Congratulations to all our swimmers who competed at the 2012 HAC/MAC Spring Invitational April 13-15! With strong performances across every age group, you should all be very proud!Our 11 & under girls put in a strong effort, with Alina Sharipova finishing third in the 50 Breaststroke and the 100 Fly.

The 12 year old girls rocked the pool with Alexandra Kich-Fitsialos finishing first in the 100 and 200 Fly, second in the 50 Fly, 400 IM and 400 Free, and third in the 50 breast. Special mention to Alexandra for conquering the 1500 free! Sophia Witterick-Laskin pulled out a first in the 50 breaststroke, and four second place finishes – 200 IM, 100 breast, 200 breast and 50 back. Way to go girls!

Our 13 and 14 year-old girls worked very hard, with strong races by Victoriya Kozhemyakina in the 13 year old 100 back and 50 Breaststroke. Tiffany Ursulecu nailed a third place spot in the 14-year old 50 breaststroke.

Not to be outdone, our 11 & under boys showed their stuff, with 11 year old Kristi Grillo snatching 4 first place spots - 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 50 Free and 100 Free - and 3 second place finishes - 50 Breaststroke, 100 IM and 400 Free. Cooper Lochrie was right behind Kristi with second place finishes in the 100 and 200 Backstroke. Tudor Lungu followed with a second place finish in the 100 Breaststroke and a third place finish in the 50 Breaststroke and 800 Free.Yotam Berkovich finished third in the 12 year old boys 200 Fly and 800 Free, and George Mardari swam to a third place spot in the 50 Breastroke.

The 13, 14 and 15 year old men swam confidently, with second place finishes by Nikita Lizogubenko and Constantin Lungu in the 200 IM and 800 Free, and a third place finish by Ivan Sobolev in the 100 Breaststroke. Way to go the distance guys!

We are looking forward to a show of strength next weekend at the HHBF Invitational In Hamilton!

Total of 55 medals have been earned by RAMAC swimmers in individual events last weekend of December 10, 2010 at Pickering Recreation Complex. This is our clubs annual attendance of the meet that showed an increase in popularity in the last 5 years. Total of 12 teams from around Toronto brought more than 500 swimmers to compete at this meet. Medals were distributed for individual events as well as relays. Our relay team won First place in 200 Free relay for 13-14 years old boys and 15 over boys category. We thank Pickering Swimming Club for organizing such an event that allowed swimming clubs from around Toronto to qualify for Provincial Championship in Nepean next year.

Ramac swimmers had another successful meet on the weekend of November 12, 2010. We attended a very popular event, in the city of Newmarket, that was organized by Newmarket Stingrays Swimming Club with support of METRO Stores . The meet had 3 warm up sessions for different age groups of swimmers. RAMAC brought 37 competitive swimmers ranged from very experienced, top 10 in Canada swimmers, to rookies who just finished our successful swimming lessons program in Toronto and attended swim meet for the first time. Total of 31 medals won by RAMAC swimmers.

FIRST PLACE
Dmitri Veikhman (13) 100 Freestyle - 1:00.60
Nikita Lizogubenko ( 11) 100 Backstroke - 1:21.21
Teddy Kalp (14) 200 Backstroke - 2:19.49
Gaby Davidsohn (9) 25 Breaststroke - 30.00
Victor Sanzarevsky (11) 100 Breaststroke - 1:32.32
Nikita Lizogubenko ( 11) 200 Breaststroke - 3:16.00
Christiane Konstantopoulos (11) 100 Butterfly - 1:23.01
Dmitri Veikhman (13) 200 Butterfly -2:35.73

SECOND PLACE
Darian Petrov (18) 50 Freestyle-25.53
Teddy Kalp (14) 100 Freestyle-57.91
Alexandra Koch-Fitsialos (11) 200 Freestyle-2:37.77
Nikita Lizogubenko (11) 200 Freestyle-2:32.16
Christiane Konstantopoulos (11) 50 Backstroke-38.21
Teddy Kalp (14) 100 Backstroke - 1:05.99
Christiane Konstantopoulos (11) 200 Backstroke-2:44.42
Daniel Mezhibovski (10) 25 Breaststroke - 35.00
Max Verzunov (12) 50 Breaststroke - 39.33
Dmitri Veikhman (13) 100 Butterfly - 1:11.56

