Here is the last 3 sessions of results and predictions that did not get posted... Today is the last day of the 2016 Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials.
DAY 5 FINALS
The
excitement was lively on the pool deck for night 5 of the 2016 Canadian Olympic
Swimming Trials. More names were added to the Rio Nomination list and with just
2 finals left in the trials it all comes down to these big swims.
To
kick off the night Canada watched a 3 way tie for silver in the men’s 100 fly.
The joke of the evening was Swimming Canada will need to make a larger podium
for future national meets. Mack Darragh picked up the gold medal in the event
but missed the tough FINA A cut time. I hope he gets a nomination for the
medley relay as he has proven to be the best flyer in Canada.
Likely
the biggest event of the evening was the women’s 100 free. Superstar Penny
Oleksiak was on fire in the event splitting a new personal best to her feet at
the 50 turn. She finished the race in a time of 53:31 making the Olympic
standard by over a second, breaking the national record and shattering the
world junior record. She has since scratched the 50 free for day 6 of the
trials. In the end all 4 centre girls were able to make the relay team. These
girls will be ones to watch this summer in Rio as they fight for a podium
finish.
Men’s
200 back saw Jeremie Dezwirek just missing the FINA A cut time by 0.08 seconds.
He did however improve his time over the prelims which is good news. And Javier
Acevedo was able to pick up the bronze medal from lane nine which was awesome
to watch. It should be noted in the B final Ryan Murphy from the States threw
down the third fastest time in the world this year with a time of 1:54.94 in a
new personal best time. Watch for Murphy to tear it up at the US Trials in late
June.
Women’s
200 breast saw 2 laddies book tickets to Rio. Kierra Smith swam a 2:23.91 and
Martha McCabe was able to secure second with a time of 2:25.13. bronze medalist
Kelsey Wog was also under the FINA A cut but Canada can only send the top 2
swimmers from the event.
The
women’s 800 free Brittany Maclean and teammate Olivia Anderson were able to
share the podium as they went 1 2. Maclean was near Canadian record pace much
of the race. Maclean did swim the 3rd fastest time in the world this
year. Watch for her to try and medal at the Rio Olympics this summer.
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Event
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Top
3
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FINA
A Cut
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100
Fly
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1. Mack Darragh, 53.37
2. Kourosh Ahani
2.
Ivan Cocunubo
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52:36
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100
Free
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3. Sandrine Mainville, 54.14 * Relay Qualifier
4. Michelle Williams, 54.45 * Relay Qualifier
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54:43
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200
Back
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2. Russell Wood, 1:59.99
3. Javier Acevedo, 2:00.19
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1:58.22
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200
Breast
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2. Martha McCabe, 2:25.13 OQ
3. Kelsey Wog, 2:25.42
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2:26.94
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800
Free
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2. Olivia Anderson, 8:38.34
3. Tabitha Baumann, 8:40.67
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8:33.97
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DAY 5 PRELIMS
Day 5
Prelims saw more events and more swimmers trying to put up good morning swims
to advance into the finals where it all counts.
In
the men’s 100 fly Santo Condorelli was disqualified in the heats putting him
out of the finals. The disappointing part about this DQ was the swim was a PB
and a Canadian Record. 200 Fly winner Mack Darragh is now top seed in the 100
fly for finals and he will try and swim under the FINA A time to be nominated
for Rio.
The
100 free brought speed from the Toronto centre and leading the pack was Penny
Olesiak who has had an incredible trials. She swam a blistering 54:07 in the
heats. The time was half a second under her previous best time and well under
the FINA A time. She will have to do this all over again in the finals, but
that should be no trouble at all. Fingers crossed all 4 centre girls who train
together for 40+ hours a week will be able to swim this relay in Rio.
One
of my favourite events, the men’s 200 back will shape up to be a speedy one in
finals. Jeremie Dezwirek leads the pack with a morning swim of 1:59.06 which is
a new best time. Youngster Markus Thormeyer who has had an incredible trials
swam a 2:02.74, look for him to drop at finals.
The
200 breast tonight will be a nail biter with Kierra Smith leading the group
followed but Nicol, McCabe, and McGregor within .60 of each other. Smith was
under the FINA A cut in the heats, but will have to prove herself in the
finals. McCabe is hoping to qualify for the Rio games tonight so watch for her
in the finals.
