Double gold for York Mills swimmer

A double gold medal performance by Nicholas Poon of York Mills Collegiate led a strong Toronto contingent at the OFSAA (Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations) swimming championships held right here in Toronto at the Etobicoke Olympium earlier this month.

OFSAA allows for competition in the 'open' category, which includes elite club trained swimmers, and also for high school trained swimmers in senior and junior categories.

Toronto's only individual double gold medal haul, Poon won gold in both the senior men's 100m breaststroke and 100m individual medley.

Toronto did, however, feature several double medalists:

* Paulina Bond of Malvern Collegiate earned gold and silver, respectively, in open women's 100m butterfly and 100m freestyle;

* Max Carnella of Upper Canada College scored gold and silver, respectively, in junior men's 100m individual medley and 50m backstroke;

* Jennifer Tapley of Michael Power/St. Joseph scored gold and bronze, respectively, in open women's 100m freestyle and 50m freestyle.

Also earning gold medals were:

* Edward Liu of Harbord Collegiate in open men's 100m butterfly. He also placed fifth in 50m freestyle.

* Max Materne of Northern Secondary School won gold in senior men's 100m backstroke.

Here are the rest of Toronto's individual OFSAA medal winners:

INDIVIDUAL SILVER

* Victoria Chan of Havergal College, silver in open women's 50m freestyle;

* Alejandro Soares of Forest Hill CI, silver in junior men's 50m butterfly. Soares also finished fourth in 50m freestyle;

* Vlad Tanas of Michael Power/St. Joseph, silver in open men's 100m butterfly;

* Robin Holloway of Bishop Strachan School, silver in senior women's 100m backstroke;

INDIVIDUAL BRONZE

* Joyce Guo of Agincourt, bronze in open women's 100m individual medley. She also finished fourth in 50m freestyle;

* John Meisner of Malvern Collegiate, bronze in junior men's 50m backstroke.

RELAYS

Also up for grabs at OFSAA were the team relays.

The highlight for Toronto was the swimming equivalent of hitting for the cycle for Upper Canada College, which earned the complete collection of gold, silver and bronze.

Here's a relay recap:

GOLD: Upper Canada College, open men's 200m medley relay, setting an OFSAA record; Northern Secondary School, senior men's 200m medley relay; Riverdale Collegiate, senior men's 200m freestyle relay.

SILVER: Upper Canada College, junior open men's 200m medley relay; Humberside Collegiate, junior women's 200m freestyle relay; Malvern Collegiate, junior open women's 200m medley relay.

BRONZE: Upper Canada College, open men's 400m freestyle relay; Malvern Collegiate, junior men's 200m freestyle relay; Riverdale Collegiate, senior men's 200m medley relay.

TEAM STANDINGS

OFSAA also compiles team totals and the big news was Malvern Collegiate came within a whisker of the podium, settling for fourth overall. Malvern did earn a team bronze medal in the open category.

Here's the team standings, which includes all top-20 finishes by Toronto schools.

OVERALL: 4 Malvern, 7 Upper Canada College, 14 Riverdale Collegiate, 15 York Mills.

OPEN: 3 Malvern, 8 Upper Canada College, 10 York Mills, 17 Michael Power/St. Joseph, 20 Harbord Collegiate.

MEN: 5 Riverdale Collegiate, 6 Upper Canada, 9 Forest Hill, 10 Malvern, 13 Etobicoke, 14 York Mills, 17 Northern SS

WOMEN: 4 Bishop Strachan, 9 Loretto Abbey CSS, 11 Humberside CI, 18 Malvern Collegiate.

For many competitive swimmers, aspiring for a 'final swim', which guarantees a top-eight placement, is the goal. Below we've listed all Toronto swimmers who made a 'final swim' at OFSAA (along with the times).

Complete results are available at http://www.ofsaa.on.ca/swimming/

TORONTO'S OFSAA FINALISTS

GOLD

* open women 100m butterfly: 1 Paulina Bond, Malvern Collegiate 1:02.57

* open men 100m butterfly: 1 Edward Liu, Harbord Collegiate 57.75

* senior men 100 m breaststroke: 1 Nicholas Poon, York Mills CI 1:11.67

* senior men 100m individual medley: 1 Nicholas Poon, York Mills CI 1:03.44

* junior men 100m individual medley: 1 Max Carnella, Upper Canada College 1:07.44

* open women 100m freestyle: 1 Jennifer Tapley, Michael Power/St. Joseph 58.07

* senior men 100m backstroke: 1 Max Materne, Northern Secondary School 1:03.43

SILVER

* open women 50m freestyle: 2 Victoria Chan, Havergal College 26.53

* junior men 50m butterfly: 2 Alejandro Soares, Forest Hill CI 29.10

* open men 100m butterfly: 2 Vlad Tanas, Michael Power/St. Joseph 58.96

* open women 100m freestyle: 2 Paulina Bond, Malvern Collegiate 58.37

* senior women 100m backstroke: 2 Robin Holloway, The Bishop Strachan School 1:11.48

