2024 Canadian Open: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2024 SPEEDO CANADIAN SWIMMING OPEN

• April 10-13, 2024
• Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre
• Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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The second night of Canadian Open action continues in Toronto on Thursday with finals of the 100 free, 50 back, 100 breast, 400 IM, and 50 fly on the schedule for this evening’s session.

There’s a ton of star power in the women’s 100 free, where Mary-Sophie Harvey (54.51), Penny Oleksiak (54.67), Summer McIntosh (54.74), and Maggie MacNeil (55.38) led the way in prelims this morning. On Wednesday night, McIntosh kicked off the competition with a world-leading time in the 200 free (1:54.21).

McIntosh will return to the pool later for a double in the 100 breast, which should be an exciting battle between Alexanne Lepage (1:07.72), Shona Branton (1:07.97), Kelsey Wog (1:08.33), and Sophie Angus (1:08.49). Lepage is looking for redemption after losing to Branton at February’s U SPORTS Championships (1:07.64 to 1:08.07).

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WOMEN’S PARA 100 FREE — FINAL

• Canadian Para Record S5: 1:32.41, Alisson Gobeil (2023)
• Canadian Para Record S7: 1:13.97, Tess Routliffe (2016)
• Canadian Para Record S10: 58.14, Aurelie Rivard (2021)

Top 3:

1. Jaime Cosgriffe, S10 (OAK) – 1:03.28 (866 points)
2. Yang Tan, S7 (OAK) – 1:15.72 (819 points)
3. Jessica Tinney, S5 (AJAX) – 1:44.21 (491 points)

Top qualifier Jaime Cosgriffe of Oakville Aquatic Club took the women’s para 100 free title in 1:03.28, shaving more than half a second off her previous-best 1:03.93 from March’s Winter Ontario Championships. She earned 866 points in her S10 classification.

Oakville Aquatic Club teammate Yang Tan (1:15.72) and Jessica Tinney (1:44.21) rounded out the remaining competitors in the final.

MEN’S PARA 100 FREE — FINAL

• Canadian Para Record S8: 1:00.78, Reid Maxwell (2024)

Top 1:

1. Edward Major-Gingras, S8 – 1:12.38 (560 points)

Ernestown Barracudas product Edward Major-Gingras was the lone swimmer in the men’s para 100 free final, clocking a 1:12.38 to come within a second of his lifetime best (1:11.48) from last month.

WOMEN’S 100 FREE — FINAL

• Canadian Record: 52.59, Penny Oleksiak (2021)
• 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 53.61

Top 10:

1. Summer McIntosh (SYS) – 53.90
2. Maggie MacNeil (LAC) – 54.01
3. Mary-Sophie Harvey (CAMO) – 54.27
4. Penny Oleksiak (TSC) – 54.43
5. Sylvia Statkevicius (ESWIM) – 55.46
6. Delia Lloyd (ESWIM) – 55.61
7. Rebecca Smith (CASC) – 55.63
8. Ella Jansen (HPCONT) – 55.68
9. Danielle Hanus (RAPID) – 55.88
10. Jenna Walters (GMAC) – 56.06

Summer McIntosh dropped almost half a second off her best 100 free time to clinch the crown in 53.90 ahead of Maggie MacNeil (54.01), Mary Sophie-Harvey (54.27), and Penny Oleksiak (54.43) — giving the Canadians a glimpse of what their 4×100 relay might look like at the Paris Olympics this summer.

McIntosh, 17, came into the meet with a lifetime best of 54.39 from last March. She now ranks 13th in the world this year, but remains more than a second behind Oleksiak’s 15-17 NAG record of 52.70 from the 2016 Olympics.

MacNeil, 24, was within half a second of her personal-best 53.64 from her Pan Ams victory last October. Harvey, 24, reached the wall just one hundredth of a second off her personal-best 54.26 from last month, which ranks her third among Canadians for the 2023-24 season behind McIntosh and MacNeil.

After breaking 55 seconds for the first time in two years as the No. 2 qualifier during prelims this morning (54.67), Oleksiak went a couple tenths faster tonight en route to 4th place. It’s an encouraging sign for the 2016 Olympic champion, who had to undergo another surgery on her knee in November.

MEN’S 100 FREE — FINAL

• Canadian Record: 47.27, Brent Hayden (2009)
• 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 48.34

Top 10:

1. Jere Hribar (LSU) – 49.26
2. Javier Acevedo (AJAX) – 49.51
3. Yuri Kisil (CASC) – 49.63
4. Stephen Calkins (UCSC) – 50.18
5. Yousuf Almatrooshi (UAESF) – 50.43
6. Ricky Balduccini (GTCH) – 50.96
7. Luka Cvetko (ND) – 50.98
8. Leandro Odorici (GTCH) – 51.00
9. Ethan Ekk (ATAC) – 51.02
10. James Ward (UNVAR) – 51.11

Croatian native Jere Hribar couldn’t quite replicate his personal-best 48.90 from prelims, but his 49.26 tonight still took the crown a couple tenths ahead of two-time Canadian Olympians Javier Acevedo (49.51) and Yuri Kisil (49.63). Hribar, a 20-year-old LSU freshman, was aiming for the Olympic ‘A’ cut of 48.34.

