CANADIAN NATIONAL MASTERS - 2000 SEASON - LONG COURSE (50m)


 This is the 9th issue of the Canadian LC Top 20 Rankings.

 There were 14 LC meets this year. As BC staged 4, they deserved to win.
 And they did, for the first time too !

                                      1997      1998      1999      2000

                 1 BR. COLUMBIA     49 359    70 635    68 437   107 235
                 2 ONTARIO         105 100   103 467    92 360    82 845
                 3 QUEBEC           47 073    65 182    65 220    80 383
                 4 MANITOBA                    4 925     1 143    12 547
                 5 ALBERTA          19 515    60 119     6 537     3 866
                 6 NOVA SCOTIA                 2 065               1 129
                 7 SASKATCHEWAN                7 463       497
                 8 NEW BRUNSWICK               1 068
                 9 YUKON                         574

                   TOTAL           221 047   315 498   234 194   288 005


                A remarkable year for BC. Indifferent year for Alberta.





 Here are all the 14 meets which provided input for this publication:

       Quebec           Que Feb 00  Coupe de la Capitale
       DDO              Que Mar 00  St-Patrick's

       Nepean           Ont Feb 00  Winterlude
       London           Ont Feb 00

       Winnipeg         Ma  Apr 00  Provincials

       Victoria         BC  Mar 00
       Richmond         BC  Apr 00  Provincials
       Richmond         BC  Nov 00
       Victoria         BC  Dec 00

       Munich           Ger Jul 00  World Chsps.

       Buffalo, NY      USA Jun 00
       Gresham,Ore      USA Jul 00
       Baltimore, Md    USA Aug 00  (US Natls)
       Honolulu, Haw    USA Nov 00



 Who were the big point-getters ? One woman scored over 1000 pts: Bonnie Pronk.
 She scored 1141 pts. And for the second year in a row that was the most
 points ever recorded LC by a woman. (Last year that was 1073 also by Bonnie).
 
 One man shone as well. Tai Araki of BC scored 1246, also the highest ever
 recorded by a man (LC) of any age group !

 Bonnie Pronk had the most positional points (295), But the men's leader
 was Len Coverdale (234).

 Tai Araki recorded 16 swims. That's one less that Helene Jacques,17.
 Shannon Kampe and Ian Jackson had the best average speed.

 

 Age Group Total   record            Best Athlete                        record

20-24   12 482 ( new record)    Heather Beynon           VIC  BC  857 ( 911 1996)
25-29   19 873 (20 392 1998)    Eve Simard               CMNQ QC  984 (1046 1998)
30-34   15 616 (19 278 1996)    Jani Dorken              CMSC AL  588 ( 978 1999)
35-39   20 040 (21 033 1998)    Lynn Marshall            CARL ON  946 (1010 1999)
40-44   17 733 (20 677 1998)    Edie Fisher              KEN  ON  814 (1000 1996)
45-49   16 121 ( new record)    Mary Ann Myers           UNAT BC  823 (1061 1996)
50-54    8 184 ( 9 459 1998)    Valerie Van Veen         UNAT BC  589 ( 808 1998)
55-59    8 286 (10 157 1998)    Bonnie Pronk             VCSS BC 1141 (new record)
60-64    7 525 ( new record)    Helene Jacques           CMNQ QC  977 (new record)
65-69    5 346 ( 6 872 1998)    Elaine Nicholson         DRM  BC  691 ( 754 1996)
70-74    3 212 ( 3 888 1998)    Sheila Naiman            DDO  QC  648 ( 748 1999)
75-79    1 681 ( new record)    Elsa de Leeuw            UNAT BC  427 ( 580 1996)
80-84    1 148 ( 1 396 1999)    Jeanne Turgeon           CMNQ QC  424 ( 487 1999)
85-89      337 ( new record)    Dorothy Bullen           NVM  BC  186 ( 209 1998)
95-99       88 (    98 1998)    Marge Anderson           SSSL BC   88 (  98 1998)


