Day 2 Trials Prelims AND Finals

Day 2 Prelims was another successful session with breakout swims.

                       

Kylie Masse broke the Canadian Record in the 100 back swimming a time of 59:17 while being seeded first by over a second for the evening finals. Masse, from Windsor Ontario who attends the University of Toronto has been on fire for the last 2 years stepping up her game making appearances on the international scene. It was incredible watching her smash Canadian Records back in February at the OUA Championships in London for SCM and now again in the LCM pool. Masse is a clear favourite for tonight’s final and will likely secure her spot on the Olympic team and will likely break the 59 mark.

Javier Acevedo had a big swim in the 100 back this morning as well swimming a new PB and securing second spot for tonight’s finals. The youngster will put up some tough competition in tonight’s finals in hopes to make his first Olympic Team and more importantly his first Senior National team. Prediction he will win the race by a hair and be the first male swimmer on the Olympic team.

Event	Swimmers in top 10 tonight	FINA A Cut Time
200 Fly	1. Nicolaas Dekker, 1:59.35        2. Coleman Allen, 1:59.39        3. Mack Darragh, 2:00.56        4. Colin Gilbert, 2:01.20        5. Evan White, 2:01.25      6. Zack Chetrat, 2:01.84        7. Ivan Cocunubo, 2:02.36        8. Ryan Kelly, 2:02.68        9. Connor Wilkins, 2:02.90     10. Montana Champagne, 2:03.07	1:56.97
100 Back	1.     Kylie Masse, 59.17 NR 2.     Dominique Bouchard, 1:00.43 3.     Alexia Zevnik, 1:00.98 4.     Mackenzie Glover, 1:01.18* 5.     Danielle Hanus, 1:01.18* 6.     Hilary Caldwell, 1:01.27 7.     Brooklyn Snodgrass, 1:01.50 8.     Samantha Corea, 1:01.88 9.     Marie-Pier Couillard, 1:02.18 10.  Ingrid Wilm, 1:02.34	1:00.25
100 Back	1.     Russell Wood, 54.87 2.     Javier Acevedo, 55.14 3.     Jeremie Dezwirek, 55.28 4.     Rob Hill, 55.57 5.     Markus Thormeyer, 55.75 6.     Yuri Kisil, 55.98 7.     Adam Best, 56.15 8.     Noah Choboter, 56.24 9.     Joe Byram, 56.55 10.  Bradley Crocker, 56.78	54:36
400 IM	1.     Sydney Pickrem, 4:46.86 2.     Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, 4:47.40 3.     Emily Overholt, 4:48.33 4.     Marni Oldershaw, 4:49.73 5.     Sarah Darcel, 4:50.10 6.     Bailey Andison, 4:51.03 7.     Katie Mann, 4:51.16 8.     Tessa Cieplucha, 4:51.17 9.     Breanne Siwicki, 4:52.94 10.  Mary-Sophie Harvey, 4:53.73	4:43.46

Tonights Finals will for sure be an exciting one! Make sure to tune in LIVE at 7PM online as CBC will have the webcast on once again. 

FINALS

Day 2 Trials Finals did not disappoint as more swimmers were added to the Olympic Team and another Canadian Record was broken

In the women’s 100 back it was Windsor’s Kylie Masse in the lead from end to end and she won the event in style. Not only did Masse break the win and break the Canadian Record for the second time in 1 day, she made her first Olympic Team. The 20-year-old who trains at U of T has had an amazing 2 years and her swimming continues to improve. Putting up the second fastest time in the world this year tonight, Masse will now look to chase down the medal podium in Rio this summer.

Sticking with Backstroke, Javier Acevedo did not disappoint tonight in the men’s 100 back. This youngster from Ajax, swimming for Markham Aquatic Club had an amazing swim tonight nearly missing the National Record of 53:63 Acevedo did put up an amazing 53:67 taking over a second off his pervious best time. Not only did Acevedo win the 100 back, he was also named the first male swimmer to the Canadian Olympic Team. Look for more amazing swims from Acevedo this week, this summer, and in 4 years in 2020.

Event	Top 3 finishers	FINA A Cut Time
200 Fly	1.     Mack Darragh, 1:58.22 2.     Nicolaas Dekker, 1:58.87 3.     Zack Chetrat, 1:59.08	1:56.97
100 Back	1.     Kylie Masse, 59.06 OQ NR 2.     Dominique Bouchard, 59.96 OQ 3.     Hilary Caldwell, 1:00.21	1:00.25
100 Back	1.     Javier Acevedo, 53.67 OQ 2.     Russell Wood, 54.47 3.     Markus Thormeyer, 54.59	54:36
400 IM	1.     Sydney Pickrem, 4:38.34 OQ 2.     Emily Overholt, 4:38.50 OQ 3.     Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, 4:43.87	4:43.46

With another amazing day of swimming in the books the athletes will get set for another day of racing tomorrow. Prelims kicks off at 10:00 am and time trials in the afternoon at 1:00 pm with the all important finals beginning at 6:45 pm LIVE on the CBC webcast. Don’t miss any of the action for the biggest Canadian Swimming competition of 2016 on Canadian soil.