Joshua Liendo got Canadian Olympic Trials off to a flying start Saturday morning by going 51.40 in prelims of the men’s 100 fly, a Canadian record and an Olympic A cut.
The 18-year-old will be the top seed in finals Saturday night, the first day of the four-day meet. He cut seven tenths off his seed time to get under the Olympic A standard. He also downed the time of 51.83 set by Santo Condorelli at the Rio Olympics that had been the Canadian record.
Second is Finlay Knox in 53.16. The Canadian men entered the race with just six Olympic A cuts, so Joshua Liendo adding another is significant.
Men’s 100 fly
Event 2 Men 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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CANADIAN: N 51.83 2016-08-11Santo Condorelli, UNATT
OLYMPIC A: Q 51.96
Name Year Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Joshua Liendo 02 NYAC 52.13 51.40N
r:+0.63 24.01 51.40 (27.39)
2 Knox, Finlay 01 SCAR 54.60 53.16
r:+0.66 24.59 53.16 (28.57)
3 Ogilvie, Keir 02 UBCT 54.68 53.73
r:+0.63 24.74 53.73 (28.99)
4 Darragh, Mack 93 OAK 54.14 54.33
r:+0.66 25.61 54.33 (28.72)
5 Calkins, Stephen 98 UCSC 55.00 54.49
r:+0.63 25.12 54.49 (29.37)
6 Marcoux, Raphael 98 UL 53.48 54.59
r:+0.62 25.13 54.59 (29.46)
7 Migneault, Justice 02 UBCT 56.33 54.67
r:+0.64 25.40 54.67 (29.27)
8 Champagne, Montana 96 GO 54.33 54.76
r:+0.71 25.40 54.76 (29.36)
9 Olafson, Carson 97 UBCT 53.80 54.78
r:+0.70 24.98 54.78 (29.80)
10 Perreault, Alexandre 98 OTTSC 53.47 54.82
r:+0.60 24.77 54.82 (30.05)
In the other prelims event of the early morning session, Maggie MacNeil easily gained the top seed for finals with a time of 56.70. That’s within a second of her best time, which is the Canadian record and an Olympic A cut. MacNeil is already provisionally selected for the Olympics in this event.
Second was a surprise in Katerine Savard, the 28-year-old slicing 1.8 seconds off her seed time to go 58.13 and earn the second seed in finals. Third is Rebecca Smith, who has an A cut in 57.59, but went 58.94 in the morning. Five swimmers are under a minute.
Women’s 100 fly
Event 1 Women 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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CANADIAN: N 55.83 2019-07-22Margaret MacNeil, LAC
OLYMPIC A: Q 57.92
Name Year Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 MacNeil, Margaret 00 LAC 55.83 56.70Q
r:+0.63 26.68 56.70 (30.02)
2 Savard, Katerine 93 CAMO 59.93 58.13
r:+0.67 27.23 58.13 (30.90)
3 Smith, Rebecca 00 SCAR 57.59 58.94
r:+0.74 27.02 58.94 (31.92)
4 Zavaros, Mabel 00 MAC 59.84 59.23
r:+0.65 27.56 59.23 (31.67)
5 Hanus, Danielle 98 ISC 58.74 59.66
r:+0.66 27.98 59.66 (31.68)
6 Fernandes, Aryanna 00 AAC 1:01.16 1:00.62
r:+0.52 28.17 1:00.62 (32.45)
7 McMillan, Ashley 04 KISU 1:02.24 1:00.82
r:+0.71 28.32 1:00.82 (32.50)
8 Gormley, Breckin 04 NKB 1:01.31 1:00.93
r:+0.61 28.57 1:00.93 (32.36)
8 Sasseville, Genevieve 03 WS 59.76 1:00.93
r:+0.64 27.91 1:00.93 (33.02)
10 Field, Josie 01 UBCT 1:02.06 1:01.06
r:+0.64 28.92 1:01.06 (32.14)
In the second prelims session, Kylie Masse led the field in 58.13, within three hundredths of her Canadian record. Second was Kayla Sanchez in a personal-best 59.78, which is an Olympic A cut. Ingrid Wilm is third, getting a fresh A cut of 59.88 to take the third seed.
Fifth in the morning was Taylor Ruck, who entered with an A cut of 58.55. She was notably slower in 1:00.49.
Women’s 100 Backstroke
Event 3 Women 100 LC Meter Backstroke
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CANADIAN: N 58.10 2017-07-25Kylie Masse, WEST
OLYMPIC A: A 1:00.25
Name Year Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Masse, Kylie 96 TSC 58.16 58.13A
r:+0.55 28.12 58.13 (30.01)
2 Sanchez, Kayla 01 AAC 59.82 59.78A
r:+0.61 29.10 59.78 (30.68)
3 Wilm, Ingrid 98 CASC 1:00.45 59.88A
r:+0.67 29.41 59.88 (30.47)
4 Harvey, Mary-Sophie 99 CAMO 1:00.64 1:00.39
r:+0.67 29.27 1:00.39 (31.12)
5 Ruck, Taylor 00 SCAR 58.55 1:00.49
r:+0.66 29.25 1:00.49 (31.24)
6 Hanus, Danielle 98 ISC 1:00.34 1:00.79
r:+0.63 29.75 1:00.79 (31.04)
7 Rathwell, Regan 04 GO 1:01.16 1:01.78
r:+0.60 29.95 1:01.78 (31.83)
8 Janvier, Aela 99 PCSC 1:02.72 1:02.10
r:+0.67 30.24 1:02.10 (31.86)
9 Hannah, Jade 02 HTAC 59.63 1:02.53
r:+0.67 30.20 1:02.53 (32.33)
10 Kary, Raili 02 TSC 1:01.71 1:02.84
r:+0.67 30.29 1:02.84 (32.55)
Markus Thormeyer led a crowded field in the 100 back at 54.18 on the men’s side. Second was Cole Pratt in 54.41 with Javier Acevedo third in 55.04.
Both Thormeyer and Pratt have Olympic A cuts (sub 53.85).
Men’s 100 Backstroke
Event 4 Men 100 LC Meter Backstroke
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CANADIAN: N 53.35 2019-04-03Markus Thormeyer, UBCTS
OLYMPIC A: A 53.85
Name Year Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Thormeyer, Markus 97 UBCT 53.35 54.18
r:+0.68 26.39 54.18 (27.79)
2 Pratt, Cole 02 CASC 53.81 54.41
r:+0.60 27.37 54.41 (27.04)
3 Acevedo, Javier 98 AAC 55.14 55.04
r:+0.57 26.65 55.04 (28.39)
4 De Pol, Tayden 02 UBCT 56.47 55.23
r:+0.59 26.53 55.23 (28.70)
5 Tierney, Blake 02 UBCT 57.41 55.24
r:+0.63 26.63 55.24 (28.61)
6 Marois, William 98 CAMO 56.46 55.48
r:+0.59 27.01 55.48 (28.47)
7 Hill, Robert 96 UCSC 55.18 55.92
r:+0.58 27.56 55.92 (28.36)
8 Zeng, Tim 97 UL 55.74 55.96
r:+0.56 27.06 55.96 (28.90)
9 Stokes, Richie 00 UCSC 57.57 56.34
r:+0.57 27.51 56.34 (28.83)
9 McNeill, Hugh 03 LOSC 58.36 56.34
r:+0.63 27.64 56.34 (28.70)
Preliminaries for three women’s swimmers and nine men’s swimmers in the 400 are also to be held. Those events will be timed finals Saturday night. Each finals event will feature 10 finalists.
Very impressive.
Joshua and Simone are my favorites