2019 OFSAA SWIMMING - Day 1 recap
March 6, 2019
2019 OFSAA Swimming began on Tuesday, March 5, and finished about five hours ago on Wedneday, March 6. Starting with a very early warmup time of 7:00 AM, and a competition start time of 9:00 AM, the UCC team was ready to make an impression. The Senior Team (Under 20) were back to repeat as champs, while the Junior Team (U16) looked to solidify their place as the best U16 Swim team in the province.
Tuesday, March 5: Day 1 started off with a bang. Highlights and results included the following:
Year 12 Will Blair (Y12) and Andrew Downing (Y12) both made finals after solid swims in the morning's preliminary races. Will ended up finishing 7th and Andrew swam a personal best in the consolation final, winning the heat.
Year 9 Swimmers Ethan Tsang, Jace Kim, Leo Zhang, and Tim McCowan competed next in the Open Medley Relay. This relay was strong, but despite a couple of personal bests, they did not make the finals.
Up next, the 50 Freestyle races. Jack Fejer (Y9), Matt Karmitz (Y12), and Toby Henderson (Y11) all swam exceptionally well and secured significant points for team standings. John Babits swam a blistering 24.85 (school record) to win a Bronze medal.
The Backstroke races followed the Freestyle events. This event worked out very well for UCC. Nick De Chazal (Y10) and Michael Wilson (Y10) both made the main final with Nick winning bronze and Michael swimming brilliantly for a sixth place result. James Kingsmill (Y12) was the next competitor for UCC. James was sensational, winning a silver medal after swimming a very fast 100 Backstroke race and beating his own school record from last year.
The Breaststroke races followed with Aaren Fung (Y10) and Justin Lee (Y9). Aaren made the consolation final and swam well, while Justin finished a respectable 20th place.
The last event of the day - and one of the most exciting races at OFSAA, the Senior Medley Relay - had UCC going in with the fastest seed time by 3 seconds. The Medley Relay team - comprised of James Kingsmill, Ben Sun, Matt Karmitz, and John Babits - were looking to break a remarkably fast OFSAA record, set by SAC four years ago. After a relatively easy swim in the morning's preliminary, the team entered the final with an air of excitement. Each swimmer swam a personal best, and just missed breaking the OFSAA record by about 0.40 seconds. This team won their second consecutive Gold in the Medley relay.
The boys finished up Day 1 with a sizeable point advantage, a relay gold, two backstroke silver medals (James, Nick), and one bronze medal (John Babits).
Day 2 highlights are up next...
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2019 OFSAA Swimming began on Tuesday, March 5, and finished about five hours ago on Wedneday, March 6. Starting with a very early warmup time of 7:00 AM, and a competition start time of 9:00 AM, the UCC team was ready to make an impression. The Senior Team (Under 20) were back to repeat as champs, while the Junior Team (U16) looked to solidify their place as the best U16 Swim team in the province.
Tuesday, March 5: Day 1 started off with a bang. Highlights and results included the following:
Year 12 Will Blair (Y12) and Andrew Downing (Y12) both made finals after solid swims in the morning's preliminary races. Will ended up finishing 7th and Andrew swam a personal best in the consolation final, winning the heat.
Year 9 Swimmers Ethan Tsang, Jace Kim, Leo Zhang, and Tim McCowan competed next in the Open Medley Relay. This relay was strong, but despite a couple of personal bests, they did not make the finals.
Up next, the 50 Freestyle races. Jack Fejer (Y9), Matt Karmitz (Y12), and Toby Henderson (Y11) all swam exceptionally well and secured significant points for team standings. John Babits swam a blistering 24.85 (school record) to win a Bronze medal.
The Backstroke races followed the Freestyle events. This event worked out very well for UCC. Nick De Chazal (Y10) and Michael Wilson (Y10) both made the main final with Nick winning bronze and Michael swimming brilliantly for a sixth place result. James Kingsmill (Y12) was the next competitor for UCC. James was sensational, winning a silver medal after swimming a very fast 100 Backstroke race and beating his own school record from last year.
The Breaststroke races followed with Aaren Fung (Y10) and Justin Lee (Y9). Aaren made the consolation final and swam well, while Justin finished a respectable 20th place.
The last event of the day - and one of the most exciting races at OFSAA, the Senior Medley Relay - had UCC going in with the fastest seed time by 3 seconds. The Medley Relay team - comprised of James Kingsmill, Ben Sun, Matt Karmitz, and John Babits - were looking to break a remarkably fast OFSAA record, set by SAC four years ago. After a relatively easy swim in the morning's preliminary, the team entered the final with an air of excitement. Each swimmer swam a personal best, and just missed breaking the OFSAA record by about 0.40 seconds. This team won their second consecutive Gold in the Medley relay.
The boys finished up Day 1 with a sizeable point advantage, a relay gold, two backstroke silver medals (James, Nick), and one bronze medal (John Babits).
Day 2 highlights are up next...
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