Competition at the 54th Annual Mel Zajac Jr. International meet wrapped up this evening with night three of finals.
After winning the 400 freestyle last night, Island Swimming Club’s Mackenzie Padington picked up another win in the women’s 800 freestyle, touching first in a time of 8:37.99. American Taylor Ault came in second in 8:41.36. Ault was closely followed by her USA teammate, 15 year old Madelyn Donohoe, who was third in 8:42.91.
LA Swim Club’s Rachel Nichol dominated the women’s 50 breaststroke, winning by over a second and breaking an 11 year old meet record with her time of 30.84. She was followed by Canadian national teamer Faith Knelson, who touched second in 32.06. Team Manitoba’s Kelsey Wog placed third in 32.47.
=== A - Final === 1 Nicol, Rachel 24 LASC 31.92 30.84m 2 Knelson, Faith 15 CAN-JR 32.22 32.06 3 Wog, Kelsey 18 TOBA/UMAN 32.70 32.47 4 Andison, Bailey 19 UN-CO-CO 33.58 33.35 5 Vander Leek, Ki 17 EKSC 33.74 33.43 6 Douglass, Kathe 15 USA-JR 33.27 33.61 7 Serka, Stefanie 23 UBCD 34.34 33.77 8 Jew, Ellie 15 LOSC-OR 33.74 33.99 9 Hay, Molli 14 EKSC 34.42 34.52 10 Watson, Sarah 16 TOBA/UMAN 34.33 34.61
The Canadian national team took the top two spots in the men’s 50 breaststroke, led by Richard Funk, who also set a new meet record in 27.92. Second place went to Kaelan Freund, who finished in 28.87. Tualatin Hills’s Caspar Corbeau came in third in 29.28.
=== A - Final === 1 Funk, Richard 24 CAN-SR 28.30 27.92m 2 Freund, Kaelan 18 CAN-SR 29.50 28.87 3 Corbeau, Caspar 16 THSC-OR 29.89 29.28 4 Mayer, Warren 18 PICK 29.93 29.37 5 Hovis, Mitch 17 KING-PN 29.83 29.50 6 Dang, Ethan 15 KING-PN 29.58 29.59 7 Huang, Owen 16 CAN-JR 29.95 29.61 8 Iida, Samuel 18 USA-JR 29.51 29.68 9 Lefranc, Jaren 17 CAN-JR 29.87 29.88 9 Blackmon, Ben 20 CHENA 30.03 29.88
USA’s Dakota Luther claimed first in the women’s 200 butterfly by over a second in a time of 2:13.27. Luther was followed by two Canadian national teamers, Victoria Kwan and Margaret MacNeil. Kwan came in second in 2:14.47, while MacNeil touched third in 2:15.42.
=== A - Final === 1 Luther, Dakota 17 USA-JR 2:13.99 2:13.27 2 Kwan, Victoria 16 CAN-JR 2:17.12 2:14.47 3 MacNeil, Margar 17 CAN-JR 2:19.02 2:15.42 4 Darcel, Sarah 18 ISC 2:17.50 2:15.98 5 Dickinson, Call 17 USA-JR 2:18.71 2:16.65 6 Ault, Taylor 18 USA-JR 2:18.07 2:16.72 7 Bradley, Heidi 20 UN-CO-CO 2:20.08 2:18.70 8 Henderson, Hann 15 CAN-JR 2:21.15 2:19.30 9 Gibson, Jessie 19 SPART 2:19.92 2:19.47 10 Seltenreich-Hod 22 GO/HPCVAN 2:18.58 2:20.23
The men’s 200 butterfly went to the University of Denver’s Andrew Torres in 2:01.95. Oakville’s Connor Wilkins and Richmond Rapids’s Nicolaas Dekker tied for second place in 2:03.26.
=== A - Final === 1 Torres, Andrew 22 UN-CO-CO 2:06.36 2:01.95 2 Wilkins, Connor 21 OAK 2:04.72 2:03.26 2 Dekker, Nicolaa 21 RAPID 2:04.54 2:03.26 4 Mathias, Van 16 MAC-OR 2:06.22 2:04.06 5 Tyler, Lucas 17 UVIC-PCS 2:06.13 2:04.46 6 Oh, Micah 18 KING-PN 2:06.47 2:05.45 7 Duke, Nicolas 19 CHENA 2:07.44 2:05.71 8 Ng, Christian 20 MARKHAM-ON 2:06.19 2:05.90 9 Goin, Emil 18 CAN-JR 2:07.40 2:06.54 10 Milosevic, Stef 21 UBCD/HPCVAN 2:07.70 2:10.65
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson of the Greater Ottawa Kingfish won the women’s 100 freestyle in 56.06, just ahead of Denver’s Johanna Roas. Roas touched second in 56.21. Padington, showing her versatility in the sprints, placed third in 56.54.
