PUGSLEY'S PLUNGE - 2026
January 19, 2026
The 2026 Pugsley’s Plunge was a massive success for the club, both in the water and behind the scenes. Our "waddle" was fast from the first dive, picking up enough hardware to keep the trophy case glowing. A huge thank you to our incredible colony of volunteers—your hard work ensured everything ran smoothly while the kids focused on racing (and hunting for those penguin stuffies).
It was a high-caliber weekend with 140 new standards achieved, including six new Festival qualifiers from our junior squads. Our senior swimmers also stepped up, clocking 10 new Western standards and 14 Championship cuts. A special shoutout goes to Desmond Phillips, Noa Josh Burger, and William Cameron for earning Top-10 Youth Recognition Awards.
The record board is in for a major shakeup, too. We saw 26 new "Top 3" all-time individual performances, headlined by Audrey Thompson, who claimed the #1 spot in the 100 IM, 200 Fly, and 200 IM. You can check out the updated top-10 lists on our rankings site.
Congratulations to all our swimmers on a historic weekend. Your hard work is showing up in the results, and we can’t wait to see that momentum carry into the next meet!
Podium finishes – Individual events
Swimmer
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Aria Warwick
50 Fly, 50 Free, 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 100 IM, 100 Free
400 Free, 100 Back
Silas Kwok
200 Breast, 50 Free, 100 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 100 IM
50 Back
100 Back
Audrey Thompson
100 Free, 100 IM, 50 Back, 200 Back, 200 IM, 200 Fly
400 IM
Noa Josh Burger
50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free, 200 Back, 100 IM, 200 Fly
Isla Curtis
100 Fly, 200 Back, 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Fly
200 Free
Federico Martino
50 Back, 50 Fly, 200 Fly, 100 IM, 400 IM
400 Free
Desmond Phillips
100 Back, 50 Back, 400 Free, 200 Back
200 Breast, 100 Breast, 100 IM
50 Fly
Cadence Waldhuber
100 IM, 200 Back, 50 Breast, 100 Back
100 Breast, 50 Back
Levi Hildebrand
400 Free, 50 Back, 200 IM, 200 Fly
100 IM, 100 Breast
Samuel Bygrave
100 Back, 200 Back, 100 IM, 50 Breast
50 Free, 50 Back
Willa Shortt
100 Back, 100 Free, 50 Fly, 50 Back
200 Free, 200 Back
William Cameron
50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Breast, 100 Breast
400 Free, 50 Breast
Hailey Cameron
100 Free, 50 Fly, 50 Free, 100 Fly
Thomas Tait
100 IM, 200 Back, 400 IM, 200 Fly
Elise Dechant
50 Breast, 200 Breast, 100 Breast
200 IM, 50 Fly, 100 IM
100 Fly
Samantha Campbell
100 Back, 50 Breast, 200 Free
50 Back, 200 IM, 200 Back
200 Breast
Madden Murray
100 Back, 100 Breast, 50 Breast
100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Back
Mya Warwick
100 Breast, 100 IM, 200 Breast
100 Back, 50 Breast
50 Fly
Emiko Wong
200 IM, 100 IM, 100 Fly
50 Fly
Kira Barber
100 Free, 50 Back
50 Breast, 200 Back, 100 Back, 50 Free
100 IM
Owen Chen
50 Back, 200 IM
200 Back, 200 Breast
