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2022 Speedo Masters Canadian Swimming Championships: By The Numbers

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The show must go on! Not even a power outage and low waters levels in the main competition pool could stop the athletes competing at the 2022 Speedo Masters Canadian Swimming Championships. Masters swimmers adapted to the quickly developing situation and swam in Laval University’s second basin in order to keep the meet running.

Total number of athletes present: 444

Number of clubs: 86

Years since last Masters Championships: 3

Age of the meet’s oldest swimmer: 90

Age of the meet’s youngest swimmer: 19

Most athletes competing on one team: 60

World records broken: 4 (pending FINA approval)

Canadian records broken: 25 (pending ratification)

Swimmers in both the 800 and 1500 freestyle: 40

Swimmers in both the 200 butterfly and 400 individual medley (Day 3): 23

Year that Université Laval was established: 1663

Year Quebec City was founded: 1608

Total flight time from Toronto to Quebec: 1h25mins

Average temperature in Quebec in May: 17 degrees

Number of severe thunderstorms in the area during the meet: 1

Number of tornado watches in the area during the meet: 1