Canadian Olympic Trials: Summer McIntosh Adds A Cut in 800 Free
Summer McIntosh’s Tokyo plan just got a little busier.
The 14-year-old Canadian phenom added an Olympic A cut in the 800 freestyle Monday at Canadian Olympic Trials, going 8:29.48.
McIntosh had come in with a seed time of 8:46.15, but she continues to lop time off at a monstrous pace. She was under Canadian-record pace for the first 400 meters before fading a little late. The Canadian record has held since 2014 in the hands of Brittany MacLean at 8:20.02. That mark wasn’t among McIntosh’s goals on the night, though.
“I think it’s the same for every race,” McIntosh said. “I just figure out my race strategy, what I’m trying to hold, what I’m trying to be out in, and assess my training, talk to my coaches and see what I’m able to do.”
- Live Results
- Day 1 prelims: Joshua Liendo Kicks off Canadian Olympic Trials with National Record in 100 Fly
- Day 1 finals: Canadian Olympic Trials: Katerine Savard Books Third Olympic Trip in 100 Fly
- Day 1 finals: Canadian Olympic Trials: Kylie Masse Makes Statement with 57.70 100 Back
- Day 2 prelims: Canadian Olympic Trials: Penny Oleksiak, Kelsey Wog Earn Top Seeds
- Day 2 finals: Canadian Olympic Trials: Summer McIntosh Rallies Past Penny Oleksiak to Win 200 Free
- Day 3 Prelims: Canadian Olympic Trials: Joshua Liendo Adds 50 Free A Cut in Prelims
McIntosh qualified for the 200 free on Sunday, outdueling Penny Oleksiak to get an A cut. She already has an A cut in the 400 free as well.
Her time drops in the events – just shy of 16 seconds in this case – have been the stuff of age-group meets. The only difference is that hers are landing her near the top 10 in the world. While McIntosh said she hasn’t been truly surprised by any time drops and that they reflect the work she’s putting in, they’re still exciting for her.
“It’s been great,” she said. “Hard work pays off. It’s really amazing when you can see all your hard work coming into effect in your races.”
Second in the race was Katrina Bellio, McIntosh’s 16-year-old club teammate at Etobicoke, who has also dropped time rapidly this spring. She clocked in at 8:38.12, easily outdistancing Alyson Ackman in third.
Emma O’Croinin, who entered as the top seed with a time of 8:39.63, was well back of that in sixth.
Women’s 800 freestyle
Event 11 Women 800 LC Meter Freestyle
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CANADIAN: N 8:20.02 2014-08-21Brittany MacLean, ESWIM
OLYMPIC A: A 8:33.36
Name Year Team Seed Finals
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1 Summer McIntosh 06 ESWIM 8:46.15 8:29.48A
r:+0.82 28.88 1:00.26 (31.38)
