Sudbury Laurentian Swim Club

Great Start to the 2009-10 Racing Season

The Sudbury Laurentian Swim Club started the Year with a bang this past weekend.  SLSC hosted the first NEOR Development meet of the season and made a stamp early.  The club swam to 77% best ever times, which is a great start to the year.  We also had numerous swimmers finish with top 8 placings.  Congratulations to all of the swimmers and coaches for a great start to the season and lets keep on getting even better!  Look on this website for a complete set of results for SLSC.

Download Neor 1 results

Guts and Glory - Alex Baumann keynote speaker

Sportlink, the Greater Sudbury Sport Council, is hosting a luncheon on November 4th, 2009 from 11:30am to 1:30pm. The keynote speaker is former SLSC swimmer, and Olympic Gold medalist, Alex Baumann.

Tickets are $60 per person. Call 674-4455 x4434 for information and to reserve tickets.

Please see the attached poster for more information.  View the poster

Provincials Day Two FINALS

SLSC making some serious noise at the 2009 Provincial Champs

2nd Gold for Justin Leclair 100 BK!
Silver Medal Jacob Toner 1500 FR!!
Silver Medal Jordan Hotta 200 BR!!!

100 BK
Justin Leclair 1st place Provincial Champ GOLD!!! 30 points
PB 1:00.93

50 FR
Julie Langlois 6th place 13 points
PB 28.35

200 BR
Jordan Hotta 2nd place silver medal 25 points
PB 2:31.02

100 FL
Colin Hirschfeld 8th place 11 points
PB 1:02.26

1500 FR
Jacob Toner 2nd place silver medal 25 points
PB 17:37.03

200 FR
Kelly Hotta 5th place 14 points
PB 2:13.57

4 x 50 FR relay MEN's
PB - 1:44.82 8th place 11 points
Spencer Hirschfeld (26.38)
Colin Hirschfeld (25.79)
Jacob Toner (26.76)
Justin Leclair (25.89)

Great day again...looking forward to more fun and excitement on Day Three...

Coach Phil

FULL Day Two Prelims @ Provincials

[update from Phil on Day 2 prelims]

Guaranteed Silver medal in the 1500 FR (possible Gold) for Jacob Toner!
New SLSC record in the women's 4 x 50 FR Relay 1:58.95 (13/14)!!
Lots of final swims tonight for the 13 and over!!!

13 & over prelims
100 BK
Justin Leclair -- Qualified 3rd heading into finals tonight
1:02.89

50 FR
Kelly Hotta 11th
29.54

Julie Langlois -- Qualified 6th heading into finals tonight
28.60

200 BR
Jordan Hotta - Qualified 3rd going into finals tonight
2:36.72

Jacob Toner - 9th
2:43.37

Justin Leclair - 11th
2:45.34

100 FL
Colin Hirschfeld - Qualified 8th heading into finals tonight
PB 1:02.88

Spencer Hirschfeld - 9th
1:02.63

200 FR
Kelly Hotta - Qualified 6th heading into finals tonight
PB 2:16.29

1500 FR
Jacob Toner - Heading into timed finals 2nd place (worse he can get is SILVER)
PB 17:37.03

Men's 4 x 50 FR Relay
PB 1:45.28 - Qualified 8th heading into finals tonight

Women's 4 x 50 FR Relay
NEW SLSC CLUB RECORD!!!

PB 1:58.95 - 11th
Julie Langlois (29.0)
Alex Langlois (30.7)
Kasey Thompson (30.6)
Kelly Hotta (28.8)

12 & under timed finals
50 FR
Alex Langlois 17th
PB 31.51

400 IM
Kasey Thompson 10th
PB 5:49.00

200 FR
Kasey Thompson 13th
2:25.87

Looking forward to another exciting finals!!!

Coach Phil

Leclair strikes gold at Provincials

Justin Leclair strikes GOLD at Provincial Champs in 400 IM; Men's 4 x 50 MR also hits the podium

Finals - Day 1

400 IM

Justin Leclair - 1st place Provincial Champion 30 points
PB 4:45.76

Jacob Toner - 5th place 14 points
PB 5:01.86

200 FR

Spencer Hirschfeld - 6th place 13 points
2:03.65

4 x 50 MR

Justin Leclair BK (28.9)
Jordan Hotta BR (31.7)
Colin Hirschfeld FL (27.5)
Spencer Hirschfeld FR (25.1)

PB 1:53.21 - 3rd place BRONZE medal 20 points

Looking forward to another great day tomorrow.

Phil

Day 1 Provincials - Bronze Medal for Kasey Thompson

Update from phil at provincials.

4 finals swims, top 8 finish and a bronze medal to start off the 2009 long course provincials!

