During the second night of finals at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Victoria, ten Canadians earned spots to swim at this summer’s World Championships in Budapest, but it was Penny Oleksiak and Sydney Pickrem who had the strongest performances.
Oleksiak had to work a bit harder than she might have expected to finish atop the field in the women’s 100 free, while Pickrem rebounded from a day one DQ to clock the second-fastest time in the world in the women’s 400 IM.
Meanwhile, Canada’s women’s 400 free relay again looks to be one of the top three teams in the world, while the size of the World Champs men’s team quadrupled as someone earned a ticket to Budapest in all events contested where selection was on the line.
Women’s 100 free
Olympic gold medalist Penny Oleksiak had to work hard to get into the wall first, but she managed to defend her national championship. Sandrine Mainville took a big early lead, but Oleksiak tracked her down in the final strokes, just as she did in the Olympic final, and she touched first in 53.84, the seventh-fastest time in the world this year.
Mainville touched second in 53.95, leaving her just outside the top ten in the world rankings. Canada should have another impressive squad on the 400 free relay this summer as Michelle Toro finished third in 54.14, and Chantal Van Landeghem was just behind in 54.16.
Kayla Sanchez finished fifth in 54.62, and Rebecca Smith took sixth in 55.07. Both of those two have already made the World Championships team in the 800 free relay, as has seventh-place finisher Katerine Savard (55.10). Taylor Ruck touched eighth in 55.37.
Event 11 Women 100 LC Meter Freestyle
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FINA A: f 54.90
World: w 52.06 7/2/2016 Cate Campbell, AUS
Canadian: n 52.70 8/11/2016 Penelope Oleksiak, TSC
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Oleksiak, Penny 00 TSC/HPCO 54.17 53.84f 904
26.31 53.84 (27.53)
2 Mainville, Sand 92 CAMO/HPCO 54.99 53.95f 898
25.88 53.95 (28.07)
3 Toro, Michelle 91 NYAC/HPCO 54.80 54.14f 889
26.26 54.14 (27.88)
4 Vanlandeghem, C 94 TSC/HPCO 54.65 54.16f 888
26.17 54.16 (27.99)
5 Sanchez, Kayla 01 AAC/HPCO 54.65 54.62f 865
26.77 54.62 (27.85)
6 Smith, Rebecca 00 SCAR/HPCO 54.97 55.07 844
26.52 55.07 (28.55)
7 Savard, Katerin 93 CAMO 55.18 55.10 843
26.51 55.10 (28.59)
8 Ruck, Taylor M 00 UNCAN 55.03 55.37 831
26.46 55.37 (28.91)
Men’s 100 free
Yuri Kisil held off a late charge from training partner Markus Thormeyer to finish first in the 100 free and book his spot on the World Championships team. He came in at 48.90, slower than his prelims time of 48.68 (ranked No. 8 in the world for 2017) but under the FINA “A” time of 48.93.
Kisil is only the second man to qualify for the team, following Javier Acevedo in the 100 back. He will not have any company in the event, however, as Thormeyer ended up missing the required time with his 49.13. Carson Olafson came in third at 50.28.
Antoine Bernard-Lalonde came in fourth in 05.48, just ahead of Kyle Troskot (50.51), Scott McGillivary (50.55), Jeremy Bagshaw (50.64) and Stefan Milosevic (50.74).
Event 12 Men 100 LC Meter Freestyle
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FINA A: f 48.93
World: w 46.91 7/30/2009 Cesar Cielo Filho, BRA
Canadian: n 47.27 7/30/2009 Brent Hayden, UBCD
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Kisil, Yuri 95 UBCDS/HPCVAN 48.68 48.90f 882
23.45 48.90 (25.45)
2 Thormeyer, Mark 97 UBCDS/HPCVAN 49.62 49.13 870
23.92 49.13 (25.21)
3 Olafson, Carson 97 UBCDS/HPCVAN 50.41 50.28 812
24.39 50.28 (25.89)
4 Bernard-Lalonde 96 CAMO 50.51 50.48 802
24.00 50.48 (26.48)
5 Troskot, Kyle 92 KSC 50.55 50.51 801
24.12 50.51 (26.39)
6 McGillivray, Sc 95 TSC 50.49 50.55 799
24.40 50.55 (26.15)
7 Bagshaw, Jeremy 92 ISC 50.69 50.64 794
24.43 50.64 (26.21)
8 Milosevic, Stef 95 UBCDS/HPCVAN 50.74 50.74 790
24.41 50.74 (26.33)
Women’s 100 breast
Rachel Nicol led wire-to-wire and secured her spot at the World Championships with a winning time of 1:07.43. That was just a shade slower than her prelims time of 1:07.34 that ranks 11th in the world, but she did clear the FINA “A” cut of 1:07.58.
