Canada

Canadian Women Break 4×100 Free National Record In Wild Tie For Gold With U.S.

Kayla Sanchez’s blistering 51.73 lead-off leg helped propel the Canadian women to gold and a new National Record in the 4×100 freestyle relay.

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Rebecca Smith Wins Silver In Abu Dhabi With 1:52.24 200 Free Canadian Record

Rebecca Smith collected her first-ever major international medal at Short Course Worlds, earning silver in the women’s 200 freestyle.

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Canada’s Maggie MacNeil Scratches Women’s 100 Back Semi-Finals

Maggie MacNeil, the 10th qualifier into the semifinals of the 100 back, scratched the event on Thursday and will instead focus on the women’s 400 free relay.

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2021 SC Worlds Picks & Previews: Men’s Breaststroke Events

Belarusian 27-year-old Ilya Shymanovich is a top 2 seed in all 3 men’s breast events.

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Canadian Record Holder Ingrid Wilm Breaks Hand

World-ranked backstroker Ingrid Wilm of Canada revealed she suffered a palm injury, with questions stirring about her recovery plan.

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Canadian Olympic Trials Finalist Ben Loewen Commits To University of Toronto

Loewen, who is coming off a breakout performance at the Ontario Junior International meet, will join his hometown Varsity Blues for the 2022-23 season.

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2021 SC Worlds Picks & Previews: Women’s 50, 100, and 200 Freestyle

Siobhan Haughey has been on a tear in 2021, and enters this week as the top seed in the women’s 100 and 200 free.

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World Leader Bailey Andison Subbed in for Sydney Pickrem in 400 IM at SC Worlds

A last-minute substitution for Canada makes for a new medal contender in the women’s 400 IM: Bailey Andison, whose 4:26 was the fastest in the 2021 ISL season

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2021 SC Worlds Picks & Previews: Men’s Butterfly Events

The men’s butterfly events here in Abu Dhabi bring both veterans and newcomers to the potential medal contenders conversation.

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Speedo Signs 3x Olympic Medalist & Tokyo’s “Best Female Athlete” Maggie MacNeil

MacNeil joins Team Speedo after a wildly successful year which saw her return from Tokyo with a gold, silver and bronze medal.

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200 Medley Relay NAG Highlights Standout UCSC Showing At VPSC Winter Invite

Kaycee Cannings, Kamryn Cannings, Alicia L’Archeveque and Ella Varga (L-R) combined to break the Canadian NAG Record in the women’s 15-17 200 medley relay.

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Ashley McMillan Lowers Pair of Canadian NAG Records To Close Out OJI

Ashley McMillan of the GO Kingfish added two more 15-17 Canadian NAG records in Toronto, finishing the meet with an astonishing six victories.

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2021 SC Worlds Picks & Previews: Men’s IM Events

The men’s 100m, 200m and 400m IM events at these Short Course World Championships will be a battle to the wall with some of the world’s best-ever in the mix.

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2021 SC Worlds Picks & Previews: Mens’ 50, 100, and 200 Freestyles

American Michael Andrew hasn’t raced since the Tokyo Olympic Games, but has a massive 6 individual event schedule lined up for the World Short Course Championships.

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Two Records Fall in First Half of Ontario Junior International Meet

Finlay Knox swam an unsanctioned 50 at this meet, after just three weeks of using his arm fully after a planned surgery.

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