Women’s 100 freestyle
The women’s 100 freestyle should be a great race with only nine tenths of a second between the top qualifier and the eighth qualifier. Olympian Victoria Poon who represents PPO qualified first in a time of 55.42 followed closely by Chantel Vanlandeghem who qualified second in a time of 55.44.
Vanlandeghem is a member of the Georgia Bulldogs team that took the top spot at the recent NCAA.
Sandrine Mainville, who qualified for Barcelona last night in the 50 butterfly, qualified third in a time of 55.55.
Men’s 100 freestyle
It also appears that the men’s 100 freestyle will be a tight race with only half a second separating the qualifiers. Chris Manning of W. Ross Macdonald Swimming qualified first in a time of 50.32 followed by UBC Dolphins Kelly Aspinall who posted a time of 50.46.
Luke Peddie of the UBC Dolphins Vancouver National Swim Centre qualified third in a time of 50.71.
Women’s 100 breaststroke
The final tonight will feature four Olympians; Jillian Tyler, Tera Van Beilen and Martha McCabe. Tyler qualified first in a time of 1:08.91 followed by Chelsey Salli, who represents the Langley Olympian Swim Club, but competed for the University of Arizona at NCAA Championships, qualified second in a time of 1:08.94.
McCabe qualified third in a time of 1:08.99.
Men’s 100 breaststroke
Edmonton Keyano’s Richard Funk qualified first in a time of 1:02.09 followed by the University of Calgary Swim Club’s Jason Block who touched in a time of 1:02.20.
Igor Kozlovskij of Lithuania qualified third in a time of 1:02.58.
Women’s 400 IM
Island Swimming’s Alexa Kormarnycky qualified first in a time of 4:47.22.
Toronto Swim Club’s Vanessa Treasure qualified second posting a time of 4:48.33 followed by Manta’s Breanna Siwicki who qualified third in a time of 4:49.22.
Men’s 400 IM
Island’s Alec Page, who swam the 400 IM in London, qualified first in a time of 4:23.08 followed by UBC Dolphins Luke Rielly who qualified second in a time of 4:25.19.
Page’s teammate Will Brothers qualified third in a time of 4:25.53.
Women’s 50 backstroke
Sinead Russell, who qualified for the World Championship team last night in the 100 backstroke, qualified first in a time of 28.70 followed by Cobra Swim Club’s Paige Miller qualified second touching in a time of 28.81.
Cascade’s Brooklyn Snodgrass qualified third in a time of 29.26.
Men’s 50 backstroke
New Market Stingrays’ Matthew Swanston qualified first in a time of 26.07 followed by ESWIM’s Gleb Suvorov who qualified second posting a time of 26.23.
Cascade’s Russell Wood qualified third in a time of 26.29.
