day camp was for the swimmers to the understanding and applying personal responsibilities, invisible training and well being. As a mentor in this area we had John Jorgenson, a sort of magician, psicologol and trainer that with games and creative activities showed to the swimmers how important is team bounding, leadership and trust in each other.
Every single area was tackle with success thanks also to the great maturity showed by all 18 swimmers. They all worked hard eager to learn new ways to get better swimmers and better persons. In 3 days I did not hear a single complain, swimmers were always on time and extremely respectful of the coaching staff and the facility and hotel we stayed. Because of such a good example from our Ontario swimmers at the end of the camp we cut them some slack and allowed them to have the best cupcakes in all London!!!
Andrea Pittis

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RAY DID IT AGAIN!!
Ray Yang did it again!!
This time the Club Record to be broken is the long course 100 Fly boys
10 and under. At the Hicken meet Ray won the event with the time of 1:17.82 that will erase the previous record of 1:18.77 owned by Abdullah Ahmad.
Congratulation Ray!!

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More Noteworthy News!
Several other swimmers had a great meet and now are closer and
closer to getting their first Provincial time. In this group we have
Micaela Snow, Karissa Shieh, Monica Luc, Kirsten Alejandrino,
Milena Cioana, Joshua D’Souza, Kevin Lam, Amy Li,
Cameron Ouellette, Vanessa Patterson, Alison Rogers, Kate
Trudeau and Jessica Stoyan. Other performances that deserve
special recognition came from Monica Babits (200 IM 2:46.95),
Milena Cioana (50 bk 37.47), Alexandra Derenzis (400 IM
5:42.78), Joshua D’Souza (200 IM 2:46.58), Lindsay Hillis (400 free
5:24.93), Christopher Johnson (200 free 2:57.70), Kevin Lam
(200 IM 2:45.45), Alyna Liu (400 IM 6:22.38), Cameron McCabe
(100 br 1:27.44), Stephen Mojar (400 free 5:41.86), Patrick Nolan
(400 IM 5:41.40), Cameron Ouellette (200 fly 3:00.80), Elise
Patterson (200 IM 2:41.27), Vanessa Patterson (200 fly
2:46.37), Marcelina Pitula (400 IM 6:17.47), Alison
Rogers (200 fly 2:38.65), Enna Selmanovic (400 IM 5:47.68),
Karissa Shieh (400 free 6:18.79), Micaela Snow (200
free 2:40.18), Jessica Stoyan (100 bk 1:16.57), Sasha Svitak

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Another Club Record and more Provincial
and National Qualifiers at the Ajax meet!!
Good news from the Ajax meet in Toronto! Another club record, two
more MSSAC qualifiers for the Provincial Championships and another Age Group National qualifier!
The Provincial team qualifiers team welcomes Leon Qin and Joshua
Shieh. Leon got his standard in the 100 breaststroke with the time of
1:31.61, while Joshua got it in the 400 free (5:06.48) and 400 IM
(5:53.08). Meanwhile, Mitchell Muizelaar was super-fast in his freestyle events and with the times of 58.94 in the 100 free and 2:10.33 in the 200 free, qualified for the AGN in Montreal at the end of July. Another club record was broken by Ray Yang „as usual‟!! Ray added to his records in the 50 and 100 fly by swimming
the 200 fly in a time of 2:46.39, destroying the previous record of
2:54.54 owned by Abdullah Ahmad. Congratulations Ray! “Veteran” swimmer Paige Hillis had several excellent swims. Paige, already
a qualifier for the Age Group National in several events, achieved
the standard also in the 400 free (4:57.72) and 200 fly (2:44.69)
demonstrating how complete a swimmer she is.

News from the Deck...

Ray Yang brakes an
‘historic’ Club Record
It took 30 years……
a great coach (LOL!!) and ….
a super swimmer to break
the 100 Fly Club Record
for the boys 10 and under!!
But finally we did it…..actually…
HE did it….YANG RAY
at Team Champs
with the fantastic time of 1:16.39!!!
Congratulation to Ray for this
“historical” achievement.
The previous record was held by Brad Creelman that in January 1981 swam the 100 fly in 1:16.73.
Great job Ray!!!!

