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 10^th 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 32^nd and 45^th 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.