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3 minutes ago, Josh said:

Greg Stewart just won silver at the Para Athletics World Championships in Men’s F46 shot put! 

Glad he came out of retirement!

16 minutes ago, Josh said:

I watched the race and yup. We were about 2 seconds ahead 3/4th of the way through the race, but Italy charged and we couldn’t hold on. 

To be fair this was the strategy that led the women's eights to the gold medal.

38 minutes ago, intoronto said:

The whole organization needs to be gutted at this point. What an embarrassment. 

This has been an ongoing issue for several quads now. Hopefully this is the final wakeup call.

8 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Pretty much. She's a good depth pick for the freestyle relays.

And the medley with her fly leg.

its worth mentioning that the coaching staff could switch things around if someone is looking particularly strong leading up.

I didn’t get a chance to watch today but I’m so happy Pickrem got the second spot for the IM. 
 

Margo Erlam won the 3m spot at the Diving Trials 🤯

49 minutes ago, orangeman said:

I want them to win and qualify, because the more Canadian teams the better. But no way this team is challenging for medals in Paris. Sad, but true. Just like the 5x5 women's team. 

I may have thought this when the score was 6-1 Spain. But as the game went on I realized they were playing like the stronger team, they never gave up when they were down. It’s unfortunate they didn’t win against Spain but should they beat Hungary I do think they should be a medal contender, just like they have been at most of the competitions they’ve been at. 
 

That was impressive. Knox just keeps getting better. 

Well that excitement was short lived. 

There's some talk in the SwimSwam comments about Penny missing the standard and whether there will be spots for OCT - I'm not sure if anyone knows more about here? Like she just marginally missed the standard by .05 seconds, do you think she'll likely be able to swim it individually?

11 minutes ago, Josh said:

Smith seems more likely. We likely won’t use MacNeil for prelims, and with Mary-Sophie Harvey swimming a somewhat big schedule, I’d rather save her for her other events. Smith would be more than good enough to advance to the final. 
 

FYI, they can select discretionary picks, and LePage (and Branton) have the OQT in the women’s 100m breaststroke, although I don’t think they’ll select either of them. Hope I’m wrong though, would love to see our team size increase. 

Smith can also be used for the mixed relay or in the heats in the medley relay so I think she would be a beneficial pick overall.

3 minutes ago, intoronto said:

His time was actually 47.80

But the stat @orangeman provided is still accurate - would have been 5th in Tokyo.

24 minutes ago, Josh said:

17:22.98 for 11 year-old Annie Xu in the women’s 1500m freestyle! 

There was some doubt in the SwimSwam comments if she was a Canadian citizen - don't know whether to believe that.

Just now, intoronto said:

Masse 

That was insane. She didn’t even look tired at the end. 

Just now, intoronto said:

Acevedo and Kim miss the 200 free final

 

The depth (Canadian standard) is insane

Everyone brought it during the heats. That was about as fast as I was expecting the final to be. 

I totally forgot to point out how happy I am for Javi Acevedo, like I remember being so impressed when he qualified in 2016 and then in 2020 I was totally shocked that he was even named to the team. Feeling good about him now getting to make the team in the 100m backstroke. Hopefully it bodes well for his freestyle.

2 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Here's the qualification list by priority. People in italics are qualified in a higher priority.

 

Priority 1: Finish in the top 2 and achieve the OQT at the event.

Mary-Sophie Harvey (W 200m Freestyle, W 100m Butterfly)

Tristan Jankovics (M 400m Individual Medley)

Maggie MacNeil (W 100m Butterfly)

Summer McIntosh (W 200m Freestyle, W 400m Freestyle)

 

Priority 2: Finish in the top 4 in the 100m and 200m freestyle events to compete in the relays.

Julie Brousseau (W 4x200m Freestyle Relay)

Mary-Sophie Harvey (W 4x200m Freestyle Relay)

Summer McIntosh (W 4x200m Freestyle Relay)

Emma O'Croinin (W 4x200m Freestyle Relay)

 

Priority 3: Winners of the 100m backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly to compete in the relays.

Sophie Angus (W 4x100m Medley Relay)

Finlay Knox (M 4x100m Medley Relay)

Maggie MacNeil (W 4x100m Medley Relay)

Blake Tierney (M 4x100m Medley Relay)

 

Priority 4: Additional 100m and 200m freestyle or 100m medley athletes to compete in the relays (based on director's recommendation)

TBD

 

I'm thinking maybe MSH does the medley while the women's 4x200m relay gets another 2-3 swimmers.

 

Priority 5: Swimmers who have achieved the OQT during the qualification period (March 1, 2023 - June 23, 2024) and finished in the top 2

Sophie Angus (W 100m Breaststroke)

Blake Tierney (M 100m Backstroke)

 

Priority 6: Swimmers who have achieved the OCT during the qualification period, won the event and finished within 1% if their fastest time will be provisionally nominated pending World Aquatics invitation.

None

 

 

Current Total: 9 (3 men, 6 women)

 

Note: People could be added in priority 5 or 6 should they achieve an OQT/OCT between now and June 23rd.

I think Tierney and Acevedo are in Priority 1. 

I can't help but feel disappointed again, no Wigginton, Penny realistically not being ready for her comeback, the 100m breast being a flop after a lot of anticipation. 

It's definitely outweighing the good right now. 

Terribly disappointing that nobody hit the standard. I thought it was going to happen!

Brousseau just missing that standard again!

1 minute ago, intoronto said:

@Topicmaster1010If Wigginton enters another qualifying event and gets the A standard, will he be named to the team?

I think he is also trying for one of the top 4 spots in the 200m freestyle.

Jankovics with a PB and a 1:56 for McIntosh!!!!

9 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Looks like Taylor Ruck scratched out of the 200m freestyle heats

I know she was focussing more on the 100m but I’m still surprised. 

We'll have to wait a year or two for Dawson but he's coming!

This may be the only day I can watch the trials fully. Hopefully it’s exciting.