Scott Dickens triumphs Men’s 200m breaststroke heats - Canadian Olympic & Paralympic Trials
Scott Dickens of VAND upset his challengers in the preliminary rounds Men’s 200m breaststroke on day three of the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Trials in Montreal on Thursday, March 29.
The 27-year-old Dickens showed no mercy to his challengers and proved his supremacy for the top qualification spot of the race by ending his swim first. The Canadian expert spoiled the party of his opponents by outperforming them on the finishing end for
gold medal.
He stayed nearly two strokes ahead of his following swimmer and qualified into the final as top contender for first position by posting a time of 2 minutes and 13.66 seconds. His tremendous effort was chased by Mike Brown of UCSC, who stayed 0.30 seconds
slower from him and completed his swim in a time of 2 minutes and 13.96 seconds to qualify for the final.
The 27-year-old Brown was chased by Richard Funk of EKSC, who suffered a loss of 1.17 seconds and ended his sprint with the timing of 2 minutes and 15.13 seconds for third position. His immaculate effort stayed 0.41 seconds ahead of Jason Block of UCSC,
who emerged on the finishing wall as fourth position holder by completing his race in a time of 2 minutes and 15.54 seconds.
Warren Barnes of TSC clinched fifth qualifying position of the discipline as he proved his eligibility in the playoff by touching the wall with the timing of 2 minutes and 16.49 seconds.
In the meantime, the audience witnessed splendid efforts of Andrew Poznikoff of SFA and Paul Kornfeld of UCSC, who tried to overwhelm each other for the sixth best place in the final round. Both swimmers tried hard to surpass each other on the finishing
end but failed to do so and hit the finishing end with the same timing of 2 minutes and 16.89 seconds.
Last qualification spot of the race was secured by Jeffrey Nicol of UOFL, who stayed considerably slower from his competitors but ended his swim in a time of 2 minutes and 18.18 seconds.
Furthermore, the session ended after the conclusion of all planned events.
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