Olympic bronze medalist Hilary Caldwell was expected to put up a good swim in her best event, the 200 back, during the third session of finals at the 2017 Canadian Swimming Trials. While she did just that, it turned out that Kylie Masse had an even better swim, touching out Caldwell to win the best race of the night.
In other action, Penny Oleksiak got the win in the 100 fly, the race in which she won her first Olympic medal, and five more spots were secured for the World Championships. Read event-by-event coverage below.
Women’s 400 free
Teenager Mackenzie Padington will make her debut on Canada’s senior international team this summer as she earned a chance to swim the 400 free at this summer’s FINA World Championships. She finished in 4:09.04, good for ninth in the world for 2017 and well ahead of the FINA “A” cut of 4:10.57 required for qualification.
Kennedy Goss finished second in 4:10.80, but she finished just short of the FINA “A” cut. Just behind Goss was Danica Ludlow, who finished third in 4:!1.39.
Olivia Anderson took fourth in 4:14.51, and she was followed by Caitlin Hodge (4:16.40), Taylor Ruck (4:19.70), Octavia Lau (4:19.90) and Kaitlin Gervais (4:21.04).
Event 19 Women 400 LC Meter Freestyle
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FINA A: f 4:10.57
World: w 3:56.46 8/7/2016 Katie Ledecky, USA
Canadian: n 4:03.43 8/7/2016 Brittany MacLean, ESWIM
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Padington, Mack 99 ISC 4:11.47 4:09.04f 855
28.21 59.09 (30.88)
1:30.43 (31.34) 2:02.18 (31.75)
2:33.96 (31.78) 3:06.12 (32.16)
3:38.04 (31.92) 4:09.04 (31.00)
2 Goss, Kennedy 96 GATORS 4:14.09 4:10.80 838
28.99 1:00.37 (31.38)
1:32.22 (31.85) 2:03.96 (31.74)
2:35.39 (31.43) 3:07.21 (31.82)
3:39.02 (31.81) 4:10.80 (31.78)
3 Ludlow, Danica 96 UCSC 4:15.18 4:11.39 832
29.03 1:00.21 (31.18)
1:32.24 (32.03) 2:04.27 (32.03)
2:36.37 (32.10) 3:08.38 (32.01)
3:40.31 (31.93) 4:11.39 (31.08)
4 Anderson, Olivi 99 ESWIM 4:16.69 4:14.51 801
29.59 1:01.25 (31.66)
1:33.67 (32.42) 2:05.86 (32.19)
2:38.22 (32.36) 3:10.51 (32.29)
3:43.20 (32.69) 4:14.51 (31.31)
5 Hodge, Caitlin 94 UL 4:17.77 4:16.40 784
30.03 1:01.98 (31.95)
1:34.03 (32.05) 2:06.81 (32.78)
2:38.99 (32.18) 3:11.98 (32.99)
3:44.54 (32.56) 4:16.40 (31.86)
6 Ruck, Taylor M 00 UNCAN 4:18.92 4:19.70 754
28.75 1:00.60 (31.85)
1:33.13 (32.53) 2:06.18 (33.05)
2:39.40 (33.22) 3:12.77 (33.37)
3:46.39 (33.62) 4:19.70 (33.31)
7 Lau, Octavia 01 HYACK 4:21.46 4:19.90 753
29.58 1:02.02 (32.44)
1:35.00 (32.98) 2:07.51 (32.51)
2:40.69 (33.18) 3:13.89 (33.20)
3:47.58 (33.69) 4:19.90 (32.32)
8 Gervais, Kaitli 96 UVIC-PCS 4:21.23 4:21.04 743
30.41 1:03.42 (33.01)
1:36.49 (33.07) 2:10.26 (33.77)
2:43.14 (32.88) 3:16.48 (33.34)
3:49.36 (32.88) 4:21.04 (31.68)
Men’s 400 free
No one in the men’s 400 free final approached the FINA “A” cut of 3:48.15, but Jeremy Bagshaw pulled away for a big win, finishing in 3:50.27.
Bagshaw won by almost three seconds as Peter Brothers finished second in 3:52.90, and Colin Gilbert took third in 3:53.23. Tristan Cote, already on the Worlds team in the 400 IM, finished fourth in 3:54.77.
Alexander Pratt finished fifth in 3:55.16, an Teddy Kalp also broke 4:00, finishing in 3:57.88. Brian Palaschuk (4:00.51) and Jon McKay (4:01.38) also swam in the A-final.