1:31.57 (31.31) 2:03.06 (31.49)
2:34.53 (31.47) 3:06.43 (31.90)
3:38.38 (31.95) 4:10.84 (32.46)
4:43.13 (32.29) 5:15.58 (32.45)
5:47.70 (32.12) 6:20.21 (32.51)
6:52.57 (32.36) 7:25.40 (32.83)
7:58.25 (32.85) 8:29.48 (31.23)
2 Bellio, Katrina 04 ESWIM 8:41.77 8:38.12
r:+0.73 29.65 1:01.24 (31.59)
1:33.24 (32.00) 2:05.37 (32.13)
2:37.67 (32.30) 3:10.23 (32.56)
3:42.88 (32.65) 4:15.64 (32.76)
4:48.21 (32.57) 5:21.17 (32.96)
5:54.17 (33.00) 6:27.20 (33.03)
7:00.42 (33.22) 7:33.76 (33.34)
8:06.23 (32.47) 8:38.12 (31.89)
3 Ackman, Alyson 93 PCSC 8:48.05 8:41.58
r:+0.69 29.29 1:01.16 (31.87)
1:33.21 (32.05) 2:05.58 (32.37)
2:38.00 (32.42) 3:10.94 (32.94)
3:43.74 (32.80) 4:16.66 (32.92)
4:49.52 (32.86) 5:22.67 (33.15)
5:55.52 (32.85) 6:28.80 (33.28)
7:02.06 (33.26) 7:35.69 (33.63)
8:08.97 (33.28) 8:41.58 (32.61)
4 Anderson, Olivia 99 ESWIM 8:47.11 8:51.81
r:+0.73 29.99 1:02.34 (32.35)
1:35.13 (32.79) 2:08.08 (32.95)
2:41.36 (33.28) 3:14.56 (33.20)
3:47.94 (33.38) 4:21.29 (33.35)
4:54.68 (33.39) 5:28.45 (33.77)
6:02.07 (33.62) 6:36.15 (34.08)
7:10.29 (34.14) 7:44.40 (34.11)
8:18.82 (34.42) 8:51.81 (32.99)
5 Jansen, Ella 05 ESWIM 8:54.14 8:53.53
r:+0.84 30.15 1:03.07 (32.92)
1:36.29 (33.22) 2:09.85 (33.56)
2:43.28 (33.43) 3:16.70 (33.42)
3:50.44 (33.74) 4:24.08 (33.64)
4:57.69 (33.61) 5:31.44 (33.75)
6:05.27 (33.83) 6:38.84 (33.57)
7:12.69 (33.85) 7:46.63 (33.94)
8:20.28 (33.65) 8:53.53 (33.25)
6 O'Croinin, Emma 03 EKSC 8:39.63 8:54.93
r:+0.79 30.18 1:02.90 (32.72)
1:36.09 (33.19) 2:09.57 (33.48)
2:42.72 (33.15) 3:16.15 (33.43)
3:49.87 (33.72) 4:23.61 (33.74)
4:57.26 (33.65) 5:31.12 (33.86)
6:04.87 (33.75) 6:39.03 (34.16)
7:13.07 (34.04) 7:47.45 (34.38)
8:21.56 (34.11) 8:54.93 (33.37)
7 Willar, Megan 04 PCSC 9:03.52 9:01.11
r:+0.77 30.46 1:03.58 (33.12)
1:37.60 (34.02) 2:11.65 (34.05)
2:45.95 (34.30) 3:20.24 (34.29)
3:54.71 (34.47) 4:28.89 (34.18)
5:02.97 (34.08) 5:37.19 (34.22)
6:11.50 (34.31) 6:46.25 (34.75)
7:20.47 (34.22) 7:54.91 (34.44)
8:28.36 (33.45) 9:01.11 (32.75)
8 McCloy, Allison 99 UCSC 9:03.94 9:02.46
r:+0.83 30.48 1:03.59 (33.11)
1:36.83 (33.24) 2:10.48 (33.65)
2:44.33 (33.85) 3:18.38 (34.05)
3:52.34 (33.96) 4:26.54 (34.20)
5:00.90 (34.36) 5:35.40 (34.50)
6:09.87 (34.47) 6:44.70 (34.83)
7:19.25 (34.55) 7:54.16 (34.91)
8:28.49 (34.33) 9:02.46 (33.97)
Men’s 1,500 Freestyle
A massive time drop from Eric Brown got him the win in the 1,500 free, trimming more than 20 seconds to win in 15:19.69. It is an Olympic consideration time but well short of the A cut of 15:00.99.
Second was Alex Axon, who also dropped 22 seconds to 15:26.16. Stanford Li, the top seed, stayed at about the same time to clocking in at 15:38.32.
