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CGC Sizzling Summer Recap

Provincial Swimming Records, Camp Spirit and Canada Games Bronze!

August 31, 2022

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A Record Breaking Summer for CGC Swim Academy
Summer Camp Fun
Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games

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A Record-Breaking Summer for CGC Swim Academy Swimmers

The CGC Swim Academy swimmers deserve a big round of applause! Swimmers spent the summer breaking both provincial and CGCSA records, then finished the season with a 3rd place finish overall at the 2022 Swim Nova Scotia Summer Swimming Provincial Championships held August 19th-21st in Bedford. A very impressive result, improving upon the CGCSA’s previous best standing of 5th place achieved in 2018, not to mention winning team, high point and coach of the year awards!

Provincial Records

CGCSA set 5 Nova Scotia Summer Provincial Records this year:

• Boys 11-12 100 Individual Medley – Evan Yang – 1:18.84
• Boys 13-14 50 Butterfly – Alfred Lai – 29.78
• Boys 13-14 100 Butterfly – Alfred Lai – 1:07.19
• Boys 13-14 4×50 Freestyle Relay – Alex Wang, Neil Wang, Michael Kovalyov, Alfred Lai – 1:55.59
• Boys 13-14 4×50 Medley Relay – Jack Quinton, Neil Wang, Alfred Lai, Alex Wang – 2:11.47

New CGCSA Records

9 new CGCSA Records set at Provincials:

• Boys 11-12 100 Individual Medley – Evan Yang – 1:18.84
• Boys 13-14 400 Freestyle – Neil Wang – 4:58.51
• Boys 13-14 100 Butterfly – Alfred Lai – 1:07.19
• Boys 13-14 4×50 Freestyle Relay – Alex Wang, Neil Wang, Michael Kovalyov, Alfred Lai – 1:55.59
• Boys 13-14 4×50 Medley Relay – Jack Quinton, Neil Wang, Alfred Lai, Alex Wang – 2:11.47
• Girls 17-18 100 Freestyle – Cora Johnson – 1:09.68
• Girls 17-18 200 Freestyle – Cora Johnson – 2:30.88
• Girls 17-18 400 Freestyle – Cora Johnson – 5:21.66
• Girls 17-18 100 Backstroke – Cora Johnson – 1:21.13

Age Group High Point Award Winner

8 CGCSA swimmers were named to the All Stars Team:

Girls:

• Emma Quinton (10&Under)
• Senali Jayawarna (13-14)
• Cora Johnson (17-18)

Boys:

• Hamin Park (10&Under)
• Evan Yang (11-12)
• Neil Wang (13-14)
• Alfred Lai (13-14)
• Jack Quinton (13-14)

Medal Count Summary

CGC Swim Academy won 24 Gold, 9 Silver, and 13 Bronze Medals for a total of 46 provincial medals!

• 13 swimmers won individual medals, with an additional 3 other swimmers winning medals as part of relays. Overall 16 swimmers won medals – just over a third of the 45 swimmers who competed for the CGCSA at Provincials
• The CGCSA also swept the podium (taking Gold, Silver, and Bronze) in 2 events: Boys 13-14 50 Backstroke and Boys 13-14 100 Backstroke
• Six swimmers won medals in every individual event they swum: Cora Johnson, Alfred Lai, Michael Liang, Hamin Park, Neil Wang, and Evan Yang

Awards Summary

• Large Team 13-14 Age Group Winner
• High Point Male: Neil Wang & Evan Yang (250 points each)
• Coach of the Year: Nathan Mendel – Congratulations Coach Nathan!

To all the parent volunteers, dedicated officials, and coaches, THANK YOU for helping to have a fantastic season of summer swimming! Congratulations to all the swimmers on such an outstanding season! For Swim Nova Scotia summer highlights and results, visit their website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts.  

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Summer Camp Fun

It was an action-packed summer for all of our summer campers—making many of us adults wish we could go back to camp! Between the Aquatics Centre, the Track, the Field House and heading outdoors, this year’s campers enjoyed active fun all day long. Among the highlights are: The science campers making slime; our aspiring artists creating their very own art gallery with help from local artist Emma Jordan; superheroes-in-training creating their own shields; sports campers learning rugby basics from Rugby Nova Scotia; and all campers laughing through hot days on the outdoor slip and slide, and racing through the pool inflatables. What a great summer!

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Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games

Congratulations to all Team Nova Scotia athletes who competed at the Canada Summer Games 2022 in Niagara, bringing home a total of 56 medals! A special shout-out to three CGC staff who competed in August:

• Isaac Matheson – Bronze Medal, Basketball – Male | Played basketball for 10 years; position is point guard; home team this season was CPA High School; will be playing at Mount Saint Vincent University in fall 2022
• Yousef Fattal – 9th Place,  Soccer – Male | Played soccer since he was 5; home team is Halifax Dunbrack Soccer Club; position is centre back
• Kate Jollimore – 4th Place, Box Lacrosse – Female | Played lacrosse for 7 years; home team is Halifax Hurricanes; position is a transition player; has been coaching with Halifax Hurricanes for 4 years; named captain for Team NS Female Box Lacrosse at 2022 Canada Summer Games

For Team NS highlights and results, visit their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. #Niagara2022 #SUPERNOVA