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2024 Brazilian Swimming Trophy - Brazil Olympic Trials - Rio de Janeiro (BRA) May 6th - May 11th 2024 Meet Results The following new OQTs were achieved Men's 50m Freestyle Guilherme Caribe Men's 200m Butterfly Nicolas Albiero The following 18 swimmers have been selected for the Olympic Team Men (11): Nicolas Albiero - Men's 200m Butterfly Guilherme Basseto - Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Marcelo Chierighini - Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Breno Correia - Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Guilherme Costa - Men's 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay (1500m Freestyle OCT) Guilherme Caribe Santos - Men's 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 4x100m Freestyle Relay Eduardo Moraes - Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Kayky Mota - Men's 100m Butterfly Gabriel Santos - Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Murilo Sartori - Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Fernando Scheffer - Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Women (7): Stephanie Balduccini - Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay, 4x200m Freestyle Relay Maria Fernanda Costa - Women's 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 4x100m Freestyle Relay, 4x200m Freestyle Relay, (800m Freestyle OCT) Beatriz Dizotti - Women's 1500m Freestyle Maria Paula Heitmann - Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Giovana Reis Medeiros - Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Gabrielle Roncatto - Women's 400m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay Ana Carolina Vieira - Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Source

Brazilian Olympic Trials: Day 6 Women's 800m Freestyle (OQT: 8:26.71) 1. Maria Costa - 8:28.92 (OCT) 2. Gabrielle Roncatto - 8:33.33 3. Beatriz Dizotti - 8:33.35 *Since she's already on the plane to paris, Costa will be able to add this event to her lineup if she wishes Men's 800m Freestyle (OQT: 7:51.65) 1. Guilherme Costa - 7:53.04 (OCT)* 2. Stephan Steverink - 7:58.89 3. Thiago Ruffini - 8:00.99 *Costa qualifies for Paris with two swimmers being unable to beat his OQT from 2023 World Championships Women's 50m Freestyle (OQT: 24.70) 1. Lorrane Ferreira - 25.09 2. Stephanie Balduccini - 25.24 3. Ana Vieira - 25.33 Men's 50m Freestyle (OQT: 21.96) 1. Guilherme Caribe - 21.88 (OQT) 2. Gustavo Borges - 22.05 (OCT) 3. Pedro Spajari - 22.18 Final List of Individual Qualifiers Nicolas Albiero - Men's 200m Butterfly Guilherme Caribe - Men's 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle Guilherme Costa - Men's 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle Maria Costa - Women's 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle Beatriz Dizotti - Women's 1500m Freestyle Kayky Mota - Men's 100m Butterfly Gabrielle Roncatto - Women's 400m Freestyle So that's 7 individual qualifiers in 9 different events through OQTs In Tokyo, Brazil had 16 individual qualifiers in 13 different events through OQTs.

I'm not intoronto but I'm pretty sure Canada can send 3 athletes since they have a C-1 and C-2 quota

Brazilian Olympic Trials: Day 5 Pretty disappointing day today. Women's 400m Individual Medley (OQT: 4:38.53) 1. Gabrielle Roncatto - 4:47.32 2. Nathalia Almeida - 4:51.21 3. Bruna Leme - 4:51.47 Men's 200m Backstroke (OQT: 1:57.50) 1. Nicolas Albiero - 1:59.26 2. Samuel Lopes - 2:00.69 3. Leonardo de Deus - 2:01.32 Women's 200m Butterfly (OQT: 2:08.43) 1. Maria Pessanha - 2:12.50 2. Maria Costa - 2:12.59 3. Beatriz Dizotti - 2:14.20 Men's 100m Butterfly (OQT: 51.67) 1. Kayky Mota - 52.56* 2. Vinicius Lanza - 52.63 3. Guilherme Rosolen - 52.65 *Mota qualifies for Paris with two swimmers being unable to beat his OQT from 2023 World Championships Women's 200m Backstroke (OQT: 2:10.39) 1. Alexia Assuncao - 2:15.48 2. Fernanda Goeij - 2:16.20 3. Maria Pessanha - 2:16.56 Individual Qualifiers through Day 5 Nicolas Albiero - Men's 200m Butterfly Guilherme Caribe - Men's 100m Freestyle Guilherme Costa - Men's 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle Maria Costa - Women's 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle Beatriz Dizotti - Women's 1500m Freestyle Kayky Mota - Men's 100m Butterfly Gabrielle Roncatto - Women's 400m Freestyle