Event 12 Men 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
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CANADIAN: N 14:39.63 2012-08-04Ryan Cochrane, IS
OLYMPIC A: A 15:00.99
Name Year Team Seed Finals
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1 Brown, Eric 02 PCSC 15:42.53 15:19.69
r:+0.74 27.80 57.72 (29.92)
1:28.24 (30.52) 1:58.74 (30.50)
2:29.59 (30.85) 3:00.50 (30.91)
3:31.13 (30.63) 4:01.95 (30.82)
4:32.93 (30.98) 5:03.85 (30.92)
5:34.22 (30.37) 6:04.75 (30.53)
6:35.44 (30.69) 7:06.15 (30.71)
7:36.94 (30.79) 8:07.77 (30.83)
8:38.69 (30.92) 9:09.40 (30.71)
9:40.11 (30.71) 10:11.07 (30.96)
10:42.04 (30.97) 11:12.96 (30.92)
11:43.93 (30.97) 12:14.95 (31.02)
12:46.01 (31.06) 13:16.92 (30.91)
13:47.84 (30.92) 14:18.47 (30.63)
14:49.54 (31.07) 15:19.69 (30.15)
2 Axon, Alexander 03 MAC 15:48.67 15:26.16
r:+0.73 27.97 58.14 (30.17)
1:29.00 (30.86) 1:59.50 (30.50)
2:30.49 (30.99) 3:01.03 (30.54)
3:31.76 (30.73) 4:02.46 (30.70)
4:33.51 (31.05) 5:04.34 (30.83)
5:34.92 (30.58) 6:05.63 (30.71)
6:36.67 (31.04) 7:07.60 (30.93)
7:38.96 (31.36) 8:10.31 (31.35)
8:41.51 (31.20) 9:12.65 (31.14)
9:43.66 (31.01) 10:14.28 (30.62)
10:45.44 (31.16) 11:16.51 (31.07)
11:47.58 (31.07) 12:18.70 (31.12)
12:50.27 (31.57) 13:21.55 (31.28)
13:53.21 (31.66) 14:24.42 (31.21)
14:55.96 (31.54) 15:26.16 (30.20)
3 Li, Stanford 02 PCSC 15:38.86 15:38.32
r:+0.68 28.05 57.89 (29.84)
1:28.61 (30.72) 1:59.30 (30.69)
2:30.23 (30.93) 3:01.31 (31.08)
3:32.44 (31.13) 4:03.75 (31.31)
4:35.10 (31.35) 5:06.78 (31.68)
5:38.31 (31.53) 6:10.15 (31.84)
6:41.67 (31.52) 7:13.28 (31.61)
7:44.87 (31.59) 8:16.72 (31.85)
8:48.44 (31.72) 9:20.42 (31.98)
9:52.26 (31.84) 10:24.37 (32.11)
10:56.28 (31.91) 11:28.29 (32.01)
12:00.21 (31.92) 12:32.12 (31.91)
13:03.95 (31.83) 13:35.97 (32.02)
14:07.39 (31.42) 14:38.41 (31.02)
15:08.91 (30.50) 15:38.32 (29.41)
4 Hussey, Patrick 01 PCSC 15:40.40 15:42.45
r:+0.75 28.18 58.46 (30.28)
1:28.91 (30.45) 1:59.87 (30.96)
2:30.74 (30.87) 3:01.90 (31.16)
3:32.82 (30.92) 4:04.14 (31.32)
4:35.39 (31.25) 5:06.97 (31.58)
5:38.26 (31.29) 6:09.75 (31.49)
6:41.17 (31.42) 7:12.86 (31.69)
7:44.55 (31.69) 8:16.58 (32.03)
8:48.27 (31.69) 9:20.07 (31.80)
9:52.18 (32.11) 10:24.26 (32.08)
10:56.40 (32.14) 11:28.28 (31.88)