Event 20 Men 400 LC Meter Freestyle
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FINA A: f 3:48.15
World: w 3:40.07 7/26/2009 Paul Biedermann, GER
Canadian: n 3:43.46 8/10/2014 Ryan Cochrane, IS
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Bagshaw, Jeremy 92 ISC 3:54.05 3:50.27 872
27.00 56.01 (29.01)
1:25.18 (29.17) 1:54.20 (29.02)
2:23.44 (29.24) 2:52.93 (29.49)
3:22.26 (29.33) 3:50.27 (28.01)
2 Brothers, Peter 96 UCSC 3:55.43 3:52.90 843
27.07 56.32 (29.25)
1:25.73 (29.41) 1:55.24 (29.51)
2:24.44 (29.20) 2:54.07 (29.63)
3:23.48 (29.41) 3:52.90 (29.42)
3 Gilbert, Colin 98 KCS 3:55.01 3:53.23 840
26.74 55.38 (28.64)
1:24.30 (28.92) 1:53.40 (29.10)
2:23.21 (29.81) 2:53.56 (30.35)
3:23.76 (30.20) 3:53.23 (29.47)
4 Cote, Tristan 95 ESWIM 3:58.04 3:54.77 823
27.23 56.68 (29.45)
1:26.41 (29.73) 1:56.61 (30.20)
2:26.61 (30.00) 2:56.50 (29.89)
3:26.06 (29.56) 3:54.77 (28.71)
5 Pratt, Alexande 00 CASC 3:57.98 3:55.16 819
27.40 56.48 (29.08)
1:26.64 (30.16) 1:56.75 (30.11)
2:27.06 (30.31) 2:57.10 (30.04)
3:26.83 (29.73) 3:55.16 (28.33)
6 Kalp, Teddy 96 NYAC 3:59.98 3:57.88 791
27.55 57.15 (29.60)
1:27.07 (29.92) 1:57.70 (30.63)
2:28.06 (30.36) 2:58.80 (30.74)
3:28.72 (29.92) 3:57.88 (29.16)
7 Palaschuk, Bria 98 ROD 4:01.63 4:00.51 766
27.50 57.04 (29.54)
1:27.57 (30.53) 1:57.95 (30.38)
2:28.59 (30.64) 2:59.43 (30.84)
3:30.29 (30.86) 4:00.51 (30.22)
8 McKay, Jon 95 UVIC-PCS 3:59.85 4:01.38 757
27.79 57.16 (29.37)
1:27.19 (30.03) 1:57.57 (30.38)
2:28.13 (30.56) 2:58.90 (30.77)
3:30.42 (31.52) 4:01.38 (30.96)
Women’s 100 fly
Penny Oleksiak, the Olympic silver medalist in the 100 fly, turned two tenths behind Katerine Savard at the halfway point, but Savard was no match for the finishing speed of Oleksiak. The 16-year-old Oleksiak finished in 57.35, the third-fastest time in the world in 2017.
Savard held on to finish second in 58.27, slower than the 57.96 she swam in prelims but still under the FINA “A” cut of 58.48, so Savard will swim the event in Budapest. She actually swam the race with a small tear in her suit down the lower back but still managed to achieve a second-place finish.
Rebecca Smith, already on the Worlds team for relay duty, finished third in 58.52. Fourth went to Mabel Zavaros in 59.60, and Maggie MacNeil was also under 1:00, finishing in 59.88.
Rounding out the final were Sadie Fazekas (1:00.59), Hannah Genich (1:00.75) and Jacomie Strydom (1:01.14).
Event 21 Women 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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FINA A: f 58.48
World: w 55.48 8/7/2016 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
Canadian: n 56.46 8/7/2016 Penelope Oleksiak, TSC
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Oleksiak, Penny 00 TSC/HPCO 58.61 57.35f 905
27.19 57.35 (30.16)
2 Savard, Katerin 93 CAMO 57.96 58.27f 863
26.97 58.27 (31.30)
3 Smith, Rebecca 00 SCAR/HPCO 58.64 58.52 852
27.20 58.52 (31.32)
4 Zavaros, Mabel 00 OAK 59.37 59.60 806
27.91 59.60 (31.69)
5 MacNeil, Maggie 00 LAC 59.60 59.88 795
28.01 59.88 (31.87)
6 Fazekas, Sadie 97 WAC/AKRON 1:01.01 1:00.59 767
28.13 1:00.59 (32.46)
7 Genich, Hannah 98 SCAR/UT 1:01.13 1:00.75 761
28.57 1:00.75 (32.18)
8 Strydom, Jacomi 96 OSC 1:01.05 1:01.14 747
28.25 1:01.14 (32.89)
Men’s 100 fly
Josiah Binnema blasted a lifetime best by almost a second to win the national title, touching in 52.90. That time was well short of the FINA “A” cut of 52.29, but Binnema may end up getting a spot on the World Champs team as a member of Canada’s 400 medley relay.
