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The Alberta Marlin Aquatic Club sent 35 swimmers to the 2026 Pronghorn Classic, hosted by the Lethbridge Amateur Swim Club at the Max Bell Pool over the weekend.
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The Alberta Marlin Aquatic Club showed out at the Pronghorn Classic this weekend.
The local swim club sent 35 swimmers to the 2026 Pronghorn Classic, hosted by the Lethbridge Amateur Swim Club at the Max Bell Pool. Facing swimmers from 10 clubs from across Alberta, AMAC’s competitors set new personal bests and several new club records.
Rixtonn Biffart (11): Finished first in four races, 100m Free Final (SC) (New 12y/o Festival Time), 100m Fly Final (SC) (New 12y/o Festival Time), 200m Back Final (LC) (New 12y/o Festival Time) and 200m IM Final (LC) (New 12y/o Festival Time), and second in the 50m Breast Final (LC) (New 11y/o Festival Time), 100m Free Final (LC) (New 11y/o Festival Time) and 200m Free Final (LC).
Rowynn Biffart (17): Finished first in eight races, 50m Free Final (SC), 50m Breast Final (LC), 50m Fly Final (LC), 100m Breast Final (SC), 100m Fly Final (LC) (New Club Record), 100m Free Final (LC) (New Club Record), 200m IM Final (LC) and 200m Back Final (LC) (New 17& Over Western Time).
Dain Burnell (13): Finished second in 100m Breast Final (LC), 100m Fly Final (SC) (New 13& Under Provincial Time) and 400m Free Final (LC) (New 13 & Under Provincial Time), third in 100m Free Final (SC) and 200m Free Final (LC) (New 13& Under Provincial Time), fifth in 100m Free Final (LC) and 100m Back Final (LC) and sixth in 200m IM Final (LC).
Kolton Clarke (12): Finished second in 50m Fly Final (LC), third in 50m Free Final (SC), 10th in 50m Back Final (LC) and 100m Back Final (LC), 11th in 50m Breast Final (LC) and 50m Free Final (LC) and 12th in 100m Free Final (LC).
Wyatt Gage (17): Finished first in 50m Fly Final (SC), 50m Free Final (LC) and 50m Fly Final (LC), second in 50m Free Final (SC), 100m Free Final (LC), 100m Fly Final (LC), 200m Free Final (LC) and fourth in 200m IM Final (LC).
Carleigh Gainsborough (13): Finished third in 50m Back Final (LC) and 100m Breast Final (SC), fourth in 200m Breast Final (LC), fifth in 50m Fly Final (LC) and 200m Back Final (LC), eighth in 50m Free Final (SC), ninth in 50m Breast Final (LC) and 15th in 200m Free Final (LC).
Lauren Gainsborough (15): Finished first in 100m Breast Final (LC), second in 50m Breast Final (SC), 50m Breast Final (LC) and 200m IM Final (LC), fourth in 100m Free Final (LC), 100m Free Final (SC) and 100m Fly Final (LC) and fifth in 50m Free Final (LC).
Amelia Grisak (11): Finished 11th in 50m Breast Final (SC), 19th in 50m Back Final (SC), 30th in 100m Breast Final (LC), 35th in 50m Breast Final (LC), 36th in 50m Back Final (LC), 45th in 100m Back Final (LC) and 46th in 100m Free Final (LC).
Estelle Grisak (15): Finished first in 50m Back Final (LC), second in 100m Back Final (SC), third in 200m Free Final (LC), fourth in 100m Back Final (LC), sixth in 50m Fly Final (LC), seventh in 50m Free Final (SC) and 100m Free Final (LC) and eighth in 50m Free Final (LC).
Isabela Josey (12): Finished third in 100m Breast Final (SC), fourth in 50m Free Final (SC), seventh in 100m Back Final (LC), eighth in 50m Free Final (LC) and 200m Free Final (LC), ninth in 200m IM Final (LC) and 11th in 100m Free Final (LC).
