Swim Nova Scotia​ – Winnipeg, MB- Day four of the 2017 Canada Summer Games brought many more personal best times to Team Nova Scotia at Winnipeg’s Pan Am Pool!

Top swims of the day included a fifth-place finish for Special Olympian Andrew Lowe, who finished with a personal best time in the 50m Backstroke with a time of 37.83.  Teammate Hanna Mountford finished sixth in the women’s 200m Backstroke with a time of 2:20.84. 

The 4 x 50m Medley Relays were the final events of the day, with an eighth place finish on the women’s side (Hanna Mountford, Ava Vial, Isabelle Dearnaley, Sophie Casey) in a time of 2:06.53 and a seventh place finish on the men’s side (Benjamin Mingo, Matthew Croft, Lucas Seto, Riley Allen) in a time of 1:54.53.

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 Four *indicates personal best times
Swimmer	Distance/Stroke	Place/Time
Madison Archer	200m Freestyle	11th/2:10.95
	200m Backstroke	15th/2:30.20
Nicholas Bourbonniere	200m Freestyle	10th/1:59.85*
Bo Stokesbury Price	200m Freestyle	14th/2:04.66*
Ava Vial	100m Breaststroke	12th/1:16.72*
Madison Bond	100m Breaststroke	15th/1:17.99
Matthew Croft	100m Breaststroke	15th/1:13.67*
Andrew Lowe	CSO 50m Backstroke	5th/37.83*
Hanna Mountford	200m Backstroke	6th/2:22.84
Benjamin Mingo	200m Backstroke	11th/2:15.91*
Riley Allen	200m Backstroke	10th/2:13.91*
Isabelle Dearnaley	100m Butterfly	13th/1:07.06*
Hayden Bartoch	100m Butterfly	14th/1:02.45*
Lucas Seto	100m Butterfly	9th/59.68*
Hanna Mountford, Ava Vial, Isabelle Dearnaley, Sophie Casey	4 x 50m Medley Relay	8th/2:06.53
Benjamin Mingo, Matthew Croft, Lucas Seto, Riley Allen	4 x 50m Medley Relay	7th/1:54.53

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:      

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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