Kierra Smith did not manage to get that “A” time and earn a spot in a second event in Budapest, but she did come back on the back half and finish second in 1:08.44, and Faith Knelson took third in 1:08.80.
Ashley McGregor, also on the team for the 200 breast, finished fifth in 1:08.97, while Kelsey Wog, in second place at the halfway point, faded to fifth in 1:09.08. The restof the field included Sophie Angus (1:10.35), Renae Ledoux (1:12.21) and Genevieve Robertson (1:12.40).
Event 13 Women 100 LC Meter Breaststroke
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FINA A: f 1:07.58
World: w 1:04.35 7/29/2013 Ruta Meilutyte, LTU
Canadian: n 1:05.74 7/9/2009 Annamay Pierse, UBCD
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Nicol, Rachel 93 LASC 1:07.34 1:07.43f 869
31.49 1:07.43 (35.94)
2 Smith, Kierra 94 KWIC 1:08.35 1:08.44 831
32.95 1:08.44 (35.49)
3 Knelson, Faith 01 ISC 1:09.04 1:08.80 818
32.40 1:08.80 (36.40)
4 McGregor, Ashle 93 POINTE-CLAIRE SW 1:08.91 1:08.97 812
32.73 1:08.97 (36.24)
5 Wog, Kelsey 98 UMAN 1:09.44 1:09.08 808
32.02 1:09.08 (37.06)
6 Angus, Sophie G 99 UNCAN 1:10.67 1:10.35 765
33.38 1:10.35 (36.97)
7 Ledoux, Renae R 99 PSW 1:12.12 1:12.21 707
34.62 1:12.21 (37.59)
8 Robertson, Gene 96 UNVAR/GMAC 1:11.53 1:12.40 702
33.68 1:12.40 (38.72)
Men’s 100 breast
Richard Funk added his name to the World Championships roster, winning the 100 breast in 1:00.03. That beat the FINA “A” cut of 1:00.35 and just missed the Canadian record of 59.85 set by Scott Dickens in 2012. He moved into a tie for sixth in the world rankings.
Funk won the race wire-to-wire, and he ended up more than a second and a half ahead of the rest of the field. Eli Wall ended up taking second in 1:01.72, and James Dergousoff claimed third in 1:02.26.
Kaelan Freund finished fourth in 1:02.50, just ahead of Ryan Telford (1:02.55) and James Guest (1:02.68), and rounding out the field were Jeremie Dery-Bergeron (1:03.37) and Warren Mayer (1:03.98).
Event 14 Men 100 LC Meter Breaststroke
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FINA A: f 1:00.35
World: w 57.13 8/7/2016 Adam Peaty, GBR
Canadian: n 59.85 7/28/2012 Scott Dickens, VAND
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Funk, Richard 92 TSC/HPCO 1:00.39 1:00.03f 861
28.25 1:00.03 (31.78)
2 Wall, Eli 95 TSC/UT 1:02.37 1:01.72 793
29.13 1:01.72 (32.59)
3 Dergousoff, Jam 96 CHENA 1:02.63 1:02.26 772
29.63 1:02.26 (32.63)
4 Freund, Kaelan 98 UNVAR 1:02.63 1:02.50 763
29.06 1:02.50 (33.44)
5 Telford, Ryan 98 AAC 1:03.04 1:02.55 761
29.78 1:02.55 (32.77)
6 Guest, James 96 POINTE-CLAIRE SW 1:02.94 1:02.68 757
28.92 1:02.68 (33.76)
7 Déry-Bergeron, 94 UL 1:03.32 1:03.37 732
29.56 1:03.37 (33.81)
8 Mayer, Warren 98 PICK 1:03.32 1:03.98 711
29.01 1:03.98 (34.97)
Women’s 400 IM
Sydney Pickrem was just behind Sarah Darcel at the halfway point, but she blasted the breaststroke leg to pull into a big lead. After a disqualification to open her meet in the 200 breast, Pickrem finished first in 4:35.43, moving into second in the world behind only Yui Ohashi (4:35.35) and ahead of Katinka Hosszu (4:35.46).
Mary-Sophie Harvey ended up using a huge freestyle leg to run down Darcel and claim the second spot to represent Canada alongside Pickrem in Budapest. Harvey finished in 4:36.60, good for fourth in the world.
Darcel ended up third in 4:39.29, which ranks in the world top ten but won’t be enough for her to swim the event in Budapest. Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson took fourth in 4:41.47, and then there was a big gap back to the rest of the field.
