Daria Pyshnenko<\/strong> was close behind in 26.07 to round out the top three finishers in the event.<\/p>\n === A - Final === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Douglass, Katherine 15 USA-JR 25.69 25.56 \r\n 2 Roas, Johanna 23 UN-CO-CO 26.16 26.04 \r\n 3 Pyshnenko, Daria 18 USA-JR 26.15 26.07 \r\n 4 Padington, Mackenzie 18 ISC 26.48 26.12 \r\n 5 Wog, Kelsey 18 TOBA\/UMAN 26.82 26.42 \r\n 6 Watson, Sarah 16 TOBA\/UMAN 26.95 26.70 \r\n 7 Leibel, Kyla 15 CAN-JR 26.94 26.77 \r\n 8 Tankersley, Morgan 17 USA-JR 27.00 26.95 \r\n 9 Hannah, Jade 15 CAN-JR 26.99 26.98 \r\n 10 Esposito, Anna Maria 17 KSC 27.17 27.18 \r\n<\/pre>\nCanada’s Margaret MacNeil\u00a0<\/strong>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<\/strong> of the USA Junior National Team was second with her time of 1:00.00, and University of Denver’s Heidi Bradley\u00a0<\/strong>took the bronze in 1:00.87.<\/p>\n === A - Final === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 MacNeil, Margaret 17 CAN-JR 1:00.27 59.54 \r\n 2 Luther, Dakota 17 USA-JR 1:01.29 1:00.00 \r\n 3 Bradley, Heidi 20 UN-CO-CO 1:01.52 1:00.87 \r\n 4 Hanus, Danielle 19 ISC 1:02.10 1:01.47 \r\n 5 Hannah, Jade 15 CAN-JR 1:02.20 1:01.76 \r\n 6 Carlton, Emma 17 BBST-PN 1:02.07 1:01.93 \r\n 7 Darcel, Sarah 18 ISC 1:02.10 1:02.03 \r\n 8 Garriock, Natalia 21 DST 1:03.16 1:02.80 \r\n 9 Dickinson, Callie 17 USA-JR 1:02.24 1:03.02 \r\n 10 Gibson, Jessie 19 SPART 1:03.18 1:03.44 \r\n<\/pre>\nThe Canada national team notched two more top three finishes in the men’s 100-meter fly, with teammates\u00a0Josiah Binnema<\/strong>\u00a0and Alexandre Perreault\u00a0<\/strong>touching in 53.95 and 54.50, respectively. Third place by a hair went to Van Mathias<\/strong> of Multinoma Aquatic Club in 54.51.<\/p>\n === A - Final === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Binnema, Josiah 19 CAN-SR 55.50 53.95 \r\n 2 Perreault, Alexandre 18 CAN-SR 54.98 54.50 \r\n 3 Mathias, Van 16 MAC-OR 54.55 54.51 \r\n 4 Carlson, Evan 17 THSC-OR 54.96 54.58 \r\n 5 Torres, Andrew 22 UN-CO-CO 55.36 54.62 \r\n 6 Robrock, Kyle 23 UN-CO-CO 55.24 54.78 \r\n 7 Thormeyer, Markus 19 CAN-SR 56.76 55.44 \r\n 8 Dekker, Nicolaas 21 RAPID 56.15 55.55 \r\n 9 Oh, Micah 18 KING-PN 56.54 56.69 \r\n 10 Pratt, Cole 14 TEAM AB\/CASC 57.01 56.76<\/pre>\nThe 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<\/strong> took the win with her time of 4:11.10, while Danica Ludlow<\/strong> 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<\/strong>, who was within a second of the first-place finisher with her time of 4:12.09.