Competition at the 54th Annual Mel Zajac Jr. International meet continued this evening with night two of finals. It was a battle between the US national team and the Canada national team for the most top three finishers of the session.
15-year-old Kate Douglass, USA national teamer and multiple NAG record holder, sprinted to a first place finish in the women’s 50-meter freestyle with her time of 25.56, topping a packed field by half a second. University of Denver’s Johanna Roas touched second in 26.04, and USA’s Daria Pyshnenko was close behind in 26.07 to round out the top three finishers in the event.
=== A - Final === 1 Douglass, Katherine 15 USA-JR 25.69 25.56 2 Roas, Johanna 23 UN-CO-CO 26.16 26.04 3 Pyshnenko, Daria 18 USA-JR 26.15 26.07 4 Padington, Mackenzie 18 ISC 26.48 26.12 5 Wog, Kelsey 18 TOBA/UMAN 26.82 26.42 6 Watson, Sarah 16 TOBA/UMAN 26.95 26.70 7 Leibel, Kyla 15 CAN-JR 26.94 26.77 8 Tankersley, Morgan 17 USA-JR 27.00 26.95 9 Hannah, Jade 15 CAN-JR 26.99 26.98 10 Esposito, Anna Maria 17 KSC 27.17 27.18
Canada’s Margaret MacNeil kicked off a session of fast swimming with her win in the women’s 100-meter butterfly. Her time of 59.54 was the only time under 1:00.00, and bested the field by a half second. Dakota Luther of the USA Junior National Team was second with her time of 1:00.00, and University of Denver’s Heidi Bradley took the bronze in 1:00.87.
=== A - Final === 1 MacNeil, Margaret 17 CAN-JR 1:00.27 59.54 2 Luther, Dakota 17 USA-JR 1:01.29 1:00.00 3 Bradley, Heidi 20 UN-CO-CO 1:01.52 1:00.87 4 Hanus, Danielle 19 ISC 1:02.10 1:01.47 5 Hannah, Jade 15 CAN-JR 1:02.20 1:01.76 6 Carlton, Emma 17 BBST-PN 1:02.07 1:01.93 7 Darcel, Sarah 18 ISC 1:02.10 1:02.03 8 Garriock, Natalia 21 DST 1:03.16 1:02.80 9 Dickinson, Callie 17 USA-JR 1:02.24 1:03.02 10 Gibson, Jessie 19 SPART 1:03.18 1:03.44
The Canada national team notched two more top three finishes in the men’s 100-meter fly, with teammates Josiah Binnema and Alexandre Perreault touching in 53.95 and 54.50, respectively. Third place by a hair went to Van Mathias of Multinoma Aquatic Club in 54.51.
=== A - Final === 1 Binnema, Josiah 19 CAN-SR 55.50 53.95 2 Perreault, Alexandre 18 CAN-SR 54.98 54.50 3 Mathias, Van 16 MAC-OR 54.55 54.51 4 Carlson, Evan 17 THSC-OR 54.96 54.58 5 Torres, Andrew 22 UN-CO-CO 55.36 54.62 6 Robrock, Kyle 23 UN-CO-CO 55.24 54.78 7 Thormeyer, Markus 19 CAN-SR 56.76 55.44 8 Dekker, Nicolaas 21 RAPID 56.15 55.55 9 Oh, Micah 18 KING-PN 56.54 56.69 10 Pratt, Cole 14 TEAM AB/CASC 57.01 56.76
The distance event of the night, the 400-meter freestyle, saw some tight competition in the women’s A-final. Island Swimming Club’s Mackenzie Padington took the win with her time of 4:11.10, while Danica Ludlow of the University of Calgary Swim Club was not far behind in 4:11.52. Third place went to USA National teamer and University of Florida-bound Taylor Ault, who was within a second of the first-place finisher with her time of 4:12.09.
=== A - Final === 1 Padington, Mackenzie 18 ISC 4:14.74 4:11.10 2 Ludlow, Danica 20 UCSC 4:15.52 4:11.52 3 Ault, Taylor 18 USA-JR 4:18.22 4:12.09 4 Donohoe, Madelyn 15 USA-JR 4:15.50 4:19.08 5 Wilson, Caitlyn 18 THSC-OR 4:23.37 4:20.09 6 Tankersley, Morgan 17 USA-JR 4:19.66 4:20.34 7 Groysman, Yulia 16 KING-PN 4:23.44 4:20.52 8 Luther, Dakota 17 USA-JR 4:23.04 4:20.53 9 Brundage, Maia 21 UBCD 4:24.56 4:24.18 10 Gowans, Molly 17 ISC 4:19.47 4:27.10
Tristan Cote of Etobicoke Swimming topped the men’s 400-meter freestyle with his time of 3:55.34, shaving almost six seconds off of his prelims time. USA’s Kieran Smith touched second in 3:57.67, and Canada’s Samuel Belanger grabbed the third place finish with a 3:59.41.