Kate Kotze (9): Finished fifth in 50m Free Final (SC), sixth in 50m Fly Final (LC), eighth in 100m Breast Final (SC), ninth in 50m Back Final (LC), 12th in 50m Breast Final (LC), 16th in 100m Free Final (LC) and 17th in 50m Free Final (LC) and 100m Back Final (LC).
Benji Liebenberg (9): Finished third in 50m Breast Final (SC) and 100m Breast Final (SC).
Lillian Liebenberg (11): Finished 12th in 50m Free Final (SC), 15th in 50m Fly Final (SC), 18th in 200m Back Final (LC), 21st in 50m Back Final (LC), 25th in 100m Free Final (LC), 26th in 100m Breast Final (LC), 28th in 200m Free Final (LC) and 33rd in 100m Back Final (LC).
Olivia Liebenberg (13): Finished second in six races, the 50m Free Final (SC), 50m Free Final (LC), 50m Back Final (LC) (New 13 & Under Provincial Time), 100m Free Final (LC), 200m Free Final (LC) and 400m Free Final (LC), fourth in 50m Back Final (SC) (New 13 & Under Provincial Time) and eighth in 50m Breast Final (LC).
Katherine McMillan (10): Finished fourth in 50m Breast Final (SC), fifth in 50m Fly Final (LC), 100m Free Final (LC) and 100m Breast Final (SC), seventh in 50m Breast Final (LC), eighth in 50m Back Final (LC) and ninth in 50m Free Final (LC) and 100m Back Final (LC).
Caen McWilliams (16): Finished first in 50m Fly Final (LC) and 100m Back Final (LC) (New Provincial Champ Open Time), second in 50m Back Final (SC) and 50m Free Final (LC), third in 50m Free Final (SC) and sixth in 50m Breast Final (LC).
Isabelle McWilliams (11): Finished eighth in 100m Back Final (SC), 13th in 50m Free Final (LC), 21st in 50m Free Final (SC), 25th in 50m Back Final (LC), 29th in 100m Breast Final (LC), 30th in 100m Back Final (LC), 34th in 100m Free Final (LC) and 36th in 50m Breast Final (LC).
Lily McWilliams (15): Finished second in 50m Free Final (LC) and 100m Free Final (SC) (New 15y/o Western Time/Provincial Champ Open Time) and third in the 50m Free Final (SC), 50m Breast Final (LC) (New 16 & Over Provincial Time) and 100m Back Final (LC).
Olivia McWilliams (12): Finished fifth in 50m Back Final (LC), sixth in 200m Breast Final (LC), eighth in 50m Breast Final (SC), ninth in 100m Free Final (SC), 10th in 50m Fly Final (LC) and 200m Free Final (LC), 14th in 50m Free Final (LC) and 18th i9n 50m Breast Final (LC).
Arianna Mori (9): Finished second in 50m Fly Final (LC), fifth in 50m Breast Final (LC) and 100m Free Final (SC), sixth in 50m Back Final (LC), 100m Back Final (LC) and 100m Free Final (LC), seventh in 100m Breast Final (SC) and 11th in 50m Free Final (LC).
Masao Mori (14): Finished first in six races, the 50m Free Final (LC) (New 14y/o Provincial Champ Time/14y/o Western Time), 50m Fly Final (LC) (New Club Record/15y/o Provincial Champ Time), 100m Fly Final (SC) and 100m Free Final (SC) (New Club Record/14y/o Western Time/15y/o Provincial Champ Time), 200m IM Final (LC) (New 14y/o Western Time) and 200m Fly Final (LC) (New 14y/o Western Time), second in the 50m Breast Final (LC) and third in the 100m Back Final (LC) (New 14y/o Provincial Champ Time).
Saylee Mori (11): Finished 13th in 100m Breast Final (SC) and 16th in the 50m Fly Final (LC) and 100m Breast Final (LC).
Ivana Motsi (11): Finished 16th in 50m Fly Final (SC), 24th in 50m Free Final (SC), 50m Back Final (LC) and 100m Breast Final (LC), 28th in 100m Back Final (LC), 39th in 100m Free Final (LC), 40th in 50m Free Final (LC) and 44th in 200m Free Final (LC).