2024 Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials: Day 4 Preview Image Source Everybody will be on World Record Watch as Summer McIntosh goes in her signature 400m IM event Women's 400m Individual Medley What a stacked event lineup this is. Despite the amount of talent present here, Summer McIntosh is still far and away the clear favourite with an entry time almost 11 seconds faster than Mary-Sophie Harvey. After her mind blowing swim of 4:29.12 at a 2022 trials prep meeting, she has gone under the 4:30 mark 6 times and including every event final from the 2022 World Championships onward. Her resume in this event speaks for herself. 2022 Commonwealth Games Champion in 4:29.01, 2x World Champion (2022 and 2023) in times of 4:32.04 and 4:27.11, and the current world record holder at 4:25.87 set at 2023 Canadian trials. Her most recent result in this event is a 4:29.96 from the 2023 US Open. Expect her to set another blazing fast time and to qualify for Paris with ease. The battle for the 2nd spot will be fascinating with 3 other swimmers with an OQT and one with an OCT. Mary-Sophie Harvey is next in the rankings. She’s only raced this event at 3 different meets since the start of last year but she’s seeded 2nd here thanks to the 4:36.79 she swam at the Camille Muffat Meeting this year. That is the fastest time she’s swum since she recorded her PB of 4:36.48 back in 2017. She’s set PBs in other events this year too so it shows she’s in good form overall. Ella Jansen will also be trying to improve upon her PB. After going 4:44.23 at 2023 Canadian Trials, she set a new PB of 4:40.65 at the Ontario Summer Championships before smashing that to 4:37.35 to win a silver medal at World Junior Championships and get under the OQT. She has only raced it once this calendar year at the 2024 World Championships where she swam 4:44.93 to just miss the final. If she has a good headspace, the talent is certainly there to take 2nd spot at Olympic Trials. Julie Brousseau has also had a very similar progression over the last year. She went 4:45.28 at 2023 Canadian Trials and then dropped that time to 4:42.90 at the Ontario Summer Championships. She would then go on to win bronze at the World Junior Championships in 4:38.45, just 0.08 seconds under the OQT. The highlight of her year might just be the gold medal she won at the Pan American Games where she was just a bit off her PB in 4:43.76. This year, her fastest time is 4:48.23 from the Ontario Winter Championships. Sydney Pickrem also has an entry time under the 4:40 mark. She mostly focuses on 200m races these days and it is possible that she’ll end up scratching this event. She has recent times of 4:39.81 from the 2023 Canadian Trials and 4:44.16 from the San Antonio Pro Swim Series this year. If she does swim it, she’ll be a contender for 2nd place with a full taper given that her PB sits at 4:32.88. Also having a PB under the OQT is Tessa Cieplucha. Just like 3 years ago, this should be her best shot at making the Olympic Team again. After a down 2023 in which her best time was only 4:42.81, she’s already surpassed that mark twice this year going 4:41.54 to win the Knoxville Pro Swim Series and 4:40.80 at World Championships to record the top time in the heats before being unable to replicate it in the finals. Her best time came at the previous Olympic trials so there’s a good chance she’ll be ready to go under the 4:40 mark again here. Two other swimmers worth mentioning here are Mabel Zavaros and Bailey Andison. Zavaros like some of the other older swimmers has raced it sparingly going 4:42.27 at 2023 Canadian Trials and 4:43.55 at the Canadian Open. Those are very consistent times and she could also be on track to go sub 4:40. Andison meanwhile was swum this event much more and recently at the Central Zone Sectionals, she went her best time since 2020 Olympic Trials in 4:43.04. She could also flirt with the 4:40 mark. Men's 100m Freestyle This should be a fun race ahead of us with several contenders vying for individual and relay spots. No idea why they put this the day after the 200m freestyle though. Unfortunately, the absence of Ruslan Gaziev hurts the depth of the field but there should still be plenty of fast times. Josh Liendo is the favorite in this seed and has the fastest entry time by 0.64 seconds. Despite the quick time, last year was a down year for him in the 100m freestyle. After winning bronze at the 2022 World Championships in a time of 47.55, he had a solid trials swim of 47.86 before being unable to break 48 seconds at the 2023 World Championships resulting in him being eliminated in the semifinals. He’s only swum this event once since at going 48.60 at the US Open. However, he is coming off a stellar NCAA season which includes a title in the 100 yard freestyle. He should have no problem winning and getting under the OQT. With the absence of Gaziev, Javier Acevedo is the next fastest seed. Despite not being used in the 4x100m freestyle relay at all in Tokyo, Acevedo has been swimming his fastest times in this event over the last two years and is now a core member of that relay. In 2023, he went a career best 48.50 at Canadian Trials and has been able to produce 4 more sub 49 second clockings after that. He also has constantly delivered great relay splits having had produced a sub 48 split in 5 of 7 relay legs since 2022. He recently produced his best split of 47.51 at the 2024 World Championships. After taking the majority of the 2023 season off, Yuri Kisil is back in the pool looking to qualify for his 3rd Olympics. He came back at the Rotterdam Qualification meet in December where he posted a 49.00. He hasn’t quite been able to match that time since though with his best time this year being a 49.42 from the Western Canadian Championships. Should he qualify, he would be a massive boost to the Canadian relay as his PB rests at 48.15 along with a PB split of 47.15 from the 2020 Olympics. Edouard Fullum-Huot will be looking to make the senior team in back to back years. Last year, he broke the 50 second mark for the first time in his career at Canadian Trials which qualified him for the 4x100m freestyle relay. He would lower that mark even further at the Pan American Games where he recorded a time of 49.33. He’ll look to break the 49 second mark this year and secure a spot on the relay team again. Despite coming in as the 5th seed in this event, Finlay Knox could have a lot more to give in this event. I’ve already highlighted how much of an improvement he’s made in some of his other events since his move from to HPC Vancouver. He’s only had one individual swim since then which was a 49.98 at a UBC Winter event. However, he recorded a 47.96 split in the heats of the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2024 World Championships which was the fastest on the team. His PB still rests at 49.23 while his best time in the Olympic qualification period is 49.50. However, that relay split shows he should be able to produce a time in the mid-48 range. Antoine Sauve has quickly ascended the ranks as one of the top sprint freestyle prospects in the nation. He recently set a PB of 49.51 at the Eastern Canadian Championships this year. That time would have missed 4th place by 0.01 at 2023 Trials. He also had a notable 48.73 split at the 2023 World Junior Championships to lead the Canadian team to a bronze medal. The potential is definitely there and if he has another big drop, he could produce a sub 49 second time and possibly find himself on this relay. The most interesting name comes all the way at the #44 seed which is Ilya Kharun. With Gaziev out, it opens up the door for someone to step up and he may very well be that guy. Kharun has only recorded six results in this event in long course with his best time coming at 51.61 at a 2023 TYR Pro Swim Series meet. However, he has significantly improved since that time and has featured on the ASU 4x100m yard freestyle relays. His personal best in short course yards is 42.18 from this February which, according to the swimswam converter, translates to a 48.41 long course meter time which would put him right near the top. Also can’t forget about Stephen Calkins. Calkins has a PB under 49 seconds (48.96) set at the 2022 Commonwealth Games but has only broken 49.5 seconds on one other occasion. Filip Senc-Samardzic and Paul Dardis are other youngsters to keep an eye on and they’ll be looking to improve on their PBs set this year. Women's 200m Backstroke Horrible scheduling to have this the day after the 100m backstroke. If Summer McIntosh were to swim this event, there is a very strong chance she would win this race. But since it’s only her 7th best event, she won’t be racing this. With the absence of McIntosh and Taylor Ruck, this race could potentially be wide open for qualification. The winner should still be pretty clear though. Kylie Masse has the fastest entry time in this event by almost 3 seconds. Just like in the 100m backstroke, this event has been a bit of a struggle for her since the Tokyo Olympics. She’s failed to break the 2:07 mark since those games with her best time a 2:07.13 at 2023 Canadian Trials. She placed 5th at the 2023 World Championships in 2:07.52 marking back to back years where she failed to medal in this event. However, she’s shown signs of rounding back into form this year posting a time of 2:08.44 at the Spanish Winter Championships which is faster than she was at that point of time in 2023. Even in her “poor races”, Masse still easily clears the OQT and we should expect her to comfortably win this race. Ingrid Wilm comes in with the next fastest time. Known more for her sprint backstroke ability, she has improved in this discipline setting a new PB of 2:10.19 at 2023 Canadian Trials, under the OQT. However, since that swim, her best has only been 2:11.88 at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships where she was knocked out in the semifinals. She also had a showing of 2:12.67 to place 19th in the 2023 World Championships. Should she be on form, there’s a good chance she’ll secure a qualification berth, but if not, that could potentially open the door for another swimmer. Enter the two teenagers from Toronto HPC. After setting a PB of 2:14.24 at 2023 Canadian trials, Delia Lloyd reset her PB to 2:13.30 at the Ontario Summer Championships in July and then to 2:12.24 at the Canadian Championships in August. She would set her current PB of 2:11.74 at the Knoxville TYR Pro Swim Series in January this year. She also had a good in season swim at the Canadian Open to win the event with her second fastest time of her career in 2:11.95. Given that the OQT is 2:10.39, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to think that she could drop her time down to that. Placing 2nd at the Canadian Open was Lloyd’s teammate, Madison Kryger. She went 2:15.81 at the 2023 Canadian Trials before improving by a second to 2:14.80 at the Mel Zajac Meet. She would drop almost another full second two just over a month later at the Canadian Championships to bring her PB to 2:13.85. Then at the Canadian Open this year, she reset her PB to 2:13.04 in the heats before smashing that mark to produce 2:11.96 in the final. With another good taper for trials, it’s very possible she could reach that 2:10.39 as well. After an injury plagued 2023 year, Regan Rathwell is back. She has the 2nd fastest PB in the field from a 2:09.54 she swam at the 2022 Mare Nostrum which is under the OQT. She’s swam long course once this year going 2:12.08 at the San Antonio TYR Pro Swim Series. That’s a solid showing to show that she’s rounding back into form. Men's 800m Freestyle Don’t really have much to say here. Eric Brown is the clear favourite in this race having an entry time almost 7 seconds ahead of Alex Axon. Considering he’s won every distance race this decade so far, it’s safe to say he’ll do so again. Brown’s time is actually in range of the consideration time but AQUA recently issued a memo to all national federations saying there’s a good chance that OCT athletes will be invited so he’ll probably need an OQT. In terms of his progression, he set a PB of 7:56.96 from 2023 Canadian Trials. He’s then only swum this at competition twice going 8:01.41 at the 2023 World Championships and 8:01.35 at the US Open. The 2023 US Open Swim was 3 seconds faster than he was at the 2022 edition so that could bode well for him here. Alexander Axon comes in with the second fastest entry time. His fastest two times of his career have both been swum at Canadian trials with him going 8:02.24 in 2022 and 8:03.05 in 2023. He recently had a big breakthrough in the 400m freestyle going 3:49.33 to hack almost two seconds under his old PB. He didn’t swim the 800m freestyle at that event so if has a similar progression here, he’s on track to have his first swim under 8 minutes. Timothe Barbeau is the youngest of the top 3 entries which naturally means he has the most potential to drop big time. He swam his PB of 8:04.72 at the 2023 World Junior Championships to place 10th. After an 8:14.95 showing at the Pan American Games, he went 8:13.82 at the TYR Pro Swim Series in March before going 8:06.73 at the Canadian Open. He should be on track to drop another PB at Olympic Trials.

