Toronto Titans’ Finlay Knox Goes 1:53.67 to Trounce 200 IM Canadian Record

Toronto Titans Finlay Knox; Photo Courtesy: Mike Lewis/ISL

Finlay Knox of the Toronto Titans went 1:53.67 in the 200 individual medley Sunday to lower his Canadian record.

Knox finished fourth in the event at the second International Swimming League semifinal in Budapest. But his time undercut the 1:55.10 that he posted last November in London to rewrite the Canadian short-course record.

Finlay Knox’s splits: 25.12, 29.86, 32.26, 26.43

That final 50 vaulted him from sixth at the 150-meter wall to fourth at the finish. He was 1.61 seconds off the pace set by Team Iron’s Leonardo Santos. Knox’s time improved him from the 17th best time in the league this season to 10th.

Knox’s record was the only Canadian record on the day but not the only close call. A day after Markus Thormeyer lowered his mark in the 200 backstroke, the Titans’ Cole Pratt joined him at 1:50 with a 1:50.82. Pratt’s previous ISL best this season was 1:51.95.

Kelsey Wog went 2:17.18 in the 200 breast, .05 off her fastest of the year. She remains just behind the Canadian mark of Annamay Pierse set in 2009 (2:16.83), as all three Canadian short-course records remain rooted in the super-suit era.

Wog, who won the event four times in the regular season, settled for second behind Lilly King, 0.39 seconds back.

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Linda Hyslop

4 years ago

Congratulations Canadian swimmers????????????