Acadia Swim Team announces additions to the 2019-20 roster

WOLFVILLE, N.S. – Acadia swimming head coach Gary MacDonald is pleased to announce this year's incoming class of freshmen and freshwomen.

This year's first year student-athletes include swimmers from Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The Axemen and Axewomen swim teams will have a full complement of 18 swimmers per gender, making this year's team the largest in recent history.

"The 2019-20 season should be a very exciting year for the Axemen and Axewomen. For the first time we have two full teams, 21 men and 18 women," said head coach Gary MacDonald.

In his fifth year as the Acadia swim team's head coach, MacDonald noted that the last few seasons including this year have been outstanding recruiting years.

"After a banner recruiting year, the AUS Championships are within our reach. After coming close two years ago, this year's recruiting class of eight men could provide the competitive edge to put us over the top. The women have added five new swimmers and hope to close the gap against the Dal Tigers," noted MacDonald.

Coach MacDonald is very excited to start competing and get the ball rolling. First stop UNB. The team begins the AUS season on October 19-20 weekend at UNB and then host the first of two AUS meets at Acadia on November 2-3.

This year's entering class includes:

Name                                 Specialty                                                             Hometown

Reilly Baker                        Sprint Freestyle                                                   Leaside, Ont.
Andre Walcott                    Breaststroke                                                         Bahamas
Dean Sangster                   Backstroke, Freestyle                                            Truro, N.S.
Shane Kenny                     Sprint Butterfly, Freestyle                                      Bathurst, N.B.
Grier Kershaw                    Breaststroke, Freestyle                                          Barrie, Ont.
Sean Vibert                       Sprint Freestyle, Breaststroke                                Wolfville, N.S.
Lucas Perkins                    Butterfly, Freestyle                                                Ottawa, Ont.
Gordon Shortt                    Individual Medley, Breaststroke                             Simcoe, Ont.
Aaron Day                         Freestyle                                                             New Glasgow, N.S.                                                         

Sofia Munoz                      Individual Medley, Freestyle                                   Kingston, Ont.
Elisabeth Morrison             Sprinter                                                                Fredericton, N.B.
Maddie Murray                  Breaststroke, Individual Medley                              Burlington, Ont.
Gina Vaillancourt               Individual Medley                                                  St John, N.B.
Sadie McAlear                   Butterfly                                                              Cornwall, Ont.