Music: {allcanada} Savard wins 100m butterfly, ending Canada Cup

Sunday, June 30, 2013

{allcanada} Savard wins 100m butterfly, ending Canada Cup

MONTREAL — Katerine Savard of Quebec City nearly broke her third Canadian record this month, clocking 57.54 seconds to win the women's 100-metre butterfly to conclude the Canada Cup swimming competition.

Savard, who lowered the 100 fly standard to 57.40 in early June at a U.S. Grand Prix, finished 57.54 on Sunday ahead of Audrey Lacroix of Pont-Rouge, Que., second in 59.62.

Both are tuning up for the FINA World Championships July 19 to August 4 in Barcelona.

On Saturday, Savard broke the national mark in the 50 butterfly.

World team members also battled it out in the women's 50 freestyle with Chantal VanLandeghem of Winnipeg finishing first in 25.35. Canadian record holder Victoria Poon of Montreal was second in 25.61

Other Barcelona-bound swimmers with wins were Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson of Ottawa in the women's 200 individual medley and Martha McCabe of Toronto and Richard Funk of Edmonton in the 200 breaststroke.

In para swimming competition, world record holders Benoit Huot and Valerie Grand'Maison of Montreal each collected wins in their respective 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly.

Huot and Grand'Maison are preparing for the IPC World Championships August 12-18 in Montreal.