50 Breast
Evan Ying
100 Fly, 200 IM
100 Back
Anna Mclellan
50 Breast, 100 Breast
Nolan Curtis
200 Free, 200 IM
Rhilynn Mckibbon
200 Back
100 Free, 200 IM, 100 Fly, 50 Breast
100 Back, 50 Fly
Everett White-O'Neil
100 Free
100 Back, 50 Free, 100 Fly
100 Breast, 100 IM
Leah Thompson
200 Free
100 Back, 50 Back
100 Free, 200 IM, 50 Breast
Roan Gatzke
100 Breast
100 Free, 50 Breast
100 IM, 100 Back
Lauren Matiakis
400 Free
100 Free, 400 IM
Miia Sikorska
50 Fly
100 Fly
100 Free
Scarlett Herget
50 Back
100 Back
50 Free
Gabrielle Nichols
200 Breast
100 Breast
Jayden Wong
50 Fly
100 Fly
Yuseung Lee
50 Fly
100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Breast, 200 IM
Charlotte Bratton
200 Free
400 Free, 100 Fly
Sara Gomez
200 IM
100 Free, 50 Fly
Casper Nimmon
100 Breast
100 Fly
Dylan Lee
50 Breast
200 Breast
Abigail Lee
50 Free
Gibson Hurd
100 Fly
Harriet Nimmon
100 Breast
Tian Ren Shi
200 IM, 100 Free, 50 Breast, 50 Fly
50 Free, 100 Fly
Sophia Rippe
100 Free, 100 IM, 200 Fly
Jameson Young
100 IM, 200 Fly
50 Back, 200 IM
Weston Phillips
100 Breast, 200 IM
50 Back, 200 Breast
Cate Wachtler
100 IM, 50 Free
100 Back
Jaydon Ondic
100 Fly, 50 Breast
50 Fly
Lucas Chee
200 Free, 200 Breast
200 IM
Lucas Percival
50 Free, 100 Back
100 Breast
Stella Pasalic
200 Breast, 100 Breast
200 Free
Emily Pegg
50 Fly, 200 Back
Gabriel Ellis
50 Back, 50 Fly
Jade Boake
200 Free, 400 Free
Zack Schwanke
100 Free, 400 IM
Charlie Serra
50 Fly
200 Free, 100 Back, 200 IM
Ivan Dehtiarov
200 IM
100 Back, 50 Fly, 200 Free
Ivan Ramirez Amador
200 Free
50 Free, 50 Back, 100 Breast
Cael Coulman
200 IM
200 Free, 200 Breast
Fiona Swanson
100 IM
100 Back, 200 Back
Maddyn Rushfeldt
50 Free
200 Free, 200 Back
Malcolm Schmidt Mitchell
200 Free
50 Free, 100 IM
Andella Zembiak
200 Free
50 Free
Esme Hockey
50 Fly
100 Fly
Evangeline Campbell
200 Back
50 Back
Evelyn Mckee
200 Fly
50 Fly
Hudson Blough
100 Back
100 IM
Hudson Lowry
200 Back
50 Back
Justin Astridge
200 Fly
200 Back
Theda Pasalic
200 Breast
50 Breast
Willa Gaudet
50 Free
100 Breast
Alexander Asikainen-Tarkkanen
100 Breast
Brook Rajchel
200 Breast
Claire Scholefield
50 Back
Courtney Middleton
50 Fly
Emma Chee
200 Fly
Ingrid Kadatz
200 IM
Jaden Lee
200 Breast
Luca Young
200 Breast
Josie Johnson
50 Back, 50 Free, 50 Fly
Marcus Ying
100 Free, 200 Back, 50 Free
Abigail Federkeil
400 IM, 200 Fly
Ethan Jin
50 Fly, 200 Back
Evan Ng
200 Free, 50 Free
Jocelin Zhu
100 Fly, 50 Back
Ria Veronica Mangubat
100 Breast, 50 Breast
Vera Swanson
200 IM, 200 Breast
An Le
200 IM
Ava Bongiovanni-Ledrew
200 Breast
Ava Virag
200 Free
Katelyn Ford
100 IM
Lincoln Giroux
200 Back
Lisa Francis
200 Free
Maya Gruszka
200 IM
Nathaniel Ellens
50 Fly
Quan Sun
200 Breast
Sebastian Cristancho
50 Fly
Tomas Arroyo Olivera
100 Fly
Podium finishes – Relay events
Place
Event
Team
Gold
4x50 Free
FEDERKEIL, Abigail (13), LEE, Abigail (14), BARBER, Kira (13), SHORTT, Willa (14)
Gold
4x50 Free
CAMPBELL, Samantha (10), SWANSON, Fiona (10), FRANCIS, Lisa (10), WARWICK, Mya (10)
