Sydney Pickrem

Canada Announces Team For Hosted 2016 World Short Course Championships

Three-time NCAA Champion Brittany MacLean will lead a roster of 37 Canadians to their home Short Course World Championships in December.

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Canadians in the NCAA: Was Redshirting Worth It at Trials?

Kierra Smith won both breaststroke races and punched her ticket to Rio after taking the year off from the University of Minnesota to pursue her Olympic dreams.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: #7 Anders Holm Reads Our Magazine

#10 82 days until trials begins and a lot is going on. There are currently 1667 qualified for a great…

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2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Six More Athletes Gain Olympic Nominations

On the fourth day of competition four more athletes qualified for nomination for the 2106 Olympic Games bringing the total to 19 athletes who have met Swimming Canada’s selection criteria.

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2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Sydney Pickrem will look to qualify in her second event tonight in the women’s 200 IM.

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2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Santo Condorelli will finally get in on the action at trials this morning in the 100m free prelims.

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WATCH: Sydney Pickrem Can’t Believe She’s Going To The Olympic Games

Last night Sydney Pickrem won one of the closest head-to-head matchups at these Trials, taking down Canadian record holder Emily Overholt in the 400m IM to secure her spot on the Canadian squad for this year’s Olympic Games.

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3 Big Things From Day Two of Canadian Olympic Trials

More favourites tonight went down as two new faces will be representing Canada in Rio…

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2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Five New Olympic Qualifiers After Day Two

Five new swimmers met the qualification criteria to be selected for the 2016 Canadian Olympic team Wednesday night, as they all punched in their tickets for Rio.

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2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Kylie Masse will look to make her first Olympic team tonight after setting the national record in the women’s 100 backstroke this morning.

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2016 Canadian Olympic Trials: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

World Championship bronze medalist Emily Overholt will swim her first race of the trials this morning in the women’s 400 IM prelims.

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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.

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: Ella Eastin Ready for 400 IM Domination

Stanford freshman Ella Eastin finds herself atop the NCAA rankings in this event as well as the 200 IM.

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Sydney Pickrem explains chemistry in studly A&M IM group (Video)

Texas A&M’s Sydney Pickrem held her top seed as the Aggies kicked off night three in the absolute best way possible: a 1-2-3 sweep of the 400 IM

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2016 SEC Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Back-to-back sweeps of the top three 400 IM spots and top two 100 fly spots have pushed the Texas A&M Aggie women into the SEC lead.

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