Swimming Canada has released an updated roster for the 2016 World Short Course Championships. They initially announced their team in the middle of May, 7 months before the start of the meet. Considering that this is the first time that Canada has hosted the meet, their early release of the roster was sure to build anticipation among local swim fans.
After such a strong performance across the board from Canadian swimmers at the Rio Olympics, it’s looking good for them going into the World Short Course Championships. Most notably was 16 year old, Penny Oleksiak who became the most decorated Canadian Olympian at any summer games. Oleksiak will be returning for the World Short Course Championships, among many other Olympians.
Canada’s new roster includes 17 men, which is 10 more than they sent to the Olympics, and 17 women (2 less than were sent to the games).
Below are the names of the swimmers who were listed on the original roster, but are no longer going to the meet:
- Coleman Allen
- Ashton Baumann
- Ryan Coachrane
- Russell Wood
- Brittany MacLean
- Sydney Pickrem
Here are the new additions to the roster that weren’t included on the original team:
- Ivan Cocunubo
- Sarah Darcel
- Kelsey Wog
The meet will be hosted from December 6th-11tth at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Swimmers
| NAME | CLUB | COACH | HOMETOWN | RESIDENCE |
| MEN | ||||
| Acevedo, Javier | Markham Aquatic Club | Scarborough, ON | Scarborough, ON | |
| Bagshaw, Jeremy | Island Swimming Club | Ryan Mallette | Victoria, BC | Victoria, BC |
| Block, Jason | University of Calgary Swim Club | Dave Salo | Calgary, AB | |
| Brothers, Peter | Island Swimming Club | Brad Dingey | Grantsburg, Wisconsin, USA | |
| Cocunbo, Ivan | CAMO | |||
| Cote, Tristan | Etobicoke Swimming | Mike Blondal | Mississauga, ON | Mississauga, ON |
| Darragh, Mack | Oakville Aquatic Club | John Pontz | Mississauga, ON | |
| Dekker, Nicolaas | Richmond Rapids Swim Club | Robert Pettifer | Vancouver, BC | |
| Funk, Richard | Edmonton Keyano Swim Club | Mike Bottom | Edmonton, AB | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Jarry, Mirando | Club Aquatique Montreal | Claude St-Jean | ||
| Kisil, Yuri | High Performance Centre- Vancouver | Tom Johnson | Calgary, AB | Vancouver, BC |
| Krug, Karl | Unattached | Chris Davis, Chris Davis Jr. | Yucaipa, CA | Atlanta, GA |
| Milosevic, Stefan | High Performance Centre- Vancouver | Tom Johnson | Burnaby, BC | Burnaby, BC |
| Reilly, Luke | High Performance Centre- Vancouver | Jozsef Nagy, Tom Johnson | Richmond, BC | Richmond, BC |
| Thormeyer, Markus | High Performance Centre- Vancouver | Ben Keast | Tsawwassen, BC | Delta, BC |
| Van Moerkerke, Evan | Guelph Marlin Aquatic Club | Don Burton | Tillsonburg, ON | Tillsonburg, ON |
| White, Evan | Oakville Aquatic Club | Mike Bottom | Oakville, ON | Ann Arbor, MI |
| WOMEN | ||||
| Anderson, Olivia | Etobicoke Swimming | Kevin Thorburn | Etobicoke, ON | |
| Caldwell, Hilary | High Performance Centre- Victoria | Ryan Mallette | White Rock, BC | Victoria, BC |
| Darcel, Sarah | CSI Pacific NextGen Program | Brad Dingey | Victoria, BC | |
| Goss, Kennedy | Granite Gators Swim Club | Mike Westphu | Toronto, ON | Bloomington, IN |
| Lacroix, Audrey | Blue Machine St-Lambert | Ben Titley | Pont- Rouge, QC | Toronto, ON |
| Mainville, Sandrine | High Performance Centre- Ontario | Ben Titley | Boucherville, QC | Scarborough, ON |
| Masse, Kylie | Windsor Essex Swim Team | Byron Macdonald | Windsor, ON | Toronto, ON |
| McCabe, Martha | High Performance Centre- Ontario | Ben Titley | Toronto, ON | Vancouver, BC |
| Nicol, Rachel | Lethbridge Swim Club | Peter Schori | Lethbridge, AB | Dallas, TX |
| Oleksiak, Penelope | Toronto Swim Club | Bill O’Toole | Toronto, ON | |
| Overholt, Emily | High Performance Centre- Vancouver | Tom Johnson | West Vancouver, BC | West Vancouver, BC |
| Ruck, Taylor | Unattached | Kevin Zacher | Scottsdale, AZ | |
| Savard, Katerine | Club Aquatique Montreal | Claude St-Jean | Pont-Rouge, QC | Montreal, QC |
| Smith, Kierra | Liquid Lightning Swim Club | Emil Dimitrov, Kelly Kremer | Kelowna, BC | Kelowna, BC |
| Williams, Michelle | High Performance Centre- Ontario | Ben Titley | Toronto, ON | Toronto, ON |
| Wog, Kelsey | University of Manitoba | Vlastimil Cerny | ||
| Zevnik, Alexia | Pointe-Claire Swim Club | Montreal | ||
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No Santo?
How come Penny Oleksiak is listed to be with TSC and Billy O’toole…. Does she not train with Ben Titley and HPC Ontario right now?
Can Richard Funk?
Looks like college (NCAA or CCAA) isn’t keeping many swimmers from going. Should be an interesting meet.
what about Ryan Cochrane? Has he also retired? His reply after the 1500 free at the Olympics seemed a bit ambiguous.
Don’t think so, or at least not yet, but he did seem to take a break after Rio and I think he is currently on a club swim tour across Canada, so that would make it tough to put in enough training for the event which is only 2 months away.
Why is B MacLean not going now??
She retired
Really? I have not seen anything online about that. Are you sure she just isn’t taking a break?
She is not the list of Sport Canada approved cards which is a pretty good indicator.