Seven Swimmers Named 2022-2023 Victor Davis Memorial Fund Award Recipients

Swimming Canada has named 7 swimmers as recipients of the 2022-2023 Victor Davis Memorial Fund Awards.

The Victor Davis Memorial Fund was established in memory of Davis and continues to help inspire Canadian swimmers. Davis won four Olympic medals for Canada, including gold in the 200-m breaststroke at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games.

A few months after his retirement from competitive swimming, Davis was killed in a hit-and-run incident at the age of 25.

While Swimming Canada has not yet publicly named the amount of the 2022-2023 awards, last year, each of five recipients received $1,500 CAD ($1,100 USD). Each year, awards may be made from the fund to “promising, high performance Canadian amateur swimmers to assist them to continue their training, education, and pursuit of medals at the international level of competition.

Since its inception, over 100 athletes have been awarded.

2022-2023 Recipients:

Aiden Norman University of Calgary Swim Club – Coach Carl Simonson
Brayden Taivassalo Markham Aquatic Club – Coach Sean Baker
Kaitlyn Luu Thunder Bay Thunderbolts / OSA – Coach Don Burton
Thomas Caruso Chilliwack Spartans – Coach Justin Daly
Jaxson Row St. John’s Legends / OSA – Coach Don Burton
Katie Cosgriffe Oakville Aquatic Club – Coach Dave Tontini
Colleen Cloëtta Pointe-Claire Swim Club / CHP-Que – Coach Jean-Michel Lavallière

16-year-old Aiden Norman won two events, the 100 and 200 backstrokes, at last weekend’s Ontario Junior International – a high-profile national junior event. He also represented Canada at the summer’s Pan Pacific Championships, finishing a best of 6th in the 200 backstroke.

Brayden Taivassalo was also on the Canadian team at Junior Pan Pacs, where he was 5th in the 200 breaststroke and 6th in the 100 breaststroke. He is committed to attend the University of Texas in the United States in the fall.

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Brayden Taivassalo
1 year ago

Commited to U Texas for the fall. Hookem

swim_mike
Reply to  Brayden Taivassalo
1 year ago

That incoming class is next level… #hookem

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