Two more medals for Matthew on Day 3 in Guam!
Jr. Pan Pacific Championships
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 Matthew Swanston with his 200 backstroke bronze medal
 
4Â x 100 freestyle bronze medal winning relay
 Matthew is 2nd from right
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Day 4- Matthew swam a personal best in the 50 freestyle of 24.05 to make it into the “A” final.  He then lowered his time an additonal .5 seconds to a 23.58 to finish 7th.
Matthew then led off with the backstroke leg of Canada’s 4 x 100 medley relay, which went on to finish 5th.
Day 3- Matthew won a bronze medal in the 200 backstroke!  He finished in a time of 2:01.24 behind swimmers from New Zealand and Japan.
Just a few minutes later, Matthew led off Canada’s 4 x100 freestyle relay which went on to win a bronze medal. Australia finished first, and Japan was second.
Day 2- Matthew had a very successful finals , setting a new Provincial 15-18 Age Group long course record in the 100 freestyle. His time of 50.95 in the “B” final broke the existing mark of 50.98 set by Hassaan Abdel-Khalik last summer. He was just off the National age group record, missing it by 8/100′s of a second!
Matthew then helped Canada’s 4 x 200 freestyle relay to a bronze medal.  His split of 1:50.85 was the fastest split on the Canadian team. The relay finished only 1/100 of a second behind silver medal winning Japan. Australia won the relay.
Day 1- Matthew finished 6th in the 100 backstroke in a time of 57.10. The event was won by 2008 Beijing Olympian Daniel Bell of New Zealand.
 4 x200 Bronze medal winning relay.Â
 Matthew is 2nd from left.
