2016 Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials - (Tag)

The 2016 Canadian Trials continues with athletes competing for the Olympic and Paralympic teams in finals of the following events: Women's 50 Free PARA Men's 50 Free PARA Men's 400 IM Women's 400 Free Men's 100 Breast Women's 100 Fly Men's 200 Free Women's 200 Free PARA Men's 200 Free PARA Women's 4...

by Rick Madge One of rarest of rare events happened tonight at the Canadian Olympic Trials All 4 members of an Olympic relay team train in the same place. And while they come from different clubs, they all train now at the High Performance Centre - Ontario located in Toronto. The four women represen...

World champion and world record holder Aurelie Rivard and 19-time Paralympic medallist Benoit Huot are among the Swimming Canada nominees for the 2016 Paralympic swim team. The 22-member lineup will be nominated to the Canadian Paralympic Committee. The team that will compete at the 2016 Paralympic ...

by Rick Madge Ryan Murphy of the US is just off an incredible NCAA Div I championship held just a few weeks ago, where he dominated the 100 and 200 yard backstroke events, with NCAA records in both. But that meet is held in a 25 yard pool, and that's a huge difference from a 50 metre pool. Especiall...

Commentary by Rick Madge I think it's now official. The Canadian women are on fire. 5 Canadian women went under the 1:58.96 Olympic qualifying time for the 200 Free, and while only 2 of them can swim the 200 event, the four fastest qualified their relay for the Olympics. In fact, the 4 women qualifi...

By Nathan Sager (@naitSAYger) TORONTO – Ryan Cochrane took a shot at a sub-15 men's 1,500-metre freestyle as a finale at the Canadian Olympic & Para-swimming Trials on Sunday. The two-time Olympic medalist nearly broke that barrier, winning in 15 minutes 0.75 seconds as he became the lone Canadian r...

Penny Oleksiak, just 15, crushed the Canadian record in the women's 100-meter free at the 2016 Canadian Trials. Oleksiak unleashed a swift time of 53.31 for the win, clearing the Canadian record of 53.83 set by Chantal Van Landeghem at the 2015 Pan American Games.  Oleksiak also vaulted to fifth in ...

By Nathan Sager (@naitSAYger) Call her Penny, call her Penelope, or call her phenom. At the Canadian Olympic & Para-swimming Trials, 15-year-old Penny Oleksiak won the women's 100-metre freestyle in 53.31 seconds, the fourth-fastest time this season. It was also a world youth record, and the Toronto...

Hilary Caldwell uncorked a 2:08.43 this morning to vault to fifth in the world rankings in the women's 200-meter backstroke at the 2016 Canadian Trials. Caldwell was joined under the FINA A cut with a 2:09.63 by Dominique Bouchard as the Canadians are looking for another 2-person event at the Olympi...

By Dave Crampton Two more New Zealand swimmers have gone under the qualifying standard for the Rio Olympics during the first three days of the Canadian Olympic Trials in Toronto. Thirteen New Zealanders are competing at the second official trial for New Zealand swimmers to meet the qualifying times ...

The first day of prelims at the 2016 Canadian Trials is complete. The top 10 Canadian swimmers will advance to the A finals.  Up to four non-Canadian swimmers can swim in the B finals. Olympic Trials: Josh Prenot of the U.S., put up the top time in the men's 400-meter IM with a 4:18.92.  That's well...

By Nathan Sager (@naitSAYger) Santo Condorelli, the fourth-place finisher in men's 100-metre freestyle at the 2015 world championships, was the little big man leading the way at the Canadian Olympic & Para-swimming Trials on Friday. When Brent Hayden retired after earning the Olympic bronze in 100 f...

by Rick Madge 14-year old Faith Knelson of Ladysmith, BC qualified for both the 100 and 200 Breaststroke as well as the 200 IM at these Trials. And while youngsters qualifying for big meets isn't all that unusual, in her case Faith took it up a notch. Her Personal Best of 1:11.01 in the 100 Breast h...

Commentary by Rick Madge. The women's 100 Fly final was everything we hoped it would be.  It was crazy fast and crazy close. The morning heats saw three women beat the Olympic qualifying time by more than a second, with 15-year old Penny Oleksiak of Toronto leading the way with 57.38, Noemie Thomas ...

Commentary by Rick Madge. Every meet has its own rhythm and energy. And for Olympic Trials, it's all about contained energy and tension.  Years have been dedicated to this moment, and months spent in restless anticipation.  And right with the whistle for that first heat, reality sets in. It's all bu...

Everything you need to follow along with finals of day six of the 2016 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials. Hit refresh for the latest coverage. Brittany MacLean Interview: MacLean, who won a trio of freestyle swims this week, was interviewed prior to the start of the final evening. http...

The 2016 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Trials continued with the athletes participating in the following events: Women's 50 Breast PARA Men's 50 Breast PARA Women's 100 Breast PARA Men's 100 Breast PARA Men's 200 Fly Women's 100 Back Men's 100 Back Women's 400 IM The top 10 Canadian swimmers will ...

Everything you need to follow along with finals of day two of the 2016 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials. Today's final events include: Women's 100 Breast PARA Men's 100 Breast PARA Men's 200 Fly Women's 100 Back Men's 100 Back Women's 400 IM Women's 50 Breast PARA Men's 50 Breast PARA...

Ryan Murphy uncorked the second-fastest men's 200-meter back in the world during the B final at the 2016 Canadian Trials. Competing in the consolation heat as part of the meet's open international setting, Murphy sizzled with a 1:54.94 for the B final win.  That's just behind Xu Jiayu's 1:54.79 to s...

Everything you need to follow along with prelims of day five of the 2016 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials. Hit refresh for the latest coverage. Women's 50 back PARA Emily De Boer led the way in the sprint back with a 1:06.06 in the S5 division.  Valerie Drapeau (S5/1:06.92) and Tammy ...