THIRD PLACE
Teddy Kalp (14) 50 Freestyle 26.94
Dmitri Veikhman (13) 200 Freestyle - 2:15.56
Alexandra Koch-Fitsialos (11) 50 Backstroke - 39.74
Ivan Golovin (12) 50 Backstroke 40.56
Victor Sanzarevsky (11) 100 Backstroke -1:23.29
Nikita Lizogubenko (11) 200 Backstroke- 2:54.30
David Rapoport (12) 50 Breaststroke-39.61
Darian Petrov (18) 50 Breaststroke-31.83
Max Verzunov (12) 100 Breaststroke-1:27.18
Constantin Lungu (13) 50 Butterfly-44.14
Alexandra Koch-Fitsialos (11) 100 Butterfly-1:29.44
Victor Sanzarevsky (11) 100 Butterfly-1:28.58
Teddy Kalp (14) 200 Butterfly- 2:36.14

The weekend of October 16, 17, 2010 RAMAC Swim Club participated in the first meet of the 2010-11 season. We brought 32 swimmers of different calibber to participate in this invitational meet. Some of the proceeds will go to support swimming Hall of Fame of Ontario. Total of 19 swimming clubs from around GTA participated in this meet and we would like to congratulate our winners.

FIRST PLACE
Teddy Kalp(13) 200 Free 2:05.45S

SECOND PLACE
Nikita Lizogubenko(11)
200 Free-2:30.60S; 100 Breast-1:32.80S; 200IM-2:53.06S
Teddy Kalp(13) 100 Back 1:07.15S
David Rapoport(12) 50 Breast 40.22S
Darian Petrov(17) 50 Breast 31.24S
Christiane Konstantopoulos(11) 100 Fly 1:24.33S

THIRD PLACE
Gleb Smorchkov(10) 200 Free-2:57.15S; 100 Back-1:36.70S
Alexandra Koch-Fitsialos(11) 200 Free-2:39.37S
David Rapoport(12) 200 Free-2:30.15S
Dmitri Veikhman(13) 200 Free-2:15.48S

21-Oct-2010

RAMAC Swimming Club
in Toronto and North York
Swimming Lessons, Competitive Swimming, Summer Swim Camp.

RAMAC Swimming Club was found in November 1998 and began two times a week practices at Westview Secondary School on February 1, 1999. Originally we rented swimming pool with Parks and Recreation. The rental of the pool started with two times a week and expanded to six days a week growing from no swimmers to a hundred in 5 years.

Overall RAMAC development looked like a success and swimmers whose presence, at growing number of meets we attended, was more and more noticeable with medals and ribbons they have won. Some of our swimmers qualified for provincial and national championship and Mark Kourganov's swimmer Alex Kofman became two times National Age Group Champion in summer 2003. In the summer of 2010 Teddy Kalp, who began his swimming as a 7 years old at RAMAC swim club in North York, won national title in the open water swim in Winnipeg. Teddy swam 5000 meters in 1hour 1 minute and 22 seconds.

In summer 2003 RAMAC Swimming Club faced uncertainty as city of Toronto experienced budget problems and Park and Recreation was unable to rent out Westview S.S. pool anymore. At that time we came up with a proposal to Toronto District School Board real estate department asking them to lease former Bathurst Heights S.S. pool. Our proposal was accepted.

Today, our club is operating seven days a week serving approximate 150 swimmers. In 2004-2006 seasons RAMAC Swimmers brought Small Team Trophy award from Junior Provincial Championship and Small Team Cup from Top Cup.

Also, swimming lessons are offered now in our downtown swimming pool location on Bloor and Bayview. Swimming lessons in Toronto offered Monday to Friday from 6pm to 9pm. Downtown swimming pool lessons take place at Rosedale Heights SS in a newly renovated swimming pool. The swimming pool has six lanes and 4 feet depth which is suitable for swim lessons and competitive training.

Please visit our site more often as we continue working hard to update our history with success.

RAMAC Swimming Club in Toronto and North York Swimming Lessons, Competitive Swimming, Summer Swim Camp.

RAMAC Swimming Club
in Toronto and North York
Swimming Lessons, Competitive Swimming, Summer Swim Camp.