Assaad wins 11 golds, sets record


Published on May 09, 2008

Gamal Assaad brought home 11 gold medals and a piece of Oakville Aquatic Club history from the Hamilton McMaster Spring Invitational.

In addition to his gold medal haul, Assaad set a new club record of 31.06 seconds in the 50m butterfly, breaking the two-year-old record of Kent Kikot. Kikot didn't have a bad meet himself, winning 13 medals, including seven golds.

In all, OAK swimmers won 60 gold, 44 silver and 40 bronze medals.

Other big medal winners included Mack Darragh (eight gold, four silver); Mika Spencer (eight gold, two bronze); Emily Hunt (six gold, two silver, two bronze) and Annie Harrison (five gold, three silver and three bronze).

The following is a list of the OAK medalists:

Girls 11-12: Hunt (gold 50m, 100m, 200m back, 50m, 100m, 200m fly; silver 50m, 200m free; bronze 400m free, 400m IM); Cassandra Pedro (silver 100m free; 50m fly; 200m fly; bronze 100m fly).

Girls 13-14: Spencer (gold 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 1500m free, 50m, 100m fly, 200m IM; bronze 100m back, 400m IM); Harrison (gold 100m, 200m back, 800m free, 200m fly, 400m IM; silver 200m, 400m free, 200m IM; bronze 50m back, 50m, 100m fly); Avery Longmore (gold 200m breast; silver 50m, 100m breast); Bridget Jordan (silver 50m free); Sharalynn Missiuna (bronze 50m free, 50m, 100m, 200m breast); Julia Sinkovits (bronze 100m, 200m free) Jenna Wood (bronze 200m fly); Kelsie McNeill (bronze 1500m free).

Girls 15 and over: Erin Assman (gold 200m free, 200m fly, 400m IM; bronze 800m free); Veronica Davis-Freeman (gold 200m breast; silver 400m IM; bronze 100m breast, 200m fly); Marina MacDougall (gold 100m free; silver 100m back); Hilary Turk (gold 100m back; bronze 200m back); Katie Fox (silver 50m fly; bronze 200m free, 200m breast, 200m IM); Karina Sils (silver 200m fly; bronze 100m back); Tera Van Beilen (silver 200m free; bronze 100m free); Jennifer Wilson (silver 200m breast); Alana Boffa (bronze 400m IM).

Boys 11-12: Assaad (gold 50m, 100m, 400m, 1500m free); 50m, 100m, 200m back, 50m, 100m, 200m fly, 400m IM); Evan White (gold 50m, 100m, 200m breast; silver 200m free, 200m fly; bronze 400m free, 400m IM); Mitchell Gour (silver 50m, 100m, 1500m free, 50m, 100m, 200m back, 50m breast, 100m fly, 400m IM; bronze 200m free, 50m fly).

Boys 13-14: Darragh (gold 400m, 1500m free, 200m back, 50m, 200m breast, 200m fly, 200m, 400m IM; silver 50m, 200m free, 50m, 100m fly); Kikot (gold 50m, 100m, 200m, 800m free, 100m back, 50m, 100m fly; silver 200m back, 200m fly, 200m IM; bronze 400m free, 100m breast, 400m IM); Nathan Lang (gold 50m back; silver 100m back; bronze 50m, 100m free, 200m back).

Boys 15 and over: Miguel Lozano (gold 200m, 1500m free; 200m fly; silver 400m free); Brody Dyson, gold 800m free; silver 100m, 200m back); Graham Fink (silver 100m free; bronze 200m free); Dylan Kent (silver 1500m free, 200m breast, 400m IM; bronze 100m, 200m back); Matt Lawson (silver 200m fly); John Steadman (bronze 100m free).