Wallaceburg’s Madison Broad of the Chatham Y Pool Sharks has started competing at the Canadian Swimming Championships in Montreal from August 6 – 9.
Madison raced 100m Backstroke on Thursday where she finished 17th in prelims with a time of 1:04.30 then in finals swam a 1:04.64 to finish 19th.
“The first day went pretty well because I did what I was hoping to do,” Madison said. “My races went well today because I improved on my underwater work and made a B final.”
Day 2 brought on the 50m Backstroke where Madison swam a 29.67 in prelims to finish 10th and make her first “A” final at a senior level swim meet.
At finals, she swam a 29.65 to tied for 9th place making this her best placement at this level of meet. Next up for Madison will be swim 200m Backstroke tomorrow and Sunday she will swim 50m Freestyle.
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