Speedo Canadian Swimming Championships Highlights

Alexandra Harrison

 

A strong contingent of Barrie Trojan swimmers competed at the Speedo Canadian Swimming Championships July 24 - July 30, 2024 that included six days at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre and one day in Welland for the open water events. The nineteen BTSC swimmers who qualified is a record high for our Club and the team was one of 149 Clubs participating in the championships. Our team was one of the largest in the country and swam to a fantastic 7th place finish overall. It is a testament to the hard work these swimmers and their coaches have put in throughout the season. For many of the swimmers, these championships represented their last meet as they look to move on to post-secondary experiences.

 

Highlights

  • Jordi Vilchez was decorated as the high point award winner in his age category on the strength of five (5) gold medals. Jordi was the first to touch the wall in his 200M freestyle, 200M butterfly, 200M individual medley, 400M freestyle and 400M individual medley races. He was also a top 10 finisher in 100M freestyle (5th) and 100M butterfly (6th). Congratulations Jordi on your great racing.
  • Laila Oravsky is the gold medallist in the 3000M open water race. She also won bronze medals in 400M and 1500M freestyle and 400M IM events.
  • Kaia Hornby earned a silver medal in the 1500M open water race. She was also a bronze medallist in 200M fly. 
  • Griff Seguin is the bronze medal recipient for the 800M free.
  • For Kaia and Griff, these are their first national level podiums.

 

Top 10 Finishes

  • Laila Oravsky swam to a 4th place in 800M free, finished 5th in 200M fly and 6th in 200M free.
  • Jordi Vilchez was 5th in the 100M free and 6th in the 100M fly.
  • Griff Seguin’s 1500M free time earned him a 5th place finish.
  • Adriana Martone was 5th overall in the 50M breast.
  • Taira Vroom finished 5th in the 200M IM and 6th in her 400M IM race.
  • Will Debroux touched the wall in 6th for his 800M free race.
  • Avery Knight finished 6th in the 100M fly and 8th in the 200M back. Avery took six seconds off her backstroke seed time and qualified for the A final out of heat #2 of 9. 
  • Sydney Colqhoun’s 200M fly time was good for 9th overall.
  • Kaelyn Vroom was 9th in the 200M breast.
  • Kate Smith swam to a 9th place result in the 50M free.
  • Adriana Martone and Kate Smith finished 10th in their respective 100M breaststroke races. 
  • The 100M fly race saw Kaia Hornby take 10th place.
  • Laila Oravsky, Taira Vroom, Julia Denes and Kaia Hornby finished the 4x200M free relay in 5th place.
  • Avery Knight, Adriana Martone, Taira Vroom and Laila Oravsky’s relay was 6th in the 4x100M medley.
  • Will Debroux, Baris Kartoglu, Ben Millar, and Jordi Vilchez formed a relay team that finished 9th in the 4X100M free race.
  • Lucien Vilchez, Patryk Danda, Baris Kartoglu and Jordi Vilchez finished 10th in the 4 x 100M medley relay.
  • The mixed relay team of Avery Knight, Patryk Danda, Taira Vroom and Baris Kartoglu finished 10th in the 4x100M medley relay. Another mixed relay team of Bris Kartoglu, Laila Oravsky, Taira Vroom and Jordi Vilchez finished 10th in the 4x100M free race.

B-Finalists

The following swimmers had races that earned entries into B finals:

  • Clara Vilchez (100M back)
  • Kaia Hornby (200M free, 400M free, 400M IM)
  • Taira Vroom (200M free, 400M free)
  • Griff Seguin (200M free, 400M free)
  • Will Debroux (400M free)
  • Baris Kartoglu (50M free)
  • Sydney Colquhoun (100M fly)
  • Adriana Martone (200M breast)
  • Patryk Danda (200M breast)

BTSC swimmers also broke a number of Club records at the championships:

  • Kaia Hornby and Griff Seguin set new Club standards for 13-14 yr. old 400M freestyle with times of 4:32.46 and 4:15.78 respectively. Jordi Vilchez’s 3:53.64 is a new open record for the same stroke and distance.
  • Kaia Hronby also set new 13-14 yr. old records in 200M fly (2:22.13) and 200M free (2:10.26).
  • Griff Seguin and Jordi Vilchez swam 100M freestyle in times of 56.55 and 50.72 to set new records for 13-14 yr. old and open age group categories respectively.
  • Griff Seguin continued to rewrite the BTSC 13-14 yr. old record book with fastest times in 1500M free (16:44.63), 400IM (4:56.14), 800M free (8:40.00), and 200M free (2:01.29).
  • Avery Knight set 15-17 yr. old and open Club records in 100M butterfly (1:02.41) and 100M backstroke (1:04.10).
  • A time of 8:30.71 is now the new Club standard for 4x200M freestyle relay set by the team of Laila Oravsky, Taira Vroom, Julia Denes and Kaia Hornby.

 

 

 

 

Our BTSC team competing at The Canadian Swimming Championships:

Kate Smith             Clara Vilchez            Avery Knight            Julia Denes

Lucian Vilchez        Kaia Hornby            Laila Oravsky        Taira Vroom

Griff Seguin            Will Debroux            Jordi Vilchez            Patryk Danda

Baris Kartoglu         Sydney Colquhoun        Ben Millar            Kaelyn Vroom

Adriana Martone     Emma Jacques

 

Congratulations everyone! GO TROJANS!