Gold
4x50 Free
WARWICK, Aria (12), RIPPE, Sophia (11), CAMPBELL, Evangeline (12), THOMPSON, Audrey (11)
Gold
4x50 Free
WHITE-O'NEIL, Everett (11), PHILLIPS, Desmond (11), TAIT, Thomas (12), KWOK, Silas (11)
Gold
4x50 Free
WACHTLER, Cate (16), BOAKE, Jade (16), BRATTON, Charlotte (17), WALDHUBER, Cadence (16)
Gold
4x50 Free
BURGER, Noa Josh (13), MURRAY, Madden (14), SCHMIDT MITCHELL, Malcolm (13), MARTINO, Federico (14)
Gold
4x50 Free
HURD, Gibson (17), SERRA, Charlie (16), MACDONALD, Aaron (16), KATELNIKOFF, Aiden (15)
Gold
4x50 Free
CHEE, Lucas (9), WARD, Dashiell (9), CAMMACK, Samuel (10), LOWRY, Hudson (10)
Gold
4x50 IM
SHORTT, Willa (14), DECHANT, Elise (13), LEE, Abigail (14), BARBER, Kira (13)
Gold
4x50 IM
MIDDLETON, Courtney (10), WARWICK, Mya (10), CAMPBELL, Samantha (10), GAUDET, Willa (10)
Gold
4x50 IM
CAMPBELL, Evangeline (12), THOMPSON, Audrey (11), WARWICK, Aria (12), RIPPE, Sophia (11)
Gold
4x50 IM
YING, Evan (13), MURRAY, Madden (14), BURGER, Noa Josh (13), SCHMIDT MITCHELL, Malcolm (13)
Gold
4x50 IM
HERGET, Scarlett (17), PEGG, Emily (17), CAMERON, Hailey (17), WALDHUBER, Cadence (16)
Gold
4x50 IM
YING, Marcus (10), GATZKE, Roan (10), COULMAN, Cael (8), PERCIVAL, Lucas (10)
Gold
4x50 IM
BYGRAVE, Samuel (16), BLOUGH, Hudson (16), CAMERON, William (15), HILDEBRAND, Levi (16)
Gold
4x50 IM
PHILLIPS, Desmond (11), CHEN, Owen (12), TAIT, Thomas (12), KWOK, Silas (11)
Silver
4x50 Free
DECHANT, Elise (13), MCKIBBON, Rhilynn (14), ZHU, Jocelin (14), SWANSON, Vera (13)
Silver
4x50 Free
KAZEEM, Hafsa (14), THOMPSON, Leah (14), CURTIS, Isla (13), WONG, Emiko (14)
Silver
4x50 Free
STONE, Jolie (9), BIONDI, Claire (10), MIDDLETON, Courtney (10), PASALIC, Theda (10)
Silver
4x50 Free
KADATZ, Ingrid (15), VIRAG, Ava (15), HARRIS, Amara (16), HAGGARTY, Aliya (15)
Silver
4x50 Free
HILDEBRAND, Levi (16), BYGRAVE, Samuel (16), BLOUGH, Hudson (16), RAMIREZ AMADOR, Ivan (16)
Silver
4x50 IM
THOMPSON, Leah (14), SWANSON, Vera (13), WONG, Emiko (14), CURTIS, Isla (13)
Silver
4x50 IM
ZEMBIAK, Andella (10), PASALIC, Theda (10), SWANSON, Fiona (10), FRANCIS, Lisa (10)
Silver
4x50 IM
GOMEZ, Sara (15), NIMMON, Harriet (16), BOAKE, Jade (16), WACHTLER, Cate (16)
Silver
4x50 IM
LOWRY, Hudson (10), ELLENS, Nathaniel (9), CHEE, Lucas (9), WARD, Dashiell (9)
Silver
4x50 IM
RAMIREZ AMADOR, Ivan (16), BRATTON, Spencer (15), HURD, Gibson (17), SCHWANKE, Zack (17)
Bronze
4x50 Free
SHI, Tian Ren (11), CURTIS, Nolan (11), PERCIVAL, Owen (12), MAASKANT, Huxley (11)
Bronze
4x50 IM
RUSHFELDT, Maddyn (11), MANGUBAT, Ria Veronica (11), JOHNSON, Josie (11), HOCKEY, Esme (11)
Bronze
4x50 IM
CURTIS, Nolan (11), DEHTIAROV, Ivan (12), WHITE-O'NEIL, Everett (11), YOUNG, Jameson (12)
New time standards achieved
Swimmer
Age
Westerns
Champs
Trials
Festival
Aaron Macdonald
16
200 Back, 50 Back
Abigail Federkeil
13
200 Breast, 200 IM, 400 IM
Abigail Lee
14
100 Back, 100 Fly, 200 IM
Anna Mclellan
14
50 Breast, 50 Fly
