WOLFVILLE, N.S. – Acadia swimming head coach Gary MacDonald is pleased to announce this year's incoming class of freshmen and freshwomen.
This year's first year student-athletes include swimmers from Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The Axemen and Axewomen swim teams will have a full complement of 18 swimmers per gender, making this year's team the largest in recent history.
"The 2019-20 season should be a very exciting year for the Axemen and Axewomen. For the first time we have two full teams, 21 men and 18 women," said head coach Gary MacDonald.
In his fifth year as the Acadia swim team's head coach, MacDonald noted that the last few seasons including this year have been outstanding recruiting years.
"After a banner recruiting year, the AUS Championships are within our reach. After coming close two years ago, this year's recruiting class of eight men could provide the competitive edge to put us over the top. The women have added five new swimmers and hope to close the gap against the Dal Tigers," noted MacDonald.
Coach MacDonald is very excited to start competing and get the ball rolling. First stop UNB. The team begins the AUS season on October 19-20 weekend at UNB and then host the first of two AUS meets at Acadia on November 2-3.
This year's entering class includes:
Name Specialty Hometown
Reilly Baker Sprint Freestyle Leaside, Ont.
Andre Walcott Breaststroke Bahamas
Dean Sangster Backstroke, Freestyle Truro, N.S.
Shane Kenny Sprint Butterfly, Freestyle Bathurst, N.B.
Grier Kershaw Breaststroke, Freestyle Barrie, Ont.
Sean Vibert Sprint Freestyle, Breaststroke Wolfville, N.S.
Lucas Perkins Butterfly, Freestyle Ottawa, Ont.
Gordon Shortt Individual Medley, Breaststroke Simcoe, Ont.
Aaron Day Freestyle New Glasgow, N.S.
Sofia Munoz Individual Medley, Freestyle Kingston, Ont.
Elisabeth Morrison Sprinter Fredericton, N.B.
Maddie Murray Breaststroke, Individual Medley Burlington, Ont.
Gina Vaillancourt Individual Medley St John, N.B.
Sadie McAlear Butterfly Cornwall, Ont.