2018 Canadian Pan Pac Trials Day 1: Taylor Ruck, Mackenzie Padington Open With Victories
The Canadian Swimming Trials got under way on Wednesday in Edmonton, Alberta, with fast swims by many competitors, especially on the women’s side.
Top swimmers in the country are vying for spots on the Pan Pac national team.
Taylor Ruck and Mackenzie Padington started strong with victories, as did Mark Thormeyer.
Check out what happened below:
Women’s 800 Free
Mackenzie Padington became the first Canadian swimmer to qualify for the Pan Pacific Championships.
She won the 800-meter freestyle to open the Canadian Pan Pac Trials on Wednesday in Edmonton. Padington finished in 8:39.91.
Olivia Anderson finished second in 8:47.76, followed by Emma O’Croinin in 8:49.85.
Event 7 Women 800 LC Meter Freestyle ================================================================== World: w 8:04.79 8/12/2016 Katie Ledecky, USA Canadian: n 8:20.02 8/21/2014 Brittany MacLean, ESWIM Meet Qualifying: 9:11.99 Name Age Team Seed Finals FINA ================================================================== 1 Padington, Mack 19 KILLER WHALES 8:37.61 8:39.91 810 28.95 1:00.07 (31.12) 1:32.26 (32.19) 2:04.94 (32.68) 2:37.50 (32.56) 3:10.48 (32.98) 3:43.31 (32.83) 4:16.34 (33.03) 4:49.48 (33.14) 5:22.62 (33.14) 5:55.71 (33.09) 6:28.76 (33.05) 7:02.06 (33.30) 7:35.20 (33.14) 8:07.87 (32.67) 8:39.91 (32.04) 2 Anderson, Olivi 19 ESWIM 8:35.10 8:47.76 775 29.98 1:02.04 (32.06) 1:34.89 (32.85) 2:07.69 (32.80) 2:40.90 (33.21) 3:13.68 (32.78) 3:46.99 (33.31) 4:20.04 (33.05) 4:53.38 (33.34) 5:26.60 (33.22) 5:59.98 (33.38) 6:33.58 (33.60) 7:07.43 (33.85) 7:41.01 (33.58) 8:14.88 (33.87) 8:47.76 (32.88) 3 O'Croinin, Emma 15 KEYANO 8:51.77 8:49.85 765 30.34 1:03.14 (32.80) 1:36.19 (33.05) 2:09.59 (33.40) 2:42.79 (33.20) 3:16.23 (33.44) 3:49.61 (33.38) 4:23.32 (33.71) 4:56.89 (33.57) 5:30.59 (33.70) 6:03.99 (33.40) 6:37.63 (33.64) 7:11.18 (33.55) 7:44.77 (33.59) 8:17.69 (32.92) 8:49.85 (32.16) 4 Anderson, Marit 18 CP 8:45.66 8:53.32 751 30.13 1:02.34 (32.21) 1:35.40 (33.06) 2:08.46 (33.06) 2:41.73 (33.27) 3:15.13 (33.40) 3:48.76 (33.63) 4:22.17 (33.41) 4:56.30 (34.13) 5:30.21 (33.91) 6:04.52 (34.31) 6:38.74 (34.22) 7:12.48 (33.74) 7:46.38 (33.90) 8:20.32 (33.94) 8:53.32 (33.00) 5 Lamoureux, Broo 19 ISC 8:58.98 