Team Canada breaks 2 Canadian records at final day of World Deaf Swimming Championships

Team Canada set 2 new Canadian deaf swimming records in the final day of the 2015 World Deaf Swimming Championships in San Antonio, Texas.

Joshua Baerg set the tone for the day by breaking his own Canadian record in the Men’s 50 metre breaststroke. The youngest swimmer in the 50 breast finals, Baerg swam a blistering 31.32 good for 7th in the World.

Team Canada then went on to break a 22 year old Canadian record in the Men’s 4x100 freestyle relay.

The team of Thomas Osborn, Brandon Van Wyk, Damiano Panetta and Joshua Baerg swam a time of 3:50.08 and placed 5th in the World. These new records were a fitting bookend to what was an amazing week for Canadian deaf swimmers!

Baerg enroute to breaking his Canadian record in 50 breast

Team Canada members Thomas Osborn, Brandon Van Wyk, Damiano Panetta, Joshua Baerg in their Team Arena gear