Brazilian Olympic Trials: Day 4 Men's 100m Freestyle (OQT: 48.34) 1. Guilherme Caribe - 48.16 (47.95 in heats) (OQT) 2. Marcelo Chierighini - 48.41 3. Gabriel Santos - 48.83 4. Breno Correia - 48.84 *Chierighini has achieved the OQT in the qualification period but not at a meet listed in the selection criteria. He'll likely be selected for the relay which means he could still swim it individually. Women's 200m Breaststroke (OQT: 2:23.91) 1. Gabrielle Assis - 2:26.94 2. Bruna Leme - 2:28.29 3. Andressa Sango - 2:32.87 Men's 200m Individual Medley (OQT: 1:57.94) 1. Vinicius Lanza - 2:00.06 2. Caio Pumputis - 2:00.16 3. Stephan Steverink - 2:01.58 Women's 100m Freestyle (OQT: 53.61) 1. Ana Vieira - 54.45 2. Stephanie Balduccini - 54.47 3. Maria Costa - 54.99 4. Giovana Medeiros - 55.26 Men's 1500m Freestyle (OQT: 15:00.99) 1. Guilherme Costa - 15:03.42 (OCT) 2. Thiago Ruffini - 15:16.26 3. Pedro Farias - 15:20.29 *As Costa is already qualified for Paris, he could add this event to his lineup if he wishes since he's swum the consideration time. Individual Qualifiers through Day 4 Nicolas Albiero - Men's 200m Butterfly Guilherme Caribe - Men's 100m Freestyle Guilherme Costa - Men's 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle Maria Costa - Women's 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle Beatriz Dizotti - Women's 1500m Freestyle Gabrielle Roncatto - Women's 400m Freestyle

