Mel Zajac International Invitational 2009

Strong international competition at the Mel Zajac Invitiational featured UVPCS swimmers placing in top-8 and top-16 positions. Leading the pack, MacKenzie Downing finished top-8 in all three Butterfly events with second, fourth and seventh places in the 200, 100 and 50 metres, respectively; while David Creel was fifth in the 1500 Freestyle event. In B-finals, Nicholas Sinclair placed in all three Backstroke events, at 13th, 14th and 15th for descending 200, 100 and 50 metres, respectively. Richard Weinberger was eleventh in the 1500 Freestyle, with Zac Parkes fifteenth and Ryan Clouston sixteenth in the 800 Freestyle. The men’s 400 Medley Relay (Nicholas Sinclair, Ian Mattock, Remy Mock, Cody Flegel) was tenth, while the 800 Freestyle Relay (Zac Parkes, Nicholas Sinclair, Cody Flegel, Ryan Clouston) was fourteenth.

As well, Rachael Newman set a new team record in the 13-14 category in 50 Butterfly.

Congratulations all! As always, complete details for the meet are available on our results page.