Canada Games Centre Swim Academy Glides Through Another Great Summer
September 1, 2026
The CGC Swim Academy had an outstanding summer of competitive swimming and broke many records in their meets – 18 at the club level, and 6 at the provincial level! The team spent the summer competing at eight Invitational Swim Meets throughout the province and then splashed their way into the 2026 Provincial Championships.
Records Broken
CGCSA’s six provincial records were all broken by Johanna Lobban. Well done, Johanna!
- 15-16 200m Freestyle (2:23.05)
- 15-16 50m Freestyle (28.78)
- 15-16 100m Butterfly (1:12.38)
- 15-16 50m Backstroke (32.55
- 15-16 100m Freestyle (1:03.52)
- 15-16 50m Butterfly (31.05)
Johanna Lobban. Photo from the Swim Nova Scotia newsletter.
Provincials Recap
This year’s Provincial Championships were held in Windsor from August 14-16. The CGCSA was once again the top overall team! They finished with 3,486 points, a whopping 709-point lead over the second-place team! We also took home:
- 55 individual medals
- 11 relay medals
- 96 Provincial ribbons
Provincial Awards
- High Point Male Award – Evan Yang
- High Point Female Award – Johanna Lobban
- Renée (Gallant) MacIntyre Memorial (Assistance Coach of the Year) Award – Clara Durling
We had 17 swimmers graduate from the participation level to their respective competitive level. This means they swam a 50m freestyle in under 55 seconds, and completed a 100m faster than 2:15s. Congratulations to:
- Phoebe An, Carden Bauer, Abbie Chen, Lyla Dai, Reiya De Tissera Anthony, Rasta Goli, Zhengi Gou, Ingrid Hegerty, Eunki Hong, Minki Hong, Prisha Kalra, Lucie Kilbreath, Zaven Robinson, Ananti Sharma, Vinicius Solovlov, and Kyle Zhang.
Twelve swimmers made the Summer All-Star Team! Congratulations to:
- Phyllis An, David El Amouri, Zack Galway, Eunki Hong, Minki Hong, Senth Jayawarna, Alice Kilbreath, Johanna Lobban, Camila Mantilla, Hamin Park, Evan Yang, and Sarah Zheng.
A big thank you to the athletes, volunteers, coaches, and families for the support in making this year one for the books.
For full provincial championship results, visit Swim Nova Scotia’s website.