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The Hard Work in London
It was a very interesting weekend the one I spent in London with Megan Vuong and other seventeen elite Ontario swimmers. At the Train to Compete Camp lead by Swim Ontario Provincial Mentor Coach Dean Boles, I got confirmation (if it was needed!!) that in Mississauga we are doing a very good job with our swimmers and that we focus on the same concepts that the elite swimming in Ontario does!! During the 3 hour sessions in the water a lot of attention went on long underwater, strong kicking, distance per stroke and hard swimming in the second part of a race. All concept that the MSSAC coaches are familiar with since we are working with on a daily bases for long time. And it was nice to see that Megan was among the best for most of these skills. The camp was not only focus on the work in the water but also in the gym. We had a fantastic 4 hour dryland session run by Steve Topham with over 30 different drills to make the core stronger without losing in flexibility. During this session every swimmers worked really hard and always with a sense of enjoyment and gratification. This is definitely an area were at MSSAC we can get better and I will encourage our head Coach Mike Rutledge to have Steve coming over to teach our coaches and swimmers how fun a productive dryland could be.
Another area we tackle during the 3 day camp was for the swimmers to the understanding and applying personal responsibilities, invisible training and well being. As a mentor in this area we had John Jorgenson, a sort of magician, psicologol and trainer that with games and creative activities showed to the swimmers how important is team bounding, leadership and trust in each other.
Every single area was tackle with success thanks also to the great maturity showed by all 18 swimmers. They all worked hard eager to learn new ways to get better swimmers and better persons. In 3 days I did not hear a single complain, swimmers were always on time and extremely respectful of the coaching staff and the facility and hotel we stayed. Because of such a good example from our Ontario swimmers at the end of the camp we cut them some slack and allowed them to have the best cupcakes in all London!!!
Andrea Pittis

Congratulation to Megan Vuong for beeing selected to the Team Ontario that will compete in Halifax at the TRI MEET from May 18 to May 22. In this meet the Ontario swimmers will have the chance to compete against swimmers from Quebec and Atlantic Canada.
Congratulation Jessica Stoyan
Congratulation to Jessica Stoyan for making a Canadian Team that will compete in Macerata (Italy) at the end of June. At the trails Jessica was the fastest girl in backstroke. At the swim meet in Italy the Canadian team will compete against swimmers from Brasil, Argentina, Venezuela, Switzeland, United States and of course Italy. The other members of the Canadian Team are: Amber Lefler (Windor), Stephanie Caines (Etobicoke), Michelle Zanette (Newmarket), Adam Wood (Oakville), Roman Di Ruscio (Vaughan), Peter Vince Deklerk (Newmarket) and Alex Ruffo (Markham). The Canadian Team will be in Italy from June 21 till July 2. Good Luck Jessica!!!

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Congratulations
to Cynthia Berringer
on a successful Can Am Para Championships
Cynthia Berringer had some great results
at the US Cam AM Para Championships in Minneapolis
including great swims in the 100 breast and 400 free.
Cynthia will be preparing now for a summer of fast swimming
and preparation for the Speedo Can Am Para Championships in Gatineau.

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Great Team Champs MSSAC!
Ray Yang, Austin Rockett, Din Selmanovic, Vanessa Treasure, and Megan Vuong lead the Team to a 5th place finish with great performances at the 2011 Ontario Division I Team Champs.
Ray Yang was the star of the meet winning every event he competed in including the 100 fly, 50 free, 50 fly, 200 IM, and 100 free. Ray also broke a thirty year old club record in the 100 fly, previous record held by Brad Creelman set in 1981.
Austin Rockett won the 1500 free, placed 2nd in the 200 free and 200 fly, and 3rd in the 400 IM, Din Selmanovic was 2nd in the 100 breast, and 3rd in the 100 back, 200 back, 200 breast, and 200 IM, Vanessa Treasure was 2nd in the 200 fly and 200 breast, and 3rd in the 200 and 400 IM’s, and Megan Vuong was 1st in the 100 and 200 fly, 2nd in the 100 free, and 3rd in the 200 free.
Mississauga had more swimmers finishing in the top three including Nicolette Goncalves who finished 3rd in the 100 fly with a new club record, Tiara Higuchi was 2nd in the 100 breast and 3rd in the 200 breast, Paige Hillis was 3rd in 200 back and 400 IM, Terry Li was 3rd in the 800 free, Alyna Liu was 1st in the 100 IM and 3rd in the 100 fly, Angela Pan won 3rd in the 50 free, Rachel Sehn was 3rd in both the 400 and 800 free, and Conger Zhang won 2nd in the 50 free.
Some additional performances that were very good include Alex Derenzis 200 fly improve by over five seconds, Victoria Gardiner doing best in 400 free and 800 free with four and eleven second improvements, Rachel Hickey with best by 6 in the 400 free and Jessie Hickey with best by eight seconds in the 400 IM, Cameron McCabe with seven second best time in 400 free and German Padron with fifteen second improvement in the 400 free. Sasha Svitak was best in 100 fly by over seven seconds. Kirsten Alejandrino was best times in almost every event, while Alyna Liu and Ray Yang raced to best times in every event.
Relay Success included the 10 & under girls of Conger Zhang, Alyna Liu, Kirsten Alejandrino, and Lindsay Hillis finishing 2nd in both the free and medley relays. The 11&12 girls finished 1st in the free with Angela Pan, Tiara Higuchi, Jessica Stoyan, and Paige Hillis, and 1st in the medley with Paige, Tiara, Laura Xu, and Angela. The 11&12 boys finish 3rd in the free relay with Cameron McCabe, Vincent Nguyen, Terry Li, and Din Selmanovic.
Great job! Great Team Effort!