Bailey Andison (4:49.91), Hillary Metcalfe (4:52.16), Victoria Kwan (4:54.66) and Aela Janvier (4:56.17) finished fifth through eighth, respectively.
Event 15 Women 400 LC Meter IM
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FINA A: f 4:43.06
World: w 4:26.36 8/6/2016 Katinka Hosszu, HUN
Canadian: n 4:32.52 8/9/2015 Emily Overholt, WVOSC
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Pickrem, Sydney 97 ISC/TA&M 4:44.42 4:35.43f 904
29.66 1:03.59 (33.93)
1:39.36 (35.77) 2:15.00 (35.64)
2:53.17 (38.17) 3:31.29 (38.12)
4:03.99 (32.70) 4:35.43 (31.44)
2 Harvey, Mary-So 99 NEPTUNE NATATIO 4:42.79 4:36.60f 892
30.78 1:05.30 (34.52)
1:41.49 (36.19) 2:17.17 (35.68)
2:56.16 (38.99) 3:34.96 (38.80)
4:06.24 (31.28) 4:36.60 (30.36)
3 Darcel, Sarah 99 ISC 4:44.08 4:39.29f 867
29.33 1:02.71 (33.38)
1:38.44 (35.73) 2:13.23 (34.79)
2:53.05 (39.82) 3:33.04 (39.99)
4:05.99 (32.95) 4:39.29 (33.30)
4 Seltenreich-Hod 95 GO/HPCVAN 4:48.39 4:41.47f 847
30.11 1:04.75 (34.64)
1:40.53 (35.78) 2:15.59 (35.06)
2:55.14 (39.55) 3:34.98 (39.84)
4:08.66 (33.68) 4:41.47 (32.81)
5 Andison, Bailey 97 PERTH 4:48.65 4:49.91 775
30.97 1:07.54 (36.57)
1:44.95 (37.41) 2:22.01 (37.06)
3:02.16 (40.15) 3:43.44 (41.28)
4:17.29 (33.85) 4:49.91 (32.62)
6 Metcalfe, Hilla 98 LOSC 4:58.19 4:52.16 757
30.64 1:06.15 (35.51)
1:44.04 (37.89) 2:21.39 (37.35)
3:02.03 (40.64) 3:43.97 (41.94)
4:18.87 (34.90) 4:52.16 (33.29)
7 Kwan, Victoria 00 MAC 4:56.60 4:54.66 738
30.63 1:05.13 (34.50)
1:43.82 (38.69) 2:21.80 (37.98)
3:04.49 (42.69) 3:47.46 (42.97)
4:22.04 (34.58) 4:54.66 (32.62)
8 Janvier, Aela 99 POINTE-CLAIRE SW 4:56.97 4:56.17 727
31.12 1:07.22 (36.10)
1:44.89 (37.67) 2:22.68 (37.79)
3:05.79 (43.11) 3:49.88 (44.09)
4:23.09 (33.21) 4:56.17 (33.08)
Men’s 400 IM
Tristan Cote dropped almost five seconds from his prelims time, and that was enough to put him on his first World Championships team. He came in at 4:17.40, a half-second under the FINA “A” cut. The time ranks eighth in the world this year.
Cote held off Luke Reilly, who closed in on the last 50 but ended up finishing second in 4:18.14. Third went to Rob Hill in 4:20.47, and Josh Zakala took fourth in 4:21.90.
Montana Champagne (4:23.89), Brian Palaschuk (4:26.62), Jeremy Tremblay (4:27.09) and Etienne Paquin-Folsy (4:28.50) rounded out the field.