Acevedo and Kisil were the only other swimmers to break 50 seconds in the final. Acevedo, 26, has been as fast as 48.50 at the 2023 Canadian Trials while the 28-year-old Kisil owns a lifetime best of 48.15 from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Acevedo is the only Canadian man to break 49 seconds so far this year at 48.99 from February’s World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Further down the standings, Area Tallahassee Aquatic Club 17-year-old Ethan Ekk fired off a personal-best 51.02 to lower his previous-best 51.19 from prelims. Before today, his lifetime best stood at 52.90 from last summer.

WOMEN’S PARA 50 BACK — FINAL

• Canadian Para Record S4: 57.07, Joelle Rivard (2005)
• Canadian Para Record S5: 55.91, Alisson Gobeil (2023)

Top 3:

1. Jordan Tucker (RCAQ), S4 – 1:03.98 (528 points)
2. Hannah Burns (LAC), S4 – 1:09.00 (440 points)
3. Jessica Tinney (AJAX), S5 – 1:02.14 (418 points)

Jessica Tinney posted the fastest time in the final at 1:02.14, but Jordan Tucker totaled the most para points with 528 to lead the field at 1:03.98 in her S4 classification. Tucker was just over a second shy of her best time from the 2023 Canadian Trials (1:02.58).

Tinney earned 418 points in her S5 classification, less than Hannah Burns‘ 1:09.00 in the S4 classification (440 points).

WOMEN’S 50 BACK — FINAL

• Canadian Record: 27.18, Kylie Masse (2022)

Top 10:

1. Ingrid Wilm (CASC) – 27.75
2. Delia Lloyd (ESWIM) – 28.26
3. Madison Kryger (BROCK) – 28.92
4. Leah Tigert (TSC) – 29.82
5. Halayna Montrichard (BRANT) – 29.95
6. Sophie Kissuk (ESWIM) – 30.15
7. Harper Lipton (NYAC) – 30.46
8. Siporah Sang (LAC) – 30.68
9. Jenna Walters (GMAC) – 30.71
10. Nethaya Mahadana Arachchi (OTTER) – 31.07

Ingrid Wilm was a few tenths off her best time in the 50 back, but she still dominated the final with a winning mark of 27.75. The-25-year-old has been as fast as 27.37 last May.

Delia Lloyd touched more than half a second behind Wilm in 28.26, knocking a couple tenths off her best time from World Juniors last September, where the 17-year-old Ohio State commit (’24) placed 5th.

At just 15 years old, Madison Kryger dipped under 29 seconds for the first time with a 3rd-place finish in 28.92. The Brock Niagara Aquatics product’s previous best stood at 29.35 from last August.

Fellow 15-year-old Leah Tigert wasn’t far behind in 29.82 for 4th place, sneaking under her previous best (29.85) from February.

Halayna Montrichard, 17, got under 30 seconds for the first time with her 5th-place effort in 29.95. She took almost half a second off her previous-best 30.40 from last August.

MEN’S 50 BACK — FINAL

• Canadian Record: 24.90, Javier Acevedo (2023)

Top 10:

1. Javier Acevedo (AJAX) – 25.81
2. Blake Tierney (GOLD) – 25.84
3. Cole Pratt (CASC) – 26.02
4. Loic Courville Fortin (CAMO) – 26.08
5. Raben Dommann (HPCVN) – 26.50
6. Parker Deshayes (CASC) – 26.63
7. Benjamin Winterborn (KBM) – 26.73
8. Ramy Ghaziri (LMRL) – 26.74
9. Gavin Schinkelshoek (WAC) – 27.28
10. Aidan Hill – DSQ

Canadian record holder Javier Acevedo held off Blake Tierney (25.84) by just a few hundredths with a winning time of 25.81, almost a second off his personal-best 24.90 from last year. Acevedo was on the back half of a double after placing 2nd in the 100 free (49.51) earlier in the session.

Tierney dropped a few tenths off his previous-best 26.15 from the U SPORTS Championships in February. Cole Pratt, 21, eked past Loic Courville Fortin (26.08) for 3rd place by a blink with a time of 26.02. Pratt has been as fast as 25.56 in 2021 while Fortin owns a best time of 25.66 from last year.