<\/p>\n === A - Final === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Padington, Mackenzie 18 ISC 4:14.74 4:11.10 \r\n 2 Ludlow, Danica 20 UCSC 4:15.52 4:11.52 \r\n 3 Ault, Taylor 18 USA-JR 4:18.22 4:12.09 \r\n 4 Donohoe, Madelyn 15 USA-JR 4:15.50 4:19.08 \r\n 5 Wilson, Caitlyn 18 THSC-OR 4:23.37 4:20.09 \r\n 6 Tankersley, Morgan 17 USA-JR 4:19.66 4:20.34 \r\n 7 Groysman, Yulia 16 KING-PN 4:23.44 4:20.52 \r\n 8 Luther, Dakota 17 USA-JR 4:23.04 4:20.53 \r\n 9 Brundage, Maia 21 UBCD 4:24.56 4:24.18 \r\n 10 Gowans, Molly 17 ISC 4:19.47 4:27.10 \r\n<\/pre>\nTristan Cote<\/strong> 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<\/strong> touched second in 3:57.67, and Canada’s Samuel Belanger<\/strong> grabbed the third place finish with a 3:59.41.<\/p>\n === A - Final === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Cote, Tristan 21 ESWIM 4:01.24 3:55.34 \r\n 2 Smith, Kieran 17 USA-JR 4:01.31 3:57.67 \r\n 3 Belanger, Samuel 20 CAN-JR 4:03.00 3:59.41 \r\n 4 Gilbert, Colin 18 CAN-SR 4:02.29 3:59.75 \r\n 5 Zakala, Josh 19 ISC 4:01.82 3:59.83 \r\n 6 McKay, Jon 21 UVIC-PCS 4:03.76 4:02.09 \r\n 7 Fan, Hau-Li 19 UBCD 4:04.83 4:02.69 \r\n 8 Milosevic, Stefan 21 UBCD\/HPCVAN 4:07.07 4:06.76 \r\n 9 Thornbrue, Luke 16 HEAT-OR 4:06.19 4:06.79 \r\n 10 Konik, Justin 16 CAN-JR 4:07.07 4:07.80 \r\n<\/pre>\nRoas, who has competed for the German national team,\u00a0sprinted to victory in the women’s 50-meter backstroke with her time of 28.58, and\u00a0Ingrid Wilm<\/strong> of the UBC Dolphin Swim Association finished second in 28.75. The bronze medal went to Canada’s 16-year-old Madison Broad<\/strong> in 29.06.<\/p>\n === A - Final === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Roas, Johanna 23 UN-CO-CO 28.60 28.58 \r\n 2 Wilm, Ingrid 18 UBCD\/HPCVAN 29.29 28.75 \r\n 3 Broad, Madison 16 CAN-JR 29.57 29.06 \r\n 4 Hanus, Danielle 19 ISC 29.27 29.38 \r\n 5 Hannah, Jade 15 CAN-JR 29.51 29.64 \r\n 6 Caldwell, Hilary 26 ISC 30.03 29.73 \r\n 7 Bradley, Heidi 20 UN-CO-CO 30.46 29.91 \r\n 8 Gowans, Molly 17 ISC 30.11 30.03 \r\n 9 Henderson, Hanna 15 CAN-JR 30.28 30.16 \r\n 10 Modrcin, Dora 17 TOBA\/MM 30.65 30.43<\/pre>\nCanada got a leg up in the men’s sprint backstroke, with Tim Zeng<\/strong> touching first in 25.74. Second was Denver’s Kyle Robrock<\/strong> in 26.16, and third place went to University of Calgary Swim Club’s Christopher Courtis<\/strong> in 26.94.<\/p>\n === A - Final === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Zeng, Tim 19 CAN-SR 26.66 25.74 \r\n 2 Robrock, Kyle 23 UN-CO-CO 26.54 26.16 \r\n 3 Courtis, Christopher 23 UCSC 27.20 26.94 \r\n 4 Farber, Sid 18 UN-CO-CO 27.42 26.98 \r\n 5 Binnema, Josiah 19 CAN-SR 27.59 27.32 \r\n 6 Loncar, Anton 21 CRO 27.44 27.36 \r\n 7 Lisoway, Justin 16 TEAM AB\/CASC 27.99 27.50 \r\n 8 Smith, Jared 20 UN-CO-CO 27.75 27.66 \r\n 9 Carlson, Evan 17 THSC-OR 28.01 27.86 \r\n 10 Hayes, Nathan 15 KING-PN 27.93 28.39 \r\n<\/pre>\nThe next event underway was the finals of the women’s 200-meter IM , where Sarah Darcel<\/strong> of Island Swimming Club managed to hold on to first place, touching in 2:15.27 to Kelsey Wog<\/strong> of Team Manitoba’s second-place time of 2:15.63. Darcel’s teammate 26-year-old Hilary Caldwell<\/strong> notched a third-place finish for the team with her time of 2:16.62.