Aria Warwick
12
100 Breast
100 Back
Audrey Thompson
11
400 IM, 50 Back
200 Fly
Cadence Waldhuber
16
200 Back
100 Breast
Cate Wachtler
16
200 Back
Charlie Serra
16
100 Back, 50 Back
Charlotte Bratton
17
100 Breast, 400 Free
Desmond Phillips
11
100 Breast
Dylan Lee
11
400 Free, 50 Breast
Emiko Wong
14
400 Free
Emily Pegg
17
200 Back, 50 Back
Esme Hockey
11
100 Fly
Ethan Jin
13
100 Back
Evan Ying
13
200 IM
Everett White-O'Neil
11
100 IM, 400 Free
Federico Martino
14
400 Free, 50 Fly
50 Back
Gabriel Ellis
13
100 Back, 50 Back
Gabrielle Nichols
14
100 Back
Gibson Hurd
17
200 IM, 400 Free
Hailey Cameron
17
100 Free
Hudson Blough
16
100 Back
200 Back, 50 Back
Hudson Lowry
10
50 Back
Huxley Maaskant
11
200 Breast, 50 Free
Isla Curtis
13
200 Fly, 200 IM
Jade Boake
16
50 Back
Jaden Lee
15
200 Back
Jameson Young
12
200 Back, 200 Fly
Jocelin Zhu
14
100 Fly
Justin Astridge
16
200 Back
200 Fly
Katelyn Ford
14
400 Free
Kira Barber
13
50 Breast, 50 Free
Lauren Matiakis
16
200 Back, 400 IM, 50 Back
Leah Thompson
14
50 Breast, 50 Fly
Levi Hildebrand
16
200 Fly
Lincoln Giroux
11
200 Breast
Lucas Percival
10
100 Back, 50 Free
Madden Murray
14
50 Breast
100 Back
Maddyn Rushfeldt
11
100 IM, 200 Free, 400 Free
Malcolm Schmidt Mitchell
13
400 Free, 400 IM
Marcus Ying
10
50 Back
Mya Warwick
10
100 Breast
Nathan Yungwirth
12
200 Breast
Noa Josh Burger
13
200 Back, 50 Back
200 Fly, 50 Breast
Nolan Curtis
11
100 Breast, 200 Breast, 50 Back
Owen Chen
12
200 Back, 200 Breast, 200 IM
Rhilynn Mckibbon
14
100 Fly
Ria Veronica Mangubat
11
200 IM
Roan Gatzke
10
100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 IM, 50 Breast
Samuel Bygrave
16
200 Back, 50 Free
50 Back, 50 Breast
Sara Gomez
15
100 Fly, 200 IM, 50 Back, 50 Fly
Scarlett Herget
17
100 Back
Sebastian Cristancho
15
200 IM
Silas Kwok
11
100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 Breast, 50 Back, 50 Free
Sophia Rippe
11
200 IM
Spencer Bratton
15
200 Back, 400 Free, 50 Back
Stella Pasalic
13
100 Back, 200 Free
Thomas Tait
12
200 Back, 400 Free, 400 IM
100 Free, 200 Fly
Tomas Arroyo Olivera
17
100 Back
Vera Swanson
13
100 Fly, 200 Back, 200 Breast
Vivaan Vaidya
16
200 IM
Weston Phillips
13
200 Breast
200 Free
Willa Shortt
14
100 Breast, 400 Free
William Cameron
15
100 Breast, 400 Free
200 Breast, 50 Breast
Yuseung Lee
13
100 Back, 100 Free, 200 IM
Zack Schwanke
17
400 IM, 50 Back
New Youth Recognition awards achieved
Swimmer
Age
Top 10
Desmond Phillips
11
50 Back
Noa Josh Burger
13
50 Back
William Cameron
15
50 Free
Notable improvements
Swimmer
Age
Improvement
Event
Maya Kalantari
11
46.4%
200 Free
Ava Stokman
13
28.9%
200 Back
Aiden Katelnikoff
15
27.8%
100 Fly
Henry Stringer
11
27.8%
200 Breast
Lily Lai
10
25.5%
50 Breast
New club records – all-time top 10
Swimmer
Age
Event
All-time rank
Aria Warwick
12
100 IM
#6
Audrey Thompson
11
100 IM
#1
Audrey Thompson
11
200 Fly
#1
Audrey Thompson
11
200 IM
#1
Audrey Thompson
11
400 IM
#2
Audrey Thompson
11
50 Back
#8