2024 Ukrainian National Championships - Brovary (UKR) May 5th - May 8th 2024 Meet Results No new OQTs were achieved

99th Latvian Championships - Riga (LAT) May 2nd - May 4th 2024 Meet Results No new OQTs were achieved

16th Africa Aquatics Swimming Championships - Luanda (ANG) April 30th - May 4th 2024 Meet Results No new OQTs were achieved

2024 Turkiye National Team Selection Meet - Edirne (TUR) May 2nd - May 4th 2024 Meet Results No new OQTs were achieved

Brazilian Olympic Trials: Day 3 Men's 200m Butterfly (OQT: 1:55.78) 1. Nicolas Albiero - 1:55.52 (OQT) 2. Leonardo de Deus - 1:56.24 3. Luiz Altamir Melo - 1:58.43 Women's 100m Backstroke (OQT: 59.99) 1. Maria Pessanha - 1:01.66 2. Fernanda Goeij - 1:02.46 3. Alexia Assuncao - 1:02.62 Men's 200m Breaststroke (OQT: 2:09.68) 1. Guilherme Camossato - 2:12.20 2. Caio Pumputis - 2:12.29 3. Raphael Windmuller - 2:13.39 Women's 200m Individual Medley (OQT: 2:11.47) 1. Nathalia Almeida - 2:13.81 2. Gabrielle Roncatto - 2:14.73 3. Fernanda Celidonio - 2:14.85 Men's 100m Backstroke (OQT: 53.74) 1. Guilherme Basseto - 54.14 2. Gabriel Fantoni - 54.39 3. Pedro Motta - 55.28 Individual Qualifiers through Day 3 Nicolas Albiero - Men's 200m Butterfly Guilherme Costa - Men's 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle Maria Costa - Women's 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle Beatriz Dizotti - Women's 1500m Freestyle Gabrielle Roncatto - Women's 400m Freestyle