9:00.68 720 30.77 1:03.73 (32.96) 1:37.43 (33.70) 2:11.43 (34.00) 2:45.56 (34.13) 3:19.73 (34.17) 3:53.95 (34.22) 4:28.02 (34.07) 5:02.21 (34.19) 5:36.34 (34.13) 6:10.69 (34.35) 6:44.92 (34.23) 7:19.50 (34.58) 7:54.11 (34.61) 8:27.84 (33.73) 9:00.68 (32.84) 6 Gowans, Molly 18 ISC 8:45.68 9:02.27 714 31.00 1:04.32 (33.32) 1:37.89 (33.57) 2:11.70 (33.81) 2:45.69 (33.99) 3:19.96 (34.27) 3:54.33 (34.37) 4:28.75 (34.42) 5:02.91 (34.16) 5:37.20 (34.29) 6:11.45 (34.25) 6:45.78 (34.33) 7:20.18 (34.40) 7:54.77 (34.59) 8:28.76 (33.99) 9:02.27 (33.51) 7 Bellio, Katrina 13 ESWIM 8:57.40 9:04.27 706 30.41 1:03.64 (33.23) 1:37.39 (33.75) 2:11.60 (34.21) 2:45.91 (34.31) 3:20.41 (34.50) 3:54.83 (34.42) 4:29.57 (34.74) 5:04.22 (34.65) 5:39.08 (34.86) 6:13.66 (34.58) 6:48.46 (34.80) 7:22.90 (34.44) 7:57.19 (34.29) 8:31.03 (33.84) 9:04.27 (33.24) 8 Jeffrey, Chante 17 ISC 9:00.36 9:04.85 704 30.92 1:04.21 (33.29) 1:37.88 (33.67) 2:11.60 (33.72) 2:45.74 (34.14) 3:20.12 (34.38) 3:54.91 (34.79) 4:29.67 (34.76) 5:03.94 (34.27) 5:38.67 (34.73) 6:13.40 (34.73) 6:48.32 (34.92) 7:23.15 (34.83) 7:58.19 (35.04) 8:32.41 (34.22) 9:04.85 (32.44) 9 Free, Ava 17 CASC 9:05.70 9:06.33 698 31.47 1:05.45 (33.98) 1:40.21 (34.76) 2:14.38 (34.17) 2:48.85 (34.47) 3:23.18 (34.33) 3:58.04 (34.86) 4:32.27 (34.23) 5:06.91 (34.64) 5:41.34 (34.43) 6:15.87 (34.53) 6:50.11 (34.24) 7:24.65 (34.54) 7:58.78 (34.13) 8:32.96 (34.18) 9:06.33 (33.37) 10 King, Lexy 20 ROD 9:04.10 9:06.67 697 31.20 1:04.52 (33.32) 1:38.16 (33.64) 2:12.06 (33.90) 2:46.05 (33.99) 3:20.31 (34.26) 3:54.63 (34.32) 4:29.09 (34.46) 5:03.59 (34.50) 5:38.19 (34.60) 6:12.75 (34.56) 6:47.66 (34.91) 7:22.91 (35.25) 7:58.01 (35.10) 8:33.00 (34.99) 9:06.67 (33.67) 11 Ross, Kyla 16 ISC 9:01.76 9:07.31 694 31.24 1:04.81 (33.57) 1:38.78 (33.97) 2:13.00 (34.22) 2:47.04 (34.04) 3:21.55 (34.51) 3:56.03 (34.48) 4:30.88 (34.85) 5:05.44 (34.56) 5:40.30 (34.86) 6:14.95 (34.65) 6:49.92 (34.97) 7:24.74 (34.82) 7:59.39 (34.65) 8:33.74 (34.35) 9:07.31 (33.57)
Women’s 200 Free
In the women’s 200 free, Taylor Ruck won in 1:55.45 in a race stacked with big names. Kayla Sanchez was second in 1:57.92, followed by Penny Oleksiak in 1:58.18. Rebecca Smith was fourth in 1:59.35 and Padington, who had just swam the 800 freestyle 20 minutes earlier, was fifth in 2:00.04.
