Surrey’s Nathan Stein won Gold and Bronze, while Aurélie Rivard of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu added her second victory in two days at the Para Pan Pacific Para-swimming championships.
The Canadian team collected 2 Gold, 6 Silver and 5 Bronze on day two of competition along with five more national records to bring its total to 3-10-11.
The men’s saw S10 100-m butterfly, Stein smash the Canadian record (previously held by Benoit Huot) clocking 57.77 seconds.
Alec Elliot (Waterloo) a national team “rookie” also went under the old 58.91 mark grabbing Silver in 57.98 while Ian Silverman of the U.S. was third in 58.19.
Stein was forced to miss the world championships in Montreal last year due to knee and shoulder injuries.
Canada collected 5 medals in the 100-m butterfly races.
Powell River’s Adam Rahier and Michael Qing (Regina) were second and third in the S14 race and Nicholas-Guy Turbide of Quebec City third in the S13.
In the 50-m freestyle, Stein added a Bronze, Jean-Michel Lavalliere took Silver in the S7 and Maxime Rousselle with a Canadian record.
Delta’s Dalton Boon won Silver and Bronze in the S14, while Penticton’s Andrew Cooke was fourth in the S5 in Canadian record time.
Rivard won the Women’s S10 400-m freestyle by more than 10 seconds and placed first in the 50-m freestyle Wednesday.
Victoria’s Brianna Nelson placed second in the Women’s S7 50-m butterfly while in the men’s 200-m freestyle, Boon nailed down Silver in a Canadian record in S14.
Danial Murphy of Bedford, N.S., also lowered the national mark for bronze in the S5.
Overall great swimming by up and coming young Canadian Swimmers.
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