Athletics Road to Paris 2024 Qualification Tracker (May 5th Update): New Entry Standards: Mariam Abdul-Rashid New Athletes via Rankings: Aurora Rynda, Brooke Overholt Change in rankings since last update are indicated in brackets Women: 100m (56 quotas): 13. Audrey Leduc - ES 39. Khamica Bingham (+1) 54. Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye (-3) 200m (48 quotas): 38. Jacqueline Madogo 400m (48 quotas): 40. Grace Konrad (+1) 41. Zoe Sherar (+1) 800m (48 quotas): 38. Jazz Shukla (-1) 48. Aurora Rynda (NEW) 1500m (45 quotas): 31. Lucia Stafford (-1) 38. Simone Plourde 5000m (42 quotas): 36. Julie-Anne Staehli (-2) 36. Briana Scott (-2) 100m Hurdles (40 quotas): 19. Mariam Abdul-Rashid - ES (+11) 28. Michelle Harrison (-1) 400m Hurdles (40 quotas): 24. Savannah Sutherland 32. Brooke Overholt (NEW) 3000m Steeplechase (36 quotas): 23. Regan Yee (-1) 27. Ceili McCabe (-2) 32. Grace Fetherstonhaugh (-5) Pole Vault (32 quotas): 5. Alysha Newman - ES 23. Anicka Newell Shot Put (32 quotas): 3. Sarah Mitton - ES Hammer Throw (32 quotas): 3. Camryn Rogers - ES 29. Kaila Butler (+1) Marathon (80 quotas): 35. Malindi Elmore - ES Men: 100m (56 quotas): 19. Brendon Rodney - ES 31. Aaron Brown (+6) 47. Andre de Grasse (+7) 200m (48 quotas): 6. Andre de Grasse - ES 9. Aaron Brown - ES (-1) 17. Brendon Rodney - ES (-1) 400m (48 quotas): 15. Christopher Morales-Williams - ES 800m (48 quotas): 2. Marco Arop - ES 1500m (45 quotas): 25. Charles Philibert-Thiboutot - ES (-1) 33. Kieran Lumb 5000m (42 quotas): 18. Mohammed Ahmed - ES 24. Benjamin Flanagan - ES 10000m (27 quotas): 6. Mohammed Ahmed - ES 3000m Steeplechase (36 quotas): 14. Jean-Simon Desgagnes Hammer Throw (32 quotas): 1. Ethan Katzberg - ES 14. Adam Keenan (-1) 19. Rowan Hamilton (-1) Marathon (80 quotas): 18. Cameron Levins - ES 65. Rory Linkletter - ES 20km Race Walk (48 quotas): 12. Evan Dunfee - ES Decathlon (24 quotas): 1. Pierce Lepage - ES 3. Damian Warner - ES So overall that's 43 individual qualifiers (18 men + 25 women) + another woman for the mixed race walk event + relay quotas. I'm going to guess an extra 2 women for the 4x100m, 3 women for the 4x400m and 2 men for the 4x100m. So that's roughly a team size of 51 athletes now.

