TORONTO – Sebastian Massabie turned to breaking world records on top of his three national marks that he set earlier this week.
The second last day of competition at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre proved like many others as Massabie of the Pacific Sea Wolves once again delivered.
The men’s 50-metre butterfly S4 world record was already Massabie’s, but he returned Sunday to lower his mark by 0.2 seconds with a 38.48 swim.
Staying true to his training, Massabie shaved another 0.46 seconds in the evening finals to lower his world record to 38.02.
Massabie has now lowered the previously ten-year-old mark four times this year.
Jordi Vilchez of the Barrie Trojan Swim Club won his fourth national title in the men’s 16-18 age group, displaying similar consistency.
In a tough age group, Vilchez has had to fight off strong competition from University of Calgary Swim Club’s Aiden Norman and Laon Kim.
“I think I’ve just really branched out to other strokes. I’ve widened my training to work on other distances,” said Vilchez when asked about his success at this competition.
“I have been open to anything, whether it is a 50 or the 1500-metre freestyle”.
Wins such as his 400-metre freestyle, where Vilchez was faster than any of the 19-and-over men, give him confidence for the future.
“I can’t wait to move up to the next age group and battle with some older guys because I know the field is looking pretty fast across the country,” added Vilchez.
“I am sure that at Trials next year that 400 free time will have me in a pretty good spot.”
Vilchez represented Canada at last year’s world junior championships in Netanya, Israel and looks to make his first senior national team next year.
Another swimmer racking up medals at this year’s national championships is Ranumi Eashwarage from the University of Calgary Swim Club.
Eashwarage (14) has amassed five gold medals, one silver, and three bronze with five of those nine coming from individual events.
Eashwarage will aim to secure more hardware on Monday as the Canadian Championships draw to a close.
Over in the women’s 100-metre butterfly, Olympic medalist Katerine Savard from Club de natation region de Quebec took home her third national title in the women’s 18-and-over age group.
Below is a complete list of the national champions from Day 5.
DAY 5 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – JULY 28th
Women
50 butterfly (Para multiclass): Jordan Tucker, Royal City Aquatics, 55.78
100 butterfly (Para multiclass): Mary Jibb, Muskoka Aquatic Club, 1:12.64
100 butterfly (13-14): Ranumi Eashwarage, University of Calgary Swim Club, 1:02.70
100 butterfly (15-17): Maggie Hu, Richmond Hill Aquatic Club, 1:00.65
100 butterfly (18+): Katerine Savard, Club de natation région de Québec, 59.16
200 individual medley (13-14): Kelly Choi, Kelowna AquaJets, 2:20.45
200 individual medley (15-17): Kamila Blanchard, Pointe-Claire Swim Club, 2:15.95
200 individual medley (18+): Ashley McMillan, Go Kingfish, 2:12.43
800 freestyle (13-14): Elleigh Wise, Cascade Swim Club, 9:05.22
800 freestyle (15-17): Peyton Leigh, Brock Niagara Aquatics, 8:52.22
800 freestyle (18+): Julia Strojnowska, Olympians Swimming, 8:49.90
Men
50 butterfly (Para multiclass): Sebastian Massabie, Pacific Sea Wolves, 38.02
100 butterfly (Para multiclass): Reid Maxwell, Edmonton Keyano Swim Club, 1:07.48
100 butterfly (14-15): Henri Vaillancourt, Club Aquatique Montréal, 56.53
100 butterfly (16-18): Filip Senc-Samardzic, Toronto Swim Club, 53.08
100 butterfly (19+): Raben Dommann, High Performance Centre – Vancouver, 53.22
200 individual medley (14-15): Benjamin Cescon, Crest Swimming, 2:09.20
200 individual medley (16-18): Jordi Vilchez, Barrie Trojan Swim Club, 2:02.98
200 individual medley (19+): Collyn Gagne, Olympians Swimming, 2:01.89
800 freestyle (14-15): Oliver Blanchard, Pointe-Claire Swim Club, 8:27.72
800 freestyle (16-18): Max Vorobiev, Markham Aquatic Club, 8:10.94
800 freestyle (19+): Sebastian Paulins, Brantford Aquatic Club, 8:08.16
Relays
Para Mixed 4 x 50 Medley (20pts): Équipe du Québec 1, 3:34.24