Pratt’s Canadian Record, Richards’ 46.8 100 Free Highlight Final Night Of OJI

2019 ONTARIO JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL

• December 13-15, 2019
• Toronto, Ontario
• Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre
• 25m (SCM)
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results
• Live Stream

The final session of the 2019 Ontario Junior International did not disappoint, as the night featured some blistering swims across the board including a new Canadian Record from Cole Pratt.

PRATT BREAKS CANADIAN RECORD

The 17-year-old decimated the field in the men’s 200 backstroke final, blasting out in 25.77 before holding 28-mids the rest of the way for a final time of 1:51.30, breaking Markus Thormeyer‘s national mark of 1:51.57 set in October.

Pratt, a member of the Cascade Swim Club, went three seconds under his old best time of 1:54.27, which also stood as the 15-17 National Age Group Record until his swim tonight took it down. He was also more than two seconds under the previous meet record of 1:53.54 set by Loic St-Martin last year.

RICHARDS HITS 46.8, LIENDO CRACKS 100 FREE NAG

The other jaw-dropping performance on the night came in the men’s 100 freestyle, where Great Britain’s Matt Richards completed the 50/100/200 sweep in a very quick time of 46.84. His splits: 22.82/24.02.

The 16-year-old had broken Andrew Seliskar‘s 2014 meet record of 47.61 in the prelims with a 47.45 before smashing it tonight.

Richards, who went 48.8 this summer in long course, came into the meet with a short course best of 49.24.

North York’s Joshua Liendo was the runner-up to Richards in 47.51, breaking a 10-year-old Canadian 15-17 age record previously held by Hassaan Abdel-Khalik at 47.73. Liendo, 17, set his old best time at this meet last year in 47.84.

Two more Brits, 15-year-old Jacob Whittle and 16-year-old Edward Mildred, took third and fourth in 48.29 and 48.73 respectively, as the top-four finishers all came home under 25 seconds.

MCINTOSH BREAKS ANOTHER NAG

13-year-old standout Summer McIntosh broke her third 13-14 Canadian NAG in as many nights in the women’s 800 free, soaring to a time of 8:27.25 to break teammate Katrina Bellio‘s mark of 8:32.34 set this past July.

McIntosh dropped almost 10 seconds, having gone a best time just last month in 8:37.08. On days one and two the Etobicoke representative had broken the marks in the women’s 400 IM and 200 fly.

Bellio, now 15, was the runner-up in 8:34.55.

OTHER WINNERS

• Ashley McMillan of KISU won the women’s 200 IM in a time of 2:11.46, taking three seconds off her PB of 2:14.50 set last year. Greater Ottawa’s Regan Rathwell touched second in 2:13.75.
• Rathwell won the women’s 200 back later in the session, clocking 2:07.56 for a new personal best time. She had previously been 2:08.92 in early November. Honey Osrin of Great Britain was second in 2:08.69.
• Toronto Swim Club’s Graysen Bernard used the fastest fly and back splits in the field to win the men’s 200 IM in 2:00.71, erasing his best time of 2:02.45 from the heats.
• Etobicoke’s Hanna Henderson won her fourth individual event of the meet in the women’s 100 free, going sub-54 for the first time in 53.41. Her 14-year-old teammate Elan Daley (54.87) edged Brooklyn Douthwright (54.88) for second.
• Great Britain’s Katie Goodburn was the only swimmer to go under 32 in the women’s 50 breaststroke, winning in 31.34 for a new best by two-tenths.
• Etobicoke kept their hot streak going with a win from Alexander Milanovich in the men’s 50 breast, clocking 27.06 to break Michael Andrew‘s 2015 meet record of 27.10. Gabe Mastromatteo tied Andrew’s record for silver, as both he and Milanovich recorded new best times.
• Nepean’s David Quirie finished off his sweep of the men’s distance free events, winning the 1500 in a time of 15:09.31, edging Pointe-Claire’s Eric Brown (15:10.03) with a huge 27.14 last 50. Both were new personal bests.
• After sitting out of the other relays, the Great Britain women’s team came together to win the 4×100 medley in a time of 4:06.76, topping Etobicoke (4:10.15) by over three seconds. The team was made up of Medi Harris, Goodburn, Sophie Freeman and Tamryn Van Selm.
• The British men followed suit, winning in a massive meet record of 3:34.04 with the team of Charlie Brown, Kyle Booth, Mildred and Richards. Richards notably split 46.74. The previous record was set by Great Britain last year in 3:38.81.