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Collins with second top 10 finish to lead Acadia results in second day of national championship

Collins with second top 10 finish to lead Acadia results in second day of national championship

MONTREAL – The second day of competition at the U SPORTS swimming championships saw Ella Collins with the top finish for Acadia, similar to the opening day of the three-day event.

Collins qualified for the Olympic trials and finished sixth in the country in the 200m breaststroke final with a time of 2:38.11, finishing where she was placed following the prelims earlier in the day.

The next final of the night saw Sophie Rooney finish fourth in the B final of the women’s 100m backstroke with a time of 1:05.52, 12th overall nationally. She just missed the A final, finishing in 10th place amongst prelim results with a time of 1:02.66.

Gordon Shortt was in the water next for the Axemen in the 200 Medley B final, which he qualified for with a time of 2:02.94. He finished third with a time of 2:08.19 to be 11th overall nationally. His finish earned him a spot at the Olympic trials.

Rooney’s second final of the night was the 50m butterfly C final. She missed the B final by 0.02 with a time of 28.05. In the C final she finished fourth with a time of 28.49.

To wrap up the day the men’s s 4x200 freestyle relay team of Bo Stokesbury-Price, Nate Thompson, Shortt and David Harvey were in the timed final event. After two heats they finished 12th with a time of 7:57.02.

Earlier on Friday, Mazier and Shortt competed in the 50m freestyle prelims, finishing 32nd and 45th respectively with times of 23.14 and 23.50.

The third and final day of the U SPORTS swimming championships gets underway at 9:33 a.m. on Saturday. You can watch all the action on CBC Sports and CBC Gem.