Seamus Hilson places second in 50 metre freestyle at the Swim Ontario 2026 Championships

By Pepper Parr

July 11^th, 2026

BURLINGTON, ON

Seamus Hilson, placed second in the 50 metre freestyle

Seamus Hilson, a freestyle swimmer with the Burlington Aquatic Devilrays (BAD), placed second in the 50 metre event taking part in the Swim Ontario Championships in Toronto at the PanAm Sports Complex.

He is a student at Central Public where science and gymnastics are his top subjects.

The solar system fascinates him, saying he would be “surprised if there wasn’t something in the way of another species out there”.

Seamus Hilson

He is part of the competitive team that Coach  Sergei Soloukhin is building. It is a small group right now – four BAD members went to the Swim Ontario Championships.

Seamus explains part of what drives him as a swimmer.  Whenever he improves on his personal best, his father gives him $20