Binnema finished three-quarters of a second ahead of Mack Darragh, who finished second in 53.65. Just behind was Alexander Perreault in 53.71. Nicholas Dekker finished fourth in 53.97, and Gamal Assaad took fifth in 54.03.
Montana Champagne (54.46), Matthew Dixon (54.88) and Osvald Nitski (55.45) also swam in the top heat.
Event 22 Men 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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FINA A: f 52.29
World: w 49.82 8/1/2009 Michael Phelps, USA
Canadian: n 51.83 8/11/2016 Santo Condorelli, UNATT
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Binnema, Josiah 97 KEYANO 53.69 52.90 835
24.92 52.90 (27.98)
2 Darragh, Mack 93 OAK 53.97 53.65 800
25.31 53.65 (28.34)
3 Perreault, Alex 98 OTTSC 53.42 53.71 798
24.89 53.71 (28.82)
4 Dekker, Nicolaa 95 RAPID 54.22 53.97 786
25.36 53.97 (28.61)
5 Assaad, Gamal 95 OAK 54.61 54.03 783
25.62 54.03 (28.41)
6 Champagne, Mont 96 GO 54.76 54.46 765
25.64 54.46 (28.82)
7 Dans, Matthew 95 GO/UT 54.41 54.88 748
25.08 54.88 (29.80)
8 Nitski, Osvald 97 OAK/UT 54.97 55.45 725
26.16 55.45 (29.29)
Women’s 200 back
Olympic bronze medalist and Canadian record-holder Hilary Caldwell got back to the World Championships in her signature event, but she could not quite win the national championship as Kylie Masse took the title away with a stellar final 50.
Masse finished in 2:07.23, just six one-hundredths ahead of Caldwell’s 2:07.29, both more than a second under what had previously been the top time in the world this year, Caldwell’s 2:08.48 from prelims. The win is Masse’s third of the week after clocking the third-fastest time in history in the 100 back and also winning the 50 back.
Mackenzie Glover finished third in 2:11.17, while Dominique Bouchard, who was right with Masse and Caldwell for much of the race, faded to fourth in 2:11.24. Alexia Zevnik finished fifth in 2:12.06, followed by Meryn McCann (2:12.40), Genevieve Cantin (2:12.89) and Kennedy Goss (2:17.49).
Event 23 Women 200 LC Meter Backstroke
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FINA A: f 2:11.53
World: w 2:04.06 8/3/2012 Melissa Franklin, USA
Canadian: n 2:06.80 8/3/2013 Hilary Caldwell, PSW
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Masse, Kylie 96 WEST/UT 2:11.99 2:07.23f 927
30.15 1:02.73 (32.58)
1:34.62 (31.89) 2:07.23 (32.61)
2 Caldwell, Hilar 91 ISC 2:08.48 2:07.29f 925
30.33 1:02.27 (31.94)
1:34.60 (32.33) 2:07.29 (32.69)
3 Glover, Mackenz 98 UMAN 2:12.98 2:11.17f 846
30.77 1:03.92 (33.15)
1:37.38 (33.46) 2:11.17 (33.79)
4 Bouchard, Domin 91 OAK 2:11.23 2:11.24f 844
30.43 1:02.27 (31.84)
1:35.70 (33.43) 2:11.24 (35.54)
5 Zevnik, Alexia 94 POINTE-CLAIRE SW 2:12.44 2:12.06 829
30.35 1:03.61 (33.26)
1:37.45 (33.84) 2:12.06 (34.61)
6 McCann, Meryn 98 ESWIM 2:12.87 2:12.40 822
32.09 1:05.40 (33.31)
1:39.34 (33.94) 2:12.40 (33.06)
7 Cantin, Geneviè 91 UL 2:13.47 2:12.89 813
31.50 1:04.90 (33.40)
1:39.08 (34.18) 2:12.89 (33.81)
8 Goss, Kennedy 96 GATORS 2:12.23 2:17.49 734
31.31 1:05.47 (34.16)
1:41.52 (36.05) 2:17.49 (35.97)
Men’s 200 back
Rob Hill took over the lead at the 150 and then stormed home to win the national championship in 2:00.12. That fell short of the FINA “A” cut of 1:58.44 but was enough to beat out runner-up Tim Zeng and third-place finisher Javier Acevedo.
Zeng, already the 50 back champion, touched in 2:00.95, and Acevedo finished in 2:01.02, but he already qualified for Budapest after a win in the 100 back.
Anders Klein was fourth in 2:02.16, and then there was a big gap back to the rest of the field: Matthew Mac (2:04.65), Sebastian Somerset (2:04.72) and Nicolas Duke (2:05.31). Loic St-Martin was disqualified.