Ruck’s time was the fifth-fastest in the world this year. She also holds the second spot on that list (1:54.81) behind Katie Ledecky (1:54.56)
Event 1 Women 200 LC Meter Freestyle ================================================================== World: w 1:52.98 7/29/2009 Federica Pelligrini, ITA Canadian: n 1:54.81 4/5/2018 Taylor Ruck, SCAR Meet Qualifying: 2:04.66 Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Ruck, Taylor 18 SCAR 1:54.81 1:57.90 q879 27.30 57.14 (29.84) 1:27.57 (30.43) 1:57.90 (30.33) 2 Padington, Mack 19 KILLER WHALES 1:59.09 1:58.84 q859 27.72 57.62 (29.90) 1:28.48 (30.86) 1:58.84 (30.36) 3 Sanchez, Kayla 17 AAC 1:58.17 1:59.26 q850 27.87 58.39 (30.52) 1:28.81 (30.42) 1:59.26 (30.45) 4 Oleksiak, Penny 18 TSC 1:57.79 1:59.47 q845 28.15 57.88 (29.73) 1:28.70 (30.82) 1:59.47 (30.77) 5 Smith, Rebecca 18 SCAR 1:57.72 2:00.53 q823 27.82 57.72 (29.90) 1:28.69 (30.97) 2:00.53 (31.84) 6 Seltenreich-Hod 23 GO 2:00.27 2:01.08 q812 28.28 58.86 (30.58) 1:29.95 (31.09) 2:01.08 (31.13) 7 Goss, Kennedy 21 GATORS 1:58.65 2:01.45 q805 28.70 58.96 (30.26) 1:29.86 (30.90) 2:01.45 (31.59) 8 Ackman, Alyson 25 POINTE-CLAIRE SW 2:02.20 2:01.78 q798 28.56 59.19 (30.63) 1:30.34 (31.15) 2:01.78 (31.44) 9 Leibel, Kyla 16 REDDEER CATALINA 2:01.48 2:01.88 q796 28.22 58.98 (30.76) 1:30.21 (31.23) 2:01.88 (31.67) 10 Cigna, Fr�d�riq 20 CAMO 2:02.66 2:02.90 q776 28.66 59.47 (30.81)
Men’s 200 Free
The men’s 200 free had some big names, too, though it wasn’t as close as the women’s race.
Mark Thrormeyer continued his strong year by winning the event in 1:47.66.
Alex Pratt was second in 1:48.97, followed by Javier Acevedo in 1:49.02 and Jeremy Bagshaw in 1:49.13.
Event 2 Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle ================================================================== World: w 1:42.00 7/28/2009 Paul Biedermann, GER Canadian: n 1:46.40 8/10/2008 Brent Hayden, UBCD Meet Qualifying: 1:53.63 Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA ================================================================== === A - Final === 1 Thormeyer, Mark 20 UBCSC 1:49.50 1:47.66 850 25.45 53.11 (27.66) 1:19.90 (26.79) 1:47.66 (27.76) 2 Pratt, Alex T 18 CASC 1:51.44 1:48.97 820 25.97 54.00 (28.03) 1:22.12 (28.12) 1:48.97 (26.85) 3 Acevedo, Javier 20 AAC 1:51.60 1:49.02 818 25.22 52.89 (27.67) 1:21.21 (28.32) 1:49.02 (27.81) 4 Bagshaw, Jeremy 26 ISC 1:48.96 1:49.13 816 25.74 53.17 (27.43) 1:21.24 (28.07) 1:49.13 (27.89) 5 Olafson, Carson 21 UBCSC 1:49.89 1:49.71 803 25.36 53.31 (27.95) 1:21.64 (28.33) 1:49.71 (28.07) 6 Gaziev, Ruslan 18 MAC 1:50.80 1:50.61 784 25.68 53.75 (28.07) 1:22.49 (28.74) 1:50.61 (28.12) 7 Heath, Grady W 21 UNATT CANADA/UNA 1:50.62 1:50.85 779 25.75 53.39 (27.64) 1:21.85 (28.46) 1:50.85 (29.00) 8 Palaschuk, Bria 20 ROD 1:51.33 1:51.82 759 26.03 54.17 (28.14) 1:23.08 (28.91) 1:51.82 (28.74) 9 Godolphin, Bern 18 CLUB DE NATATION 1:50.94 1:52.72 740 26.06 54.31 (28.25) 1:23.61 (29.30) 1:52.72 (29.11) 10 Gilbert, Colin 19 KCS 1:51.51 1:52.86 738 25.95 54.01 (28.06) 1:23.29 (29.28) 1:52.86 (29.57)
Women’s 100 Breast
In the closest race of the opening night, three breaststrokers finished within a half second of each other.
