Greater Ottawa Kingfish Swim Club is a non-profit, competitive swim club operating in Ottawa, Canada. The club has over 100 athletes in its competitive program, as well as over 100 swimmers in its pre-competitive Junior Group program. The club is affiliated with the University of OttawaGee Gees. The Club is a member of the Eastern Ontario Swimming Association, Swim Ontario, and Swimming Canada.
Coaches
Head coach: Jason Allen
Associate Head Coach/Youth Coach: Simon St. Pierre
2011: Kingfish, Own the Podium and Swim Ontario create a high performance Regional Training Centre for swimming and triathlon on the University of Ottawa campus. Derrick Schoof resigns as Gee-Gees' and GO Kingfish swim coach.
2009: Derrick Schoof named head coach of GO Kingfish Swim Club and uOttawa men's and women's swimming
GO Kingfish swimmers on the national and international stage
2016
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson and Ashton Baumann represented GO at the Olympics
2013
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson won three gold and two silver medals at the New South Wales Championships in Sydney, Australia.
2012
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson won one gold and one bronze medal at the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. She would also win two gold medals at the Long CourseCanadian Championships. Shaylyn Hewton, Connor Michie, Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, Liam Veregin, and Eli Wall all participated in the Long Course Canadian Age Group Championships. Taylor Moore won one bronze medal at the Coupe Canada. A total of ten swimmers participated in the 2012 Canadian Olympic Trials;
2011
Matthew Hawes participated in the Long Course World Championships in Shanghai; Tabitha Baumann won silver in 200m Freestyle relay at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru; Ashton Baumann, Tabitha Baumann, and Tess Simpson won a combined two gold and one bronze medal at the Summer National Championships; Adam Best and Matt Hawes won a combined one gold and two silver medals at the CIS Championships; Eli Wall won one gold and two silver medals at the Long Course Canadian Age Group Championships; Tabitha Baumann won one silver and one bronze at the Canada Cup; Ashton Baumann, Tabitha Baumann, and Matthew Hawes won a total of one gold, two silver, and two bronze medals at the Coupe Canada; Meghan Michie won four gold medals at the Athens Special Olympics World Summer Games. Meghan Michie was named Special Olympics Female Athlete of the Year.
2010
Matthew Hawes won one silver and one bronze medal at the Pan Pacific Trials. He later participated in the Long Course Canadian Championships with Tess Simpson, with the team winning a total of one gold and two bronze medals. Ashton Baumann, Tabitha Baumann, and Eli Wall won a collective three gold, one silver, and two bronze medals at the Long Course Canadian Age Group Championships. Matt Hawes and Derrick Schoof received the J. Tihanyi bursary.
Canadian record holders
Matthew Hawes is a Canadian record holder in the 200m Backstroke with a time of 1:57.34.
Notable Alumni
Tabitha Baumann — silver medalist in 4X200m Freestyle relay at the World Youth Championships ; swam for GO Kingfish until December 2011.
