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Summer Universiade swimming (Aug. 19): Van Beilen, Caldwell claim silver medals
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SHENZHEN, China (CIS) – Canada had its first multi-medal performance in the pool on Friday night at the 26th Summer Universiade, both of the silver variety, the second and third swimming medals of the Shenzhen games.
Tera van Beilen, a native of Oakville, Ont., won her second
silver medal of the Universiade with a second place finish in the
women’s 100m breaststroke in a time of 1:08.24, while Hilary
Caldwell of London, Ont. captured a silver medal in the
women’s 200m backstroke in a final time of 2:11.12.
Van Beilen came out of nowhere to finish in second place; the UBC
Kinesiology student had qualified in eighth for the final but
bettered her time by almost two seconds with a new personal best to
taste silver. van Beilan made up ground after 50m and touched the
wall ahead of third place Satomi Suzuki (1:08.45) of Japan. The
hometown crowd cheered home Ye Sun of China (1:07.53) to gold.
On Wednesday van Beilen swam to a second place finish in the
women’s 50m breaststroke in a time of 31.45 and had a fourth
place finish in the 200m breaststroke on Tuesday.
“This morning I did not swim well and was lucky to be in the
finals,” stated van Beilen. “I was happy with my race
as I had a lots of swims during the week and held on in the last
50m for a medal.”
In the 200m backstroke, Caldwell had the fourth fastest start time
and was in second throughout the race. Her time was slightly slower
than her personal best swim in the morning preliminary when she
qualified first in a time of 2:10.90. The University of Victoria
French student-athlete held off Spain’s Da Rocha Marce
(2:11.24) in third place while Shiho Sakai (2:09.75) of Japan won
gold. Also in the event, Dominique Bouchard from North Bay, Ont.
qualified fifth and finished fifth in the final with a time of
2:11.59.
“I set a PB by 1.5 seconds and I knew there was girls who did
not push as hard in the morning,” said Caldwell. “I saw
the girl in the next lane [who finished fourth] at the end and
closed hard to get a hand on the block and happy to get onto the
podium.”
In other finals, Sandrine Mainville of Boucherville, Que. did not
move up from her qualification placing of eighth but did improve on
her morning time by a tenth of a second after tying for the fastest
start in final and finishing in at time of 25.69.
In the first of two men’s finals for the Red and White
squad, the 4x100m medley relay team of Matthew Swanston of
Newmarket, Ont., Richard Funk from Edmonton, Zack Chetrat of
Oakville, Ont. and Dominique Massie-Martel from Ottawa placed
eighth in a time of 3:41.38, while Kier Maitland of Edmonton was
eighth in the men’s 1500m freestyle in a time of
15:26.28.
“Today, I was pretty excited and for the first time at the
Universiade we had a great day,” commented Team Canada and
University of Calgary head coach Mike Blondal. “Hilary was
ranked 14th heading into the meet and Tera has a promising career
ahead of her with tough swims all week. I told the team last night
we were not good so far and they respond tonight. Overall, we
missed a lot of swims with ninth and tenth finishes and need to be
better in the future.”
Since the inaugural Summer Games in 1959, Canadian swimmers have
now won 98 medals including 21 golds – both record tallies
for the country.
At the 2009 Summer Universiade, Canada won seven medals in swimming
(one gold, four silver and two bronze).
Below are Canada’s complete swimming results for Friday.
CANADA’S SWIMMING RESULTS: FRIDAY
Heats women’s 50m freestyle
7. Sandrine Mainville, Boucherville, Que., 25.79, advances to
final; 11. Marie-Pier Ratelle, Trois-Rivières, Que., 25.96,
does not advance.
Heats men’s 50m freestyle
9. Kyle Troskott, Lethbridge, Alta., 22.91, does not advance; 24.
Dominique Massie-Martel, Ottawa, Ont., 23.52, does not advance.
Heats women’s 200m backstroke
1. Hilary Caldwell, London, Ont., 2:10.90, advances to final; 5.
Dominique Bouchard, North Bay, Ont., 2:11.80, advances to
final.
Heats women’s 100m breaststroke
8. Tera van Beilen, Oakville, Ont., 1:10.06, advances to final; 17.
Allison Long, Calgary, Alta., 1:12.14, does not advance.
Heats men’s 4x100m medley
8. Canada (Matthew Swanston, Newmarket, Ont., Richard
Funk, Edmonton, Alta., Zack Chetrat, Oakville, Ont., Dominique
Massie-Martel, Ottawa, Ont.), 3:41.75, advances to final.
Time final men’s 1500m freestyle
1. Rocco Potenza, Italy, 15:00.57; 2. Yohsuke Miyamoto, Japan,
15:04.86; 3. Sergii Frolov, Ukraine, 15:06.17; 8. Kier Maitland,
Edmonton, Alta., 15:26.28; 15. Craig Dagnall, Victoria, B.C.,
15:47.14.
Final women’s 50m freestyle
1. Aliaksandra Hera Simenia, Bulgaria, 24.66; 2. Darya Stepanyuk,
Ukraine, 25.12; 3. Cate Campbell, Australia, 25.17; 8. Sandrine
Mainville, Boucherville, Que., 25.69.
Final women’s 200m backstroke
1. Shiho Sakai, Japan, 2:09.75; 2. Hilary Caldwell, London, Ont.,
2:11.12; 3. Duane Da Rocha Marce, Spain, 2:11.24; Dominique
Bouchard, North Bay, Ont., 2:11.59.
Final women’s 100m breaststroke
1. Ye Sun, China, 1:07.53; 2. Tera van Beilen, Oakville,
Ont., 1:08.24; 3. Satomi Suzuki, Japan, 1:08.45.
Final men’s 4x100m medley
1. Japan, 3:35.02; 2. USA, 3 :37.92; 3. New Zealand, 3:38.75; 8.
Canada (Matthew Swanston, Newmarket, Ont., Richard Funk, Edmonton,
Alta., Zack Chetrat, Oakville, Ont., Dominique Massie-Martel,
Ottawa, Ont.), 3:41.38.