<\/p>\n === A - Final === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Darcel, Sarah 18 ISC 2:17.09 2:15.27 \r\n 2 Wog, Kelsey 18 TOBA\/UMAN 2:18.86 2:15.63 \r\n 3 Caldwell, Hilary 26 ISC 2:19.23 2:16.62 \r\n 4 Andison, Bailey 19 UN-CO-CO 2:18.46 2:16.82 \r\n 5 Padington, Mackenzie 18 ISC 2:17.90 2:18.61 \r\n 6 Hanus, Danielle 19 ISC 2:20.41 2:18.68 \r\n 7 Andrusak, Jordan 17 UVIC-PCS 2:22.51 2:19.82 \r\n 8 Knelson, Faith 15 CAN-JR 2:22.26 2:20.69 \r\n 9 Dickinson, Callie 17 USA-JR 2:21.89 2:21.42 \r\n 10 Mitchell, Emma 16 KSC 2:23.10 2:23.62 \r\n<\/pre>\nOn 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<\/strong> touched close behind in 2:03.16, while Island Swimming Club’s Josh Zakala<\/strong> won bronze with his time of 2:07.05.<\/p>\n === A - Final === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Smith, Kieran 17 USA-JR 2:07.13 2:02.75 \r\n 2 Iida, Samuel 18 USA-JR 2:05.65 2:03.16 \r\n 3 Zakala, Josh 19 ISC 2:08.67 2:07.05 \r\n 4 Ng, Christian 20 MARKHAM-ON 2:09.02 2:07.47 \r\n 5 Knox, Finlay 16 TEAM AB\/FSSC 2:09.41 2:09.76 \r\n 6 Eriks, Colin 21 UBCD 2:08.69 2:10.18 \r\n 7 Mathias, Van 16 MAC-OR 2:08.73 2:10.33 \r\n 8 Freund, Kaelan 18 CAN-SR 2:10.40 2:10.45 \r\n 9 Hernandez, Rolando 19 HYACK 2:10.96 2:10.90 \r\n 10 Oh, Micah 18 KING-PN 2:11.18 2:12.51 \r\n<\/pre>\nFor the men’s 50-meter freestyle, Canada retaliated with a first-place finish from Yuri Kisil<\/strong>, who touched in a blistering 22.69. Second place went to Dillon Virva<\/strong>, swimming with\u00a0King Aquatic Club, with his time of 22.85. Robrock took home a third-place finish with his swim of 23.10.<\/p>\n === A - Final === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Kisil, Yuri 21 CAN-SR 23.09 22.69 \r\n 2 Virva, Dillon 23 KING-PN 22.78 22.85 \r\n 3 Robrock, Kyle 23 UN-CO-CO 23.31 23.10 \r\n 4 Farber, Sid 18 UN-CO-CO 23.59 23.29 \r\n 5 Troskot, Kyle 25 KSC 23.33 23.46 \r\n 6 Bernard-Lalonde, Anto 21 CAN-SR 23.88 23.48 \r\n 7 Ayoubi, Mehdi 18 CAN-JR 23.62 23.66 \r\n 8 Carlson, Evan 17 THSC-OR 23.80 23.70 \r\n 9 Corbeau, Caspar 16 THSC-OR 23.83 23.91 \r\n 10 Milosevic, Stefan 21 UBCD\/HPCVAN 24.12 24.45 \r\n<\/pre>\nSwitching gears, the women tackled the 200-meter breaststroke as the last individual event of the session. Kelowna Westside’s Kierra Smith<\/strong> swam to a decisive victory with a 2:25.25, over six seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson<\/strong> of Greater Ottowa Kingfish took second place with her swim of 2:31.59, and third place went to Rachel Nicol<\/strong> of LA Swim Club in 2:32.40.