The Piranhas psoe with their award from the Ontario Junior Invitational swim meet. Photo credit: Grande Prairie Piranhas Swim Team/Facebook.

By Curtis Galbraith

Local Sports

Busy and successful weekend for Piranhas swimmers

Dec 15, 2025 | 3:38 PM

Athletes from the Grande Prairie Piranhas Swim team were busy collecting accolades and medals over the weekend.

The Piranhas took the team performance award and came away with seven medals, four of them gold, at the Ontario Junior Invitational swim meet in Toronto.

Oliver Dawson won gold in the 50, 100 and 200 metre breaststroke. He also set new meet and age group records in the 100. His time was 57.64 seconds.

Dawson also broke the record for the fastest time in the 200 for the 15-17 age group (2:05.77) and swam the fastest time ever, 26.43 seconds, for a 17-year-old in the 50.

“Pretty good, I don’t normally train for 50 breast, just a bit of fun,” said Dawson in a release from Swimming Canada.

Marley Monson won gold in the 100 metre breaststroke, silver in the 50 breast and bronze in the 200.

Mikayla Laurin took bronze in the 50 metre backstroke.

The Piranhas also won 11 medals; five gold, four silver and two bronze, at the JP Fiset Invitational in Edmonton.