3rd Annual Ted Roach Memorial swim meet
On Sunday, January 26, 2025, more than 100 masters swimmers, ranging in age from 18 to 93, took to the starting blocks for the 3rd annual Ted Roach Memorial swim meet. This was the highest attendance since the Covid shut down, and the meet was both fun and fast.
A total of 44 Ontario Records were either broken or established over the course of the meet with new records being posted at both ends of the age spectrum. Relay teams from the Royal Military College filled in some gaps in the Ontario short-course yards [SCY] record book in the youngest of the masters relay age groups (72 – 99). Meanwhile the Trillium Y team established a 4 x 100 yard freestyle relay record in the 320+ age group.
As in past years, once the main meet had wrapped up, the Alderwood swim team took to the water for their chance to race. Linda Berry added one more Ontario Record to the day’s total with her 200byard Backstroke. And an additional 17 club records were broken, many of them by the new, younger members of the team, Andrew Knaggs, Jerome Barber, Frances Low and Carmen Quiroz Vasquez. Nice to have more 20- and 30-somethings swimming with the team and helping with the swim meet.
2025 was my final year as Meet Manager. After more than a decade and a half, it’s time to hand things off. Liz Canrinus will be taking on the role of Meet Manager, starting with the 2026 event, and I’m sure that the meet will continue to be a highlight of the Masters Swimming calendar.