* junior men 50 m backstroke: 2 Max Carnella, Upper Canada College 31.01

BRONZE

* open women 50m freestyle: 3 Jennifer Tapley, Michael Power/St. Joseph 26.56

* open women 100m individual medley: 3 Joyce Guo, Agincourt CI 1:06.87

* junior men 50m backstroke: 3 John Meisner, Malvern Collegiate 31.09

FOURTH PLACE

* junior, 50m freestyle: 4 Alejandro Soares, Forest Hill CI 27.00

* senior men 50m freestyle: 4 Michael Aleksic, Riverdale Collegiate 25.81

* open women 50m freestyle: 4 Joyce Guo, Agincourt CI 26.97

* junior women 50m breaststroke: 4 Melanie Gavan, Loretto Abbey CSS 38.79

* open men 200m individual medley: 4 Adamo Tersigni, Humberview SS 2:15.20

* junior women 100m freestyle: 4 Safia Fakim, Richview Collegiate 1:05.41

* junior men 100m freestyle: 4 Mitchell Lazar, Leaside High School 1:00.70

* men 20&under 100m Freestyle PARA Multi-Disability: 4 Robert Hampson, Lawrence Park C.I. 1:51.30

FIFTH PLACE

* senior men 50m freestyle: 5 Kurtis Bond, Etobicoke CI 25.95

* open men 50m freestyle: 5 Edward Liu, Harbord Collegiate 24.58

* senior men 50m butterfly: 5 Nathan Tran, East York CI 28.53

* open men 100m breaststroke: 5 Paul Wong, Upper Canada College 1:08.14 31

* open women 200m individual medley: 5 Virginia Hetherington, Havergal College 2:27.54

* senior men 100m individual medley: 5 Shane MacDonald, Riverdale CI 1:05.87

* men 20&Under 50m backstroke PARA Multi-Disability: 5 Robert Hampson, Lawrence Park C.I. 49.26

SIXTH PLACE

* open men 200m freestyle: 6 David Ou, North Toronto CI 2:01.18

* senior women 200m freestyle: 6 Liz Laushway, Bishop Strachan School 2:24.00

* senior men 50m butterfly: 6 Keith Lu, Forest Hill CI 28.83

* open men 200 individual medley: 6 David Riley, Upper Canada College 2:19.25

* open women 100m backstroke: 6 Rachel Shin, Malvern Collegiate 1:06.15

* junior women 50m backstroke: 6 Jenny Korus, Harbord Collegiate 35.21

* junior men 50m backstroke: 6 Gavin Lifman, Upper Canada College 32.05

SEVENTH PLACE

* open women 200m freestyle: 7 Samantha Hu, York Mills CI 2:11.28

* open men 50m freestyle: 7 Bryce Chen, Harbord Collegiate 24.92

* junior men 50m butterfly: 7 Phillip Pham, Michael Power/St. Joseph 30.99

* junior men 50m breaststroke: 7 Phillip Pham, Michael Power/St. Joseph 36.25

* open men 100m breaststroke: 7 Adamo Tersigni, Humberview SS 1:08.91

* open women 200m individual medley: 7 Rachel Shin, Malvern Collegiate 2:29.04

* open men 200m individual medley: 7 David Ou, North Toronto CI 2:19.58

* junior men 100m individual medley: 7 Michael Huynh, Riverdale CI 1:12.50

* open women 100m backstroke: 7 Virginia Hetherington, Havergal College 1:06.98

* men 100m freestyle PARA Multi-Disability: 7 Sasha Ferriman, York Mills CI 2:23.06

* men 50m backstroke PARA Multi-Disability: 7 Fraser Neal, Humberview SS 54.12

EIGHTH PLACE

* junior men 50m freestyle: 8 Damir Bayambayev, R.H. King Academy 27.88

* open men 100m butterfly: 8 George Chumakov, R.H. King Academy 1:01.20

* junior men 50m breaststroke: 8 Jannis Mei, University of Toronto Schools 36.44

* open women 100m breaststroke: 8 Cino Ling, Malvern Collegiate 1:19.67

* junior women 100m individual medley: 8 An Quach, Vaughan Road Academy 1:18.26

* senior women 100 m freestyle: 8 Emily Torrens, Sir Oliver Mowat CI 1:07.21

* senior men 100m freestyle: 8 Arthur Maciosszek, Senator O'Connor 58.82

* open women 100m freestyle: 8 Kathryn Martin, Northern Secondary School 1:01.57

* senior women 100m backstroke: 8 Emma Compeau, Martingrove Collegiate 1:15.46

* men 100 m freestyle PARA Multi-Disability: 8 Keefe Lau, Agincourt CI 2:08.29

RELAYS

GOLD

* open men 200m medley relay: 1 Upper Canada College 1:51.98R (beat old mark of 1:53.41)

* senior men 15 and over 200m medley relay: 1 Northern Secondary School 1:57.09

* senior men 15 and over 200m freestyle relay: 1 Riverdale CI 1:43.60

SILVER

* junior open men 200m medley relay: 2 Upper Canada College 2:06.77

* junior women 200m freestyle relay: 2 Humberside Collegiate 2:07.65

* junior open women 200m medley relay: 2 Malvern Collegiate 2:04.77

BRONZE

* open men 400m freestyle relay: 3 Upper Canada College 3:46.25

* junior men 200m freestyle relay: 3 Malvern Collegiate 1:51.40

* senior men 200m medley relay: 3 Riverdale CI 1:58.48