Ontario Team Championships Selection Criteria
The fact that we are one of the better teams in the Province qualifies us for the first of threedivisions. By virtue of being in Division I, we are allowed to bring forty swimmers to the Championships.
The selection criteria for the Windsor Essex Swim Team is quite simple.We haveselected the forty swimmers in the Team who the coaching staff feel stand the best chance of scoring the most points for the Team. We compile thisdata based on a comparison between this year’s performances, swimmers personal best times and lastyear’s Division I results.
By basing selection purely on the potential to score points, we are ableto make fair choices that are cut and dried and void of any perception of“playing favourites”.
It is worth noting that all ages are scored equally, but there is no rulestipulating the number of swimmers required for each age-group. It is,however, most strategic to select at least 3 or 4 per age-group in orderto fill out the age relays. It is conceivable to select only three in anage-group, as it is possible to move swimmers up to an older aged relay;it is also possible to select 5 or more in an age-group, provided they allstand a strong chance of scoring points. The first criteria the coachingstaff looks for when selecting the team is strong relay swimmers, as relaypoints are scored double. In some cases a strong relay swimmer might getthe nod over a strong individual swimmer, simply because of theaforementioned fact. Also, we are pretty much guaranteed to take at least eight or more 10 & under swimmers, as we need four in each gender to fill the relays as we cannot move anyone up.
It is also worth noting that it is possible for a weaker swimmer from oneage-group to get the nod over a stronger swimmer in a different age-groupor gender. This is because some age-groups tend to be much stronger anddeeper than others and consequently, the weaker swimmer may stand astronger chance of scoring more points.
All swimmers on theWEST are equally important and special. Not gettingselected for the Team Champs team is nothing to hang one’s head about. Aswe are limited to selecting 40 of more than 160 competitive swimmers on the Team, some goodswimmers will get left off the squad. As this is only one meet in a veryfull year long calendar, there are plenty of other great opportunities toswim fast and represent WEST with pride.
Should you have any questions regarding the Team Championships selectioncriteria, please do not hesitate to contact meat or
Call (519)969-0331
Andrei Semenov
Head Coach WindsorEssex Swim Team
Division I Team Championships 2012 Roster
10&Under Girls:Gatrall Madelyn
Gheorghita Antonia
Marcuzzi Julia
SekaricIsidora
Sloboda Marjorie / 10&Under Boys:
KukhtaTeagan
Medvidovic Nikola
Oswald Brendan
Stewart Reid
11&12 Girls:
JovanovicMili
Lavoie Maddy
Liu Renee
McDonald Madeleine / 11&12 Boys:
Kukhta Devlin
Rochon Cole
Wen Maxwell
13&14 Girls:
Mercier Zoe
Parker Katya
Rode Rachel / 13&14 Boys:
Dalla Bona Nicolas
Fazekas Ethan
Norg Aaron
Ouyang Leon
15&16 Girls:
Fazekas Sadie
Kaczmarczyk Anne-Marie
Lane Torrie
Lefler Amber
Marginean Emily
Masse Kylie
TilvaldyevaLeili / 15&16 Boys:
Binder Andrew
Kukuruzovic Andrej
Lavoie Cody
Liu Alex
17&Over Girls:
BriseboisAllanah
Oswald Hannah / 17&Over Boys:
Bezarevic David
OrzylowskiJacek
Potma Justin
Rode Nathan