Penny Oleksiak

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I’m for sure happy with two medals. If I don’t get another one, I can’t complain at all just because I already have two of them. But If I get another one, that will be pretty amazing.

2016 Arena Pro Swim Series – Charlotte: Three Races to Watch

All three women who stood on the medal podium for the 100 breaststroke at the 2015 Pan American Games will be taking part in the event in Charlotte…

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Canada To Close National Relay Camp With Charlotte Pro Swim Series

Swimming Canada will send its Olympic 4×100 medley and 4×100 free relays to the Arena Pro Swim Series at Charlotte to conclude a weeklong “relay camp.”

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Lochte Enters 7 Events For 2016 Charlotte Pro Swim (Psych Sheets Here)

Olympian Ryan Lochte is taking every opportunity to put on a show for his home fans – or at least he’ll have the option to, after entering 7 events at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Charlotte.

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MacLean 400 Free – Most Dominant Swim of 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials

At the Canadian 2016 Olympic Swimming Trials, Brittany MacLean won the 400m Freestyle by a dominance margin of 2.5% over all other competitors at the meet.

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WATCH: Penny Oleksiak Reflects On Canadian Trials

Penny Oleksiak had a breakthrough meet at the 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials last week, qualifying for her first Olympic team at just 15-years-old.

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WATCH: Williams, Titley On All 4 HPC – Ontario Girls Making The Team

With a little bit more speed and some more improvement off the flying starts it’s likely they could get into the 3:33-high range come Rio which would make them one of the best teams worldwide.

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Canadian Women Poised to End Twenty Year Olympic Medal Drought

Brittany MacLean leads a group that can change it all

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Penny Oleksiak Won’t Swim 50 Freestyle At Canadian Trials

After already making the Olympic team in three events, rising 15-year-old swim star Penny Oleksiak will not be vying for a fourth individual event in Rio.

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2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 6 Prelims Live Recap

Santo Condorelli will look for redemption today in the 50 free after being disqualified in the 100 fly yesterday.

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Four More Swimmers Grab Olympic Nomination On Night 5 Of Canadian Trials

Four more swimmers managed to earn a nomination for Canada’s Olympic team on night five, bringing the roster to a grand total of 25 with one day remaining.

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Four Big Things From Day Five Of The 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials

Penny Oleksiak has emerged as one of the best young talents in the world this week after several top performances, but one performance that arguably tops them all is her 100m freestyle.

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Penny Oleksiak Takes Half-Second Off World Junior Record At 15-Years-Old

Saying that Penny Oleksiak has been on fire this meet is the understatement of the year; after a Canadian record in the 100m butterfly and making the Olympic squad at just 15, Oleksiak took a huge half-a-second off the world junior record.

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2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Penny Oleksiak will seek her third individual event for the Olympics tonight in the 100 free, coming into tonight as the top seed.

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2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

Sprint star Chantal van Landeghem will finally hit the water at these trials in the women’s 100 free heats.

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Brittany Maclean Scores Second National Record Of Trials In 200 Free

Brittany Maclean broke the Canadian record in the women’s 200 free in a time of 1:56.94.

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