2024 MAC SPRING LONG COURSE INVITATIONAL
- May 9-11, 2024
- City of Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Ontario, Canada
- Long Course Meters (50 meters)
- Live Results
11-year-old Huini “Annie” Xu swam another Ontario Record and all-time Canadian best for 11-year-olds to wrap up the Markham Aquatic Club’s Spring Long Course Invitational.
As she awaits her Olympic Trials debut on Wednesday in the 800 free (20th seed), Xu swam a pair of all-time Canadian bests for 11-year-olds over the weekend. First in the 400 free she swam 4:26.52, with the #2 in that event being Canadian superstar Summer McIntosh (4:34.48).
Then on Saturday Xu won the 11-12 race in the 100 free, breaking the minute barrier for the first time in 59.64. The #3 Canadian of 2024 in that race Summer Cheng finished 2nd in the same race on Saturday in 1:03.88.
All-Time Canadian Rankings, 11-Year-Olds, 100 LCM Free
- Annie Xu, Markham Aquatic Club – 59.64 (2024)
- Maxine Clark, University of Calgary Swim Club – 59.76 (2020)
- Brooke Buckland, Wolfville Tritons Swim Club – 1:00.95 (2001)
- Elan Daley, Markham Aquatic Club – 1:01.06 (2016)
- Summer McIntosh, Etobicoke Swim Club – 1:01.25 (2018)
Other highlight performers from the meet included Zac Millns from the Campbell River Killer Whales who won the 100 free in a new lifetime best of 52.75. His previous fastest time coming into the meet was 53.91, and he undercut that twice, including a 53.51 in prelims. That ranks him as the 24th-fastest Canadian 15-year-old in history and just-misses the Olympic Trials cut of 52.60.
I seen many 8 year old doing 1:10 . Even at that level, coaches and teammates are holding her back. She can do 100 burpees and still smile. Never a 11 years old doing sub 1 minute! Why no video?
That’s unbelievably fast, (faster than me).
I wonder if in 4-8 years we will see her try to make the Canadian Olympic team!
Throw her in to the pantheon of Chinese swimmers who have gone 53.x before the age of 14 and are never heard of again lol, genetics always wins.
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