2023 AGE GROUP INTERNATIONAL (CANADA)
- November 9th – November 12th
- Etobicoke Olympium, Ontario, Canada
- SCM (25m)
- Results
A senior Lithuanian national record went down at a Canadian meet over the weekend.
While competing at the Age Group International in Ontario, 16-year-old Sylvia Statkevicius nailed a new mark in the women’s 200m freestyle.
In the qualifying heats, Statkevicius stopped the clock at 1:59.07, a new lifetime best. Her time overtook the longstanding national record of 1:59.90 Jūratė Ščerbinskaitė put on the books nearly a decade ago in December 2013.
Statkevicius ultimately took the gold in the final, registering a near-identical time of 1:59.09 to top the podium.
Entering this competition, Statkevicius’ career-quickest in the SCM 200 free rested at the 2:00.11 she posted in December of 2022 while competing at the Ontario International Junior Meet.
This new record is added to the 800 free (8:55.23) and 1500 free (17:27.11) long course records the teen already owns. She is also a member of 3 relay national records.
Additional Notes
- 25-year-old Javier Acevedo was a big-time performer across multiple men’s events. Among his races, the 2022 Short Course World Championships medalist reaped gold across the 50m free (21.85), 200m free (1:45.79), 50m fly (23.45), 100m fly (51.20) and 200m fly (1:55.11). All but the 200m fly represent new lifetime bests for Acevedo.
- 18-year-old Ella Jansen was another top performer, notching wins across the 800m free, 200m fly, 100m free and 100m fly. The Tennessee commit clocked the following results:
- 100m free – 54.27, PB
- 800m free – 8:33.52
- 100m fly – 58.47, PB
- 200m fly – 2:08.08, #5 in the world on the season
She’s also a future Florida Gator.
This meet had several HPCON members perform very well! Full time Havi A, Apollo H, Lorne W, Ella J, and Madison K ( part time) among others. Very exciting to see these times being set at this point in their training. Looking forward to seeing what they do at the Ontario Junior International meet in December. Looking good from here!!!
Do you know if any of the HPCON swimmers are going to the US Open?
Heard yes as of late!
Obviously 1.45.79 the winning time of Acevedo in the 200 free; a lot of SC PBs for Lorne Wiggington; nice times in the women’s back for Kryger and, about the previous Lithuanian NR in the 200 free, curiously also Smilte Plytnykaite, swimming in Vilnius in the past weekend, broke it (1.59.67 for her). Great times, in this meet at Vilnius LTU aquatics komandinė taurė – SPLASH Meet Manager 11 (swimrankings.net) from two 14 year-old: the well-known Tajus Juska (for instance 22.28 in the 50 free and 1.48.47 in the 200 free and PBs also in the 50 and 200 fly) and the new Mykolas Tuskenis, whose improvements in the 100 and 200 backstroke were really astonishing
Madison Kryger as well. 15 YO from Brock Niagara Aquatics clocked new Provincial Age Group record of 2:07.52 in the 200 back. Also impressed with a 59.4 100 back and 27.5 50 back.