=== A - Final === 1 Cote, Tristan 21 ESWIM 4:01.24 3:55.34 2 Smith, Kieran 17 USA-JR 4:01.31 3:57.67 3 Belanger, Samuel 20 CAN-JR 4:03.00 3:59.41 4 Gilbert, Colin 18 CAN-SR 4:02.29 3:59.75 5 Zakala, Josh 19 ISC 4:01.82 3:59.83 6 McKay, Jon 21 UVIC-PCS 4:03.76 4:02.09 7 Fan, Hau-Li 19 UBCD 4:04.83 4:02.69 8 Milosevic, Stefan 21 UBCD/HPCVAN 4:07.07 4:06.76 9 Thornbrue, Luke 16 HEAT-OR 4:06.19 4:06.79 10 Konik, Justin 16 CAN-JR 4:07.07 4:07.80
Roas, who has competed for the German national team, sprinted to victory in the women’s 50-meter backstroke with her time of 28.58, and Ingrid Wilm of the UBC Dolphin Swim Association finished second in 28.75. The bronze medal went to Canada’s 16-year-old Madison Broad in 29.06.
=== A - Final === 1 Roas, Johanna 23 UN-CO-CO 28.60 28.58 2 Wilm, Ingrid 18 UBCD/HPCVAN 29.29 28.75 3 Broad, Madison 16 CAN-JR 29.57 29.06 4 Hanus, Danielle 19 ISC 29.27 29.38 5 Hannah, Jade 15 CAN-JR 29.51 29.64 6 Caldwell, Hilary 26 ISC 30.03 29.73 7 Bradley, Heidi 20 UN-CO-CO 30.46 29.91 8 Gowans, Molly 17 ISC 30.11 30.03 9 Henderson, Hanna 15 CAN-JR 30.28 30.16 10 Modrcin, Dora 17 TOBA/MM 30.65 30.43
Canada got a leg up in the men’s sprint backstroke, with Tim Zeng touching first in 25.74. Second was Denver’s Kyle Robrock in 26.16, and third place went to University of Calgary Swim Club’s Christopher Courtis in 26.94.
=== A - Final === 1 Zeng, Tim 19 CAN-SR 26.66 25.74 2 Robrock, Kyle 23 UN-CO-CO 26.54 26.16 3 Courtis, Christopher 23 UCSC 27.20 26.94 4 Farber, Sid 18 UN-CO-CO 27.42 26.98 5 Binnema, Josiah 19 CAN-SR 27.59 27.32 6 Loncar, Anton 21 CRO 27.44 27.36 7 Lisoway, Justin 16 TEAM AB/CASC 27.99 27.50 8 Smith, Jared 20 UN-CO-CO 27.75 27.66 9 Carlson, Evan 17 THSC-OR 28.01 27.86 10 Hayes, Nathan 15 KING-PN 27.93 28.39
The next event underway was the finals of the women’s 200-meter IM , where Sarah Darcel of Island Swimming Club managed to hold on to first place, touching in 2:15.27 to Kelsey Wog of Team Manitoba’s second-place time of 2:15.63. Darcel’s teammate 26-year-old Hilary Caldwell notched a third-place finish for the team with her time of 2:16.62.
=== A - Final === 1 Darcel, Sarah 18 ISC 2:17.09 2:15.27 2 Wog, Kelsey 18 TOBA/UMAN 2:18.86 2:15.63 3 Caldwell, Hilary 26 ISC 2:19.23 2:16.62 4 Andison, Bailey 19 UN-CO-CO 2:18.46 2:16.82 5 Padington, Mackenzie 18 ISC 2:17.90 2:18.61 6 Hanus, Danielle 19 ISC 2:20.41 2:18.68 7 Andrusak, Jordan 17 UVIC-PCS 2:22.51 2:19.82 8 Knelson, Faith 15 CAN-JR 2:22.26 2:20.69 9 Dickinson, Callie 17 USA-JR 2:21.89 2:21.42 10 Mitchell, Emma 16 KSC 2:23.10 2:23.62
On the men’s side, Smith moved up in the ranks, swimming to victory with a 2:02.75 in the 200-meter IM. USA’s Samuel Iida touched close behind in 2:03.16, while Island Swimming Club’s Josh Zakala won bronze with his time of 2:07.05.
=== A - Final === 1 Smith, Kieran 17 USA-JR 2:07.13 2:02.75 2 Iida, Samuel 18 USA-JR 2:05.65 2:03.16 3 Zakala, Josh 19 ISC 2:08.67 2:07.05 4 Ng, Christian 20 MARKHAM-ON 2:09.02 2:07.47 5 Knox, Finlay 16 TEAM AB/FSSC 2:09.41 2:09.76 6 Eriks, Colin 21 UBCD 2:08.69 2:10.18 7 Mathias, Van 16 MAC-OR 2:08.73 2:10.33 8 Freund, Kaelan 18 CAN-SR 2:10.40 2:10.45 9 Hernandez, Rolando 19 HYACK 2:10.96 2:10.90 10 Oh, Micah 18 KING-PN 2:11.18 2:12.51
For the men’s 50-meter freestyle, Canada retaliated with a first-place finish from Yuri Kisil, who touched in a blistering 22.69. Second place went to Dillon Virva, swimming with King Aquatic Club, with his time of 22.85. Robrock took home a third-place finish with his swim of 23.10.
