Winter Provincial Trials
Winter Provincial Trials
March 7th – 9th, 2025
Calgary, Alberta
(Written by Coach Ehsan Shafiyanfard)
Another Successful Swim Meet for OSC!
The Provincial Trials is one of the most crucial meets of the season, where swimmers must achieve specific time standards to qualify for it. This past weekend, 36 OSC swimmers from the JAG, Regionals, Senior Competitive, Provincials, and Nationals groups competed at the Alberta Winter Provincial Trials, held at the MNP Community and Sports Centre in Calgary.
Our OSC swimmers delivered outstanding performances, achieving:
144 personal best times
31 podium finishes
8 new Provincial Championship qualifiers
Weekend Highlights
Club Records
· Evan Brake delivered a stellar performance, setting three club records:
· Improved his own record in the 10 & Under 200 Backstroke with a time of 2:34.17
· Set new club records in the 100 Breaststroke (1:26.83) and 200 IM (2:43.10) Congratulations, Evan, on your incredible achievements!
New Provincial Champs Qualifiers
Eight swimmers secured their spot at Champs by either winning their event or achieving the required time standard:
Kate Buchanan – 100 Breaststroke (1:19.36) – Qualified by beating the time standard after dropping over 3 seconds
Matteo Lanni – 100 Breaststroke (1:14.82) – Gold medalist and Champs qualifier
Bozhena Penner – 200 Fly (2:45.63) – Dropped over 3 seconds from prelims to win Gold
Maddy Filder – 100 Fly (1:09.22) – Dropped over a second to claim Gold
Lucas Badiu – 400 Freestyle (4:58.56) – Gold medalist and Champs qualifier
Tao So – 800 Freestyle (10:12.81) – Dropped over 8 seconds to win Gold
Jaxon Kuang – 200 IM (2:32.07) – Gold medalist and earned his first Champs time
Evan Brake – 200 Backstroke (2:34.17) – Club record breaker and Champs qualifier
Podium Finishes
Our swimmers brought home an impressive 31 medals across various events:
- Matteo Lanni: 3 Gold, 2 Silver
- Jaxon Kuang: 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
- Aila Mirza: 2 Silver, 1 Bronze
- Bozhena Penner: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
- Lucas Badiu: 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
- Kate Buchanan: 2 Silver
- Maddy Filder: 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
- Chantel Gillison: 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
- Marise Snyman: 2 Bronze
- Evan Brake: 1 Bronze
- Angela Kinniburgh: 1 Silver
- Tanner Pratt: 1 Bronze
- Tao So: 1 Gold
- Roya Wong: 1 Silver
- Girls 15&O 4x50 Medley Relay (Aila Mirza, Kate Buchanan, Maddy Fidler, Kai Cheung): Bronze
Outstanding Effort by All Swimmers!
The OSC coaching staff is incredibly proud of these young athletes and their dedication to excellence. Next up, we look forward to the Neil Lepps Meet (March 15-16) and the Provincial Championships (March 20-23). Best of luck to all swimmers competing in these upcoming meets!
Let’s Go O!!!