2024 Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials: Day 3 Preview Image Source Kylie Masse looks to qualify in the 100m backstroke for the 3rd straight Olympics Although not as stacked of a day as Day 2, Day 3 still presents qualification opportunities in all 4 events with a lot of intrigue surrounding who will be on the men's 4x200m freestyle relay. Men's 200m Freestyle Despite the mediocre entry times, this should still be a fun and close race with relay spots on the line. Javier Acevedo comes in with the top seed. His 200m freestyle times have improved vastly over the past two years with 3 of his best 4 swims coming in that time period. His personal best of 1:47.72 was set at the 2023 Canadian Trials. This year, he’s set times of 1:49.82 at the Knoxville TYR Pro Swim Series and 1:48.89 at the 2024 World Championships. He’ll be looking for back to back Canadian Championships in this event. Finlay Knox is also expected to contend for top spot in this race. While his PB still remains at the 1:47.92 he clocked at 2022 Canadian trials, he has already produced times of 1:48.17 and 1:48.39 at the 2024 World Championships and Canadian Open. He failed to break the 1:49.00 mark altogether in 2023 so this is a very encouraging sign that Finley can get back to the 1:47 mark in time for trials and be a key contributor on the relay. Patrick Hussey will be trying to get into the 1:47 range for the first time in his career. He broke through in this event in a big way last year clocking 1:48.39 at Canadian Trials, dropping over a second off his previous PB. Since then, he’s followed that up with a 1:49.91 at the Canadian Championships and times of 1:48.67 and 1:48.79 at the US Open in December. He doesn’t have a recorded long course time in the event this year so it’s hard to gage where he’s at. Lorne Wigginton is one of the new faces in this event for Canada. However, the Canadian coaches already seem to have a lot of trust in him by using him as an anchor for the 4x200m Freestyle Relay in Doha where he split 1:47.83. This year, he went 1:48.84 at the Canadian Open to smash his previous PB of 1:50.87 from the 2023 Canadian Championships. His new PB puts him right in the middle of contention. At the other end of the spectrum, we have 32 year old Jeremy Bagshaw. This is his best chance to qualify for his first Olympics. His personal best rests at 1:47.48 back from 2015. Over the Olympic qualification period, his best time stands at 1:49.27 from 2023 Canadian trials. He’s gone under 1:50 once this year at the Flander’s Cup in 1:49.84. He’ll likely need to drop some time if he wants to grab one of the relay spots. We go back to the youth as Laon Kim is next on the entry list. Kim is arguably the most exciting teenage swimmer in Canada at the moment (who’s first name is not a season). He has 7 individual long course age group records to his name and he’ll figure this is his best chance of making it on the Olympic Team. After going 1:52.82 at Canadian Trials last year, he broke that mark 3 more times to finally set his PB at 1:49.62 at the Canadian Championships. He most recently went 1:51.25 to take 2nd place in the event at the Fran Crippen Memorial Meet. Given his young age and talent level, he could very well have another significant time drop. Josh Liendo might be the most interesting entry here. Known mostly as a 50m and 100m swimmer, he’s done the 200m freestyle sparingly over the years. He swam a PB of 1:49.88 in the heats of Canadian Trials last year before scratching the final. However, given his talent upside, it’s possible that he has a 1:47 time in him. Tristan Jankovics, Filip Senc-Samardzic and Ethan Ekk will also look to build upon their PBs that they’ve set this season. Women's 100m Backstroke A mix of veterans and teenagers make this one of the more interesting races at these Olympic trials. To no one’s surprise, Kylie Masse comes in as the top seed. Masse has done just about everything you can in international swimming besides winning an Olympic gold medal. However, she had a rough season last year failing to win an individual medal at World Championships and only breaking 59 seconds one time. She’s already looking in much better form this year going 58.93 at the Spanish Winter Championships in February. She didn’t break 59 seconds at all at an in season meet so this bodes well for this summer. Given her track record and ability to put down fast times when it matters, we would expect Masse to have no problems qualifying for her 3rd Olympics. Someone who has yet to make an Olympic appearance is Ingrid Wilm. Now 25 years old, she’s been swimming the best she’s ever swam in long course. She’s had more success in short course over her career but now she’s finally translating her swims to the bigger pool. Last year she broke 59 seconds for the 1st time in her career going 58.80 to stun Masse at 2023 Trials. She would follow that up with a 5th place showing at 2023 World Championships where she went 59.11. She clocked her 2nd sub 59 time at the 2024 World Championships this year where she led off the medley relay in 58.95. Having broken the minute mark 6 times this year (most recently at the Canadian Open), she’s on good track to make finally make the Olympic team. Not many people expected Summer McIntosh to swim this event but here she is as the 3rd seed. More known for her freestyle, butterfly and IM swimming, McIntosh also happens to be a world class backstroker as well. After going 1:00.25 at the 2023 Orlando Sectionals, she destroyed that mark a year later setting her current PB at 59.64. She also went 59.96 to place 2nd in this event at the Canadian Open. Given her immense talent, it’s possible she might place in the top two here. However, the chances of her actually swimming this in Paris are next to none. Taylor Ruck comes in with the 2nd fastest PB in the field but is only seeded 4th year. She had an injury plagued 2023 with her only appearances coming at a World Cup stop in Budapest where she recorded a time of 1:01.24. This year she’s swam this event at all 3 Pro Swim Series stops recording times of 1:01.04, 1:00.30 and 1:00.47. She’s trending in the right direction and if she rounds back into form, she’ll challenge for an individual spot. The backstroke events at these trials feature two of the more exciting teenagers at these trials. The first of which is Delia Lloyd. She’s shown immense improvement over the last year. After going 1:02.44 at 2023 Canadian trials, she then lowered that time to 1:01.83 at the Summer Ontario Championships before placing a respectable 5th at the World Junior Championships in 1:01.08. She’s done even better this year winning the Winter Ontario Championships in 1:00.45. She most recently went 1:00.68 at the Canadian Open. With her continued improvement, she could very well get under the OCT or even the OQT. The other exciting teenage prospect is Madison Kryger. She made waves last summer at the Canadian Championships where she become the #2 Canadian performer in the 13-14 age group. Now 15 years old, she lowered her PB to under 1:02 at the Winter Ontario Championships (1:01.48) and at the recent Canadian Open, moved her PB under 1:01 in 1:00.81. She’s got serious potential and is one to watch in this race. Men's 200m Breaststroke To be honest, I don’t have much to say about this event. With James Dergousoff not here, this event looks like it’ll be one man vs. the clock. Brayden Taivassalo will be the man to watch here. His PB of 2:10.89 is almost 4 seconds ahead of the next fastest swimmer entered in this event. Last year, he had the swim of his life to upset James Dergousoff at Canadian Trials. The 2:11.28 he swum was a whopping 7 seconds faster than he was at 2022 Trials (although he did gradually improve to a 2:14.54 before trials). He would improve on that again at the Pan American Games to win silver with a time of 2:10.89 to put him within potential striking distance of the OQT. This past year, he capped his stellar NCAA season with a win in the 200 yard breaststroke at the Big 12 Championships. He could very well be due for another time drop. After that, the times are uninspiring to say the least. Justice Migneault, Apollo Hess and Gabe Mastromatteo have all had 2:14 clockings their career. Migneault had the most recent of those times swimming at the 2023 Canadian Trials. It’ll be interesting to see if Mastromatteo can round back to his 2019-21 form. If there is a swimmer who has the potential to be the Taivassalo from last year’s trials (i.e drop serious time), it’s Oliver Dawson. Despite being born in 2008, he comes in with the 6th fastest time. After going 2:18.48 at last years’ Canadian Trials, he went 2:17.70 at the World Junior Championships and recently set a new PB of 2:17.13 at the Western Canadian Championships. Women's 1500m Freestyle Just like the men’s 200m breaststroke, this looks like a one-woman race vs. the clock especially with the absence of the likes of Katrina Bellio and Abby Dunford. Emma Finlin comes in with the top time by almost 30 seconds. She’s been on a significant improvement curve over the past few years. After being stuck in the 16:40 range for a year, she produced a time of 16:31.49 in March 2023 at the Alberta Provincial Championships before smashing that mark 27 days later at Canadian trials to record a mark of 16:20.61. She’s only swum this event twice after that though. First was a 16:15.77 at the 2023 World Championships to finish 12th. She also swam a 16:33.49 at the Western Canadian Championships. The one advantage she has over every other swimmer at these trials is that she’s already qualified for Paris in the open water events. That means that as long as she reaches the OCT of 16:13.94, she should be qualified in the 1500m freestyle too. That is a time that she’s less than two seconds away from. After Finlin, we have Laila Oravsky, Julia Strojnowska, and Megan Willar who are all in the 16:40 range. Of those swimmers, Strojnowska has the fastest season’s best and could be the swimmer who could drop a lot of time here.

