Mayor’s Breakfast of Champions Spotlight: Ducks Swimming Club

September 7, 2016 · 0 Comments

Carter McWilliams won gold in the 100m Backstroke for Boys 15-16 at Division I Provincial Team Championships. Carter also captured bronze in the 200 m Backstroke at Provincial Team Championships. Carter always races with tremendous heart, especially when it counts and when it’s for The Team. Carter’s performances are always high-octane, and at our Championships he had his Ducks Team Mates on their feet and united!

George Zizakovic is a provincial champion swimmer. He won the 200 m breaststroke event. George is driven and a hard working swimmer who thrives to improve every day. He knows he can’t be satisfied with the last performance. He is determined. He never gives up, no matter how hard it seems. He is highly critical of himself. He is always excited about the technique, and correcting and perfecting the technical movements needed to swim better and be more efficient. Hard work sounds, well, hard. It can be easy to cast aside hard work as something we don’t need to do anymore. George takes pride in the fact that he works hard, that he is willing to do what others won’t.”

Soorna Choheili captured gold in the 50 m Freestyle for Boys 15 at DiAvision I Provincial Team Championships. Soorna also won a bronze medal in the 50 m Freestyle at the 2015 Winter Short Course Provincial Championships. His time of 24.41 ranks him 3rd in Ontario for boys born in 2000. Soorna is also ranked 3rd in the province in the 50 m Butterfly. He was also an A Finalist in the 50 m Freestyle and the 50 m Butterfly at the 2016 Speedo Eastern Canadian Championships. Soorna continues to be a leader in our program and has set the bar high for future Ducks Swimmers.

Holly Biasi won the 50 m Freestyle at the 2016 Summer Festival Short Course Provincial Championships. Holly’s short course time of 27.72 is the fastest time in Ontario this season for girls born in 2003, and the second fastest time in Canada. Holly is also ranked 3rd in Ontario in the 100 m Freestyle, short course, and 3rd in the 100 m Butterfly, Long Course. Holly captured silver at the 2016 Summer Long Course Provincial Championships in the 100 m Butterfly. Holly also qualified and competed at the Speedo Eastern Canadian Championships in the 15 & Under Girls Category. Remarkably, Holly is also being honoured as a provincial volleyball champion at this event. Holly is a special young woman, a gifted athlete and a fierce competitor. If there were more hours in the day, I expect Holly would be a formidable player on any field, court, arena, ring, track or gym!