12:00.50 (32.22) 12:32.41 (31.91)
13:04.22 (31.81) 13:36.32 (32.10)
14:08.36 (32.04) 14:40.42 (32.06)
15:12.05 (31.63) 15:42.45 (30.40)
5 McNeill, Hugh 03 LOSC 16:08.83 15:47.89
r:+0.83 27.95 59.11 (31.16)
1:30.75 (31.64) 2:02.48 (31.73)
2:34.43 (31.95) 3:06.27 (31.84)
3:37.87 (31.60) 4:09.91 (32.04)
4:41.80 (31.89) 5:13.65 (31.85)
5:45.90 (32.25) 6:17.66 (31.76)
6:49.54 (31.88) 7:21.45 (31.91)
7:53.42 (31.97) 8:25.21 (31.79)
8:57.51 (32.30) 9:29.28 (31.77)
10:01.26 (31.98) 10:33.34 (32.08)
11:05.02 (31.68) 11:36.84 (31.82)
12:08.73 (31.89) 12:40.81 (32.08)
13:12.68 (31.87) 13:44.52 (31.84)
14:16.58 (32.06) 14:48.25 (31.67)
15:19.40 (31.15) 15:47.89 (28.49)
6 Dommann, Raben 01 UBCT 15:42.90 15:49.61
r:+0.83 28.83 59.88 (31.05)
1:31.13 (31.25) 2:02.72 (31.59)
2:34.23 (31.51) 3:05.98 (31.75)
3:37.72 (31.74) 4:09.46 (31.74)
4:41.27 (31.81) 5:13.05 (31.78)
5:44.67 (31.62) 6:16.41 (31.74)
6:48.18 (31.77) 7:19.96 (31.78)
7:51.80 (31.84) 8:23.68 (31.88)
8:55.53 (31.85) 9:27.42 (31.89)
9:59.16 (31.74) 10:30.91 (31.75)
11:02.66 (31.75) 11:34.24 (31.58)
12:06.03 (31.79) 12:37.96 (31.93)
13:10.03 (32.07) 13:42.08 (32.05)
14:14.03 (31.95) 14:46.02 (31.99)
15:18.30 (32.28) 15:49.61 (31.31)
7 Wu, Yu Tong 04 SKSC 16:11.45 15:50.64
r:+0.74 28.14 59.64 (31.50)
1:31.38 (31.74) 2:03.24 (31.86)
2:34.57 (31.33) 3:06.24 (31.67)
3:38.20 (31.96) 4:09.94 (31.74)
4:41.84 (31.90) 5:14.18 (32.34)
5:46.26 (32.08) 6:18.18 (31.92)
6:50.00 (31.82) 7:22.09 (32.09)
7:54.27 (32.18) 8:25.87 (31.60)
8:57.72 (31.85) 9:29.64 (31.92)
10:01.50 (31.86) 10:33.76 (32.26)
11:05.97 (32.21) 11:37.80 (31.83)
12:09.88 (32.08) 12:41.63 (31.75)
13:14.02 (32.39) 13:46.32 (32.30)
14:18.89 (32.57) 14:51.30 (32.41)
15:21.23 (29.93) 15:50.64 (29.41)
8 Paulins, Sebastian 98 BRANT 15:59.28 15:53.60
r:+0.69 28.65 59.50 (30.85)
1:30.68 (31.18) 2:02.08 (31.40)
2:33.76 (31.68) 3:05.33 (31.57)
3:36.91 (31.58) 4:08.54 (31.63)
4:40.06 (31.52) 5:11.65 (31.59)
5:43.39 (31.74) 6:15.17 (31.78)
6:47.16 (31.99) 7:18.75 (31.59)
7:50.57 (31.82) 8:22.39 (31.82)
8:54.23 (31.84) 9:26.28 (32.05)
9:58.65 (32.37) 10:30.66 (32.01)
11:03.04 (32.38) 11:35.02 (31.98)
12:07.88 (32.86) 12:39.96 (32.08)
13:12.78 (32.82) 13:45.11 (32.33)
14:17.71 (32.60) 14:50.32 (32.61)
15:22.67 (32.35) 15:53.60 (30.93)