=== A - Final === 1 Kisil, Yuri 21 CAN-SR 23.09 22.69 2 Virva, Dillon 23 KING-PN 22.78 22.85 3 Robrock, Kyle 23 UN-CO-CO 23.31 23.10 4 Farber, Sid 18 UN-CO-CO 23.59 23.29 5 Troskot, Kyle 25 KSC 23.33 23.46 6 Bernard-Lalonde, Anto 21 CAN-SR 23.88 23.48 7 Ayoubi, Mehdi 18 CAN-JR 23.62 23.66 8 Carlson, Evan 17 THSC-OR 23.80 23.70 9 Corbeau, Caspar 16 THSC-OR 23.83 23.91 10 Milosevic, Stefan 21 UBCD/HPCVAN 24.12 24.45
Switching gears, the women tackled the 200-meter breaststroke as the last individual event of the session. Kelowna Westside’s Kierra Smith swam to a decisive victory with a 2:25.25, over six seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson of Greater Ottowa Kingfish took second place with her swim of 2:31.59, and third place went to Rachel Nicol of LA Swim Club in 2:32.40.
=== A - Final === 1 Smith, Kierra 23 KWIC 2:29.12 2:25.25 2 Seltenreich-Hodgson, 22 GO/HPCVAN 2:35.21 2:31.59 3 Nicol, Rachel 24 LASC 2:35.63 2:32.40 4 Knelson, Faith 15 CAN-JR 2:36.80 2:33.77 4 Wiseman, Avery 15 TEAM AB/TRIT 2:35.81 2:33.77 6 Tarrant, Sophie 16 UVIC-PCS 2:39.21 2:37.68 7 Darcel, Sarah 18 ISC 2:39.97 2:38.27 8 Roth, Isabelle 14 TEAM AB/CASC 2:41.93 2:39.27 9 Herbert, Bailey 14 TEAM BC/LOSC 2:39.87 2:39.40 10 Ledoux, Renae 17 PSW 2:42.38 2:41.03
Canada’s Richard Funk topped the men’s 200-meter breaststroke with his swim of 2:15.41, a five-second drop from prelims, ahead of USA’s AJ Bornstein and his time of 2:18.65. Canada notched another top three finish in 17-year-old Jaren Lefranc‘s time of 2:18.90.
=== A - Final === 1 Funk, Richard 24 CAN-SR 2:21.02 2:15.41 2 Bornstein, AJ 17 USA-JR 2:21.62 2:18.65 3 Lefranc, Jaren 17 CAN-JR 2:21.09 2:18.90 4 Corbeau, Caspar 16 THSC-OR 2:21.22 2:20.22 5 Blackmon, Ben 20 CHENA 2:24.53 2:20.92 6 Cote, Tristan 21 ESWIM 2:25.07 2:21.81 7 Iida, Samuel 18 USA-JR 2:21.65 2:22.80 8 Hill, Robert 21 CAN-SR 2:23.79 2:23.51 9 Hughes, Robert 19 KING-PN 2:26.17 2:27.01 10 Huang, Owen 16 CAN-JR 2:26.38 2:28.23
To finish out the session, the women and men competed in the 800-meter freestyle relay. On the women’s side, the USA Junior National team bested the Canada Junior National team by about four seconds. For the US team, Madelyn Donohoe, Morgan Tankersley, Douglass, and Ault put together a time of 8:18.92, while Canada’s Kyla Leibel, Aleksa Gold, Isabel Sarty, and Jessica Luo stopped the clock in 8:23.06. Third place went to Canada’s junior C relay team made up of Victoria Kwan, MacNeil, Jade Hannah, and Faith Knelson, who finished in 8:26.87.
For the men, Canada’s senior A team took home the win with their time of 7:32.58 (made up of Carson Olafson, Markus Thormeyer, Kisil, and Colin Gilbert). The junior team was not far behind, as Alexander Pratt, Justin Konik, Belanger, and Emil Goin put together a time of 7:40.54 for second place. Third place in the final event of the evening went to Hau-Li Fan, Stefan Milosevic, Araya Therrien, and Luke Reilly of the UBC Dolphin Swim Association in 7:48.92.
Competition for the 2017 Mel Zajac Jr. Invitational will resume tomorrow morning at 9:00am prelims with the 50 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 100 freestyle, 100 backstroke, and the 1650 and 1000.
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