{"id":614555,"date":"2025-06-09T18:28:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T01:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=614555"},"modified":"2025-06-10T04:32:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:32:47","slug":"canadian-trials-night-3-josh-liendo-wins-50-free-in-21-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-trials-night-3-josh-liendo-wins-50-free-in-21-88\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Trials, Night 3: Josh Liendo Wins 50 Freestyle in 21.88; Finlay Knox Takes 200m IM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Canadian Trials, Night 3: Josh Liendo Wins 50 Free in 21.88<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sprint field is getting better in Canada, but so is <strong>Josh Liendo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liendo went 21.88 to win the men\u2019s 50 freestyle at the 2025 Bell Canadian Trials Monday night, his time earning him a spot at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Liendo edged out <strong>Ilya Kharun,<\/strong> who had bested him in the 100 fly on Sunday night. Liendo was the early headliner of the third night of six at Saanich Commonwealth Place.<\/p>\n<p>All the action:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/results.swimming.ca\/2025_Canadian_Swimming_Trials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimming.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20250603-psychsheets.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psych Sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBCSports\/streams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Steam (CBC Sports on Youtube)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/five-stories-to-watch-at-canadian-swimming-trials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Trials Preview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-trials-summer-mcintosh-in-action-in-400-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-trials-mary-sophie-harvey-drops-lifetime-best-in-200-breast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Finals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-nationals-josh-liendo-ilya-kharun-duel-to-lead-night-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-trials-night-2-kylie-masse-drops-27-3-to-win-50-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Finals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-trials-day-3-prelims-summer-mcintosh-leads-200-im-prelims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 3 Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>In a battle of program mainstays, <strong>Penny Oleksiak<\/strong> picked up the win in 24.89 seconds. That\u2019s .07 seconds off the World Aquatics auto qualification standard. Oleksiak bested mate <strong>Taylor Ruck,<\/strong> who went 24.96. Both are B times.<\/p>\n<p>Third place was <strong>Sarah Fournier<\/strong> in 25.17. <strong>Leah Tigert<\/strong> finished fourth in 25.74, making her the top junior swimmer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"614567\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-trials-night-3-josh-liendo-wins-50-free-in-21-88\/canadianw50free\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW50free.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,585\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CanadianW50free\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW50free-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW50free-1024x428.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-614567\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW50free.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW50free.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW50free-1024x428.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW50free-280x117.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW50free-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW50free-450x188.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW50free-1200x501.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW50free-533x223.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Josh Liendo<\/strong> got the job done in the men\u2019s 50 free with a time of 21.88. It\u2019s well off his best time, the Canadian record of 21.48. But it is an A cut for Worlds.<\/p>\n<p>Second was <strong>Ilya Kharun,<\/strong> who had beaten Liendo in the 100 fly. Kharun missed the auto qualification standard by .01 seconds in 22.06. Third place went to <strong>Ruslan Gaziev,<\/strong> the morning\u2019s top seed in his return from a doping suspension. <strong>Yuri Kisil<\/strong> finished fourth in 22.50. The B final was won by <strong>Nikoli Blackman<\/strong> in 22.54.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"614566\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-trials-night-3-josh-liendo-wins-50-free-in-21-88\/canadianm50free\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM50free.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1402,544\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CanadianM50free\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM50free-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM50free-1024x397.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-614566\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM50free.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM50free.jpg 1402w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM50free-1024x397.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM50free-280x109.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM50free-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM50free-450x175.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM50free-1200x466.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM50free-533x207.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 breaststroke<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Alexanne Lepage<\/strong> outdueled Sophie Angus in an engrossing final. Lepage won the race in 1:06.87, right on the A cut for Worlds and earning priority for the women\u2019s medley relay. Angus went 1:07.27 for second place. (That\u2019s the same time that Italian international <strong>Anita Bottazzo<\/strong> used to win the B final.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shona Branton<\/strong> went 1:07.79 to finished third in the A final. <strong>Eloise Allen<\/strong> led the rest of the pack more than two seconds behind Branton.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"614565\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-trials-night-3-josh-liendo-wins-50-free-in-21-88\/canadianw100breast\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW100breast.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1427,602\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CanadianW100breast\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW100breast-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW100breast-1024x432.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-614565\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW100breast.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW100breast.jpg 1427w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW100breast-1024x432.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW100breast-280x118.