13 & over prelims - Day 1

Julie Langlois 100 BK PB 1:13.03 - 14th place

Jordan Hotta 50 FR 29.17 - 24th place

Colin Hirschfeld 400 IM 5:12.95 - 10th place

Jacob Toner 400 IM 5:04.47 - 6th place **Qualified for finals tonight

Justin Leclair 400 IM 4:56.02 - 2nd place ** Qualified for finals tonight

Kelly Hotta 100 FL PB 1:11.20 - 10th place

Spencer Hirschfeld 200 FR PB 2:03.49 - 6th place **Qualified for finals tonight

Men's 4 x 50 MR PB - 1:55.15 - 2nd place **Qualified for finals tonight

Women's 4 x 50 MR 2:15.31 - 15th place

12 & under timed finals - Day 1

Alex Langlois 200 BR PB 3:04.30 - 8th place finish 11 points!

Kasey Thompson 100 FL PB 1:12.40 - 3rd place BRONZE MEDAL 20 points!!

Young competitors hit the LU pool (Sudbury Star)

Young competitors hit the LU pool - The Sudbury Star - Ontario, CA.

Article in the Sudbury Star.

Announcing new Head Coach Dean Henze

It is a pleasure for the Executive of SLSC to announce the hiring of Dean Henze for the position of Head Coach of the Sudbury Laurentian Swim Club.

Dean has twenty years of swim coaching experience, most recently with the Barrie Trojans’ 150 swimmers. His successes have included coaching multiple swimmers to Provincial tour teams, Canada Games, and International tours. Dean’s commitment to professional development and coaching is strong. His involvement in Swim Ontario has included the Ontario Swim Coaches Association (OSCA) Board of Directors, Ethics Chair, and the development of the LTAD (Long Term Athlete Development) model.

Dean is originally from Atikokan, Ontario where he swam for a number of years before attending the University of Manitoba. While in Manitoba Dean worked with the Manitoba Marlins, University of Manitoba and the Selkirk Dolphin swim club. Dean’s goal in coaching is try and get the most out of each athlete that they can give and show them that they can achieve great and wonderful things in the process

Dean will be intimately involved in the coaching plans for the 2009-2010 swim season and beyond. Dean will work closely with Coach Phil Parker and the SLSC Executive to develop short-term and long-term plans to meet the goals and objectives of SLSC and our swimmers.

Dean will be starting as Head Coach on September 1st, 2009.

Sincerely,
Mark Kivinen
SLSC President

Swimmers Hit Top 10 - The Sudbury Star - Ontario, CA

Swimmers Hit Top 10 - The Sudbury Star - Ontario, CA.

article in the Sudbury Star. 

Jr Provincials - Day 3 Results

From: Alain Delorme
Day 3

Hello All,
Swimmers gave it their all today at the Nepean Sportsplex. Justin Leclair and the male 14-15 year old relay qualified for finals. Tonight, Justin finished 6th in the 200m IM and the 4 x 100m medley relay finished 6th. This afternoon Kasey Thompson won the gold medal in the 200 Fly. Congratulations to all!!! Results can be found below:

Cheers
Alain

Morning & Evening (Finals)

Colin Hirschfeld (15yrs)
100 FR: performed a 59.08. P.B. is a 58.54. 19th Place
200 IM: performed a 2:27.22. P.B. is a 2:22.36. 28th Place

Jacob Toner (15yrs)
400 FR: 4:19.19 (P.B.) down from 4:19.92, 12th Place

Justin Leclair (15yrs)
200 IM: performed a 2:16.93, qualifying 7th for Finals. P.B. is a 2:14.01
In Finals, Justin finished 6th in a time of 2:14.61

Spencer Hirschfeld (16yrs)
100 FR: 56.76 (P.B.) down from 57.23, Placing 24th

4 x 100 IM Relay (14-15yrs)
Justin L (BK: 1:01.30) – Jacob (BR: 1:11.76) – Colin (Fly: 1:04.18) – Justin BM (FR: 1:02.58)
Finished in a time of 4:19.82, Placing 8th and qualifying for Finals

In Finals, the relay finished 6th in a time of 4:16.05
Justin L (BK: 1:00.42) – Jacob (BR: 1:10.72) – Colin (Fly: 1:02.62) – Justin BM (FR: 1:02.29)

Julie Langlois (14yrs)
200 BK: 2:36.62 (P.B.) down from 2:40.34, finishing 23rd

4 x 100 IM Relay (13-14yrs)
Julie Langlois (BK: 1:12.7) – Alex Langlois (BR: 1:27) –– Kasey Thompson (Fly: 1:18.37) – Kelly Hotta (FR: 1:04.32)
They finished 19th in a time of 5:01.70

Afternoon (Timed Final)

Alex Langlois (11yrs)
200 IM: 2:43.24 (P.B.) down from 2:51.01, finishing 5th

Kasey Thompson (11yrs)
200 Fly: 2:44.63 (P.B.) down from 2:52.58, Placing 1st
200 IM: 2:41.91 (P.B.) down from 2:43.89, Placing 4th