Audrey Thompson
11
400 Free
#10
Cadence Waldhuber
16
100 Back
#3
Cadence Waldhuber
16
100 IM
#3
Cadence Waldhuber
16
50 Back
#3
Cadence Waldhuber
16
200 Back
#8
Cael Coulman
8
100 Breast
#2
Cael Coulman
8
200 Breast
#2
Cael Coulman
8
200 Free
#2
Cael Coulman
8
100 Free
#3
Cael Coulman
8
100 IM
#4
Cael Coulman
8
200 IM
#5
Cael Coulman
8
50 Breast
#6
Desmond Phillips
11
400 Free
#3
Desmond Phillips
11
100 IM
#4
Desmond Phillips
11
200 Back
#4
Desmond Phillips
11
50 Back
#4
Desmond Phillips
11
200 Breast
#8
Elise Dechant
13
100 IM
#9
Elsa Kadatz
18
200 IM
#7
Elsa Kadatz
18
400 Free
#9
Emiko Wong
14
200 IM
#10
Everett White-O'Neil
11
400 IM
#6
Everett White-O'Neil
11
100 Back
#7
Everett White-O'Neil
11
50 Free
#7
Everett White-O'Neil
11
100 IM
#10
Federico Martino
14
100 IM
#2
Federico Martino
14
400 Free
#2
Federico Martino
14
400 IM
#2
Federico Martino
14
50 Fly
#3
Federico Martino
14
200 Fly
#9
Hailey Cameron
17
50 Free
#10
Hazel Ranieri
18
100 Fly
#6
Hazel Ranieri
18
100 Back
#9
Isla Curtis
13
100 Fly
#3
Ivan Ramirez Amador
16
100 Breast
#8
Levi Hildebrand
16
200 Fly
#2
Levi Hildebrand
16
400 Free
#3
Levi Hildebrand
16
100 Breast
#7
Leyan Zhang
8
50 Free
#9
Maclean Young
8
200 Back
#4
Madden Murray
14
50 Breast
#3
Madden Murray
14
100 Breast
#10
Miia Sikorska
13
100 Fly
#7
Miia Sikorska
13
50 Fly
#7
Noa Josh Burger
13
100 IM
#1
Noa Josh Burger
13
200 Back
#4
Noa Josh Burger
13
200 Fly
#4
Noa Josh Burger
13
50 Back
#4
Noa Josh Burger
13
50 Breast
#6
Samuel Bygrave
16
100 Back
#2
Samuel Bygrave
16
50 Breast
#2
Samuel Bygrave
16
50 Free
#4
Samuel Bygrave
16
50 Back
#6
Samuel Bygrave
16
200 Back
#9
Silas Kwok
11
100 IM
#2
Silas Kwok
11
200 Breast
#3
Silas Kwok
11
100 Breast
#4
Silas Kwok
11
100 Fly
#4
Silas Kwok
11
50 Fly
#6
Silas Kwok
11
50 Free
#6
Silas Kwok
11
50 Back
#8
Silas Kwok
11
100 Back
#10
Sophia Rippe
11
100 IM
#6
Sophia Rippe
11
200 Fly
#6
Sophia Rippe
11
400 IM
#6
William Cameron
15
50 Free
#3
William Cameron
15
200 Breast
#4
William Cameron
15
400 Free
#4
William Cameron
15
100 Breast
#5
William Cameron
15
50 Breast
#7
William Cameron
15
100 Free
#8
New relay club records (Top 10)
Event
Age
Rank
Team
4x50 Free
14
#2
BURGER, Noa Josh (13), MURRAY, Madden (14), SCHMIDT MITCHELL, Malcolm (13), MARTINO, Federico (14)
4x50 IM
11
#2
RUSHFELDT, Maddyn (11), MANGUBAT, Ria Veronica (11), JOHNSON, Josie (11), HOCKEY, Esme (11)
4x50 IM
14
#4
SHORTT, Willa (14), DECHANT, Elise (13), LEE, Abigail (14), BARBER, Kira (13)
4x50 IM
16
#4
BYGRAVE, Samuel (16), BLOUGH, Hudson (16), CAMERON, William (15), HILDEBRAND, Levi (16)
4x50 Free
16
#6
HILDEBRAND, Levi (16), BYGRAVE, Samuel (16), BLOUGH, Hudson (16), RAMIREZ AMADOR, Ivan (16)
4x50 IM
17
#6
HERGET, Scarlett (17), PEGG, Emily (17), CAMERON, Hailey (17), WALDHUBER, Cadence (16)
4x50 IM
14
#8
MCKIBBON, Rhilynn (14), MCLELLAN, Anna (14), SIKORSKA, Miia (13), FEDERKEIL, Abigail (13)
4x50 IM
12
#8
PHILLIPS, Desmond (11), CHEN, Owen (12), TAIT, Thomas (12), KWOK, Silas (11)