Swimming Canada has nominated a roster of 26 swimmers to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. Below, Chris Tanouye has shared a photo vault of the big announcement ceremony.
Full Roster:
Men
- Javier Acevedo – 100 backstroke
- Ryan Cochrane – 400 freestyle, 1500 freestyle
- Ashton Baumann – 200 breaststroke
- Santo Condorelli – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 4×100 freestyle relay
- Yuri Kisil – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 4×100 freestyle relay
- Evan Van Moerkerke – 4×100 freestyle relay
- Markus Thormeyer – 4×100 freestyle relay
Women
- Brittany MacLean – 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 800 freestyle, 4×200 freestyle relay
- Penny Oleksiak – 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 4×100 freestyle relay, 4×200 freestyle relay, 4×100 medley relay
- Noemie Thomas – 100 butterfly, *(4×100 medley relay)
- Kylie Masse – 100 back, 4×100 medley relay
- Dominique Bouchard – 100 backstroke
- Sydney Pickrem – 200 IM, 400 IM
- Emily Overholt – 400 IM
- Kierra Smith – 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 4×100 medley relay
- Rachel Nicol – 100 breaststroke
- Audrey Lacroix – 200 butterfly
- Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson – 200 IM
- Chantal Van Landeghem – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 4×100 freestyle relay *(4×100 medley relay)
- Martha McCabe – 200 breaststroke
- Hilary Caldwell – 200 backstroke
- Michelle Williams – 50 freestyle, 4×100 freestyle relay
- Katerine Savard – 4×200 freestyle relay
- Kennedy Goss – 4×200 freestyle relay
- Sandrine Mainville – 4×100 freestyle relay
- Taylor Ruck – 4×200 freestyle relay
Coaching Staff
- High Performance Director John Atkinson
- Ben Titley
- Tom Johnson
- Steve Price
- Linda Keifer
- Ryan Mallette
- Kevin Thorburn
All photos are courtesy of Chris Tanouye:
Team Canada 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials
Sydney Pickrem
Evan Van Moerkerke
Brittany MacLean
Yuri Kisil
Emily Overholt
Martha McCabe
Noemie Thomas
Ryan Cochrane
Hilary Caldwell
Kierra Smith
Kylie Masse
Markus Thormeyer
Rachel Nicol
Dominique Bouchard
Javier Acevedo
Ashton Baumann
Erika Seltereich-Hodgson
Chantal Van Landeghem
Penny Oleksiak
Sandrine Mainville
Audrey Lacroix
Santo Condorelli
Katerine Savard
Taylor Ruck
Kennedy Goss
Michelle Williams
Why is Taylor ruck on the team if she placed 5th on the 200 free?
Relay alternate
It was a smart decision to take Ruck. Oleksiak is going to be very busy swimming heats (and hopefully finals) so they need some depth in relays with Ruck.
Luck
Agree on Ruck. Also at her best, she would be on finals relays. That must have been part of it too.
On May only after Fina confirmation they will decide who will be on the men medley and men 4×200 relay? (The medley will qualify for sure)
Swimming Canada has provisionally nominated breaststroker Jason Block and butterflyer Mack Darragh to the team. So it’s unlikely they will add swimmers just for the 4×200 relay.
I still remember when I swam as fast as Santo in the 100 free… we are both the same age too, genetics at its best I guess haha.
A roster list would have been nice.
Well done, Canada! Now to Rio!