<\/p>\n === A - Final === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Smith, Kierra 23 KWIC 2:29.12 2:25.25 \r\n 2 Seltenreich-Hodgson, 22 GO\/HPCVAN 2:35.21 2:31.59 \r\n 3 Nicol, Rachel 24 LASC 2:35.63 2:32.40 \r\n 4 Knelson, Faith 15 CAN-JR 2:36.80 2:33.77 \r\n 4 Wiseman, Avery 15 TEAM AB\/TRIT 2:35.81 2:33.77 \r\n 6 Tarrant, Sophie 16 UVIC-PCS 2:39.21 2:37.68 \r\n 7 Darcel, Sarah 18 ISC 2:39.97 2:38.27 \r\n 8 Roth, Isabelle 14 TEAM AB\/CASC 2:41.93 2:39.27 \r\n 9 Herbert, Bailey 14 TEAM BC\/LOSC 2:39.87 2:39.40 \r\n 10 Ledoux, Renae 17 PSW 2:42.38 2:41.03<\/pre>\nCanada’s Richard Funk<\/strong> 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\u00a0<\/strong>and his time of 2:18.65. Canada notched another top three finish in 17-year-old\u00a0Jaren Lefranc<\/strong>‘s time of 2:18.90.<\/p>\n === A - Final === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Funk, Richard 24 CAN-SR 2:21.02 2:15.41 \r\n 2 Bornstein, AJ 17 USA-JR 2:21.62 2:18.65 \r\n 3 Lefranc, Jaren 17 CAN-JR 2:21.09 2:18.90 \r\n 4 Corbeau, Caspar 16 THSC-OR 2:21.22 2:20.22 \r\n 5 Blackmon, Ben 20 CHENA 2:24.53 2:20.92 \r\n 6 Cote, Tristan 21 ESWIM 2:25.07 2:21.81 \r\n 7 Iida, Samuel 18 USA-JR 2:21.65 2:22.80 \r\n 8 Hill, Robert 21 CAN-SR 2:23.79 2:23.51 \r\n 9 Hughes, Robert 19 KING-PN 2:26.17 2:27.01 \r\n 10 Huang, Owen 16 CAN-JR 2:26.38 2:28.23 \r\n<\/pre>\nTo 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,\u00a0Madelyn Donohoe<\/strong>, Morgan Tankersley<\/strong>, Douglass, and Ault put together a time of 8:18.92, while Canada’s Kyla Leibel<\/strong>, Aleksa Gold<\/strong>, Isabel Sarty<\/strong>, and Jessica Luo<\/strong> stopped the clock in 8:23.06. Third place went to Canada’s junior C relay team made up of\u00a0Victoria Kwan<\/strong>, MacNeil, Jade Hannah<\/strong>, and Faith Knelson<\/strong>, who finished in 8:26.87.<\/p>\nFor the men, Canada’s senior A team took home the win with their time of 7:32.58 (made up of Carson Olafson<\/strong>, Markus Thormeyer<\/strong>, Kisil, and Colin Gilbert<\/strong>). The junior team was not far behind, as Alexander Pratt<\/strong>, Justin Konik<\/strong>, Belanger, and Emil Goin<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\nCompetition for the 2017 Mel Zajac Jr. Invitational will resume tomorrow morning at 9:00am prelims with\u00a0the 50 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 100 freestyle, 100 backstroke, and the 1650 and 1000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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