Summer Splash '26 Summary

We made it. Our fourth and final hosted meet of the season is in the books, and with it, a collective sigh of relief from parent volunteers whose weekends can finally return to normal. A massive thank you to everyone who kept the sessions running. The fundraising committee also outdid themselves with raffle and prize baskets so loaded with good stuff that parents were actually excited to buy tickets.

Earning that first-ever standard at a new level is a huge milestone, and five of our swimmers did exactly that. Fourteen-year-old Casper Nimmon qualified for Championships in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke, while 13-year-old Evan Ying joined him in the Champs club by hitting his first standard in the 200 Backstroke. On the Trials front, 15-year-old Ege Tutkuner (50 Freestyle), 13-year-old Evangeline Campbell (50 Fly), and 11-year-old Huxley Maaskant (200 Backstroke) all secured their first cuts.

Swimming the 800 free, eleven-year-old Nolan Curtis broke the club record with an 11:11.41. Meanwhile, 12-year-old Desmond Phillips and 10-year-old Samantha Campbell dominated their respective events, with Desmond collecting six individual gold medals and Samantha hauling in four golds and two silvers of her own. 12-year-old Silas Kwok secured four individual golds alongside a new Trials standard in the 200 Fly.

Fourteen-year-old Lucas Adam led the personal improvement charge, dropping an incredible 36.2% in his 50 Fly. Ellia Chee dropped 25.3% in her 50 Breaststroke, ten-year-old Hana Macdonald sliced 21.6% off her 100 Backstroke, and 11-year-old Lily Lai knocked 19.9% off her 50 Backstroke. Not to be outdone, 15-year-old Aliya Haggarty dropped a massive 17.9% in her 200 Breaststroke.

We also saw some perfect weekends, with eight swimmers dropping time in every single event they swam. Esme Hockey, Ria Veronica Mangubat, Weston Phillips, and Willa Gaudet all went six-for-six. They were joined by Brook Rajchel who went five-for-five.

One of the best indicators of a team's progress is the number of new personal top swims, which compare an athlete's times against the highest-quality standards in the country. This weekend, our swimmers established a staggering fifty-seven new personal top swims. That includes career-best performances from 12-year-old Amelia Scholefield and 17-year-old Eva Martino in the 50 Freestyle, 13-year-old Kalen Willmott and 13-year-old Sebastien Proulx also in the 50 Freestyle, and 12-year-old Abigail Spackman and 14-year-old Ava Stokman in the 200 Breaststroke. Setting a new top swim is a major personal milestone, achieved this weekend purely through faster swimming than they had ever done before.

With our hosting duties wrapped up, we can finally look forward to enjoying the summer. Up next, our swimmers head to the summer provincial competitions to test their speed against the best in Alberta. Looking ahead to next season, we have a lot to live up to on the hosting front, but for now, we will settle for a break from driving to Seton.

Check out the updated top-10 lists, and more, on our [rankings site].

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Meet: Summer Splash 2026

Location: Brookfield Residential YMCA at Seton

Dates: 2026-06-19 - 2026-06-20