Kierra Smith had enough to hold off the field, finishing in 1:07.57. She barely edged Rachel Nicol (1:07.71) and 16-year-old Faith Knelson (1:07.91).
Event 3 Women 100 LC Meter Breaststroke ================================================================== World: w 1:04.13 7/25/2017 Lilly King, USA Canadian: n 1:05.74 7/9/2009 Annamay Pierse, UBCD Meet Qualifying: 1:13.10 Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA ================================================================== === A - Final === 1 Smith, Kierra 24 SCAR 1:09.20 1:07.57 863 32.23 1:07.57 (35.34) 2 Nicol, Rachel 25 UCSC 1:08.36 1:07.71 858 31.73 1:07.71 (35.98) 3 Knelson, Faith 16 ISC 1:08.54 1:07.91 850 31.07 1:07.91 (36.84) 4 Wog, Kelsey 19 UMAN 1:08.45 1:08.07 844 32.26 1:08.07 (35.81) 5 Kucheran, Nina 18 LAURENTIAN 1:09.66 1:09.40 797 33.22 1:09.40 (36.18) 6 Angus, Sophie G 19 UNATT CANADA/WES 1:10.08 1:09.42 796 32.79 1:09.42 (36.63) 7 Herbert, Bailey 15 LOSC 1:10.61 1:09.90 780 33.22 1:09.90 (36.68) 8 Metcalfe, Hilla 20 LOSC 1:10.81 1:10.71 753 33.08 1:10.71 (37.63) 9 Moore, Elizabet 17 REDDEER CATALINA 1:11.32 1:10.77 751 33.62 1:10.77 (37.15) 10 McGregor, Ashle 25 POINTE-CLAIRE SW 1:10.50 1:11.04 743 33.19 1:11.04 (37.85)
Men’s 100 Breast
Richard Funk hung on to better his prelims time by tow hundredths of a second and win the 100 breaststroke in 1:01.02.
He finished ahead of Eli Wall (1:01.66) and 16-year-old Gabe Mastromatteo (1:01.97).
Event 4 Men 100 LC Meter Breaststroke ================================================================== World: w 57.13 8/7/2016 Adam Peaty, GBR Canadian: n 59.85 7/28/2012 Scott Dickens, PDSA Meet Qualifying: 1:05.49 Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA ================================================================== === A - Final === 1 Funk, Richard 25 TSC 1:01.04 1:01.02 820 28.58 1:01.02 (32.44) 2 Wall, Eli 23 TSC 1:02.07 1:01.66 795 29.10 1:01.66 (32.56) 3 Mastromatteo, G 16 KSS 1:02.25 1:01.97 783 28.98 1:01.97 (32.99) 4 Guest, James 21 POINTE-CLAIRE SW 1:02.36 1:02.06 780 29.19 1:02.06 (32.87) 5 Freund, Kaelan 19 LASC/PSU-MA 1:02.40 1:02.19 775 29.05 1:02.19 (33.14) 6 Isings, Connor 19 POINTE-CLAIRE SW 1:02.70 1:02.84 751 29.37 1:02.84 (33.47) 7 LeFranc, Jaren 19 KISU 1:03.55 1:03.35 733 29.89 1:03.35 (33.46) 8 Huang, Owen 17 MAC 1:04.02 1:04.16 705 29.90 1:04.16 (34.26) 9 Telford, Ryan 19 AAC 1:03.51 1:04.29 701 30.15 1:04.29 (34.14) -- Naisby, Jonatha 24 SHER 1:01.87 DQ
Women’s 400 IM
Emily Overholt used a late surge in the freestyle leg to win the 400 IM in 4:42.77.