WOMEN’S 100 BREAST — FINAL

• Canadian Record: 1:05.74, Annamay Pierse (2009)
• 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 1:06.79

Top 10:

1. Shona Branton (WES) – 1:07.40
2. Kelsey Wog (UMAN) – 1:07.52
3. Alexanne Lepage (UCSC) – 1:07.75
4. Sophie Angus (HPCONT) – 1:07.82
5. Ashley McMillan (GO) – 1:10.22
6. Halle West (MANTA) – 1:10.37
7. Madyson Hartway (SYS) – 1:10.90
8. Summer McIntosh (SYS) – 1:11.01
9. Kamila Blanchard (PCSC) – 1:12.01
10. Ella Jansen (HPCONT) – 1:13.67

A loaded women’s 100 breast final exceeded expectations as Shona Branton (1:07.40), Kelsey Wog (1:07.52), Alexanne Lepage (1:07.75), and Sophie Angus (1:07.82) were separated by less than half a second in a thrilling finish.

Branton was within a second of her personal-best 1:06.59 from January’s Luxembourg Euro Meet en route to the victory. That performance made her the 6th-fastest Canadian ever right behind Lepage’s 1:06.58 from World Juniors last September.

Wog earned the runner-up finish just .12 seconds behind Branton. The 25-year-old Wog is the second-fastest Canadian ever in the event with a personal-best 1:06.44 from 2020.

Angus was about a second off her personal-best 1:06.66 from the semifinals at February’s World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where the 25-year-old ultimately placed 8th in the final.

MEN’S 100 BREAST — FINAL

• Canadian Record: 59.85, Scott Dickens (2012)
• 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 59.49

Top 10:

1. Finlay Knox (SCAR) – 1:00.91
2. Gabe Mastromatteo (KSS) – 1:02.42
3. Jordan Willis (MACC) – 1:02.51
4. Justice Migneault (HPCVN) – 1:02.66
5. Apollo Hess (HCONT) – 1:02.81
6. Kristaps Mikelsons (LAT) – 1:03.16
7. Brodie Khajuria (AJAX) – 1:03.76
8. Kiet Kong (MAC) – 1:04.44
9. Graeme Aylward (TSC) – 1:04.74
10. Leandro Odorici (GTCH) – 1:05.92

Finlay Knox dropped a few tenths off his lifetime best to capture the men’s 100 breast crown in 1:00.91. He lowered his previous-best 1:01.29 from last March to become the second-fastest Canadian in the event this year behind James Dergousoff (1:00.77 from Worlds in February).

Gabe Mastromatteo took 2nd place in 1:02.42, slightly slower than his 1:02.34 from prelims this morning. The Tokyo Olympian has been as fast as 1:00.11 at Canadian Olympic Trials in 2021. Mastromatteo touched less than a tenth ahead of Jordan Willis (1:02.51), who brought his lifetime best down from 1:02.69 in March.

Apollo Hess would have placed 2nd with his 1:02.25 from prelims, but his 1:02.81 in the final was good for 5th place behind Justice Migneault (1:02.66).

WOMEN’S PARA 100 BREAST — FINAL

• Canadian Para Record SB5: 2:01.19, Valerie Drapeau (2017)
• Canadian Para Record SB6: 1:42.80, Camille Berube (2021)
• Canadian Para Record SB9: 1:16.93, Jessica Sloan (2000)

Top 3:

1. Yang Tan, SB6 (OAK) – 1:47.85 (700 points)
2. Meghan Calhoun, SB9 (OSAC) – 1:36.96 (471 points)
3. Ruby Stevens, SB5 (RCAQ) – 2:19.35 (459 points)

Yang Tan was slightly off her 1:46.49 from prelims (which scored 722 points for her SB6 classification), but she still took home the victory in the final with a time of 1:47.85. She owns a personal best of 1:42.16 from 2020.

MEN’S PARA 100 BREAST — FINAL

• Canadian Para Record SB13: 1:16.50, Caleb Arndt (2017)

Top 1:

1. Caleb Arndt, SB13 (NEW) – 1:19.46 (585 points)

Newmarket’s Caleb Arndt broke 1:20 in the final with a 1:19.46 after clocking a 1:20.43 in prelims this morning. The SB13 competitor has been as fast as 1:16.50 in this event last August.

