Canadian Club Nationals - Day 1 Preliminaries

Day one of the Canadian Club Nationals in Winnipeg was an up and down one but overall a strong start to the meet. Aven got us started on the right foot with a personal best time of 33.10 in the 12 and under girls 50 fly and placed 15th overall in the event, which saw her only miss the final in the event by .6 of a second.

Next it was the breaststrokers turn and that's where the rollercoaster began. Kirsten had trouble matching her performance from Prince George but managed her third best time ever with a 2:58.0 while Brock was not quite able to match his AAA bronze medal performance but did manage his second best time ever with a 2:37.7. Kyron Winkelmeyer got us turned in the right direction immediately however, swimming a blazing 2:23.8 in the senior men's 200 breaststroke, over 5 seconds under his personal best time, putting him in 3rd place going into tonights final. Andrea Gilbert, who had to wait over 6 hours for her event in a very long session was definately worth the wait. She split 29.1 at the 50 in her 100 freestyle and brought it home 31.9 for a 1:01.08, a personal best time by over a second. She was 18th overall in the event, but only .87 of a second out of a spot in the finals.

Finals resume at 6:00 pm central time (4:00 pm Pacific).