The
longest in pool race was swum this morning, the men’s 1500 free took to the
waters and Olympian Ryan Cochrane led the pack cruising a 15:08.03, well under
the FINA A cut. Look for him to go under the 15-minute mark in the finals
Sunday night. The distance swimmers get a day off in between the heats and
finals for recovery as the longer events take a larger toll on the body.
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Event
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Top
10 in Finals
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FINA
A Cut
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100
Fly
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1. Mack Darragh, 53.74
3. Alexandre Perreault, 53.93
4. Wyatt Yarish, 54.09
5. Ivan Cocunubo, 54.21
6. Gamal Assaad, 54.24
7. Nicolaas Dekker, 54.39
8. Josiah Binnema, 54.41
9. Kourosh Ahani, 54.43
10. Zack Chetrat, 54.52
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52:36
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100
Free
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3. Sandrine Mainville, 54.48
4. Michelle Williams, 54.58
5. Jacqueline Keire, 54.94
6. Alexia Zevnik, 55.01
8. Leah Troskot, 55.53
9. Rebecca Smith, 55.71
10. Ariane Mainville, 55.85
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54:43
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200
Back
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2. Markus Thormeyer, 2:02.74
3. Rob Hill, 2:02.85
4. Bryce Kananowicz, 2:02.87
5. Noah Choboter, 2:03.27
6. Chad Bobrosky, 2:03.52
7. Russell Wood, 2:03.59
8. Adam Best, 2:03.63
9. Matthew Mac, 2:03.88
10. Javier Acevedo, 2:04.37
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1:58.22
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200
Breast
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2. Rachel Nicol, 2:27.04
3. Martha McCabe, 2:27.58
5. Kelsey Wog, 2:28.80
6. Tera Van Beilen, 2:29.33
7. Sydney Pickrem, 2:31.25
8. Miranda Stever, 2:32.11
9. Genevieve Robertson, 2:32.37
10. Tianna Rissling, 2:33.10
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2:26.94
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1500
Free
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2. Peter Brothers, 15:32.21
3. Eric Hedlin, 15:32.27
4. Kier Maitland, 15:36.30
5. Philippe Guertin, 15:37.78
6. Jon McKay, 15:39.17
7. Colin Gilbert, 15:44.70
8. Hau-Li Fan, 15:46.13
9. Josh Zakala, 15:47.18
10. Alexander Pratt, 15:49.84
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15:14.77
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DAY 4 FINALS
Day 4
finals shaped up to be another exciting night of swimming for Canadian
swimmers. With just 3 events on the schedule for the finals the swimming went
by quickly.
In
the women’s 200 fly Katerine Savard was fighting for an individual event and
she was out extremely fast the first 100 meters but did not have enough in the
tank on the last 50, she was tired as her kick was non-existent and her stroke
had shortened up. I feel bad that Savard could not add an individual event for
Rio. She has proven in passed international meets she means business.
Unfortunately, the results are based off the trials final swims. On the other
hand, Audrey Lacroix was able to book her ticket to Rio with a time of 2:08.58
she will try and reach her personal best time in Rio.
In
the men’s 100 free it was all Santo Condorelli swimming a time of 48:16 which
was a little bit slower then the morning. I could tell he was a bit
disappointed with the time as he was likely hoping to get under 48 seconds at
the trials. Yuri Kisil was second and under the Olympic qualifying time, so he
will be racing this event in Rio. Rounding out the top 4 was youngster Markus
Thormeyer and Evan Van Moerkerke who will join Condorelli and Kisil in the
men’s 4 x 100 free relay.
The
women’s 200 IM saw 2 more laddies book tickets to Rio. Sydney Pickrem has been
on fire all meet and swam a speedy 2:11.81 to make the Olympic standard.
Joining her was Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson who placed second and was under the
standard. This was awesome for Erika as she did finish 3rd in the
400 IM earlier in the trials.
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Event
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Top
3 Finishers
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FINA
A Cut
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200
Fly
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1. Audrey
Lacroix, 2:08.58 OQ
3. Sophie Marois, 2:14.47
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2:09.33
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100
Free
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2. Yuri
Kisil, 48.58 OQ
3. Markus Thormeyer, 49.38 * Relay
Qualifier
4. Evan Van Moerkerke, 49.75 * Relay
Qualifier
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48:99
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200
IM
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1. Sydney
Pickrem, 2:11.81 OQ
2. Erika
Seltenreich-Hodgson, 2:12.47 OQ
3. Kylie Masse, 2:13.73
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2:14.26
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