Penny Oleksiak Breaks Canadian Record With 5th Fastest Time This Year
Penny Oleksiak took the top seed in the women’s 100m butterfly this morning with a 57.38 performance, breaking the 15-17 Canadian Age Group record and coming within two-tenths of a second off the senior record.
All The Links You Need For The 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials
The Canadian Olympic Trials start today at 10 a.m as the first set of Canadian hopefuls will take to the pool in hopes of securing a spot for finals later tonight.
Turning Alan Jones Into The International Mecca for Open Water
Swimmers from all over the world have flocked to Tennessee to train for Open Water competition
2016 Canadian Paralympic Trials: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap
The 2016 Canadian Paralympic Trials Live Recap.
Emily Overholt Out Of The 400 Freestyle At Canadian Olympic Trials
Despite being the top seed in the 400m freestyle at this year’s Canadian Trials, Pan American Games gold medallist Emily Overholt will not be swimming the event.
2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Men’s IM Events Led By White, Reilly
Evan White is the only man in the 200 IM field who has broken two minutes in his career.
2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Overholt And Pickrem Medley Masters In The Making
Youth seems to be the name of the game in the women’s Canadian medley scene as both Emily Overholt and Sydney Pickrem look to make their first Olympic team. While the two stand out above the rest of the athletes, there’s likely a chance for Canada to send two swimmers in each event, meaning that if Overholt and Pickrem are on their game it will be an absolute dog fight for those two spots.
2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Savard, Lacroix Look To Dominate Fly
Canada has the potential to put multiple swimmers in both the 100 and 200 fly finals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, the question is, who will they be? Katerine Savard, Noemie Thomas, and Penny Oleksiak look to go head-to-head in the 100 whereas the heavy favourite Audrey Lacroix will have to defeat Emily Overholt for her spot on the team.
2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Condorelli, Chetrat Favored In Butterfly
Zack Chetrat will look to make his first Olympic team in the 200 fly after missing by 0.02 four years ago.
2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Smith And McCabe Set Up For Breaststroke
The Canadian women’s team is looking to be well rounded with the potential to send a swimmer into the Olympic final in almost every stroke discipline. While women’s backstroke has the most depth in Canadian swimming, women’s breaststroke isn’t far behind. With plenty of top competitors like Rachel Nicol, Kierra Smith, and Martha McCabe, Canada has the potential to send a very solid breaststroke group to Rio.
2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Funk, Block Lead Breaststroke Events
Richard Funk comes into the Olympic Trials as the favorite in both the 100m and 200m breaststroke events.
2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Wood Heads Up Men’s Backstroke Field
Russell Wood comes in as the top seed in both the 100 and 200 backstroke.
Natalie Coughlin Won’t Swim At Canadian Trials
Despite being on the original psych sheets released by Swimming Canada, American swim star Natalie Coughlin will not be competing at Canadian Trials in Toronto.
2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Caldwell, Masse Look To Lead Backstroke
The women’s backstroke scene arguably displays the most overall depth in Canadian swimming. In both events there are at least two athletes entering with seeds under the FINA ‘A’ time meaning it’s likely Canada will be able to send two athletes in each stroke discipline. With young talent mixing with more seasoned swimmers, the backstroke races will be some of the fastest races at trials.
2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Condorelli, Cochrane Lead Free Events
Santo Condorelli comes in as the favorite in both the 50 and 100m freestyle events.