20-24    7 543 ( 9 406 1997)    Shane Driscoll           AYM  BC  873 (new record)
25-29   12 227 (19 996 1998)    Martin Levine            PC   QC  658 (1033 1996)
30-34   19 716 (21 198 1998)    Mark Oldham              EBSC BC  977 (new record)
35-39   17 763 (20 680 1996)    John Bell                EBSC BC  787 ( 864 1998)
40-44   19 850 (21 310 1998)    Tai Araki                DRM  BC 1246 (new record)
45-49   18 025 (18 643 1998)    Roger Barron             UBC  BC  851 (1059 1996)
50-54   17 593 ( new record)    Cliff Barry              ETOB ON  870 ( 901 1999)
55-59   11 171 (13 995 1998)    Ron Burns                HULL QC  739 ( 930 1999)
60-64    9 743 (12 272 1998)    Karl Donoghue            UNAT BC  591 ( 712 1999)
65-69    7 450 ( new record)    H.P Ruelland             CMNQ QC  572 ( 854 1996)
70-74    3 052 ( 4 999 1998)    Mike Torsney             BURL ON  446 ( 786 1996)
75-79    4 235 ( new record)    Len Coverdale            VCSS BC  644 ( 817 1999)
80-84      865 (   888 1999)    Hugh McGregor            UNAT BC  306 ( 440 1999)
85-89      942 ( new record)    Roman Jezek              PC   QC  271 ( 359 1997)
90-94      158 ( new record)    Jaring Timmerman         ASSI MA  158 (new record)


(2000) T.Men  150 333 T.Wom  137 672 T.Can  288 005 (+ 23%)
(1999)        121 630        112 654        234 194 (- 26%)
(1998)        167 928        147 570        315 498 (+ 43%)
(1997)        122 353         98 694        221 047

         Rank by position    Most Swims    Fastest average
              max=340          max=17         max=100.0

20-24    H.Beynon   174    H.Beynon   10   T.Bellchamber 87.8                          
25-29    E.Simard   163    E.Simard   12   S.Kampe       91.8*
30-34    J.Dorken   123    J.Roy       8   C.Echols      86.0      
35-39    L.Marshall 185    L.Marshall 11   B.Murray      87.0    
40-44    E.Fisher   187    E.Fisher   10   A.Rhodes      86.0      
45-49    M.A.Myers  173    Myers/Iddon11   M.Richthofen  82.6
50-54    Y.Kirouac  155    Y.Kirouac  12   W.Dickens     74.0
55-59    B.Pronk    295*   B.Pronk    15   B.Pronk       76.1        
60-64    H.Jacques  292    H.Jacques  17*  L.MacPherson  68.8 
65-69    E.Nicholson220    E.Nicholson13   N.Powell      66.0   
70-74    S.Naiman   229    S.Naiman   12   J.Parnell     65.4  
75-79    E.deLeeuw  158    deLeeu/Rasm 8   D.McEwan      57.4             
80-84    J.Turgeon  229    J.Turgeon  12   L.Warren      45.2
85-89    D.Bullen   137    D.Bullen    7   I.Adams       37.8
95-99    M.Anderson  80    M.Anderson  4   M.Anderson    22.0

20-24    S.Driscoll 196    S.Driscoll 11   B.F.Aubert    92.0 
25-29    M.Levine   124    Levin/Robin 8   I.Jackson     96.4*
30-34    M.Oldham   198    M.Lane     12   J.Scheffel    95.8         
35-39    T.Kemple   158    J.Bell     10   P.McKinnon    91.0          
40-44    T.Araki    225    T.Araki    16*  D.Khodko      91.7            
45-49    R.Barron   162    R.Barron   11   D.Dickson     85.3       
50-54    C.Barry    179    C.Barry    12   P.Caperonis   85.0             
55-59    R.Burns    173    Burns/Berg 11   I.Smith       82.5       
60-64    K.Donoghue 152    R.Holden    9   J.Kelso       80.3           
65-69    C.Smith    185    HP.Ruelland14   P.Bell        69.2       
70-74    M.Torsney  157    M.Torsney   8   J.Monne       62.5          
75-79    L.Coverdale234*   P.Guerard  14   J.Amyot       54.9
80-84    H.McGregor 134    McGre/Warr  7   F.White       49.2          
85-89    R.Jezek    134    R.Jezek     7   L.Kolb        45.0      
90-94    J.Timmerman 80    J.Timmerman 4   J.Timmerman   39.5

 Clubs: A total of 125 clubs scored. The top 5 clubs were: DDO, UBC, VIC,
 CMNQ and ETOB all scoring over 10 000 pts.
 UBC, EBSC and ETOB lead the men; DDO, VIC and CMNQ lead the women.

 In all there were 4191 performances (3 446 in 99, 4 532 in 98, 3 138 in 97).



