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Finlin finished a spot behind fellow Canadian <strong>Abby Dunford,<\/strong> but she qualifies for the Worlds spot via Swimming Canada\u2019s selection criteria, which uses this race as well as times in the 1,500 in the pool and is subject to ratification by a selection committee next week.<\/p>\n<p>Finlin covered the course at Nathan Benderson Park in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 4 seconds. That was 39 seconds slower than Dunford and just shy of two minutes behind American winner <strong>Brinkleigh Hansen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just tried to put my best race down,\u201d Finlin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimming.ca\/blog\/first-two-athletes-qualify-for-worlds-via-open-water-nationals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Swimming Canada<\/a>. \u201cI haven\u2019t done open water since the Olympics so it was definitely a change of scenery. I always forget how aggressive it is the first lap, it\u2019s kind of a wakeup call that first lap, then you kind of settle into pace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finlin, 19, is in line for her fourth straight World Championships, dating to 2022. The Edmonton native finished 23rd in the 10k at the Paris Olympics, qualifying via an unused continental quota spot as the lone Canadian representative in open water at the Olympics. She finished 23rd in the 5-kilometer at the 2024 World Championships in Doha and 28th in the 5km in Budapest in 2022. In the 10K, she placed 30th in 2023 and 24th in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Finlin is a freshman at Ohio State; she finished 28th at NCAAs in the mile.<\/p>\n<p>Finlin was part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/open-water-nationals-brinkleigh-hansen-claire-weinstein-go-1-2-for-worlds-spots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an international top 10 on the women\u2019s side<\/a>. Behind Hansen were American Olympians <strong>Claire Weinstein<\/strong> and <strong>Mariah Denigan,<\/strong> the latter an open water rep in Paris. Japanese swimmers <strong>Misa Okuzono<\/strong> and <strong>Ichika Kajimoto<\/strong> were fifth and sixth, respectively, before Dunford in eighth, Finlin in ninth and Australian <strong>Madeleine Gough<\/strong> in 10th.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, a junior at the University of Florida, covered 10 kilometers in 1:54:44. That was good for 10th among the men, 1:06 behind the matching times of winner <strong>Kyle Lee<\/strong> of Australia and his countryman <strong>Thomas Raymond<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve done a lot of these races so I kind of knew how to swim it and I knew I had to be smart,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t blow my energy on the first lap or two. I was just conservative and made sure I stayed with that top group because I knew that would be enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown is part of a rebuilding Canadian open water program. Tokyo Olympian <strong>Hau-Li Fan<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimming.ca\/blog\/top-open-water-swimmer-announces-retirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retired last summer<\/a> after falling short of the Paris Games. Stalwart and two-time Worlds medalist <strong>Eric Hedlin<\/strong> is 31. Brown finished 26th in the 10k at the 2022 World Championships and 32nd a year later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNathan Benderson Park here is a great venue to host open water events. Swimming Canada would like to thank USA Swimming for allowing us to partner at their event to run our trials,\u201d High Performance Director and National Coach <strong>John Atkinson <\/strong>said. \u201cThis year having a two-pronged strategy of 1,500-m time and open water position is something that we\u2019re going to continue with into the future. Once the selections are ratified, we\u2019ll have good plans in place so the swimmers can maximize their performance in Singapore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canadian swimming pool trials will be held Jun 7-12 in Victoria. Open water competition is Singapore this summer set to precede the pool events, going off on July 14-19. 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