Event 16 Men 400 LC Meter IM
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FINA A: f 4:17.90
World: w 4:03.84 8/10/2008 Michael Phelps, USA
Canadian: n 4:11.41 8/9/2008 Brian Johns, UBCD
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Cote, Tristan 95 ESWIM 4:22.23 4:17.40f 850
27.74 58.93 (31.19)
1:31.99 (33.06) 2:04.44 (32.45)
2:40.48 (36.04) 3:17.46 (36.98)
3:47.66 (30.20) 4:17.40 (29.74)
2 Reilly, Luke 95 UBCDS/HPCVAN 4:22.70 4:18.14 842
28.21 59.83 (31.62)
1:33.17 (33.34) 2:05.28 (32.11)
2:42.36 (37.08) 3:20.49 (38.13)
3:49.57 (29.08) 4:18.14 (28.57)
3 Hill, Rob 96 CHENA 4:24.59 4:20.47 820
28.01 59.49 (31.48)
1:32.75 (33.26) 2:05.38 (32.63)
2:41.98 (36.60) 3:18.78 (36.80)
3:50.44 (31.66) 4:20.47 (30.03)
4 Zakala, Josh 98 ISC 4:23.40 4:21.90 807
27.60 59.35 (31.75)
1:32.78 (33.43) 2:05.85 (33.07)
2:43.72 (37.87) 3:22.19 (38.47)
3:52.48 (30.29) 4:21.90 (29.42)
5 Champagne, Mont 96 GO 4:25.09 4:23.89 788
27.47 59.75 (32.28)
1:34.11 (34.36) 2:08.12 (34.01)
2:44.36 (36.24) 3:22.54 (38.18)
3:53.74 (31.20) 4:23.89 (30.15)
6 Palaschuk, Bria 98 ROD 4:28.99 4:26.62 764
28.13 1:00.64 (32.51)
1:35.42 (34.78) 2:10.02 (34.60)
2:48.09 (38.07) 3:25.93 (37.84)
3:56.63 (30.70) 4:26.62 (29.99)
7 Tremblay, Jerem 96 SAMAK 4:28.38 4:27.09 760
28.31 1:00.41 (32.10)
1:36.23 (35.82) 2:11.66 (35.43)
2:48.67 (37.01) 3:26.08 (37.41)
3:57.11 (31.03) 4:27.09 (29.98)
8 Paquin-Foisy, E 97 ELITE 4:27.91 4:28.50 749
27.76 59.77 (32.01)
1:35.73 (35.96) 2:11.13 (35.40)
2:49.19 (38.06) 3:27.35 (38.16)
3:58.50 (31.15) 4:28.50 (30.00)
Women’s 50 back
The 50s of stroke are not being considered for World Championship selection, but that didn’t matter to Kylie Masse. Coming back after just missing the world record in the 100 back one night earlier, Masse blasted a 27.71 to win the shorter version, just off her Canadian record of 27.67 from last summer, but the time ranks tops in the world this year, just ahead of Emily Seebohm’s 27.72.
Ingrid Wilm ended up finishing second in 28.40, and Jade Hannah touched two tenths back in third with a time of 28.60. Emma Ball was another tenth back in fourth (28.70).
Others in the final included Danielle Hanus (28.78), Madison Broad (28.88), Daphne Danyluk (29.08) and Eloise Ladyman (29.85).
Event 17 Women 50 LC Meter Backstroke
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FINA A: f 28.52
World: w 27.06 7/30/2009 Jing Zhao, CHN
Canadian: n 27.67 6/24/2016 Kylie Masse, WEST
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Masse, Kylie 96 WEST/UT 27.83 27.71f 931
2 Wilm, Ingrid 98 UBCDS/HPCVAN 28.56 28.40f 865
3 Hannah, Jade 02 ISC 28.69 28.60 847
4 Ball, Emma 98 GMAC 29.13 28.70 838
5 Hanus, Danielle 98 ISC 28.75 28.78 831
6 Broad, Madison 00 CHATHAM 28.94 28.88 822
7 Danyluk, Daphné 98 NEPTUNE NATATIO 29.09 29.08 805
8 Ladyman, Eloise 99 KCS 29.85 29.85 744
Men’s 50 back
Tim Zeng blasted his way in front of Javier Acevedo and held on to win the national title in this non-selection event. Zeng finished in 25.47, while Acevedo came in at 25.65. Finishing third was Anders Klein in 26.21.
Noah Choboter took fourth in 26.26, while Loic St-Martin and William Marois tied for fifth in 26.61. Rounding out the field were Jeremy Gagne (26.74) and Nicholaas Dekker (26.78).
Event 18 Men 50 LC Meter Backstroke
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FINA A: f 25.29
World: w 24.04 8/2/2009 Liam Tancock, GBR
Canadian: n 25.13 4/2/2015 Russell Wood, UCSC
Name Year Team Prelims Finals FINA
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=== A - Final ===
1 Zeng, Tim 97 CHENA 25.74 25.47 840
2 Acevedo, Javier 98 AAC 25.76 25.65 823
3 Klein, Anders 97 KEYANO 26.55 26.21 771
4 Choboter, Noah 96 ROD 26.83 26.26 767
5 Marois, William 98 C.A. ST-EUSTACHE 27.10 26.61 737
5 St-Martin, Loïc 00 CAMO 26.76 26.61 737
7 Gagné, Jérémy 95 UL 27.14 26.74 726
8 Dekker, Nicolaa 95 RAPID 26.90 26.78 723
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