Brazilian Olympic Trials: Day 2 Women's 200m Freestyle (OQT: 1:57.06) 1. Maria Costa - 1:56.37 (OQT) 2. Stephanie Balduccini - 1:58.51 3. Gabrielle Roncatto - 1:58.57 Men's 400m Individual Medley (OQT: 4:12.50) 1. Stephan Steverink - 4:16.29 2. Guilherme Kanzler - 4:20.11 3. Brandonn Almeida - 4:20.77 Women's 100m Breaststroke (OQT: 1:06.79) 1. Ana Vieira - 1:08.92 2. Gabrielle da Silva - 1:09.12 3. Jhennifer Conceicao - 1:09.25 Men's 200m Freestyle (OQT: 1:46.26) 1. Murilo Sartori - 1:46.98 2. Guilherme Costa - 1:47.10* 3. Fernando Scheffer - 1:47.60 4. Eduardo Moraes - 1:47.67 *Costa qualifies for Paris with two swimmers being unable to beat his OQT from 2024 World Championships Women's 1500m Freestyle (OQT: 16:09.09) 1. Beatriz Dizotti - 16:14.02* 2. Leticia Romao - 16:35.20 3. Delfina Dini - 16:49.55 *Dizotti qualifies for Paris with two swimmers being unable to beat her OQT from 2023 World Championships Individual Qualifiers through Day 2 Guilherme Costa - Men's 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle Maria Costa - Women's 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle Beatriz Dizotti - Women's 1500m Freestyle Gabrielle Roncatto - Women's 400m Freestyle

There is a mistake in the prediction design for the Group B matches on May 12th. Kazakhstan should be playing Slovakia and Latvia should be playing France.

