Swim Nova Scotia – Winnipeg, MB- Swimmers continue to improve during the third day of competition at the 2017 Canada Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

21-year-old Andrew Lowe earned a bronze medal in the men’s Canadian Special Olympics 100m Backstroke with a best time of 1:21.79; teammate Benjamin Mingo set a Nova Scotia men’s 13-14 Provincial Record in the 100m Backstroke during preliminaries with a time of 1:02.81 and re-set the record during the consolation finals with a time of 1:02.40 where he finished third.

Other top swims of the day included finalists Madison Archer in the women’s 400m Freestyle and Lucas Seto in the men’s 50m Butterfly. Both Archer and Seto finished eighth in their respective events; Archer with a 4:37.23 and Seto with a 26.45.

The 4 x 100m Freestyle Relays were the final events of the day, with a ninth place finish on the women’s side (Madison Archer, Hanna Mountford, Grace Earle, Sophie Casey) in a time of 4:09.37 and a sixth place finish on the men’s side (Lucas Seto, Riley Allen, Luke Gallant, Benjamin Mingo) in a time of 3:44.54.

Twenty-six swimmers from across Nova Scotia were selected to represent Team Nova Scotia at the 2017 Canada Summer Games this week in Winnipeg, MB.

The Nova Scotia swim team is comprised of 24 able bodied swimmers (12 male and 12 female), one PARA swimmer and one Canadian Special Olympians.

Top Results from Day Three:
Swimmer	Distance/Stroke	Place/Time
Holly Doucette	50m Backstroke PARA Multi-Class	9th/1:22.77
Grace Earle	100m Backstroke	16th/1:09.70
Hanna Mountford	100m Backstroke	9th/1:06.23
	400m Freestyle	13th/4:42.44
Riley Allen	100m Backstroke	9th/1:01.30
Benjamin Mingo	100m Backstroke	11th/1:02.40
Andrew Lowe	CSO 100m Backstroke	3rd/1:21.79
Madison Archer	400m Freestyle	8th/4:37.23
Nicholas Bourbonniere	400m Freestyle	10th/4:19.32
Bo Stokesbury Price	400m Freestyle	13th/4:23.62
Ava Vial	200m Breaststroke	12th/2:48.70
Madison Bond	200m Breaststroke	12th/2:48.70
Isabelle Dearnaley	50m Butterfly	14th/29.90
Lucas Seto	50m Butterfly	8th/26.45
Madison Archer, Hanna Mountford, Grace Earle, Sophie Casey	4 x 100m Freestyle Relay	9th/4:09.37
Lucas Seto, Riley Allen, Luke Gallant, Benjamin Mingo	4 x 100m Freestyle Relay	6th/3:44.54

For more information on Team Nova Scotia swimming, visit the following url: http://swimnovascotia.com/2017-nova-scotia-canada-games-swim-team/

Unofficial live results will be available at the following url: http://www.swimmanitoba.mb.ca/liveresults/mansask/2017lc/

Official Results: https://cg2017.gems.pro/Result/Event_List.aspx?Sport_GUID=346c9aa2-699d-462d-862f-438981700d06&SetLanguage=en-CA

Watch live swimming on Canada Games TV at the following url: http://sportscanada.tv/canadagames/

 

For more information contact:

Bette El-Hawary
Executive Director| Swim Nova Scotia
5516 Spring Garden Rd. 4th Floor, Halifax N.S. B3J 1G6
902.425.5454 ext. 314 (o)|902.497.2088 (cell)|902.425.5606 (fax)
Email| swimming@sportnovascotia.ca
Web-page| www.swimnovascotia.com