By Jim Morris

GLASGOW, Scotland – Benoit Huot and Alec Elliot will give Canada a one-two punch in the final of S10 100-meter backstroke at the IPC Swimming World Championships Thursday night.

There also will be two Maple Leaf caps in the women’s S7 200-m individual medley with Tess Routliffe and Sarah Mehain both aiming for the podium.

In total seven Canadians advanced to the finals. They will be looking to increase Canada’s five medals (one gold, three silver, one bronze).

Elliot, of Waterloo, Ont., was clocked in one minute, 2.87 seconds to have the fourth fastest time in the morning heats. Huot, of Longueuil, Que., was fifth in 1:03.21.

Elliot will be looking for his first medal of the meet in his second final. Huot, who won silver in the 200-m individual medley, believes his teammate can reach the podium.

“Alec is the future of our sport,” said Huot. “He’s a very talented kid. I think one of us can definitely sneak in on the podium tonight.

“We have two chances. It will be a very good race.”

Routliffe, of Caledon, Ont., swam a person best time of 3:08.43 for the second fastest times of the 200-IM heats. Mehain of Vernon, B.C., was fourth in 3:11.71 while Nydia Langill of Mississauga, Ont., was 10^th in 3:43.56.

Routliffe has finished fourth in her previous three finals.

“It will work out if I make my race better and put my strategies together,” she said.

Zack McAllister of Lethbridge, Alta., swam an America’s record time of 1:01.26 to advance to the final of the S8 100-m freestyle. Zach Zona of Waterford, Ont., was 12^th in 1:05.67.

McAllister’s time broke his Canadian record of 1:01.52.

“It didn’t go as well as I expected but it was good,” said McAllister, who hopes to improve on his time in the final.

Morgan Bird of Calgary swam 1:10.63 to have the fourth fastest time in the women’s 100-m freestyle. Sabrina Duchesne of Quebec City was 11^th in a personal best time of 1:17.15.

“I think I executed my race like I was supposed to,” said Bird.

Jean-Michel Lavalliere of Quebec City advanced to the final of the S7 200-m IM with a Canadian record time of 2:48.19. That shattered his old mark of 2:51.49.

“It’s something we have worked on the past three years,” he said.

In other morning swims Nicolas Turbide of Quebec City was 10^th in the S13 400-m freestyle in 4:31.70. Katarina Roxon of Kippens, N.L., was 18^th in the S9 50-m freestyle in 31.61 seconds.

Danial Murphy of Bedford, N.S., finished 11^th in the S5 50-m butterfly in 49.41 seconds.

Tammy Cunnington of Red Deer, Alta., swam a S4 meet record time of 1:01.64 in the 50-m butterfly. Since she was swimming in group that combined S5s, S4s and S3s, she finished 11^th overall and did not advance.

The competition, which ends Sunday, has attracted 580 athletes from close to 70 countries to the Tollcross International Swimming Centre. It’s the largest swimming competition before next year’s Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janerio.

All heats and finals will be shown live at http://www.paralympic.org/glasgow-2015Glasgow2015.com. Results can be found at www.paralympic.org/glasgow-2015/schedule/results.

“We have two chances. It will be a very good race.”