Open Water 3km and 5km Results

3km Results: Male and Female
5km Results: Male and Female

Over 130 swimmers competed in the Swim Ontario Open Water Championships on July 6th at Professors Lake in Brampton.

The 3km was a battle from the start with Jacob Kukovica (GMAC) and Marc Muise (BRANT) taking charge on the mens side and Brooke Hall (COBRA), Claudia Mathieu (SCAR), and Danielle Ranieri (COBRA) taking the lead for the women on the first two laps.

The final lap showed James Middlebrook (COBRA) and David Mackie (GHAC) move up into the mix, the the top three boys ending up in the top finishing order of Kukovica, Muise, Middlebrook.  The girls continued to jockey for position right to the dock with Mathieu out touching Hall and Ranieri for the win.

Age Group Top 3

10-12 Girls
1. Paige Hall
2. Bavindeep Basra
3. Gillian Tate

13-14 Girls
1. Claudia Mathieu
2. Brooke Hall
3. Danielle Ranieri

15-18 Girls
1. Karen Wan
2. Shelby Gray
3. Sasha Boulton

11-13 Boys
1. Dan Rona
2. Daniel Manson
3. Connor Wilkins

14-15 Boys
1. Jacob Kukovica
2. Marc Muise
3. David Mallett

16-18 Boys
1. James Middlebrook
2. David Mackie
3. Matthew Dmytrenko

The clouds began to roll in for the start of the 5km, but that didn't stop the 35 swimmers.  A pack gathered at the start and gathered steam from there with many changes in the lead for the first 4000 between Jacob Toner (SLSC), Scott Van Doormaal (GMAC), David Dorian (TSC) and Zsofi Balazs (TSC), finally settling into the placement of Van Doormaal, Dorian, Balazs, Toner for the finish.

Top 3 Men
1. Scott Van Doormaal
2. David Dorian
3. Jacob Toner

Top 3 Women
1. Zsofi Balazs
2. Carly Cermak
3. Ayesha Rollinson

Thank you to all of our participants and we look forward to seeing everyone back again next year!