2023 CANADIAN SWIMMING TRIALS
- March 28 – April 2, 2023
- Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre – Toronto, Ontario
- TPASC
- Long Course Meters
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Stream
- Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Live Recap | Day 2 Finals Live Recap
On day 1 of the Canadian world champ trials in her home pool in Toronto, 16-year-old Summer McIntosh broke the first world record of her career, clocking a 3:56.08 in the 400m freestyle. The teenage world champion reflects on the swim itself as well as her last year, specifically how moving from Toronto to Sarasota, Florida to train has impacted her. She also speaks on trying to relax after a swim like that and how she’s able to stay grounded at big meets even though there is always so much adrenalin and excitement involved.
Would love to see Summer go for a 200 back. For what it’s worth, she could pop a 2:05
Good interview Coleman.
Interesting to hear Summer’s take on tapering as well as given the choice she would rather be racing right beside someone as opposed to being alone out front.
Summer comes across as someone who has a great understanding of her sport both technically and cerebrally speaking where nothing is done by chance.
Very impressive athlete!
Yes as well to practice and pancakes with the Sharks team!
I think taking it out always risks dying on the back end, so it’s just mentally harder to do that instead of hanging on with someone then blasting them away at the end (ala Thorpe, Titmus, Finke)
Ledecky and Titmus are more muscular and have more short distance speed right now. It’s a risky tactic for Summer to conserve her energy for a final sprint. Her best bet is to ensure every ounce of her energy is expended from beginning to end. So I think her current strategy is the right one.
Absolutely. In track races of a mile or longer, everyone in the race knows who the ‘kickers’ are, and that if you may not be up to their late push, you’d better have positioned yourself to maintain your lead! And then there’s the more risky yet ‘break them’ syndrome, with early crazy speed…if…the competitor can be coerced to try to stay to pace (think Phelps, 4 IM, Beijing). Katie and Arnie, uh, no; races with them in the pool must be swum soberly honestly. As in, hang on, wild ride all the way.
Elite front running is not risky at all for the prodigies. It is easily their best strategy. Jakob Ingebrigtsen injects pace at 1500 that others simply can’t match. He makes it a 3:30 race while knowing very few are capable of that. His only tactical error is when he sometimes gets cocky and allows a runner to barely pass him, thinking he still has plenty of time to regather. He did that with Wightman last year in Eugene. Lesson learned. He won’t make that mistake again.
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Practice and pancakes with McIntosh’s team PLEASE. Would love to see what she can throw down in training
Keep your eyes peeled next week 👀 👀 👀
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I think you can drop the Canadian flags. She just might be the new GOAT.
Maybe, but Ledecky has new life and Titmus is tough.
GOAT? Laughable. Best right now? Looking pretty good. Slow the roll.