2025 UCSC Awards Banquet
On May 21, UCSC spent the night away from the pool celebrating another great season.
Below is a list of some of our award winners.
Dino Spirit Awards
An athlete who consistently positively contributed to the atmosphere of their training group – attitude, enthusiasm, energy, humor, and leadership.
DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
Ellia Kim, Sloan Winnick, Charlotte Lee, Luciano Policarpo, Kian Leekha, Claire McClurg, Daniel Si, Joseph Song, Logan Loria, Lilly Kingston, Willa Bissonnette, & Ainsley Diehl
TREX A Rishi Bhaumik
TREX B Hannah Seelhof
TREX C Alexandra Knox
12D Sanaa Kooner
12C Ella Kinden
12B Julianna Simonson
12A Thomas Girguis
PROVINCIAL LITE Macy Giroux
PROVINCIAL Anna Dukelow
JUNIOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Abderraouf Kadri
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Sophie Smith
NATIONAL Maria Cosic
VARSITY Isabella Duncan
Most Improved Awards
Awarded to one male athlete and one female athlete per group.
TREX A Madison Benzel & Kazeo Lee
TREX B Ryder Li & Jessica Edivri
TREX C Coen Truong & Elle Chernuka
12D Mia Popa-Urria & Matthias Wainstein
12C Noelle Chow & Tristan Kocsis-Illes
12B Cynthia Wu
12A Mark Babak
PROVINCIAL LITE Aaron Xiao & Heather Simms
PROVINCIAL Natalie Kostka & Miles Blough
JUNIOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Tania Bakhshi & Chase Zheng
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Katarina Gibbs & Uno Reyes
NATIONAL Callie Cardiff & Luca Zaher
VARSITY Myriam Hickey & Nicholas Duncan
Top Age Group Awards
Top Age Group awards winners achieved the highest single ranking on World Performance Point charts. The long course selection period is for performances from January 1 – August 21, 2024 and the selection period for short course is for performances from September 01 2024 to March 31 2025.
GIRLS LONG COURSE
10& Under Girls - Gabriella Qi
11-12 Girls - Alexis Yuan
13-14 Girls - Ranumi Eashwarage
15-17 Girls - Sienna Rodgers
Open Girls - Alexanne Lepage
BOYS LONG COURSE
11&Under Boys - Zhan Zhang
12-13 Boys - Kinnon Sen
14-15 Boys - Laon Kim
16-17 Boys - Laon Kim
Open Boys - Aiden Norman
GIRLS SHORT COURSE
10& Under Girls - Grace Lee
11-12 Girls - Luna Wei
13-14 Girls - Meghan Sutherland
15-17 Girls - Maxine Clark
Open Girls - Alexanne Lepage
BOYS SHORT COURSE
11&Under Boys - Kazeo Lee
12-13 Boys - Jaden Gu
14-15 Boys - Jeffery Cheung
16-17 Boys - Laon Kim
Open Boys - Laon Kim
Ryan Schaff Award
The Ryan Schaff Award goes to the varsity swimmer elected by their peers and recognized for their work ethic, dedication, academic performance, and attitude.
This year’s winner - Matthew Syrgiannis.
Club Records and Wild Rose Awards
Athletes who broke a club or Provincialr record within the last season were recognized. We had a total ot 107 Club Records and 43 Provincial Records over the course of the season. Check out our current club records on the website.
Volunteer Awards
Where would we be without our mighty team of parent volunteers. Celebrating two in particular for their outstanding commitment to UCSC this season - thank you to Kerstin Clark and Todd Sutherland.
We also awarded a Lifetime Volunteer Award to Peter Lloyd for his continued commitment and dedication to making meets happen for UCSC and Swim Alberta.
Graduating Swimmers
Celebrating our grade 12 Dinos heading off for new adventures in the fall. Congratulations and best of luck to UCSC's newest graduates!
Jude Canji
Austin Ma
Desmond Wang
Daniel Zhang
Yianni Mylonas
Kevin Kong
Jordan Lloyd
Victoria Chen
Lola O'Brien
Karah Petersen
Emily Simms
Macy Giroux
Victoria Mendoza
Maria Cosic
Sienna Rodgers
Avery Mitchell
Kyla Katterhagen
Stefanie Qu
Kiah Craig
Milena Cosic
Elaine Wang
Sonia Bakhshi
Rachel Wigginton
Rayyan Bhaidani
Silly Booth
Check your email for a link to Silly Booth photos!