                                    Canada Masters 2000 50m - Ranking by Clubs


                                   

                                         TOTAL           MEN             WOMEN 


  1 DDO  QC DOLLARD DES ORMEAUX       13120      UBC  BC  7143      DDO  QC  8082
  2 UBC  BC UNIV.BRIT.COL.  VANCOUVER 12345      EBSC BC  5522      VIC  BC  6983
  3 VIC  BC VICTORIA                  11142      ETOB ON  5413      CMNQ QC  5995
  4 CMNQ QC QUEBEC                    10653      LASL QC  5275      WINS BC  5499
  5 ETOB ON ETOBICOKE OLYMPIUM (EOM)  10448      DDO  QC  5038      UBC  BC  5202
  6 WINS BC WINSKILL OTTERS  DELTA     9870      CMNQ QC  4658      ETOB ON  5035
  7 LASL QC LA SALLE                   8484      WINS BC  4371      HYAC BC  4999
  8 NEP  ON NEPEAN     (NMSC)          8240      MMAC MA  4215      NEP  ON  4377
  9 HYAC BC HYACK     BURNABY          8218      VIC  BC  4159      UNAT BC  4284
 10 MMAC MA MANITOBA MASTER            6614      PC   QC  4065      LASL QC  3209

 11 EBSC BC ENGLISH BAY VANCOUVER      6497      NEP  ON  3863      NVM  BC  3016
 12 UNAT BC UNATTACHED BC              6442      DRM  BC  3408      VCSS BC  2796
 13 PC   QC POINTE CLAIRE              6102      HYAC BC  3219      YMCA QC  2555
 14 VCSS BC VICT. CRYSTAL SILVER STR.  5125      AYM  BC  2703      VERN BC  2552
 15 DRM  BC DELTA RETREADS             4938      LONY ON  2676      LSD  ON  2548
 16 LSD  ON LONDON SILVER DOLPHINS     4902      CRGW BC  2502      KEN  ON  2534
 17 AYM  BC ATHANS Y MASTERS KELOWNA   4879      BURL ON  2388      SARM BC  2427
 18 YMCA QC YMCA WESTMOUNT             4864      MBC  QC  2367      MMAC MA  2399
 19 NVM  BC NORTH VANCOUVER (NVM)      4667      TECH ON  2357      CARL ON  2375
 20 SARM BC SALMON ARM MASTERS         4653      LSD  ON  2354      AYM  BC  2176

 21 BURL ON BURLINGTON                 4255      VCSS BC  2329      TYEE BC  2066
 22 STL  QC ST LAURENT                 3927      YMCA QC  2309      PC   QC  2037
 23 TYEE BC TYEE MASTERS VICTORIA      3750      BRO  QC  2284      STL  QC  1871
 24 MBC  QC MAITRES BAIE COMEAU        3749      BRNT ON  2273      BURL ON  1867
 25 LONY ON LONDON Y                   3728      SARM BC  2226      SFOY QC  1847
 26 SFOY QC STE FOY                    3716      UNAT BC  2158      TISM ON  1638
 27 CARL ON CARLETON UNIVERSITY        3268      STL  QC  2056      DRM  BC  1530
 28 CRGW BC CAMPBELL RIVER GREY WHALE  3177      MACC QC  2028      MID  MA  1474
 29 TECH ON TECHNOSPORT OTTAWA (TSUN)  3103      WWR  ON  1931      BISH QC  1400
 30 MID  MA MID CANADA                 3070      REPY QC  1930      MBC  QC  1382

 31 WWR  ON WINDSOR WAVE RUNNERS       3017      SFOY QC  1869      TRAY ON  1257
 32 SWYM ON OTTAWA SWIMMING WEST Y     2580      PPO  QC  1685      SWYM ON  1166
 33 VERN BC VERNON MASTERS (VMS)       2552      TYEE BC  1684      WMSC MA  1155
 34 NAN  BC NANAIMO EBBTIDE (NEBB)     2543      NVM  BC  1651      STE  QC  1154
 35 KEN  ON KENORA AQUATIC (KA) (KSS)  2534      MID  MA  1596      UNAT ON  1102
 36 BRNT ON BRANTFORD                  2506      NAN  BC  1444      NAN  BC  1099
 37 TISM ON 1000 ISLANDS BROCKVILLE    2498      LAMB ON  1425      WWR  ON  1086
 38 REPY QC AIGLES-FIN DE REPENTIGNY   2447      SWYM ON  1414      VPM  BC  1076
 39 BRO  QC BROSSARD                   2355      COWI BC  1259      NTMC ON  1065
 40 LAMB ON LAMBTON LASERS SARNIA      2313      EMSC AL  1255      LONY ON  1052

