North American Challenge Cup: Canada Wraps Up Dominant Meet

By David Rieder

SANTA CLARA, California, August 8. YOUNG swimmers from Canada completed a dominant three-day rout of three American teams, as well as one from Mexico. Similar to the other days of the meet, Canada won victories in half of the 15 & over races during the final day of long course meters racing from Santa Clara.

Canada's Mariya Chekanovych opened the night with a win in the 15-16 girls' 100 breast, clocking 1:11.76, while Pacific Northwest's Heather Harper (1:13.14) and Katie Kaestner (1:14.99) rounded out the top three. In the 15-16 boys' race, Canada's Mack Darragh won his fourth victory of the meet in 1:06.06, ahead of Pacific Northwest teammates Liam Sosinsky (1:06.84) and Joey Enbody (1:06.89). Southern California's Michelle Dockindorf clocked a time of 1:14.43 to defeat Canadians Michelle Fleming (1:14.84) and Jane Mortlock (1:15.85) in the 17-18 girls' 100 breast. Meanwhile, Mexico's Alejandro Torres Barraza held off Canada's Jeremie Holdom in the 17-18 boys' 100 breast, 1:07.78 to 1:08.15, while Southern California's Colin Duffy ended up third (1:09.81).

Southern California's Indira Ceranic denied Canada's Tasha Truscott her third individual win of the weekend, taking the 15-16 girls' 50 free in 26.97, to Truscott's 27.18, with Pacific Northwest's Joanna Wu third in 27.62. Southern California's Fred Abramyan won the 15-16 boys' 50 free in 24.36, while Canada's Edward Liu touched out Mexico's Rod Martinez Aguilar for second, 24.64 to 24.77. Canada went 1-2 in the 17-18 girls' 50 free. Sarah Sumner won in 26.88, ahead of teammate Jessica Plant's 27.41. Pacific's Hillary Hunt also broke 28 to take third (27.99). Mexico's Daniel Ramirez Carranza took the 17-18 boys' 50 free in 24.22. Canada's Zach Fedat finished second in 24.64, while Ramirez Carranza's teammate Marco Arredondo Gomez wound up third in 24.73.

Truscott bounced back with a win in the 15-16 girls' 200 IM, clocking 2:21.48, about a second ahead of Pacific Northwest's Hannah Taylor, who clocked 2:22.46. Southern California's Kate Santilena claimed third in 2:26.64. Darragh earned his second win of the night and fifth of the meet in the 15-16 boys' 200 IM, where he beat teammate Brayden Salmon, 2:08.42 to 2:08.79, while Martinez Aguilar returned to capture another podium spot in 2:10.65. Canada's Jessica Plant cruised in the 17-18 girls' 200 IM, clocking 2:20.01. Teammate Nicki Fyfe ended up second in 2:24.61, while Dockendorf earned third in 2:25.57. Mexico's Juan Del Pino Salas won the meet's final individual event with a 2:09.11 triumph in the 17-18 boys' 200 IM. Southern California's Drew Peterson (2:11.64) and Holdom (2:12.67) completed the top three.

Canada wrapped up three 15 & over 400 medley relay wins to finish the meet. Emily Doucette, Chekanovych, Truscott, and Tyra Rooney won the 15-16 girls' 400 medley relay in 4:22.94, while Canada's 15-16 male squad of Joe Byram, Darragh, Liu, and Bryan Wray won their medley relay in 3:57.10. Canada's 17-18 girls cruised in their medley relay, clocking 4:20.59, with Plant, Fleming, Shannon Nell, and Sumner. Mexico, meanwhile, took the win in the meet's final race, the 17-18 boys' 400 medley relay, as Luis Fabricio Soto Ramirez, Torres Barraza, Ramirez Carranza, and Arredondo Gomez clocked 3:58.93.

Swimming World high school intern David "The Swim Geek" Rieder is a high school swimmer in Charleston, S.C. He swims for the Southern Marlins Racing Team and often negative splits his races. He can be found on the web at swimdr549.blogspot.com and twitter.com/david2swim.

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