Event 24 Men 200 LC Meter Backstroke
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FINA A: f 1:58.55
World: w 1:51.92 7/31/2009 Aaron Peirsol, USA
Canadian: n 1:57.34 7/11/2009 Matthew Hawes, UBCD
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Hill, Rob 96 CHENA 2:02.77 2:00.12 808
28.48 59.30 (30.82)
1:29.96 (30.66) 2:00.12 (30.16)
2 Zeng, Tim 97 CHENA 2:01.98 2:00.95 792
28.48 59.63 (31.15)
1:31.04 (31.41) 2:00.95 (29.91)
3 Acevedo, Javier 98 AAC 2:02.65 2:01.02 790
28.55 58.92 (30.37)
1:30.42 (31.50) 2:01.02 (30.60)
4 Klein, Anders 97 KEYANO 2:03.98 2:02.16 769
28.94 59.52 (30.58)
1:30.78 (31.26) 2:02.16 (31.38)
5 Mac, Matthew 98 OAK/UT 2:04.99 2:04.65 723
29.52 1:00.98 (31.46)
1:33.11 (32.13) 2:04.65 (31.54)
6 Somerset, Sebas 01 CASC 2:05.58 2:04.72 722
29.26 1:00.99 (31.73)
1:32.89 (31.90) 2:04.72 (31.83)
7 Duke, Nicolas 98 CHENA 2:04.68 2:05.31 712
29.24 1:00.69 (31.45)
1:32.77 (32.08) 2:05.31 (32.54)
-- St-Martin, Loïc 00 CAMO 2:05.60 DQ
29.34 1:01.14 (31.80)
1:33.40 (32.26) DQ (31.98)
Women’s 50 breast
Rachel Nicol won her second national title of the week in the 50 breast, touching the wall in 31.19. The time was good for 10th in the world this year, and even though this event will not be used for World Championships selection, Nicol will likely swim the event in Budapest after she already made the team in the 100 breast.
Faith Knelson finished just behind in second, touching in 31.25, and Kelsey Wog touched third in 31.90. Ashley McGregor, qualified for Budapest after finishing second in the 200 breast, touched fourth in 32.05.
Sophie Angus (32.24), Karyn Gagne and Marie-Laurence Goldin (both 32.91) and Sofia Carnevale (33.31) finished fifth, tied for sixth and eighth, respectively.
Event 25 Women 50 LC Meter Breaststroke
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FINA A: f 31.22
World: w 29.48 8/3/2013 Ruta Meilutyte, LTU
Canadian: n 30.23 7/8/2009 Amanda Reason, ESWIM
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Nicol, Rachel 93 LASC 31.33 31.19f 844
2 Knelson, Faith 01 ISC 31.94 31.25 839
3 Wog, Kelsey 98 UMAN 31.61 31.90 789
4 McGregor, Ashle 93 POINTE-CLAIRE SW 32.28 32.05 778
5 Angus, Sophie G 99 UNCAN 32.17 32.24 764
6 Gagné, Karyn 94 CLUB NATATION BO 32.59 32.91 718
6 Godin, Marie-La 97 MÉGOPHIAS 32.52 32.91 718
8 Carnevale, Sofi 98 ESWIM 32.75 33.31 693
Men’s 50 breast
Richard Funk, already on the Canadian team bound for Budapest by virtue of his win in the 100 breast, added the 50 breast title to his ledger. He touched in 27.73, not far off Scott Dickens’ Canadian record of 27.45.
Eli Wall took second in 28.39, and 14-year-old Gabe Mastromatteo finished third in 28.45. James Guest (28.59), James Dergousoff (28.71), Jonathan Naisby (28.90), Kaelen Freund (29.00) and Ryan Telford (29.24) also swam in the final.
Event 26 Men 50 LC Meter Breaststroke
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FINA A: f 27.51
World: w 26.42 8/4/2015 Adam Peaty, GBR
Canadian: n 27.45 7/28/2009 Scott Dickens, UBCD
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Funk, Richard 92 TSC/HPCO 27.76 27.73 864
2 Wall, Eli 95 TSC/UT 28.63 28.39 805
3 Mastromatteo, G 02 KENORA SWIMMING 29.18 28.45 800
4 Guest, James 96 POINTE-CLAIRE SW 28.60 28.59 789
5 Dergousoff, Jam 96 CHENA 28.89 28.71 779
6 Naisby, Jonatha 93 SHER 28.99 28.90 764
7 Freund, Kaelan 98 UNVAR 28.68 29.00 756
8 Telford, Ryan 98 AAC 29.18 29.24 737
