{"id":508968,"date":"2022-07-27T05:55:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T12:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=508968"},"modified":"2022-07-27T05:55:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T12:55:06","slug":"with-absences-canada-relays-to-look-different-at-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/with-absences-canada-relays-to-look-different-at-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"With Absences, Canada Relays to Look Different at Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>With Absences, Canada Relays to Look Different at Commonwealth Games<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s ascendency in women\u2019s swimming has been epitomized by its relay depth, a growth that reached a high-water mark with three medals at the World Championships this summer.<\/p>\n<p>But when the Commonwealth Games open in Birmingham, England, this week, things will necessarily look a little different for the Canadians. It might, the coaching staff hopes, be to their long-term benefit.<\/p>\n<p>For all the program stalwarts attempting the Worlds\/Commonwealths double, the relay depth will be lacking. Among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canada-names-commonwealth-games-squad-kylie-masse-chasing-repeats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">those passing on Birmingham<\/a> are <strong>Penny Oleksiak,<\/strong> Canada\u2019s most decorated Olympian who added four relay medals in Budapest, and all-purpose relay cog <strong>Taylor Ruck.<\/strong> The program is also coping with an unusual situation in the nationality switch of <strong>Kayla Sanchez<\/strong>, a two-time Olympic medalist in Tokyo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-olympic-medalist-kayla-sanchez-switches-to-represent-philippines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who will represent the Philippines going forward<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>First the Sanchez departure, which hits more than just the Canada relays. The 21-year-old has been squarely part of Canada\u2019s golden generation, swimming on three gold-winning relays at the watershed 2017 World Junior Championships in Indianapolis. She also won silver in the 200 individual medley and bronze in the 100 freestyle at the meet.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez was a key cog over 100 and 200 meters in relays, winning silver in the 400 free and bronze in the women\u2019s 400 medley relays in Tokyo. Her parting gift to the program was a hand in winning women\u2019s 400 free and mixed 400 free silver, 800 free bronze and women\u2019s 400 medley bronze in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>But Sanchez\u2019s stature, as a member of the training group in the Toronto High Performance Centre and a personality out of the pool, will be missed most.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKayla is such a great person; she was bubbly and had so much energy so it was always great to feed off that,\u201d <strong>Maggie Mac Neil<\/strong> said via Zoom on Friday from the team\u2019s staging camp in Caen, France. \u201cWe\u2019re going to miss her a lot but we\u2019re really excited that she wants to take on this next chapter and we\u2019re wishing her well and we\u2019ll be excited to see her at Worlds next summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it was an easy decision for her to make,\u201d said sprinter <strong>Josh Liendo<\/strong>. \u201cI spoke to her when it happened. Obviously it was a bit of a shock to the group, but it seems like she\u2019s doing something that\u2019s good for her and good for her family. She\u2019s obviously really excited to go on this next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez\u2019s absence is one of many opportunities. Without Ruck and Oleksiak, sprint options will be exercised. One name that Mac Neil, who passed on individual events in Budapest to focus on the relays but will resume a fuller program in Birmingham, shouted out is the possibility of <strong>Summer McIntosh<\/strong> jumping into the sprint relays. She already was a key part of the 800 free relay in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>That part isn\u2019t all that different. McIntosh is the most visible one on the women\u2019s side with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimming.ca\/en\/news\/2022\/05\/09\/canadian-swimming-team-named-for-2022-commonwealth-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a multitude of options for events to swim<\/a>, but she\u2019s not alone in showcasing versatility that translates to relays. Team coach <strong>Ryan Mallette<\/strong> said the team will use this event to balance not just short-term success but the long-term prognosis for the Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez\u2019s place on the first-choice Canada relays is certainly one that\u2019s up for grabs. And for women on the fringes of that picture, Birmingham is a potent opportunity to force their name into the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely going to be a different experience,\u201d Mac Neil said. \u201cThis is my first Commonwealth Games. 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Like Summer might be used on a sprint relay or we have some new youngsters swimming relay prelims, so giving them that experience will be vital going into 2024 and definitely going into 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Absences, Canada Relays to Look Different at Commonwealth Games Canada\u2019s ascendency in women\u2019s swimming has been epitomized by its relay depth, a growth that reached a high-water mark 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