WOMEN’S 400 IM — FINAL

• Canadian Record: 4:25.87, Summer McIntosh (2023)
• 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 4:38.53

Top 10:

1. Mabel Zavaros (MAC) – 4:43.55
2. Tessa Cieplucha (MAC) – 4:50.10
3. Kamila Blanchard (PCSC) – 4:52.41
4. Laila Oravsky (BTSC) – 4:54.54
5. Maya Bezanson (ESWIM) – 4:58.39
6. Peyton Leigh (BROCK) – 5:00.50
7. Helen Anne Sava (RAMAC) – 5:01.78
8. Amy Chai (MAC) – 5:03.31
9. Huini Xu (MAC) – 5:03.88
10. Taira Vroom (BTSC) – 5:05.91

University of Florida pro Mabel Zavaros cruised to victory in the women’s 400 IM with a time of 4:43.55, more than six seconds ahead of a field that notably did not include world record holder Summer McIntosh. The 24-year-old Zavaros was a few seconds shy of her personal-best 4:39.93 from last May.

Tessa Cieplucha, 25, earned the runner-up finish in 4:50.10. The 2021 short-course world champion has been as fast as 4:37.26 back at Canadian Olympic Trials in 2021. Cieplucha is coming off making the final at the 2024 World Championships, where she went 4:40.80 to lead prelims.

Kamila Blanchard, 16, dropped three seconds on her way to a 3rd-place finish in 4:52.41. Her previous best stood at 4:55.80 from last month.

Laila Oravsky, a Florida commit (’25), sliced a couple tenths off her previous-best 4:54.80 from last August with her 4th-place showing in 4:54.54.

MEN’S 400 IM — FINAL

• Canadian Record: 4:11.41, Brian Johns (2008)
• 2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 4:12.50

Top 10:

1. Jordi Vilchez (BTSC) – 4:25.59
2. Charles Heisig (MACC) – 4:29.41
3. Carter Scheffel (BRANT) – 4:32.75
4. Rowen Uy (NYAC) – 4:39.87
5. Zachary McLeod (WDSC) – 4:40.26
6. Diego De La Torre Clavel (ACS) – 4:41.63
7. Jaques Harrison (CREST) – 4:42.11
8. Davis Dunham (MACC) – 4:43.14
9. Yegor Semenyuk (NG) – 4:44.36
10. Asher Allebach (MACC) – 4:45.71

Jordi Vilchez took the men’s 400 IM title in 4:25.59, narrowly missing his lifetime best by just a couple tenths in the process. The 18-year-old has been as fast as 4:25.36 at World Juniors last September, where he placed 10th.

Charles Heisig was the only other swimmer under 4:30, reaching the wall a few seconds behind Vilchez in 4:29.41 for 2nd place. The Notre Dame commit (’24) was just about a second off his previous-best 4:28.27 from last month.

Carter Scheffel notched a new best time en route to 3rd place in 4:32.75. The 18-year-old chopped almost a second off his previous-best 4:33.67 from last August.

WOMEN’S 50 FLY — FINAL

• Canadian Record: 25.62, Penny Oleksiak (2017)

Top 10:

1. Mia West (MANTA) – 27.18
2. Gabrielle Beasse (CAMO) – 27.72
3. Victoria Raymond (UNVAR) – 27.76
4. Zora Ripkova (ORCAB) – 27.81
5. Lila Bleakney (GGST) – 27.98
6. Anna Hadjiloizou (GTCH) – 28.04
7. Ainsley McMurray (CSLA) – 28.18
8. Eva Kovaluk (CAMO) – 28.52
9. Jasmine Nicols (MAC) – 28.54
10. Claire Christie (GGST) – 28.60

Mia West dominated the women’s 50 fly final by more than half a second, touching first in 27.18. The Cal commit (’24) shaved .15 seconds off her previous-best 27.32 from last August.

Montreal Aquatic Club 17-year-old Gabrielle Beasse secured a runner-up finish in 27.72, less than a tenth of a second ahead of Victoria Raymond (27.76) and Zora Ripkova (27.81) in a tight battle for 2nd place.

MEN’S 50 FLY — FINAL

• Canadian Record: 23.25, Finlay Knox (2024)

Top 10:

1. Eric Ginzburg (RAMAC) – 24.33
2. Justice Migneault (HPCVN) – 24.67
3. Alexandre Perreault (OTTSC) – 24.71
4. James Ward (UNVAR) – 24.84
5. Glen Omielan (PCSC) – 25.17
6. Dillon Fernando (RAMAC) – 25.18
7. Thomas Pratsch (CASC) – 25.24
8. Kyle Stuckless (MS) – 25.32
9. Aidan Hill (MACC) – 25.39
10. Gabe Mastromatteo (KSS) – 25.82

Eric Ginzburg knocked a couple tenths off his lifetime best to take the men’s 50 fly title in 24.33, clearing his previous-best 24.58 from January.

After placing 4th in the 100 breast, Justice Migneault capped off his double with a runner-up finish in the 50 fly (24.67). He was only a few tenths off his personal-best 24.34 from last August.

Alexandre Perreault was close behind Migneault with a 3rd-place effort of 24.71. James Ward was the only other swimmer under 25 seconds at 24.84.