2019 CANADIAN SWIMMING TRIALS
- April 3-7, 2019
- Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, Toronto, ON
- LCM (50m)
- Prelims/Finals: 9:30 am / 6:00 pm ET
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Stream (Rectectv)
- Live Stream (CBC Sports)
- Day 1 Finals Heat Sheet
Kylie Masse recorded the fourth fastest swim in history in the women’s 100 back final on night one of the Canadian Swimming Trials in Toronto, clocking 58.16 after having been the sixth (now seventh) fastest this morning in 58.19.
ALL-TIME PERFORMANCES, WOMEN’S 100 BACK
- Kathleen Baker, 58.00 (2018)
- Kylie Masse, 58.10 (2017)
- Gemma Spofforth, 58.12 (2009)
- Kylie Masse, 58.16 (2019)
- Anastasia Fesikova (2009) / Kylie Masse (2017), 58.18
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- Kylie Masse, 58.19 (2019)
- Kylie Masse, 58.21 (2017)
- Kylie Masse, 58.22 (2017)
- Emily Seebohm, 58.23 (2012)
She has now broken 59 seconds a mind-boggling 20 times and owns six of the ten fastest swims of all-time.
Giving the reigning world champion a close race was Taylor Ruck, who dropped over four-tenths off her best to take the runner-up spot in 58.55. That qualifies her for her first Long Course World Championship team, and also makes her the 8th fastest performer in history. Her previous best time was 58.97 from last year.
ALL-TIME PERFORMERS, WOMEN’S 100 BACK
- Kathleen Baker, 58.00 (2018)
- Kylie Masse, 58.10 (2017)
- Gemma Spofforth, 58.12 (2009)
- Anastasia Fesikova, 58.18 (2009)
- Emily Seebohm, 58.23 (2012)
- Missy Franklin, 58.33 (2012)
- Katinka Hosszu, 58.45 (2016)
- Taylor Ruck, 58.55 (2019)
- Aya Terakawa, 58.70 (2013)
- Fu Yuanhui, 58.72 (2017)
I WANTED Taylor Ruck to win the second ticket to WC in this event. But i had my own selfish reason that is quite different from the one that Canadian fans have. 100 back and 200 free are overlapping at World Championships. It will take significant efforts for Ruck to compete with the tough group at 100BK event starting at semi-final. And the final will be brutal. with about 5 swimmer having very good chances to be on the podium. She will have a double with 100bk final and 200free semi-final. And next day final 200 free That is a tough schedule that will be of some help to American 200 freestylers.
Not that they need it, of course,… Read more »
@Yozhik: one American 200 freestyler is always in your heart, mind and comments: Katie Ledecky, who is strong enough to race everyone without any other advantages 😃
@NUOTOFAN: It is always a great pleasure to meet a person who understands you 😀
The situation with Taylor Ruck at World Championships will be exactly the same as she had at NCAA recently. This outstanding swimmer will face a very strong competition from other elite leading swimmers at any of her events. With high probability she may end up without any individual gold medals. And if at NCAA the contribution to the team win is more valuable than personal successes then at WC it is quite different: it is an individual competition first of all. In my opinion the best chances for the gold medal she has at 200 free and it’d be better to be as fresh at this race as possible. Adding 100bk event to her program where she is out of… Read more »
NCAAs prepares you to dive in multiple times and perform. Many old & current NCAA athletes have done this. She could very well join this group of people. She’s young and talented. With many years more of this and even the Olympics next year. It’s too early to limit her.
Nobody limits her. Elite swimmers are not afraid of doubles and loaded programs. We have plenty of examples, but for some strange reason they are trying to avoid them.
Ledecky is good, don’t get me wrong, but I can’t help but recall that she took silver in Budapest (tying with Emma Mckeon of Australia) and bronze in Tokyo last year, behind Taylor Ruck and Rikako Ike, both 3 years younger than Ledecky, thus more likely to get a lot faster, even if Ikee isn’t going to be there this year (get well soon). Nobody can yet touch Ledecky in the distance events, but unless she can start handling the 200 free on the same days as her longer freestyle events, it’s possible that she’ll continue to fall behind this increasingly competitive event.
After all, in Tokyo, the women’s 200m freestyle and 1500m freestyle finals are currently scheduled for… Read more »
“200m freestyle and 1500m freestyle finals are currently scheduled for the same session”
This is indeed great news.
I have no doubts that Kylie Masse will be under 58 sec in Gwangju. She is a mature person and probably reads Swimswam’s comments section 😀 One step in a time. This is trials and the only goal here is to be selected .The world record is reserved for better crowd 😀 The only question remains if she will be the only one that good (under 58sec)