Swimming Canada announced Monday the 31 names who will represent the Canadian flag at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, with the swimming competition running from July 29 through August 3.
There is one major change from Swimming Canada’s initial list of nominees for the Commonwealth Games, which was released shortly after the conclusion of the Canadian Swimming Trials in early April, as two-time Olympian Yuri Kisil will not compete in Birmingham.
With Kisil declining his spot, the door opened up for Stephen Calkins to join the team. Calkins had a brief two-day retirement before learning he was being named to the roster. Calkins will help shore up the Canadian men’s 400 free relay, having finished sixth at last month’s Trials in a time of 49.96.
With Kisil out and Markus Thormeyer not racing at the Trials, two names who have been mainstays in Canadian men’s swimming will be absent in Birmingham.
The rest of the roster remains intact, with the formidable Canadian women’s contingent competing including individual Olympic medalists Maggie MacNeil, Penny Oleksiak and Kylie Masse, plus rising star Summer McIntosh.
Taylor Ruck, who won a record-tying eight medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, was notably not among the nominees when they were released in early April.
The Para swimmers added to the team include 10-time Paralympic medalist Aurelie Rivard and fellow 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Philippe Vachon.
The other Para swimmers named to the squad were Nicholas Bennett, Camille Berube, Alexander Elliot, Danielle Kisser and Nicolas-Guy Turbide.
FULL CANADIAN COMMONWEALTH GAMES ROSTER
| First Name | Last Name | Hometown |
| Javier | Acevedo | Toronto, ON |
| Sophie | Angus | Weston, CT |
| Jeremy | Bagshaw | Victoria, BC |
| Katrina | Bellio | Mississauga, ON |
| Nicholas | Bennett | Parksville, BC |
| Camille | Bérubé | Gatineau, QC |
| Eric | Brown | Pointe-Claire, QC |
| Stephen | Calkins | Calgary, AB |
| Tessa | Cieplucha | Georgetown, ON |
| James | Dergousoff | Christina Lake, BC |
| Alexander | Elliot | Kitchener, ON |
| Collyn | Gagne | Oakville, ON |
| Ruslan | Gaziev | Toronto, ON |
| Mary-Sophie | Harvey | Trois-Rivières, QC |
| Patrick | Hussey | Beaconsfield, QC |
| Ella | Jansen | Burlington, ON |
| Danielle | Kisser | Delta, BC |
| Finlay | Knox | Okotoks, AB |
| Joshua | Liendo | Markham, ON |
| Maggie | MacNeil | London, ON |
| Kylie | Masse | LaSalle, ON |
| Summer | McIntosh | Toronto, ON |
| Penny | Oleksiak | Toronto, ON |
| Sydney | Pickrem | Clearwater, FL |
| Aurélie | Rivard | St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC |
| Katarina | Roxon | Kippens, NL |
| Kayla | Sanchez | Scarborough, ON |
| Katerine | Savard | Pont-Rouge, QC |
| Rebecca | Smith | Red Deer, AB |
| Nicolas-Guy | Turbide | Quebec City, QC |
| Philippe | Vachon | Blainville, QC |
SWIMMING CANADA 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES STAFF
| Position | First Name | Last Name |
| Team Leader | John | Atkinson |
| Asst Team Leader & IST Lead | Iain | McDonald |
| Team Manager | Jan | Hanan |
| Team Manager | Emma | Van Steen |
| Head Coach | Martyn | Wilby |
| Team Coach | Ryan | Mallette |
| Team Coach | Greg | Arkhurst |
| Team Coach | Mike | Thompson |
| Team Coach | Rob | Novak |
| Team Coach | Marc-Andre | Pelletier |
| Team Coach | Linda | Kiefer |
| Assistant Coach | Sierra | Moores |
| Performance Scientist | Tom | Vandenbogaerde |
| Physical Performance | Johnny | Fuller |
| Massage Therapist | Remo | Bucci |
| Massage Therapist | Ron | Castro |
| Physiotherapy | Meghan | Buttle |
| Video Analysis | Graham | Olson |
| Physician | Dr Sara | Forsyth |
| Media Attache | Nathan | White |
What about Ingrid Wilm and Bailey Andison?
How does Taylor Ruck not get selected?
I think she’d already announced that she was making herself unavailable for selection for this meet.
She may have immediately declined her spot at Trials, because she wasn’t on the initial list of nominees https://staging.swimswam.com/swimming-canada-releases-roster-for-2022-worlds-and-commonwealth-games/
I may be wrong here, but I don’t think her times qualified. She was off the time standards at trials.
200 Free was a 1:55.74. Im not sure if that means she had to go faster than that at trials, or if she just has to have a time in general faster.
She declined her spot
Ruck qualified in more events for the commonwealth games than any other swimmer at the Canadian trials ( 100, 200, 100bc, 200bc, 4×1, 4×2, and relay heats in 4×1 mix, 4×1 medley and 4×1 mix medley)…
Perhaps she’s getting ready for her final year at Stanford?
Also, any idea why Canada’s pool team is limited to 23 swimmers total? I saw that somewhere in the initial selection doc. Seems very small for a Commonwealth Games team. Wondering if Canada Sport imposed those limits or if SNC internally, and if so, why?
The Australian selection policy says the max team size is 46 and while not stated I assume that means 23 per gender.
Each member is allocated a predetermined number of swimmers…Australia 46, England 34 ( they say only 30 of that quota likely to be used), Canada 23, Scotland 16 ( got 20 with reallocation, I think); every member can enter three swimmers in individual events and all of them may swim the finals if ranked top 8 in the heats.
Huh… That’s interesting that each team gets a different number. That seems odd and not quite allowing for equality. What if one country’s depth has improved and another declined? Interesting…
They had issues in 2014 with the athletes’ accommodation. Now they have a predetermined athlete number. So far, Canada and Scotland seem to have had enough allocated/reallocated it seems. I mean, Isle of Man got 6 spots…one very good female breaststroker, one lad who made it to a B final at the British champs champs I think, and well, four other youngsters.
Ah, so it’s a Commonwealth in general or specific to swimming quota limit. Thank-you.
Still wonder why Aussie gets so many more? I could understand a few more but double??
Each country got a total allocation depending on their team sizes from the last two games. Canada receives 146 apots and Commonwealth Games Canada had to divide that up among open allocation sports, which swimming is one of.
Canada is 23 total.
Among the women, Ruck as we know, declined a spot.
i will assume Wog did as well, so they inserted Jansen to fill in, instead of Wog and Dunford compared to the world champs squad.
Wilm and Nicol are the only ones missing who we can’t assume have declined a spot in the roster.
Canada’s men’s team is generously selected.