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Congradulations MSSAC!!

At the beginning of the 2010/11 swim season the coaching staff set a goal of 40 Provincial Qualifiers and over the Central Region weekend and the MSSAC Time Trial weekend this goal was realized. MSSAC will be sending 41 athletes to the Short Course Junior Provincial Championships.
We would also like to recognize that we had some additional swimmers make Provincial qualifying standards but where just short on pre requisites. We would also like to recognize the fact that the Provincial Team was produced by 6 different groups. Gold, Silver I, Silver II, Bronze I, Bronze II, and Senior Groups all had swimmers make Provincials.
In addition to our Provincial Team we would like to celebrate the results from our Region meet and recognize that MSSAC had 73 swimmers compete at the meet and this is with the new tougher “B” standard this year unlike the “C” standard last year, and last year we had only 67 swimmers at the meet.
This is showing excellent progress and improvement in the club performance and we look to continue to develop the Regional swimmers toward the Provincial and the Provincial swimmers to the National level. Congratulations to the swimmers and coaches and good luck to the swimmer heading to Nepean for the Provincial Championship.

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ALEXANDRA JOZWIAK
MAKES 2011 CANADIAN PROSPECT TEAM
Congratulations to Alexandra (Ola) Jozwiak who has been named to the 2011 Canadian Prospect Team. This team is a talent identification team that recognizes up and coming athletes. The 2011 Prospect Team will compete at the 2011 Mel Zajac Canada Cup as well as training and testing sessions before and after the meet. The competition and training will take place from May 24th to 30th.
VANESSA TREASURE MAKES FISU GAMES TEAM
Congratulations to Vanessa Treasure who has been named to the FISU (International University Sports Federation) Games Team. Vanessa qualified for the FISU Games with outstanding performances at the Canadian University Championships. She will represent Canada and Canadian Universities during the 2011 FISU Games in Shenzhen, China from August 12th to 23rd.

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Explanation from Swim Ontario regarding the 2011 Short Course Junior Provincial Results. It is an unfortunate situation that the results were compromised but we need to look forward and focus on the meets ahead.
Message to the Swim Ontario membership
It has been brought to the attention of Swimming Canada, and Swim Ontario, that the Nepean Sportsplex as configured for the 2011 Ontario SC Jr. Provincial Swimming Championships on Feb 24-28 has been deemed “non-compliant” with FINA and SNC facility regulations (length of course).
Under the authority of Swimming Canada and Swim Ontario for sanctioning swimming competitions and results; and in collaboration with the Chair of the Ontario Swimming Officials Association (OSOA), and Canadian/FINA senior officials, the following decisions have been determined.
 The results of the event will be uploaded into the national results database and will be considered eligible for use (entry and seeding) in Swim Ontario sanctioned competitions only.
 No changes to the placing or awards of the competition will take place.
 All records (World – Para or Able bodied; National - Para, Open or Age Group; Provincial – Open or Age Group, etc.) attempted/applied for, or previously recognized from this event are considered “non-compliant” and will not be recognized as records.
 For future SNC designated competitions the times from the 2011 Ontario SC Junior Provincials will be considered eligible for use of “eligible entry” into the SNC competition however they will not be eligible for seeding purposes. Any times from the event that are used for eligible entry into an SNC designated event will be seeded as “No Time – NT”.
Should any Swim Ontario members require any clarification please contact Swim Ontario via info@swimontario.com.

