CANADIAN TRIALS – DAY FOUR PRELIMS
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- Live results can be found here
- Prelims each day begin at 10 am EST/7 am PST
- Finals each day begin at 6 pm EST/3 pm PST
- Heat Sheet – Day 4 Prelims
The fourth day of the 2015 Canadian Trials features the 200 butterfly, 50 freestyle, and 200 IM, as well as the women’s 800 freestyle and the men’s 1500 freestyle. Below is the current World Championships roster going into day four’s prelim session.
- Dominique Bouchard – 100, 200 back
- Martha McCabe – 200 breast
- Jeremy Bagshaw – 200 free
- Russell Wood – 100 back
- Hilary Caldwell – 100, 200 back
- Michelle Williams – 100 free
- Chantal VanLandeghem – 100 free
- Sydney Pickrem – 400 IM
- Emily Overholt – 400 IM
- Ryan Cochrane – 400 free
- Noemie Thomas – 100 Fly
- Katerine Savard – 100 Fly
Women 200 Fly – Prelims
- Canadian Record – 205.95 – Audrey Lacroix
- Pan Am cut – 2:17.99
- Worlds cut – 2:09.17
Audrey Lacroix claimed the top seed in the women’s 200 butterfly with an easy 2:11.96. She was entered into the meet with a 2:07.61, which is two seconds under the World Championships cut. Noemie Thomas qualified second at 2:13.42 and Jacomie Strydom was third with her time of 2:14.34.
It took a 2:18.65 to make the A final and a 2:21.58 to make the B final.
Penny Oleksiak came close to breaking the 13-15 NAG record this morning. She beat Katerine Savard in prelims to qualify fifth. Last night she finished broke the NAG record in the 100 butterfly to finish fifth.
Men 200 Fly – Prelims
- Canadian Record – 1:57.01 – Stefan Herniak
- Pan Am cut – 2:01.39
- Worlds cut – 1:56.93
Mack Darragh was the only swimmer to break 2 minutes this morning with his time of 1:59.03. Alec Page finished second at 2:00.21 and Zack Chetrat was third at 2:00.31.
It took a 2:03.35 to make the A final and a 2:04.68 to make the B final.
Women 50 Free – Prelims
- Canadian Record – 24.69 – Chantal VanLandeghem
- Pan Am cut – 26.05
- Worlds cut – 25.02
Michelle Williams dropped .34 to earn the top seed in the women’s 50 meter freestyle with her time of 25.03. Chantal Van Landeghem was just behind her with a 25.13. Riki Bonnema finished third, but she will swim in the B final because she is not a Canadian citizen.
It took a 26.18 to make the A final and a 26.43 to make the B final.
Men 50 Free – Prelims
- Canadian Record – 21.73 – Brent Hayden
- Pan Am cut – 22.71
- Worlds cut – 22.09
Alex Loginov dropped .38 seconds to earn the top seed in the men’s 50 freestyle with his time of 22.30. Karl Krug was second, finishing just behind Loginov at 22.34. 10 of the top 21 swimmers this morning were all foreign. The 10th fastest time from a Canadian this morning was a 23.38. A swim off is required for 20th right now. Two swimmers tied for the final spot in the B final with a 23.43.
Women 200 IM – Prelims
- Canadian Record – 2:11.23 -Erica Morningstar
- Pan Am cut – 2:20.49
- Worlds cut – 2:12.98
Sydney Pickrem posted the fastest time of the morning to earn the top seed in the women’s 200 IM. Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson finished second at 2:14.75, and Kylie Masse was third with her time of 2:15.05.
It took a 2:18.16 to make the A final and a 2:20.29 to make the B final.
Men 200 IM – Prelims
- Canadian Record – 1:59.19 – Keith Beavers
- Pan Am cut – 2:07.29
- Worlds cut – 1:59.22
Eduardo Solache-Gomez had the fastest time of the morning at 2:00.64, but he will be in the B final tonight because he is not Canadian. Evan White was the fastest Canadian with his time of 2:02.87. Kyle Whitaker had the third fastest time of the morning with a 2:04.38.
It took a 2:06.84 to make the A final and a 2:07.24 to make the B final.
I don’t understand why countries like Canada, Australia and England make the standards so tough? I think if they make the FINA standards and they are top 2 in the event, then that is the best they got! I do understand that if they have a real high bar, then they hope the swimmers and coaches raise their expectations. It doesn’t always work like that!
To me, it is like a professor teaching a class. If everyone is flunking it, maybe the professor isn’t doing a good job of teaching the material.
I guess experience and training for the NCAA Champ’s makes swimmers stronger and tougher to handle difficult competitions. It sounds like Santo thinks so!
Just watched this: http://swimswam.com/video-santo-condorelli-explains-canadian-citizenship-and-100-free-win/
and he said something interesting… he’s been training to race 14 times in 3 days. Maybe that’s one of the issues. I’m not sure France’s spring men or Australia’s or men and women or The Netherlands’ women are training to race 14 times in 3 days.
As for the distance events tonight, I hope Cochrane can drag Brothers, Maitland, or Hedlin under the top-16 time. I don’t expect Cochrane to be particularly fast at trials so as long as he’s around the 15:00 mark I’ll be happy. Women’s 800 free will be interesting without Maclean or King, my money’s on Baumann after her strong 400 free performance. Will she be fast enough for Kazan is the real question.
Anyone know why King isn’t swimming the 800?
Savannah has a concussion from a head to head collision with another swimmer. She tried to get back to racing in time for trials but found she wasn’t fully recovered.
Women’s 200 IM will be interesting tonight as a few swimmers look to punch their ticket to Kazan. 2:12.98 might be within reach for 2 or 3 swimmers if they have good races. Particularly Seltenreich-Hodgson who I think won the event last year.
Men’s 200 IM is less competitive – White have the best chance of getting under the top-16 standard but I don’t think it’s likely. I’d be happy to see him under 2:00 but I wouldn’t bet on it.
I would have thought he’d do better in the 200 fly, but I guess why not go for a best time. I wonder if he’ll be swimming in the 1500?
Bagshaw making an odd appearance in the 50 free but still managed to win his heat in 23.80!
Will any Canadian guys be under 2:00 this morning? I doubt it. Maybe tonight but there isn’t a lot of talent in this event. The only event today where the World’s cut is faster than the Canadian Record.
Spoke to soon, already one Canadian under 2:00.
I saw that. Swim Canada is saying, “You want us to send you to Kazan in the 200 IM? OK, set a new Canadian Record!” LOL!
I’m sorry, you were talking about the men’s 200 fly, weren’t you? Well, I guess the same thing goes for both the 200 fly and 200 IM for Canada’s men: set a record or you’re going to Pan Am’s! Not that there’s anything wrong with Pan Am’s, I’m just saying those standards are crazy.
The 200 IM is about 0.1 slower than the record; Atkinson was feeling generous clearly.
In a pre-Olympic year I feel like it would be a good idea to give as many of our swimmers a chance to put a WC on their resume so that Rio isn’t their first major international meet! Unless of course we use the same insane standards next year!
Agreed! Experience in managing your energy through the prelims, semis, etc, and confidence are key elements. I’ve decided the fat cats are saving money for air fare while they pad their own wallets! Do I sound negative?
No, it’s definitely more important to invest money in promoting a new logo than sending swimmers to Worlds. I mean, once Canada sees the logo we will be able to unite under a strong front. That will get us into finals in Rio!