Sunai Motsi (8): Finished third in 50m Fly Final (SC) and 50m Free Final (SC), fifth in 50m Back Final (LC), eighth in 100m Back Final (LC) and 100m Breast Final (LC), 11th in 100m Free Final (LC) and 200m Free Final (LC) and 12th in 50m Free Final (LC).
Rylee Motz (12): Finished 17th in 50m Fly Final (SC) and 50m Free Final (SC), 25th in 100m Breast Final (LC), 31st in 50m Breast Final (LC), 50m Free Final (LC) and 50m Back Final (LC), 38th in 100m Free Final (LC) and 40th in 100m Back Final (LC).
Lucy Pattison (9): Finished second in 50m Fly Final (SC), third in 50m Fly Final (LC), fourth in 100m Breast Final (LC) and 200m IM Final (LC) and 10th in 100m Free Final (LC).
Ryes Pattison (12): Finished first in 50m Free Final (SC), 100m Fly Final (LC) and 100m Breast Final (LC), second in 100m Back Final (SC), third in 200m Breast Final (LC), fourth in 50m Back Final (LC) and 200m Back Final (LC) and eighth in 200m Free Final (LC).
Emilia Robinson (8): Finished sixth in 50m Free Final (SC), ninth in 100m Breast Final (SC), 10th in 50m Breast Final (LC), 15th in 50m Back Final (LC) and 18th in 100m Back Final (LC) and 100m Free Final (LC).
Maria Robinson (12): Finished sixth in 100m Fly Final (SC), 12th in 200m Breast Final (LC), 13th in 400m Free Final (LC), 16th in 100m Free Final (SC), 18th in 50m Back Final (LC) and 23rd in 50m Breast Final (LC), 50m Free Final (LC) and 100m Back Final (LC).
Aliya Seeley (16): Finished first in 200m Fly Final (LC), third in 50m Fly Final (SC) and 100m Breast Final (LC), fifth in 50m Back Final (LC) and 100m Fly Final (LC), seventh in 50m Breast Final (LC) and 50m Free Final (LC) and ninth in 50m Free Final (SC).
Austin Seeley (13): Finished third in 50m Breast Final (SC) and 200m Breast Final (LC), fourth in 50m Back Final (LC) and 100m Breast Final (LC), sixth in 100m Free Final (SC), 100m Back Final (LC) and 200m Free Final (LC) and eighth in 50m Free Final (LC).
Isobel Tessier (9): Finished sixth in 100m Breast Final (SC), seventh in 50m Free Final (SC) and 50m Fly Final (LC), 13th in 50m Back Final (LC), 14th in 100m Free Final (LC) and 16th in 100m Back Final (LC).
Marsha Van Der Merwe (11): Finished third in 50m Breast Final (SC) and 100m Breast Final (LC) (New 11y/o Festival Time), fourth in 200m Breast Final (LC) (New 11y/o Festival Time), fifth in 100m Fly Final (LC) (New 11y/o Festival Time), 11th in 100m Free Final (SC) and 200m Back Final (LC), 12th in 200m IM Final (LC) (New 11y/o Festival Time) and 18th in 200m Free Final (LC).
Henley Yonkman (10): Finished first in 50m Breast Final (LC) (New 10y/o Festival Time), third in 100m Back Final (LC), 100m Breast Final (LC) (New 10y/o Festival Time) and 200m Back Final (LC), fourth in 50m Free Final (SC) and 50m Back Final (LC), fifth in 50m Fly Final (SC) and sixth in 100m Free Final (LC).
Leo Yonkman (16): Finished first in 100m Free Final (LC), second in 50m Breast Final (SC) (New Club Record), 50m Breast Final (LC) (New Club Record/16y/o Provincial Champ Time), 50m Back Final (LC), 100m Breast Final (SC) (New Club Record) and 100m Breast Final (LC) (New Provincial Champ Open Time) and third in 50m Free Final (LC) and 100m Fly Final (LC).
Next on the calendar for AMAC is the Winter Provincial Championships in Edmonton, where qualifying swimmers will look to carry this momentum forward and continue representing the club.