University of Toronto swimmer Vanessa Treasure gives thanks for the support

Through my many years of competitive swimming in Ontario, Swim Ontario has provided me with numerous opportunities and experiences. I have been privileged to attend multiple Swim Ontario training camps. Not only that, but I am honoured to have been a member of Ontario tour teams as well.  I have been fortunate enough to have been given the opportunity to develop as an athlete with the Mississauga Aquatic club. I swam as a member of MSSAC for 11 years. Mike Rutledge was my coach, and friend, for 8 of those years.  When I reflect on all of my proudest moments as a swimmer, Mike is always there in the background standing proud. He has been one of the most influential people in my life. Mike and club swimming as a whole, has not only built a foundation for my future success in swimming, but has also taught me valuable life lessons.

As I make the transition to post secondary education, it is no surprise to me that Swim Ontario continues to support me and my academic and athletic pursuits. I am grateful to have received this scholarship award and it has really helped my finances this year.  This is my first year at the University of Toronto and I couldn’t have picked a better school or team.  Staying in Ontario, and more specifically, choosing U of T was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I am training better than ever, and swimming faster. We have a fast team and there is someone for me to train with on every stroke which is ideal for my I.M training. I have already posted several best times this year and we are not even into the championship season yet. University swimming is very exciting and a refreshing change. I am so to be happy here and that is not only reflected in my swimming but also in my academics. I have settled right into university life and learning. I finished my first semester with a 3.9 GPA and my goal for this semester is a 4.0.

I can’t thank everyone at Swim Ontario enough for helping me to continue on my journey to success both athletically and academically. It means a lot to me to have been selected to receive this award over many other phenomenal and deserving athletes. Once again I am truly grateful for the support I have received from Swim Ontario this throughout my swimming career.

 

Sincerely,

Vanessa Treasure 

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FIRST TIME PROVINCIAL QUALIFIERS
Fantastic news from 3 of our younger swimmers that qualify for their first Provincial Championship. Matthew Babits got the Provincial standard at the 12 and Under Celebration meet in London for the 400 free (5:22:84) and 100 fly (1:24:03). At the Oakville meet were Albert Nguyen to obtain the standard in the 100 fly (1:23:46) and Stephen Mojar in the 100 breastroke (1:32:02). Congratulation to all three for this great achievement.

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Vuong and Jozwiak lead MSSAC at Youth Cup
Mississauga had great performances at the Youth Cup this past weekend highlighted by 2 club records, 23 all time top ten performances, 2 new provincial qualifiers, 4 new age group national qualifiers, 5 gold medals, 8 silver medals, and 4 bronze medals.
Alexandra (Ola) Jozwiak broke the 13&14 girls 100 free club record previously held by Jackie Chan, and Janica Lee broke her own club record in the 200 breastroke which was also a meet record.
There were many MSSAC all time top ten performances by many swimmers including Jozwiak and Lee, as well as Megan Vuong, Kassandra Espinola, Jessie Hickey, Isabella Olivares, Nicolette Goncalves, Rachel Sehn, Din Selmanovic, and Michael Decsey.
New Provincial Qualifiers included Isaac Crowe and Terry Li. Congratulations and welcome to the Provincial Team!
New Age Group National Qualifiers include Jessie Hickey, Alex Trudeau, and Kassandra Espinola, and Peter Lin. Well done!
Gold Medal winners included Megan Vuong (50 free), Ola Jozwiak (50 free, 100 free, 200 free), and Janica Lee (200 breast). Silver medal winners were Ola (400 free), Megan Vuong (200 free, 400 free, 100 free, and 100 fly), as well as relays including the 11&12 Girls medley (Paige Hillis, Tiara Higuchi, Angela Pan, Jessica Stoyan), 13&14 girls 800 free (Ola Jozwiak, Megan Vuong, Jessie Hickey, Kassandra Espinola), 13&14 girls 400 medley (Kassandra, Tiara, Megan, Ola). Bronze medal winners include Tiara Higuchi (100 breast), Janica Lee (100 breast), Megan Vuong (200 fly), and girls 13&14 200 medley (Kassandra. Gillian Wu, Megan, Ola).
Additional swimmers achieving top eight performances include Michael Decsey, Kassandra Espinola, Nicolette Goncalves, Jessie Hickey, Tiara Higuchi, Janica Lee, Terry Li, Isabella Olivares, Angela Pan, and Rachel Sehn.
Great Job at the Youth Cup!