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Hilary Caldwell uncorked a 2:08.43 this morning to vault to fifth in the world rankings in the women’s 200-meter backstroke at the 2016 Canadian Trials.
Caldwell was joined under the FINA A cut with a 2:09.63 by Dominique Bouchard as the Canadians are looking for another 2-person event at the Olympics.
Kylie Masse (2:10.64), Claudia Lau (2:10.99), Meryn McCann (2:11.32), Kennedy Goss (2:11.32), Alexia Zevnik (2:11.35), Rosie Zavaros (2:11.78), Elizabeth Beisel (2:12.66) and MacKenzie Glover (2:12.92) also made it into the top 10.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Caldwell, Hilar 25 Island Swimming 2:08.22 2:08.43q q901
r:+0.63 30.42 1:02.47 (32.05)
1:35.36 (32.89) 2:08.43 (33.07)
2 Bouchard, Domin 24 OAK 2:08.99 2:09.63q q876
r:+0.63 31.11 1:02.85 (31.74)
1:35.51 (32.66) 2:09.63 (34.12)
3 Masse, Kylie 20 WEST/UT 2:09.70 2:10.64 q856
r:+0.58 31.17 1:04.57 (33.40)
1:38.11 (33.54) 2:10.64 (32.53)
4 *Lau, Claudia C 23 Club Wolverine-M 2:13.33 2:10.99 q849
r:+0.65 31.39 1:04.82 (33.43)
1:37.81 (32.99) 2:10.99 (33.18)
5 Goss, Kennedy 19 Gators 2:12.17 2:11.32 q843
r:+0.61 31.26 1:04.47 (33.21)
1:37.99 (33.52) 2:11.32 (33.33)
5 McCann, Meryn 17 ESWIM 2:10.34 2:11.32 q843
r:+0.66 32.38 1:05.73 (33.35)
1:38.92 (33.19) 2:11.32 (32.40)
7 Zevnik, Alexia 22 Pointe-Claire Sw 2:14.46 2:11.35 q842
r:+0.65 30.91 1:04.07 (33.16)
1:37.85 (33.78) 2:11.35 (33.50)
8 Zavaros, Rosie 16 OAK 2:13.91 2:11.78 q834
r:+0.66 31.11 1:04.41 (33.30)
1:38.28 (33.87) 2:11.78 (33.50)
9 *Beisel, Elizab 23 ABF-NE 2:09.54 2:12.66 q817
r:+0.59 31.62 1:05.18 (33.56)
1:39.02 (33.84) 2:12.66 (33.64)
10 Glover, Mackenz 18 UMAN 2:13.47 2:12.92 q813
r:+0.64 31.55 1:05.33 (33.78)
1:39.16 (33.83) 2:12.92 (33.76)
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11 Cantin, Geneviè 25 Rouge et Or 2:12.51 2:13.75 q798
r:+0.73 31.61 1:05.36 (33.75)
1:39.60 (34.24) 2:13.75 (34.15)
12 Ruck, Taylor M 15 UNCAN 2:09.49 2:14.38 q786
r:+0.64 31.90 1:05.58 (33.68)
1:39.77 (34.19) 2:14.38 (34.61)
13 Hanus, Danielle 18 NEW 2:13.33 2:14.90 q777
r:+0.61 31.38 1:05.82 (34.44)
1:41.02 (35.20) 2:14.90 (33.88)
14 Crisp, Lauren 16 Uvic-Pcs 2:14.63 2:14.99 q776
r:+0.63 31.50 1:05.86 (34.36)
1:41.04 (35.18) 2:14.99 (33.95)
15 Zavaros, Mabel 16 OAK 2:18.06 2:15.47 q768
r:+0.67 32.33 1:07.30 (34.97)
1:41.56 (34.26) 2:15.47 (33.91)
16 Snodgrass, Broo 21 CASC 2:11.88 2:15.70 q764
r:+0.69 31.84 1:05.80 (33.96)
1:40.56 (34.76) 2:15.70 (35.14)
17 Wilm, Ingrid 17 CASC 2:13.55 2:15.82 q762
r:+0.66 32.53 1:07.39 (34.86)
1:43.11 (35.72) 2:15.82 (32.71)
18 *Baddock, Carol 21 NZL 2:16.40 2:16.09 q757
r:+0.66 31.96 1:05.89 (33.93)
1:40.94 (35.05) 2:16.09 (35.15)
19 Smith, Rebecca 16 RedDeer Catalina 2:15.40 2:16.19 q755
r:+0.69 32.41 1:06.52 (34.11)
1:41.35 (34.83) 2:16.19 (34.84)
20 Huizinga, Danik 16 MAC 2:14.82 2:16.90 q744
r:+0.69 32.42 1:07.40 (34.98)
1:42.12 (34.72) 2:16.90 (34.78)
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