October 27–28, 2018— St. Catharines
Brock swimmers win double-gold in annual Kerkhoven–Walker Invitational
Brock Niagara Aquatics hosted their 41st annual Joe Kerkhoven Memorial Walker Invitational this past weekend at the Eleanor Misener Aquatic Centre at Brock University. The competition attracted five other local swim clubs and over 250 young athletes from Ontario and western New York to compete in over two days of racing.
The swim meet is named in memory of Coach Joe Kerkhoven, one of the original coaches of the St. Catharines swim club; and Walker Industries, a long-time former sponsor of the event.
The highlight of the weekend was the gold medals won by Brock swimmers in the prestigious open-age “Walker 400” Freestyle event where Alyssa Montgomery took top-placing for the girls and Aidan Iapicco captured gold on the boys side. It was only the third such occasion in the past 30 years where Brock swimmers have won double-gold in this event.
Top scorer among Brock swimmers was Andie Lloyd of St. Catharines who individually captured 83 points, seven gold medals, two silver, and one bronze; Andie is a 15-year-old Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School student. Aidan Iapicco of St. Catharines was top scorer on the men’s side with 79 points, six gold medals, one silver, and three bronze; Aidan is a 17-year-old Saint Francis Catholic Secondary School student.
Clarington Swim Club took home the team high-point award trophy, the “Walker Cup” with 1025 points; Wilmot Aquatic Aces placed second with 783 points; and Brock Niagara Aquatics placed third with 665 points.
Full results (top-8 individual placings; top-3 relay placings)
10/under Girls
Malaak Boksmati: 7th 100 Fly; 8th 100 Back
Eyrie Forestieri: 7th 100 Back
Sierra Kelly: 4th 100 Fly; 6th 100 Back; 8th 50 Fly, 50 Breast, 50 Back
Raine West: SILVER 50 Fly, 100 Fly; BRONZE 100 Back, 100 Free; 4th 50 Back; 5th 50 Breast, 50 Free; 6th 100 Breast; 7th 100 IM
S. Kelly, M. Boksmati, R. West, E. Forestieri: SILVER 100 Medley Relay
Camryn Friesen, Abby Cabaj, M. Boksmati, R. West: SILVER 100 Free Relay
10/under Boys
Mahmoud Boksmati: 5th 100 Fly, 100 Breast; 6th 50 Fly; 8th 50 Breast, 50 Back
Quinlan Stark: 6th 50 Breast, 100 Free
Mark Zhang: 6th 100 Fly
11-12 Girls
Luz Aguilera Ballesteros: BRONZE 200 Fly; 4th 100 Fly, 200 Back, 200 IM; 6th 100 Back; 8th 100 Breast
Ella Beaudoin: BRONZE 200 Breast; 4th 200 Fly; 5th 100 Breast; 8th 100 Fly, 100 Back
Eve Brum: SILVER 200 Free; BRONZE 200 Back, 100 Back; 4th 100 Free; 8th 200 IM
Maggie Gauthier: 7th 100 Fly
Lily Shennan: 6th 100 Breast; 8th 200 Breast
Sophia St-Pierre: SILVER 100 Back; 7th 200 Back
S. St-Pierre, L. Shennan, L. Aguilera Ballesteros, E. Brum: SILVER 200 Medley Relay
L. Aguilera Ballesteros, Kaya Lambrechts, S. St-Pierre, E. Brum: SILVER 200 Free Relay
11-12 Boys
Camren Courchene-Carter: 8th 100 Fly, 200 IM, 200 Breast
Kaden Shaw: 7th 200 Fly
Austin Weng: 8th 200 Fly
Baxter Lawrence, C. Courchene-Carter, K. Shaw, A. Weng: BRONZE 200 Medley Relay
13-14 Girls
Kura Cooper: 5th 200 Breast; 7th 200 Back, 200 Free; 8th 100 Breast
Charley Crane: 5th 200 Back; 7th 100 Breast
Piper Sarginson: GOLD 100 Breast, 200 Breast; SILVER 200 Back, 200 Free; BRONZE 200 Fly, 200 IM; 4th 100 Fly; 7th 100 Back
Olivia Turavani: 8th 100 Back, 200 IM
Mia Watanabe: 8th 200 Fly
13-14 Boys
Mahmoud Radwan: 6th 200 Back; 8th 200 Free, 200 Fly
15/over Girls
Isabella Bonaldo: BRONZE 200 Breast; 7th 200 IM
Paje Brennan: 4th 200 IM; 5th 100 Breast; 6th 100 Back; 7th 100 Free; 8th 200 Back
Mara Di Persio: SILVER 100 Fly; 4th 200 Free; 5th 200 Back; 7th 100 Breast
Andie Lloyd: GOLD 100 Fly, 200 Back, 200 Free, 200 Fly, 100 Back, 200 IM, 100 Free; SILVER 200 Breast; BRONZE 100 Breast
Alyssa Montgomery: GOLD 200 Breast; SILVER 200 IM; BRONZE 100 Free; 5th 100 Back; 6th 100 Breast; 7th 200 Free
A. Lloyd, P. Brennan, M. Di Persio, A. Montgomery: GOLD 200 Medley Relay
A. Montgomery, I. Bonaldo, P. Brennan, A. Lloyd: SILVER 200 Free Relay
15/over Boys
Mark Barca: SILVER 100 Fly, 200 Back, 100 Back; BRONZE 200 IM; 6th 100 Free
Aidan Iapicco: GOLD 100 Fly, 200 IM, 100 Breast, 200 Free, 200 Breast; SILVER 200 Fly; BRONZE 200 Back, 100 Back, 100 Free
Alex Jakovljevic: 7th 200 Fly
Peyton Kipp: SILVER 100 Breast, 200 Breast; 4th 200 IM; 6th 200 Free; 8th 100 Free
Jeremy Tang: 6th 200 Fly; 7th 200 Back; 8th 200 IM
Calvin Teminski, A. Iapicco, J. Tang, P. Kipp: SILVER 200 Medley Relay
P. Kipp, J. Tang, A. Jakovljevic, A. Iapicco: BRONZE 200 Free Relay
Open Women “Walker 400” Freestyle
GOLD A. Montgomery; SILVER A. Lloyd; 4th M. Di Persio; 6th P. Sarginson; 7th I. Bonaldo
Open Men “Walker 400” Freestyle
GOLD A. Iapicco
Host: Brock Niagara Aquatics (BROCK)
Visiting teams: Chatham Y Pool Sharks (CYPS), Clarington Swim Club (ROC), Grand Island Swim Club (GISC-NI), St. Thomas Jumbo Jets (STJJ), Wilmot Aquatic Aces (WAAC)
Full meet details and results can be found at swimming.ca/en/meet/24841
Web results: brocku.ca/brockswimming/results