 41 MARK ON MARKHAM     (MCM)          2052      SPAR BC  1136      PICK ON  1039
 42 MACC QC MAITRES A CONTRE COURANT   2028      MARK ON  1136      NYG  ON  1010
 43 UNAT ON UNATTACHED ONTARIO         1974      TERR BC  1078      EBSC BC   975
 44 PPO  QC P.PARC OLYMPIQUE MTL       1863      MBLA ON  1067      TRIV QC   938
 45 NTMC ON NORTHERN TORONTO MEMORIAL  1804      HULL QC  1061      MARK ON   916
 46 BISH QC UNIV. BISHOP LENNOXVILLE   1804      WTM  BC   983      CMUS QC   912
 47 COWI BC COWICHAN AQUANNIS DUNCAN   1739      CMSC AL   944      LAMB ON   888
 48 VPM  BC VANCOUVER PACIFIC  ST.G    1725      CARL ON   893      COW  QC   881
 49 STE  QC ST EUSTACHE                1638      UNAT ON   872      MADD QC   881
 50 MBLA ON MASTERS BLASTERS -NORTH Y  1595      TISM ON   860      SCAR ON   854

 51 SPAR BC SPARTAN SWIM CLUB          1551      SOCK BC   830      STRY ON   781
 52 CMSC AL CALGARY                    1532      DAL  NS   803      SELK MA   776
 53 MADD QC MAITRES AMIS DOBRI DINEV   1531      TWC  BC   792      TECH ON   746
 54 PHOE QC PHOENIX MONTREAL           1417      PHOE QC   748      MRCA QC   697
 55 TERR BC TERRACE BLUEBACKS          1370      SOO  ON   742      CRGW BC   675
 56 WTM  BC                            1348      NTMC ON   739      PHOE QC   669
 57 STRY ON STRATFORD Y       (SYM)    1318      CMB  QC   714      RAVE BC   626
 58 SOO  ON SOO POLAR BEARS - SSM      1279      POM  BC   679      ATB  ON   620
 59 CMUS QC UNIV.SHERBROOKE            1276      MADD QC   650      CMSC AL   588
 60 COW  QC COWANSVILLE                1268      VPM  BC   649      COQP BC   581

 61 TRAY ON THUNDER BAY RAYS           1257      PEMB ON   626      AST  BC   575
 62 EMSC AL EDMONTON                   1255      CAC  QC   597      MVC  QC   547
 63 WMSC MA WINNIPEG                   1242      UWO  ON   596      KING ON   538
 64 ATB  ON ALDERWOOD TEDDY BARES      1187      OHM  ON   593      SOO  ON   537
 65 POM  BC PACIFIC ORCAS MASTERS VAN  1187      KOOT BC   588      MBLA ON   528
 66 SOCK BC VANCOUVER SOCKEYES         1126      ARN  ON   569      REPY QC   517
 67 HULL QC HULL                       1122      ATB  ON   567      POM  BC   508
 68 PICK ON PICKERING MASTER SPLASHER  1039      NORS ON   538      PENT BC   503
 69 CAC  QC CHATEAUGUAY                1035      STRY ON   537      UOG  ON   497
 70 NORS ON NORSEMAN (TORONTO)         1030      DRAG AL   534      NORS ON   492

 71 CMB  QC BOUCHERVILLE               1027      OPP  ON   518      COWI BC   480
 72 NYG  ON NORTH YORK GATORS          1010      OGM  ON   501      CAC  QC   438
 73 MRCA QC CHARNY-THETFORD R.CH.APP   1003      SURF ON   488      NVSR BC   434
 74 AST  BC NEW WESTMINSTER ASTEROIDS   988      STE  QC   484      NBAY ON   425
 75 DAL  NS DALHOUSIE UNIV. HALIFAX     954      OOA  ON   470      CAMO QC   417
 76 KOOT BC WEST KOOTENAY COCOONS WKM   946      SM   ON   455      SPAR BC   415
 77 TRIV QC TROIS RIVIERES              938      SRY  ON   443      UNAT AL   391
 78 MVC  QC MAITRES VAL CARTIER         910      ROW  ON   435      CLAR ON   378
 79 KING ON KINGSTON MASTERS (KMAC)     874      BRCK ON   422      WTM  BC   365
 80 SCAR ON SCARBOROUGH    (SMAC)       854      CAMO QC   420      KOOT BC   358

