Top Nova Scotia Swimmers to Wrapped up Competition today at the Canadian Leg of FINA’s Swimming World Cup

Five of Nova Scotia’s top swimmers wrapped up competition today, Sunday during the second leg of the 2022 Fina Swimming World Cup in Toronto, ON.

Halifax’s Julie Nolan-McCarthy set a new Nova Scotia Provincial Record in the women’s 15-17 100m Breaststroke with a time of 1:10.25, with a 19th place finish. Julie also set the inaugural 15-17 and Senior Women’s 100m Individual Medley Provincial Record with a time of 1:05.75.

Complete Nova Scotia’s result are below.

Canada hosted the three-day event at Toronto’s Pan Am Centre in its first FINA Swimming World Cup event in more than 20 years. Over 450 athletes from 40 countries competed for an overall series prize pool of $224,000.00USD; American Katie Ledeky set a World Record in the women’s 1500m Freestyle during the competition, which saw many world-class swimmers.

The world’s top swimmers competed in the first leg last weekend in Berlin and will compete next weekend (November 3-5) in the third and final leg in Indianapolis, USA.

Aliyah Bloom, Dartmouth Crusaders Swim Club (DCSC)

200m Backstroke, 23rd/2:18.12

Kelien Bellis, Halifax Trojan Aquatic Club (HTAC)

100m Breaststroke, 28th/1:03.89

100m Individual Medley, 42nd/1:00.60

Isabelle Melanson, University of Ottawa (former age group club: HTAC)

50m Backstroke, 33rd/29.80

100m Backstroke, 33rd/1:04.39

200m Backstroke, 26th/2:18.95

Julie Nolan-McCarthy, HTAC

200m Breaststroke, 16th/2:32.11

100m Individual Medley, 33rd/1:05.75

100m Breaststroke, 19th/1:10.35*

50m Breaststroke, 17th/32.87

Sophie Rooney, Acadia (former age group club: HTAC)

50m Backstroke, 28th/29.40

100m Backstroke, 23rd/1:02.24

200m Backstroke, 10th/2:11.51

For complete results please visit the FINA webpage