2024 CANADIAN OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC TRIALS
- May 13-19, 2024
- Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre – Toronto, Ontario
- LCM (50 meters)
- Meet Central
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- Swimming Canada Olympic Selection Criteria
- Psych Sheets (Updated 05/10)
- Live Results
- Prelims – Day 1 Recap | Day 2 Recap | Day 3 Recap
- Finals – Day 1 Recap | Day 2 Recap | Day 3 Recap
Day 4 Prelims Heat Sheet
Day 4 Schedule
- Women’s Open 400 IM
- Men’s Open 100 Free
- Women’s 200 Back
- Women’s Para 100 Free
- Men’s Para 100 Free
- Men’s Open 800 (early heats)
As predicted yesterday, the number of scratches has begun to creep up with this morning’s heat sheet, revealing that there are three scratches out swimmers seeded in the top 10.
The Women’s 400 IM has two of them, and both are well-known names to the swimming community as the #2 seed, Mary-Sophie Harvey, and the #5 seed, Sydney Pickrem, have decided not to compete this morning. Harvey, whose entry time of 4:36.79 is already under the OQT of 4:38.53, has already qualified for the team individually in the 100 fly and 200 free and likely opted out of the event as her Olympic program is starting to get busy. The CAMO swimmer still is entered in the 100 free (#2 – 54.26) and in the 200 IM (#3 – 2:09.65)
Pickrem, the #5 seed in the 400 IM, was seeded with an entry time of 4:39.81 but has been as fast at 4:32.88, albeit back in 2017, and has only raced in once this season, swimming a 4:44.16 at the Pro Swim Series in San Antonio. Pickrem is seeded just ahead of Harvey in the 200 IM, coming in with a seed time of 2:08.56, the best time from her silver medal-winning performance at the Doha Worlds. She is also atop the rankings in the 200 breast, where her seed time of 2:22.94 is the only entry under the OQT of 2:23.91.
The other scratch from the top ten comes in the men’s 800 free, where the #6 seed, Liam Clawson—Honeyman, has opted not to swim this evening.
ALL TOP 30 SCRATCHES
- Women’s 400 IM: #2 Mary-Sophie Harvey (4:36.79), #5 Sydney Pickrem (4:39.81), #12 Maya Bezanson (4:53.500), #22 Marissa Laurin (4:59.10), #23 Katie Forrester (4:59.19), #28 Hana Edwards (4:59.54)
- Men’s 100 Free: #19 Aidan Norman (50.69) #21 Jeremy Bagshaw (50.82)
- Women’s 200 Back: #18 Victoria Raymond (2:17.89), #19 Brooklyn Douthwright (2:18.04), #27 Leilani Fack (2:19.25)
- Women’s Para 100 Free: None
- Men’s Para 100 Free: None
- Men’s 800: #6 Liam Clawson-Honeyman (8:11.69)
I know MSH has a busy schedule but I can’t help but feel like this could actually be her signature event. Her outside shot at a medal. There’s a hungry group that I expect to get the standard and take the second spot but I don’t think anyone else has the upside that MSH does.
Exactly my thoughts. Her path to Finals and outside medal shot much more congested in the 100 fly/200 free.
Kind of a bummer for MSH since I think she could be really good at the 400 IM, but an Olympic schedule of 100 fly, 200 free, 200 IM (if she qualifies) and both free relays is still plenty busy
Also side note does she ever swim the 200 fly? Feel like with her 100 speed and how she closes her 2 free she could be fantastic at that event
Pickrem scratching 4im is the least surprising scratch!
Pickrem im shocked