Oliver Dawson Moves Up To #3 In Canadian 13-14 Rankings With 2:21 200 Breast (original) (raw)

2022 SPEEDO CANADIAN JUNIOR & SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

14-year-old Oliver Dawson stole the show on Night 4 of the 2022 Canadian Junior & Senior Championships in Montreal, dropping a massive best time to win the boys’ 14-15 200 breaststroke.

Dawson, a member of the Grand Prairie Piranhas, clocked 2:21.33 to touch first in the event by more than three seconds and knock nearly six seconds off his best time of 2:27.02, set in the prelims. Coming into the meet his best stood at 2:28.22.

With this swim, Dawson moves up into third all-time in the Canadian boys 13-14 rankings, trailing only a pair of Olympians in Matthew Huang and Gabe Mastromatteo.

For context, Dawson’s time would rank 14th in the U.S. 13-14 rankings, with only six swimmers having ever broken the 2:20-barrier.

Dawson wasn’t the only swimmer in the 14-15 age group that performed exceptionally, as two other 14-year-olds, Joshua Wall and Lucas Kim, also set best times to move up in the 13-14 rankings.

Wall, who represents the Richmond Rapids, dropped just under half a second in 2:24.52 to rank seventh all-time, while Kim, a member of the Surrey Knights, improved his best time by just over a second in 2:24.52 to move into eighth all-time.

Canadian Boys’ 13-14 200 Breaststroke Rankings (LCM)

  1. Matthew Huang (Pacific Dolphins), 2:19.95 – 1999
  2. Gabe Mastromatteo (Kenora Swimming), 2:20.61 – 2017
  3. Oliver Dawson (Grand Prairie Piranhas Swim Club), 2:21.33 – 2022
  4. Morgan Knabe (Canada), 2:23.34 – 1996
  5. Joshua Young (Red Deer Catalina Swim Club), 2:23.67 – 2015
  6. Simon Meier (Manta Swim Club), 2:24.38 – 2013
  7. Joshua Wall (Richmond Rapids), 2:24.52 – 2022
  8. Lucas Kim (Surrey Knights Swim Club), 2:24.53 – 2022
  9. James Dergousoff (Chena Swim Club), 2:24.85 – 2011
  10. James Hume (Chena Swim Club), 2:25.05 – 2020

Some impressive swims were also delivered in the other age groups in the 200 breast, as Ramac’s Steve Frantskevich improved his preliminary best time (2:18.34) by more than a second in 2:17.19 to win the 16-18 event over University of Calgary Swim Club’s Lorne Wigginton (2:19.78).

Frantskevich now ranks 12th all-time among 17-year-olds in Canada.

In the 19 & over 200 breast, it was Jacob Gallant, a member of the Fredericton Aquanauts, who lowered his best time by more than a second en route to breaking the New Brunswick Provincial Record in 2:16.23.

UBC’s Brodie Young placed second in a best of 2:16.78, while Saskatoon Goldfin Brayden Hemeon broke his third Saskatchewan Provincial Record of the meet to take third in 2:17.86.

In the 200 butterfly, University of Calgary Swim Club stalwart Kamryn Cannings further improved her best time set in the prelims, topping the girls’ 15-17 age group in a time of 2:14.62. Cannings, who had clocked 2:15.74 in the heats, moves up into 18th all-time in the 15-16 age group.

In the boys’ 100 freestyle, Will Browne dipped under his preliminary swim of 52.19 in 51.92 to win the 14-15 event, making him the eighth-fastest 15-year-old in Canadian history.

Closely trailing Browne was Killarney’s Paul Dardis (52.14) and Hyack’s Laon Kim (52.48). Dardis is the fastest 15-year-old ever in Canada, having been 50.76 earlier this year, while Kim’s swim marked a new best time and broke his own British Columbia 13-14 Age Record (52.84).

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James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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