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW100breast-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW100breast-450x190.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW100breast-1200x506.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW100breast-533x225.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 breaststroke<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Apollo Hess<\/strong> brought it out hard early, but he didn\u2019t have the pace late to stick with <strong>Oliver Dawson.<\/strong> Dawson finished the breaststroke double with a time of 1:00.73. That was well ahead of Hess, the Paris Olympian who went 1:02.12. <strong>Justice Migneault<\/strong> was third in the 100 as he was in the 200 in 1:02.24.<\/p>\n<p>Dawson\u2019s time is a second shy of the A cut for Worlds. More pertinent, it\u2019s slower than the time of 1:00.68 that <strong>Finlay Knox<\/strong> went in morning prelims, which gives Knox the priority for a medley relay at Worlds. Knox scratched the final of the 100 breast to focus on the 200 IM.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"614564\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-trials-night-3-josh-liendo-wins-50-free-in-21-88\/canadianm200im\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM200IM.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1395,589\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CanadianM200IM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM200IM-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM200IM-1024x432.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-614564\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM200IM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM200IM.jpg 1395w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM200IM-1024x432.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM200IM-280x118.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM200IM-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM200IM-450x190.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM200IM-1200x507.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianM200IM-533x225.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Summer McIntosh<\/strong> remains her. McIntosh set her second world record of the meet, going 2:05.70 to erase the standard of 2:06.12 set by <strong>Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> in 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-summer-mcintosh-sets-200-im-record-205-70\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More on that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not to be missed is a best time by <strong>Mary-Sophie Harvey,<\/strong> who went 2:08.78 to finish second. She\u2019s well under the auto qualifying standard for Worlds. After four fourth-place finishes at the Paris Olympics, her easy speed early in the season indicates she may be a medal contender in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashley McMillan<\/strong> also got under the auto standard in 2:12.08, but she missed out on the spot. <strong>Sienna Angove<\/strong> finished fourth in 2:13.74.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"614563\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-trials-night-3-josh-liendo-wins-50-free-in-21-88\/canadianw200im\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW200IM.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1434,623\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CanadianW200IM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW200IM-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW200IM-1024x445.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-614563\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW200IM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW200IM.jpg 1434w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW200IM-1024x445.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW200IM-280x122.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW200IM-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW200IM-450x196.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW200IM-1200x521.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadianW200IM-533x232.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>Two Canadians are headed to the World Championships for Canada. <strong>Finlay Knox<\/strong> won the event in 1:57.25, both he and <strong>Tristan Jankovics<\/strong> getting well under the A standard for worlds. Knox won his first 200 IM race since the Paris Olympics, at which he finished eighth. Jankovics, who swam the 400 IM in Paris, dropped a full second off his best time to go 1:58.01. He entered with a best time of 1:59.05, which happens to be the Worlds auto qualification standard.<\/p>\n<p>The event is the second for the men, along with the 100 fly, in which two men qualified for Worlds automatically.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lorne Wigginton<\/strong> was third in 2:00.59, followed by <strong>Collyn Gagne\u2019s<\/strong> 2:01.44.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"614570\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/canadian-trials-night-3-josh-liendo-wins-50-free-in-21-88\/canadam200imreal\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadaM200IMreal.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1414,596\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CanadaM200IMreal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadaM200IMreal-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadaM200IMreal-1024x432.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-614570\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadaM200IMreal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadaM200IMreal.jpg 1414w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadaM200IMreal-1024x432.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadaM200IMreal-280x118.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadaM200IMreal-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadaM200IMreal-450x190.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadaM200IMreal-1200x506.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CanadaM200IMreal-533x225.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Paraswimming<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jordan Tucker<\/strong> lowered her S5 record in the women\u2019s 50 butterfly by going 53.00, an event won by S7 swimmer <strong>Danielle Dorris.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the second time on Monday, <strong>Sebastian Massabie<\/strong> lowered his S5 50 fly mark. He went 36.59 in the morning prelims, then blasted it away to 35.84 in the night session.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reid Maxwell<\/strong> lowered his Canadian S8 record in the 100 free by winning in 59.59. It\u2019s a massive drop, his first time under a minute. <strong>Aurelie Rivard<\/strong> won the women\u2019s 100 free in 1:02.06, the S10 swimmer earlier this week recusing herself from the Worlds selection process to concentrate on her law school studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Trials, Night 3: Josh Liendo Wins 50 Free in 21.88 The sprint field is getting better in Canada, but so is Josh Liendo. 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