Madison Neufeld from the Yorkton Aquabatix (YAX) Synchronized Swimming Club has completed the long journey to become a national level synchronized swimmer. In five years Neufeld has gone from a recreational local Yorkton swimmer, up to a competitive Provincial swimmer with YAX, spending five years in total with the program. Through her hard work and commitment Neufeld has now landed a spot on Team Saskatchewan to compete at the national provincial level, a huge accomplishment.
Madison's swimming career began in Yorkton at age six at the local pool. Beginning as a recreational swimmer, learning the sport and having fun, Madison soon found she had a drive to win, starting to compete in tournaments after falling in love with the sport.
Neufeld has been competing provincially with much success for the past five years with YAX program. A talented individual in the pool, Neufeld has had many accomplishments/firsts with figure meets, solos, and duet. In addition to individual success, Neufeld has also achieved new highs for the YAX program in team meets and disciplines.
Sharing success with fellow teammates gave her the push to work harder. Madison has just returned from Canmore, AB after a week of intense training with her new teammates on Team Saskatchewan, one of the first new experiences for Neufeld as she begins life with the provincial program. Sporting her new Team Sask swim suit the team swam a watershow for family and the public on their last day in Canmore, AB to wrap up a successful week of training.
Being the youngest swimmer on the team at just 12 years of age, Neufeld mentioned that she felt embraced and very welcome by the other swimmers and coaches despite being a "rookie" on the team at the very young age of 12. Madison's next plan is to move to Saskatoon this fall to continue her training on a national level with the immediate dreams of swimming with Team Saskatchewan in Prince George for the Canada Games in 2015. For a swimmer that has been quickly rising up the provincial ranks and is reaching new highs at just 12 years old, it appears that the sky is the limit.