Sarah Darcel led most of the race, but was overtaken in the final 50 by Overholt. Darrell finished in 4:44.21.
Tessa Cieplucha was third in 4:49.76.
Event 5 Women 400 LC Meter IM ================================================================== World: w 4:26.36 8/6/2016 Katinka Hosszu, HUN Canadian: n 4:32.52 8/9/2015 Emily Overholt, WVOSC Meet Qualifying: 5:03.68 Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA ================================================================== === A - Final === 1 Overholt, Emily 20 UBCSC 4:49.19 4:42.77 835 29.74 1:03.69 (33.95) 1:39.72 (36.03) 2:14.74 (35.02) 2:56.51 (41.77) 3:38.20 (41.69) 4:10.81 (32.61) 4:42.77 (31.96) 2 Darcel, Sarah 19 ISC 4:48.98 4:44.21 823 30.43 1:02.97 (32.54) 1:39.16 (36.19) 2:15.17 (36.01) 2:55.60 (40.43) 3:36.82 (41.22) 4:10.47 (33.65) 4:44.21 (33.74) 3 Cieplucha, Tess 19 OAK 4:54.96 4:49.76 776 30.77 1:06.30 (35.53) 1:44.55 (38.25) 2:22.84 (38.29) 3:03.90 (41.06) 3:45.52 (41.62) 4:18.42 (32.90) 4:49.76 (31.34) 4 Zavaros, Mabel 18 OAK 4:54.52 4:51.70 761 28.99 1:02.34 (33.35) 1:39.49 (37.15) 2:15.07 (35.58) 2:59.26 (44.19) 3:44.16 (44.90) 4:18.92 (34.76) 4:51.70 (32.78) 5 Dalke, Megan 19 KCS 4:52.02 4:52.24 757 30.00 1:04.46 (34.46) 1:42.17 (37.71) 2:18.86 (36.69) 3:01.74 (42.88) 3:44.99 (43.25) 4:18.64 (33.65) 4:52.24 (33.60) 6 Andison, Bailey 20 PERTH 4:57.69 4:55.11 735 30.51 1:06.28 (35.77) 1:46.39 (40.11) 2:24.35 (37.96) 3:06.73 (42.38) 3:48.34 (41.61) 4:22.43 (34.09) 4:55.11 (32.68) 7 McCloy, Allison 19 UCSC 4:58.07 4:55.81 730 31.24 1:06.41 (35.17) 1:46.48 (40.07) 2:24.67 (38.19) 3:05.90 (41.23) 3:48.20 (42.30) 4:23.15 (34.95) 4:55.81 (32.66) 8 Brathwaite, Kat 18 POINTE-CLAIRE SW 4:58.17 4:56.69 723 30.73 1:05.56 (34.83) 1:43.80 (38.24) 2:21.78 (37.98) 3:04.41 (42.63) 3:46.92 (42.51) 4:21.82 (34.90) 4:56.69 (34.87) 9 Zavaros, Rosie 18 OAK 4:59.87 4:58.81 708 30.51 1:06.68 (36.17) 1:43.94 (37.26) 2:19.86 (35.92) 3:03.83 (43.97) 3:48.57 (44.74) 4:24.01 (35.44) 4:58.81 (34.80) 10 Janvier, Aela 18 POINTE-CLAIRE SW 4:57.77 5:00.75 694 30.66 1:06.61 (35.95) 1:44.40 (37.79) 2:23.32 (38.92) 3:06.32 (43.00) 3:50.45 (44.13) 4:25.79 (35.34) 5:00.75 (34.96)
Men’s 400 IM
Tristan Cote cruised to victory in the men’s 400 IM, dropping three seconds from his prelim time and finishing in 4:21.42.