=== A - Final === 1 Seltenreich-Hod 22 GO/HPCVAN 56.99 56.06 2 Roas, Johanna 23 UN-CO-CO 56.93 56.21 3 Padington, Mack 18 ISC 56.59 56.54 4 Pyshnenko, Dari 18 USA-JR 57.81 57.24 5 Darcel, Sarah 18 ISC 57.89 57.66 6 Wog, Kelsey 18 TOBA/UMAN 57.68 57.67 7 Douglass, Kathe 15 USA-JR 57.31 57.70 8 Leibel, Kyla 15 CAN-JR 58.02 57.98 9 Knelson, Faith 15 CAN-JR 58.11 58.71 10 Tankersley, Mor 17 USA-JR 57.33 59.94
In the men’s 100 freestyle, the Canadian national team swept the top three spots. Yuri Kisil was the only swimmer to break the 50 second barrier, placing first in 49.35. Second place went to Mark Thormeyer in 50.60. Mehdi Ayoubi was third in 50.74.
=== A - Final === 1 Kisil, Yuri 21 CAN-SR 50.45 49.35 2 Thormeyer, Mark 19 CAN-SR 51.25 50.60 3 Ayoubi, Mehdi 18 CAN-JR 51.30 50.74 4 Robrock, Kyle 23 UN-CO-CO 50.99 50.76 5 Farber, Sid 18 UN-CO-CO 51.84 51.33 6 Bernard-Lalonde 21 CAN-SR 51.94 51.72 7 Troskot, Kyle 25 KSC 51.57 52.11 8 Olafson, Carson 20 CAN-SR 52.36 52.42 9 Iida, Samuel 18 USA-JR 52.54 53.25 10 Milosevic, Stef 21 UBCD/HPCVAN 52.25 53.36
Coming off of a second place finish in the 100 freestyle, Roas picked up the win in the women’s 100 backstroke with a time of 1:01.29. USA national teamer Alexandra Sumner came in second just behind Roas in 1:01.61. Ingrid Wilm, representing the UBC Dolphin Swim Association, finished third in 1:02.11.
=== A - Final === 1 Roas, Johanna 23 UN-CO-CO 1:02.39 1:01.29 2 Sumner, Alexand 16 USA-JR 1:02.95 1:01.61 3 Wilm, Ingrid 18 UBCD/HPCVAN 1:02.93 1:02.11 4 Hanus, Danielle 19 ISC 1:02.53 1:02.36 5 Broad, Madison 16 CAN-JR 1:03.81 1:02.96 6 Hannah, Jade 15 CAN-JR 1:03.59 1:03.31 7 Newman, Mara 17 LOSC-OR 1:03.17 1:03.54 8 Dickinson, Call 17 USA-JR 1:03.79 1:04.26 9 Henderson, Hann 15 CAN-JR 1:05.33 1:04.55 10 Gold, Aleksa 17 CAN-JR 1:05.37 1:05.11
Like Roas, Thormeyer came off a second place finish in the 100 freestyle to claim the top spot in the men’s 100 backstroke. The Canadian national teamer’s time of 55.15 was enough to beat his teammate Robert Hill, who was second in 56.34, by over a second. Hill just touched out yet another Canadian national teamer, Tim Zeng, who’s 56.37 was good for third.
=== A - Final === 1 Thormeyer, Mark 19 CAN-SR 58.18 55.15 2 Hill, Robert 21 CAN-SR 56.83 56.34 3 Zeng, Tim 19 CAN-SR 57.81 56.37 4 Loncar, Anton 21 CRO 57.52 56.75 5 Iida, Samuel 18 USA-JR 57.59 56.96 6 Binnema, Josiah 19 CAN-SR 57.81 57.00 7 Somerset, Sebas 16 CAN-JR 59.02 58.71 8 Smith, Jared 20 UN-CO-CO 58.72 58.95 9 Lu, Tyler 14 KING-PN 59.88 59.41 10 Therrien, Araya 20 UBCD 59.87 1:00.25
The men’s 1500 went to UVIC-Pacific Coast’s Jon McKay finished first in a time of 15:47.66. He was followed by Josh Zakala of the Island Swimming Club for second in 15:50.15. Third place went to Hau-Li Fan of the UBC Dolphin Swim Association in 15:53.47.
Quite out of the blue