Minnes’ time of 1:12.04 was a personal best in the event.

“I thought it was a good race, I just wanted to go out fast to get that lead,” said Minnes. In response to her success thus far, she added that it was definitely one of her goals to see how many medals she could win. Through Friday night, she has three gold medals and one silver.

Mabel Zavaros of the Oakville Aquatic Club was dominant in the girls 15-17 200-m butterfly as she touched the wall in 2:13.41. Zavaros now has three gold medals of her own, including Thursday night’s girls 13-17 4×200-m freestyle relay.

Zavaros will be competing at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Indianapolis next month.

Ray Yang of the Etobicoke Swim Club narrowly edged out Kamloops Classic Swimming’s Ryley McRae in what was an exciting final push towards the wall in the boys 14-16 200-m butterfly. Joshua Liendo won bronze in the event as he continues to swim well through Night 3 of the competition.

Owen Huang of the Markham Aquatic Club defeated Etobicoke Swim Club’s Alexander Milanovich in the boys 14-16 100-m breaststroke final while Frederik Kamminga beat out Ruishen Yu for top spot in the 17-18 age group. Both Huang and Kamminga posted personal bests on their way to gold in their respective finals.

In tonight’s relay action, the Markham Aquatic Club took home gold in the mixed 13-18 4×100-m medley relay. MAC was led by a couple of world junior team members in Ruslan Gaziev and Victoria Kwan. ESWIM and the Club Aquatique de Montréal rounded out the top three.

In the first final of the night, Emma O’Croinin of the Edmonton Keyano Swim Club led the girls 13-14 800-m freestyle from start to finish to claim gold along with a personal best of 9:00.34.

Calgary Patriots’ Marit Anderson followed up with a strong performance and a personal best of her own in the girls 15-17 800-m freestyle event as she posted a time of 8:55.50.

The RBC Canadian Junior Championships continue through Monday at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre and are being webcast at http://sportscanada.tv/swimmingcanada/.

For full results from the third day: https://results.swimming.ca/2017_Juniors/.

Here is a complete list of medal winners from tonight’s action.

Girls 800-m freestyle

• 13-14
  • Gold: Emma O’Croinin, EKSC
  • Silver: Brooklyn Douthwright, BEAST
  • Bronze: Kenna Smallegange, BAD
• 15-17
  • Gold: Marit Anderson, CP
  • Silver: Chantel Jeffrey, CSSSC
  • Bronze: Octavia, Lau, HYACK

Girls 100-m breaststroke

•  13-14
  • Gold: Asia Minnes, UNCAN
  • Silver: Pilar McCann, OSC
  • Bronze: Olivia Starzomski, SSAT
• 15-17
  • Gold: Avery Wiseman, TRIT
  • Silver: Katrina Brathwaite, PCSC
  • Bronze: Aela Janvier, PCSC

Boys 100-m breaststroke

•  14-16
  • Gold: Owen Huang, MAC
  • Silver: Alexander Milanovich, ESWIM
  • Bronze: Greyson Bernard, TSC
• 17-18
  • Gold: Frederik Kamminga, OSC
  • Silver: Ruishen Yu, SKSC
  • Bronze: Anis Chabi, CAMO

Girls 200-m butterfly

• 13-14
  • Gold: Avery Willie, CW
  • Silver: Lauren Wright, ESWIM
  • Bronze: Catherine Minic, GPP
• 15-17
  • Gold: Mabel Zavaros, OAK
  • Silver: Victoria Kwan, MAC
  • Bronze: Hanna Henderson, ESWIM

Boys 200-m butterfly

• 14-16
  • Gold: Ray Yang, ESWIM
  • Silver: Ryley McRae, KCS
  • Bronze: Joshua Liendo, NYAC
• 17-18
  • Gold: Emil Goin, PCSC
  • Silver: Connor Norval, MAC
  • Bronze: Maxime Fournier, RED

Mixed 13-18 4×100-m medley relay

• Gold: Markham Aquatic Club
  • Ruslan Gaziev
  • Owen Huang
  • Victoria Kwan
  • Brooke Switzer
• Silver: Etobicoke Swim Club
  • Luka Tomic
  • Alexander Milanovich
  • Lauren Wright
  • Hanna Henderson
• Bronze: Club Aquatique de Montréal
  • Loïc St-Martin
  • Zoé Quiviger
  • Mehdi Ayoubi
  • Marianne Rhéaume