Josh Zakala finished second in 4:23.00, four seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
Event 6 Men 400 LC Meter IM ================================================================== World: w 4:03.84 8/10/2008 Michael Phelps, USA Canadian: n 4:11.41 8/9/2008 Brian Johns, UBCD Meet Qualifying: 4:37.96 Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA ================================================================== === A - Final === 1 Cote, Tristan 22 ESWIM 4:24.33 4:21.42 811 28.00 59.58 (31.58) 1:33.36 (33.78) 2:06.16 (32.80) 2:42.53 (36.37) 3:19.74 (37.21) 3:50.80 (31.06) 4:21.42 (30.62) 2 Zakala, Josh 20 ISC 4:25.41 4:23.00 796 27.76 59.95 (32.19) 1:33.28 (33.33) 2:06.32 (33.04) 2:45.19 (38.87) 3:22.58 (37.39) 3:53.35 (30.77) 4:23.00 (29.65) 3 Paquin-Foisy, E 20 ELITE 4:28.65 4:27.00 761 27.96 59.98 (32.02) 1:35.13 (35.15) 2:10.11 (34.98) 2:47.83 (37.72) 3:26.64 (38.81) 3:57.31 (30.67) 4:27.00 (29.69) 4 Young, Brodie 17 HYACK 4:31.57 4:27.66 756 28.05 1:00.49 (32.44) 1:36.71 (36.22) 2:12.13 (35.42) 2:49.92 (37.79) 3:28.19 (38.27) 3:58.90 (30.71) 4:27.66 (28.76) 5 Gallant, Jacob 15 FAST 4:29.71 4:28.61 748 28.53 1:00.85 (32.32) 1:35.43 (34.58) 2:10.01 (34.58) 2:48.30 (38.29) 3:26.69 (38.39) 3:57.05 (30.36) 4:28.61 (31.56) 6 Pratt, Cole 15 CASC 4:32.19 4:32.21 718 28.03 59.95 (31.92) 1:34.62 (34.67) 2:09.15 (34.53) 2:50.18 (41.03) 3:29.82 (39.64) 4:02.67 (32.85) 4:32.21 (29.54) 7 Stokes, Richie 17 ESWIM 4:33.74 4:32.42 717 28.61 1:00.89 (32.28) 1:35.83 (34.94) 2:09.51 (33.68) 2:49.43 (39.92) 3:29.62 (40.19) 4:02.10 (32.48) 4:32.42 (30.32) 8 Kay, Philip 19 AAC 4:33.58 4:35.11 696 28.99 1:02.55 (33.56) 1:37.55 (35.00) 2:12.27 (34.72) 2:50.65 (38.38) 3:29.81 (39.16) 4:03.01 (33.20) 4:35.11 (32.10) 9 Tremblay, Jerem 22 CLUB DE NATATION 4:31.41 4:35.78 691 28.36 1:00.65 (32.29) 1:36.54 (35.89) 2:12.99 (36.45) 2:51.94 (38.95) 3:31.39 (39.45) 4:04.02 (32.63) 4:35.78 (31.76) 10 Telford, Ryan 19 AAC 4:31.62 4:37.02 681 29.28 1:04.15 (34.87) 1:40.99 (36.84) 2:17.08 (36.09) 2:54.73 (37.65) 3:33.79 (39.06) 4:06.63 (32.84) 4:37.02 (30.39)
PARA Multi-Class events
Abi Tripp broke her own Canadian PARA Multi-class record won win the 100 breast in 1:32.51.
Eric Bennett won the 200 free multi-class in 2:02.82. Angela Marina won the women’s multi-class event in 2:20.29.
Maxime Russell won the men’s 100 breast in 1:12.10.