O’Regan wins two gold medals to open 2022 Canada Games

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – The 2022 Canada Games got underway Sunday at the Eleanor Misener Aquatics Centre at Brock University, with six champions crowned on Day 1.
 
A total of 317 swimmers, Para swimmers and special Olympians are competing at this five-day competition which ends on Friday with open water races at the Welland International Flatwater Centre.
 
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Province/TerritoriesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
British Columbia 314
Alberta1113
Saskatchewan   0
Manitoba   0
Ontario4  4
Québec1135
New Brunswick 1 0
Nova Scotia   0
Newfoundland and Labrador  11
Prince Edward Island   0
Northwest Territories   0
Yukon   0

Women’s 1500-m freestyle
Gold: Bailey O’Regan (Ontario) – 17:08.38 – Personal Best
Silver: Lydia Kilger (Québec) – 17:10.24
Bronze: Julia Strojnowska (British Columbia) – 17:17.74

Men’s 800-m freestyle
Gold: Timothé Barbeau (Québec) 8:21.29 – Personal Best
Silver: Aidan Erickson (British Columbia) 8:24.28
Bronze: Sebastian Gonzalez Barboza (Québec) 8:24.42

Women’s 200-m freestyle (S1-5, S14) / 400-m freestyle (S6-13)
Gold: Katie Cosgriffe (Ontario) – 5:02.31 – Personal Best
Silver: Breanna White (Alberta) – 5:38.16
Bronze: Alisson Gobeil (Québec) – 3:37.26 – Personal Best

Men’s 200-m freestyle (S1-5, S14) / 400-m freestyle (S6-13)
Gold: Reid Maxwell (Alberta) – 4:49.47
Silver: Jesse Canney (New Brunswick) – 2:13.29
Bronze: Nathan Luscombe (Newfoundland and Labrador) – 4:49.86

Women’s 4×200-m freestyle relay
Gold: Ontario (Maya Bezanson, Laila Oravsky, Bailey O’Regan, Julie Brousseau) – 8:16.19
Silver: British Columbia (Julia Strojnowska, Leilani Fack, Maria Saldana Riebeling, Sienna Angove) – 8:22.90
Bronze: Québec (Rosalie Gauvin, Lindsay Gordon, Lydia Kilger, Ashlyn Massey) – 8:32.26

Maya Bezanson on their swim: “It was a great way to start off team Ontario”
Bailey O’Regan on winning 2 gold medals: “It’s super great I just wanted to do it for the team” “I wanted to get my hand on the wall first to collect some more points for team Ontario”

Men’s 4×200-m freestyle relay
Gold: Ontario (Max Malakhovets, Antoine Destang, Olivier Risk, Jordi Vilchez) – 7:40.91
Silver: British Columbia (Peter Huang, Aidan Erickson, Laon Kim, Bill Dongfang) – 7:45.81
Bronze: Alberta (Nicholas Duncan, Addison Butler, Cooper Waddle, Torren Vandersteen) – 7:55.29

Nathan White
Senior Manager, Communications, Swimming Canada
Gestionnaire supérieur des communications, Natation Canada
t.+1 613-260-1348x2002 | m.+1 613-866-7946|nwhite@swimming.ca

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