2022 FINA WORLD CUP – TORONTO
- Friday, October 28 – Sunday, October 30, 2022
- Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (TPASC), Toronto, Canada
- SCM (25 meters)
- Start Times
- Prelims: 9:30 am local (ET)
- Finals: 6:00 pm local (ET)
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results (Omega)
- Live Stream (FINA YouTube)
University of Texas swimmer Kelly Pash made her short course meters debut in Toronto, swimming at the 2022 World Cup. Pash is in the middle of a busy month of racing, going back and forth between repping the Longhorns in yards and repping the USA in meters. Pash raced at the Texas/Texas A&M/Indiana tri-meet the weekend of October 21st, flew to Toronto to race at the World Cup the next weekend, and will swim her third meet in as many weeks when the Longhorns face off against Virginia.
A 15-time All-American, it wasn’t out of the ordinary to see Pash dominate in Texas last week when she won the 200 free, 100 free, and 400 freestyle relay. But Pash continued her momentum when she started racing up north, producing a solid performance in her first-ever short course meter meet.
Pash discussed her success in the short course meters pool, saying that “it’s really motivating” and that she’s “definitely just giving it her best.” She said that considering it was her first meet in this format, she just wanted to put herself out there and see what she could do.
Pash started off on day 1 with a 2:03.61 victory in the women’s 200 butterfly, out-swimming American Olympic medalist Hali Flickinger who hit a 2:04.00. She returned just a few events later and clocked a 58.70 100 IM for 4th place behind Beryl Gastaldello (57.97), Beata Nelson (58.06), and Louise Hansson (58.31).
On day 2, Pash faced stiff competition including world record holder Siobhan Haughey and Katie Ledecky, but she managed to pull off another 4th place finish. Pash swam a 1:54.37 to out-touch Canada’s Ella Jansen (1:55.50) and Katerine Savard (1:56.40).
Pash didn’t race on day 3 of the meet as she had to head back to Texas, but after her 3 swims, she was ranked 4th overall at the meet. On the final day, however, several swimmers swam the of their main events and overtook Pash in the rankings. Pash wound up in 12th place overall.
Toronto World Cup Standing After Day 2
- Katie Ledecky – 55.8
- Maggie MacNeil – 55.7
- Summer McIntosh – 48.9
- Kelly Pash – 46.8
- Sydney Pickrem – 46.6
Final Toronto World Cup Standings
- Maggie MacNeil – 58.5
- Beata Nelson – 58.3
- Katie Ledecky – 55.8
- Summer McIntosh – 54.8
- Siobhan Haughey – 54.4
Considering that she won’t be racing in Indianapolis for the third world cup meet and that she won’t be racing at the 2022 Short Course World Championships, it’s unclear when we’ll see Pash take to short course meters again. Her ability to adapt in Toronto, however, made certainly made her someone to watch in a 25-meter pool. Pash is currently a senior at Texas, which means that a future in the International Swimming League could be in the cards for her.
