Name: Henry Vehovec
Age category: 55-59
Events in Budapest:
- 50 breast (August 20)
- 100 breast (August 15)
- 200 breast (August 19)
Fun fact: Henry last swam at Worlds Masters in Montreal, in 1994. He's very excited to competing again now, after two years off because of a shoulder injury. During this year's Nationals, he won gold in 50-100-200 breast. To stay active during his shoulder rehab, he took up cycling and ballroom dancing.
Name: Melanie Fabes
Age category: 35-39
Events in Budapest:
- 50 free (August 17)
- 100 free (August 15)
- 50 back (August 20)
- 100 back (August 19)
Fun fact: Melanie is part of MSC Board. She was born and raised in Montreal, but she now lives in Toronto, surrounded by crazy Maple Leafs fans. She can't live without Montreal bagels, maple syrup, and a good cup of tea.
Name: Chris Smelt
Age category: 50-54
Events in Budapest:
- 50 free (August 17)
- 100 free (August 15)
- 50 fly (August 16)
- 100 breast (August 15)
- 200 IM (August 17)
Fun fact: Chris likes speedos and colourful cars, and he'll eat and drink pretty much anything.
Ralph Ades is part of this team, but he already has his own profile. You can read it HERE.
Name: Andrey Tihanyi
Age category: 35-39
Events in Budapest:
- 200 free (August 16)
- 200 back (August 15)
- 100 fly (August 17)
- 200 IM (August 17)
- 400 IM (August 16)
Fun fact: Andrey swam competitively from age 8-14, then 1 year varsity for his father, before taking 12 years off. Now that's he's back training, he loves and respect swimming more than ever. He coaches at North Toronto Masters.
Name: Brian Ma
Age category: 30-34
Events in Budapest:
- 50 breast (August 20)
- 100 breast (August 15)
- 200 breast (August 19)
Fun fact: Brian is a 2-time Canadian champion and the current Ontario record holder in the 200 breast. He also loves to ski; he clearly loves water, in both its liquid and solid forms!
Name: Suzy Simonetti
Age category: 40-44
Events in Budapest:
- 50 free (August 17)
- 100 free (August 15)
- 200 free (August 16)
- 800 free (August 14)
Fun fact: Suzy loves making ice cream and creating new flavours, and often invites her friend to sample. She coaches at North Toronto Masters.
Name: Carly Cermak
Age category: 30-34
Events in Budapest:
- 3k open water (August 12)
- 100 free (August 15)
- 200 breast (August 19)
- 200 IM (August 17)
- 400 IM (August 16)
Fun fact: Carly used to compete in downhill skiing.
Name: Leslie Carter
Age category: 50-54
Events in Budapest:
- 50 free (August 17)
- 100 free (August 15)
- 200 free (August 16)
Fun fact: Leslie loves her swim team!
Name: Cait Jones
Age category: 30-34
Events in Budapest:
- 50 back (August 20)
- 100 back (August 19)
- 200 back (August 15)
Fun fact: Cait can't swim a good breaststroke, that's why she sticks to backstroke!
Name: Marijana Primorac
Age category: 35-39
Events in Budapest:
- 50 free (August 17)
- 100 free (August 15)
- 50 breast (August 20)
- 100 breast (August 15)
- 50 fly (August 16)
Fun fact: Marijana is very active; in addition to being a swimmer, she also is a certified yoga instructor!
Interesting fact about North Toronto Masters: All new swimmers initiation ritual is to eat a knish at the Jewish deli, Yitz’s, we frequent every Saturday morning.
Fun team fact: We are all swimming relays!
You can watch these swimmers and other Canadians compete live by clicking this link: https://masters.fina-budapest2017.com/en/live-streams
Come back everyday until August 20th to see another Budapest Team Canada swimmer's profile!
