Elaine Thompson Memorial Swim Meet 2026 Highlights The Elaine Thompson Memorial swim meet was held January 24-25, 2026. Thank you to the Orillia Channel Cats for hosting the 9 clubs participating in the event. Congratulations to the following swimmers who achieved new Huronia Region qualifying times for the regional championships. Claire Bevan: 50M free, 200M back, 100M free, 100M back Madelynn Doyle: 400M free Norah Faris: 50M free Sophia Lorestani: 50M breast Skye Pak: 50M free, 100M back Layne Sutherland: 200M free, 100M breast, 100M free Chesney Wilson-Bowles: 100M free,...

MAC Winter Invitational 2026 Highlights After a well deserved holiday break, BTSC athletes are back to racing. The Markham Pan Am Centre was the venue for the MAC Winter Invitational and start of the long course swimming season. BTSC competed with swimmers from 25 other clubs making for a great weekend of competition. Here are some highlights. Swimming started on Thursday with distance events but final placements for all of the age groups would not be determined until the fastest heats were swam in finals sessions later in the weekend....

Trojan Cup 2025 Meet Highlights Barrie’s East Bayfield Community Centre was the site for Trojan Cup 2025. BTSC hosted the competition December 12-14 and welcomed the Muskoka Aquatic Club, Newmarket Stingrays, Orangeville Otters and Valley East Waves for an exciting weekend of racing. Thank you to Cara Harrington, Meet Manager, Laura Vaughan, Competition Coordinator, and Erinn Rupay, Officials Coordinator, for their hard work and leadership organizing and running a successful Trojan Cup. Here are the highlights from a great weekend of competition. The Eliminator This fun exhibition event, a highlight...

Ontario Junior International 2025 Meet Highlights Ontario Junior International took place December 11-14 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Complex. This meet for 18 year old and under swimmers has fast qualifying standards resulting in elite level of competition. BTSC had 9 swimmers participating. Evan Beatty Samantha Brundage Alessa Darby Will McConachie Benjamin Millar Tyler Millar Griff Seguin Kate Smith Clara Vilchez Lucian Vilchez Here are the highlights. Day 1 Highlights Alessa Darby started the day in the preliminary session by setting a new provincial record in the para 200M...

Ken Demchuk International Invitational 2025 Highlights Alessa Darby and Kate Smith participated as part of Team Ontario at the Ken Demchuk International Invitational meet held at the Markham Pan Am Centre, November 28-30. Alessa and Kate achieved the qualifying standards for this high-level para competition that featured many of the best para swimmers from across the country. It included multiple Paralympics and World Championships medallists. There were 91 swimmers representing 51 Clubs/provincial teams participating in the long course format at the competition. Here are some highlights from the meet. On...

Highlights of BTSC at NYAC Cup 2025 Our athletes were at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre the weekend of Nov. 14-16 to compete at the NYAC Cup. BTSC was one of 36 clubs participating at the meet which included teams from Quebec and Atlantic Canada. This was a higher level competition that included participation from members of the Canadian senior national team. Here are the highlights for the over 80 BTSC swimmers competing at NYAC Cup. ***Alessa Darby broke a provincial record in the Para S6 classification. She broke...

Barrie Aquafest 2025 Highlights The Barrie Trojan Swim Club was pleased to host the Orillia Channel Cats, Pickering Swim Club, Uxbridge Swim Club, Muskoka Swim Club, and the Dorado Stars for Aquafest Oct. 31 - Nov. 2. BTSC had almost 150 athletes participating in an exciting weekend of racing. Here are some BTSC highlights from the weekend. In total, BTSC swimmers won 182 medals (74 gold, 59 silver, 49 bronze). The following swimmers established new personal best times for each of the events they swam. Evan Beatty Andrew Bin Edwin...

2025 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup Highlights The third and final leg of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup series took place at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Complex from October 23-25. Many of the fastest swimmers in the world including Kaylee McKeown (Australia), Kate Douglass (USA), Hubert Kos (Hungary), and Noe Ponti (Switzerland) along with Canadian stars like Joshua Liendo, Marie-Sophie Harvey, Ilya Kharun and Kylie Masse participated in the competition. As an example, to give perspective on the level of swimming, the athletes competing in the women’s 50M...

MAC Fall Fest Invitational 2025 Highlights It is a great time of the year for sports with hockey and basketball starting up, baseball playoffs in full swing, and the Barrie Trojans are back to racing! The 2025/2026 competition schedule kicked off with our swimmers in the water at the Markham Pan Am Centre Oct.18-19 for the Markham Aquatic Club Fall Fest Invitational. This short course meet format consisted of timed finals sessions with 13 year old and over athletes hitting the water in the morning and their 12 year old...

Canada Games 2025 Highlights The 2025 Canada Games were hosted in St. John’s, Newfoundland with the swimming competition taking place Aug.10-14. Congratulations to BTSC swimmers Kaia Hornby, Kate Smith and Lucian Vilchez who were selected to Team Ontario after an extensive evaluation process. They were part of a team of 34 swimmers representing our province at the games, and competing against teams from the other provinces and territories. Here are some highlights from the competition. On the first day of competition, Kate and Kaia were in the pool. Kaia was...