Canada

Ups And Downs: The Kierra Smith Disqualification Story Revealed

Smith has another chance to make the team tonight in the 100m breaststroke where she’s the top Canadian seed, and second only to Breeja Larson. Smith was a 1:09.02 this morning with Rachel Nicol the second fastest Canadian with a 1:09.04.

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2015 Canadian Trials: Day Two Finals Preview – Kierra Smith Eyeing Breaststroke Redemption

Kierra Smith will have a chance at redemption in the 100m breaststroke after her disqualification in the 200 last night despite touching the wall first. She was a 1:09.02 in prelims. If Smith wants to make the team, she’ll need to go a 1:07.97 tonight.

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Team Canada’s Potential World Championship Roster Starts To Form – Only Six Swimmers Safe

The six swimmers above are guaranteed a spot on the team considering that they’re the only ones who have fully met the priority 1 selection criteria. The others are fairly safe to go to Pan Am Games, but a spot on the World Championships roster isn’t certain.

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2015 Canadian Trials: Russell Wood Scares Canadian Record In 100 Back

Russell Wood took home a national title in the 100m backstroke yesterday at the 2015 Canadian Trials after swimming a great prelim session and improving once again in finals.

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2015 Canadian Trials – Day 2 Prelims Recap

Michelle Williams of NYAC started off the morning as the top qualifier in the women’s 100 freestyle…

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2015 Canadian Trials: Penny Oleksiak Breaks Taylor Ruck’s Canadian Record In The 100 Free

Penny Oleksiak of the Toronto Swim Club broke a Canadian record in the prelims of the 100 freestyle this morning, earning herself a spot in finals at just 14-years-old.

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2015 Canadian Trials: Women’s 200 Breaststroke Results Are Official, Kierra Smith DQ Stands

It was announced that the disqualification would stand, making McCabe the national champion

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2015 Canadian Trials: Women’s 200m Breaststroke Results Remain Unofficial

It’s been a heartbreaking day for Minnesota Golden Gopher Kierra Smith who’s now been disqualified twice in the 200 breaststroke, the latest being in finals, where she’s appealing the decision in hopes of being named the national champion.

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Canadian Trials – Day One Finals Live Recap With Streaming Video

Canadian Trials – Day One Finals Live streaming can be found here. Live results can be found here Prelims each day…

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Video Interview: Katerine Savard – From CIS To Canadian Trials

Katerine Savard has been one of the most dominant swimmers in Canada the past few seasons, taking absolute control of the fly events. This year, she started her freshman season at the University of Montreal in order to swim collegiately in the CIS.

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Kierra Smith’s Prelims DQ Overturned at 2015 Canadian World Championship Trials

Canadian breaststroker Kierra Smith’s DQ in the preliminary rounds of the women’s 200 meter breaststroke on the first day of the…

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Commonwealth Games Medalist Snodgrass Pulls Out of Meet Due to Illness

Brooklynn Snodgrass has pulled out of the Canadian Trials due to an undisclosed illness…

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Canadian Trials – Day One Prelims Recap

The Canadian Pan American Games and World Championship trials started this morning in Toronto…

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Former US Junior National Teamer Santo Condorelli Declares Canadian Sporting Citizenship

Follow all of the action from Toronto at the 2015 Canadian World Championship Trials, which begin Wednesday, here. When psych…

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Speedo LZR X Launches In The United States Tomorrow

Sports Marketing Coordinator Jennifer Darling spoke with Swimswam earlier this week about the launch of the new Speedo LZR X.

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