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Origins The North York Aquatic Club continues to be proud
of its long swimming history. Founded in 1958 by the Lions Club, the North York
Lions Swim Club was incorporated and renamed the North York Aquatic Club in 1965.
Since then, the North York Aquatic Club (NYAC) has been offering a programme of
competitive swimming for youth of all ages and abilities. Currently, there are
over 180 swimmers from the ages of 9 to 26, training under several coaches.
Our
first pool, the old Memorial Swimming Pool on Yonge Street, is now gone and has
been replaced by the 50 meter Douglas
Snow Aquatic Centre at the same location. This complex is made available to
NYAC swimmers through the City
of Toronto Parks and Recreation Department. As well, the NYAC trains at various
Board of Education and university pools throughout the city. In
its continuing efforts to provide the highest level of training and opportunities
for young swimmers, NYAC delivers a valuable community service in the form of
a competitive swim club to the residents of the GTA. Ultimately, this provides
these swimmers with the opportunity to develop into young athletes all Canadians
can be proud of. Hall
of Fame In the past, NYAC swimmers have achieved success at the provincial,
national, international level, including capturing medals at Canada, Pan Pacific
and Olympic Games.

Sandy Goss | Amongst
these is the double Olympian, Sandy Goss, who captured the silver medal for the
4x100m Medley relay at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and in 1988 in Seoul
. He also won the gold medal for the 200m Backstroke at the 1986 Commonwealth
Games in Edinburgh. Today he is member of the Olympian
Mentor Network, helping aspiring swimmers achieving success. |
| | Stephanie
Richardson represented NYAC on the Canadian Olympic team at the 1996 Olympic Games
in Atlanta. | 
Kyle Smerdon | Kyle
Smerdon, represented Canada on the Canadian
Olympic team at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. He was a member of the Canadian
record-breaking 200m Freestyle relay team at the 1998 Nationals. He also represented
Canada at World Cup events in China and Australia. |

Thomas
Zochowski | Former
NYAC swimmer, Thomas Zochowski, competed for Canada at a World Cup meet in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil in 1998. He was a member of the Canadian record-breaking 200m
Freestyle relay team at the 1998 Nationals. He continued his swimming career at
Stanford
University on a NCAA scholarship. | |
| Stephen
Clarke represented NYAC on the Canadian team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in
Kuala Lampur. He finished
fourth in the 100m Butterfly with a time of 53.69sec. | |
| Former
NYAC member, Liam Weseloh, captured the silver medal in the 25K open water swim
at the 1997 Pan Pacific Games in Japan and placed sixth in the same event at the
1999 Pan Pacific Games in Sydney, Australia. He also represented Canada at the
2001 World Aquatic Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Set in 1993, he still holds
the Canada Games record for the 1500m Freestyle with a time of 15:49.45sec. Liam
graduated from Southern
Illinois University on a NCAA scholarship. |
Julia Wilkinson | Most
recently, Julia Wilkinson was the most decorated member of Team Ontario at the
2005 Canada Summer Games in Regina. She won a gold medal for her part in the 4x200m
Freestyle Relay, gold for the 200m Freestyle, silver for 200m IM, and bronze for
both the 50m Freestyle and the 100m Backstroke. She is now continuing her swimming
career on a NCAA scholarship at Texas
A&M University. |
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