 81 ARN  ON ARNPRIOR GREYFISH           850      AST  BC   413      ANC  ON   350
 82 CAMO QC CLAUDE ROBILLARD            837      DSC  ON   408      CMB  QC   313
 83 OHM  ON OL'HENRYS  KINGSTON         793      BISH QC   404      SOCK BC   296
 84 TWC  BC                             792      UNAT MA   404      TERR BC   292
 85 SELK MA SELKIRK DOLPHINS            776      COW  QC   387      BIMS ON   287
 86 PEMB ON PEMBROKE PENGUINS  (PPMS)   762      CMUS QC   364      ARN  ON   281
 87 NBAY ON CFB NORTH BAY               744      MVC  QC   363      COUR ON   247
 88 OPP  ON OTTAWA PINECREST PIRANHAS   735      KAN  ON   337      LON  QC   235
 89 RAVE BC RAVENSONG QUALICUM (RMSC)   626      KING ON   336      PACE BC   234
 90 UWO  ON UNIV.WESTERN ONTARIO        596      OTTY ON   334      BRNT ON   233

 91 COQP BC COQUITLAM PIRANHAS          581      LON  QC   327      OTTY ON   225
 92 LON  QC REMOUS DE LONGUEUIL         562      KITI BC   324      OPP  ON   217
 93 OTTY ON OTTAWA Y   (OYM)            559      NBLA ON   322      OHM  ON   200
 94 UNAT AL UNATTACHED ALBERTA          545      NBAY ON   319      CPM  ON   197
 95 BIMS ON BROCKVILLE INDEPENDENT      542      SJER QC   314      PPO  QC   178
 96 DRAG AL EDMONTON DRAGON             534      MRCA QC   306      DAL  NS   151
 97 PACE BC EAST VANCOUVER PACEMAKERS   516      ASSI MA   290      GLOU ON   142
 98 PENT BC PENTICTON RATTLERS          503      PACE BC   282      PEMB ON   136
 99 OGM  ON SUDBURY OLYMPIC GOLD MAST   501      SSSL BC   277      ELM  ON   130
100 UOG  ON UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH        497      JONQ QC   275      SJER QC   118

101 SURF ON KANATA SURFERS              488      BIMS ON   255      SSSL BC    88
102 UNAT MA UNATTACHED MANITOBA         476      NAVY BC   185      ASSI MA    79
103 OOA  ON OASIS OL'ACES - ORLEANS     470      UNAT NS   175      KAN  ON    76
104 SM   ON SWIMERGY MASTERS TORONTO    455      GLOU ON   165      UNAT MA    72
105 SRY  ON                             443      UNAT AL   154      BRO  QC    71
106 ROW  ON R. OF WATERLOO              435      SURR BC   131      HULL QC    61
107 NVSR BC NORTH VANC. SEYMOUR RAPID   434      WMSC MA    87                  0
108 SJER QC ST JEROME                   432      ANC  ON    68                  0
109 BRCK ON BROCK MASTERS NIAG. (BMC)   422      ELM  ON    68                  0
110 ANC  ON ANCASTER MASTERS (AMSC)     418                  0                  0

111 KAN  ON KANATA WAVE                 413                  0                  0
112 DSC  ON DOWNTOWN S.C (TORONTO)      408                  0                  0
113 CLAR ON CLARINGTON                  378                  0                  0
114 ASSI MA ASSINIBOINE WINNIPEG        369                  0                  0
115 SSSL BC SOUTH SLOPE SILVER LINERS   365                  0                  0
116 KITI BC KITIMAT MARLINS             324                  0                  0
117 NBLA ON                             322                  0                  0
118 GLOU ON GLOUCESTER RIPTIDE          307                  0                  0
119 JONQ QC JONQUIERES                  275                  0                  0
120 COUR ON COURTICE MASTERS  (CRTC)    247                  0                  0

121 ELM  ON ELMIRA MASTERS  (EMAC)      198                  0                  0
122 CPM  ON CARLETON PLACE MASTERS      197                  0                  0
123 NAVY BC                             185                  0                  0
124 UNAT NS UNATTACHED NOVA SCOTIA      175                  0                  0
125 SURR BC SURREY KNIGHTS (SKSC)       131                  0                  0

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