*"Double-the-points" distributed as follow: Each user will have 5 during the Group stage. Each user will have to mark their matches with "Double-the-points" with an "*". Group Stage May 10th - May 21st, 2024 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th-placed Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 10th 2024 h. 16:20 Switzerland 3 Norway May 10th 2024 h. 20:20 Czechia 1 Finland May 11th 2024 h. 12:20 Great Britain 10* Canada May 11th 2024 h. 16:20 Austria 4 Denmark May 11th 2024 h. 20:20 Norway 7 Czechia May 12th 2024 h. 12:20 Finland 8* Great Britain May 12th 2024 h. 16:20 Denmark 4 Canada May 12th 2024 h. 20:20 Austria 5 Switzerland May 13th 2024 h. 16:20 Norway 7 Finland May 13th 2024 h. 20:20 Switzerland 1 Czechia May 14th 2024 h. 16:20 Denmark 3 Norway May 14th 2024 h. 20:20 Canada 8 Austria May 15th 2024 h. 16:20 Czechia 4 Denmark May 15th 2024 h. 20:20 Switzerland 7 Great Britain May 16th 2024 h. 16:20 Finland 8 Austria May 16th 2024 h. 20:20 Canada 8 Norway May 17th 2024 h. 16:20 Great Britain 6 Denmark May 17th 2024 h. 20:20 Czechia 6 Austria May 18th 2024 h. 12:20 Denmark 3 Switzerland May 18th 2024 h. 16:20 Canada 1 Finland May 18th 2024 h. 20:20 Czechia 8 Great Britain May 19th 2024 h. 16:20 Norway 1 Austria May 19th 2024 h. 20:20 Switzerland 2 Canada May 20th 2024 h. 16:20 Great Britain 4 Norway May 20th 2024 h. 20:20 Finland 4 Denmark May 21st 2024 h. 12:20 Austria 3 Great Britain May 21st 2024 h. 16:20 Canada 2 Czechia May 21st 2024 h. 20:20 Finland 1 Switzerland Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 10th 2024 h. 16:20 Slovakia 1 Germany May 10th 2024 h. 20:20 Sweden 2 United States May 11th 2024 h. 12:20 France 1 Kazakhstan May 11th 2024 h. 16:20 Poland 3 Latvia May 11th 2024 h. 20:20 United States 4 Germany May 12th 2024 h. 12:20 Kazakhstan 4 Slovakia May 12th 2024 h. 16:20 Latvia 2 France May 12th 2024 h. 20:20 Sweden 10* Poland May 13th 2024 h. 16:20 United States 3 Slovakia May 13th 2024 h. 20:20 Germany 3 Sweden May 14th 2024 h. 16:20 Kazakhstan 3 Latvia May 14th 2024 h. 20:20 Poland 4 France May 15th 2024 h. 16:20 Germany 2 Latvia May 15th 2024 h. 20:20 Slovakia 7 Poland May 16th 2024 h. 16:20 Kazakhstan 10 Sweden May 16th 2024 h. 20:20 United States 9 France May 17th 2024 h. 16:20 Germany 4 Kazakhstan May 17th 2024 h. 20:20 Poland 12* United States May 18th 2024 h. 12:20 Latvia 5 Sweden May 18th 2024 h. 16:20 Germany 7 Poland May 18th 2024 h. 20:20 France 4 Slovakia May 19th 2024 h. 16:20 United States 9* Kazakhstan May 19th 2024 h. 20:20 Slovakia 1 Latvia May 20th 2024 h. 16:20 Sweden 10 France May 20th 2024 h. 20:20 Kazakhstan 2 Poland May 21st 2024 h. 12:20 France 2 Germany May 21st 2024 h. 16:20 Latvia 6 United States May 21st 2024 h. 20:20 Sweden 3 Slovakia Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation USA SWE CAN

Not sure if related to injury or not but Ahmed Hafnaoui (swimming). https://swimswam.com/defending-400-freestyle-olympic-champion-ahmed-hafnaoui-will-miss-paris-olympics/

Brazilian Olympic Trials: Day 1 Women's 400m Freestyle (OQT: 4:07.90) 1. Maria Costa - 4:06.11 (OQT) 2. Gabrielle Roncatto - 4:09.00* 3. Leticia Romao - 4:10.64 *Roncatto qualifies for Paris with two swimmers being unable to beat her OQT from 2024 World Championships Men's 100m Breaststroke (OQT: 59.49) 1. Caio Pumputis - 1:00.81 2. Joao Gomes Junior - 1:01.03 3. Raphael Windmuller - 1:01.34 Women's 100m Butterfly (OQT: 57.92) 1. Daynara Paula - 1:00.00 2. Celine Bispo - 1:00.06 3. Beatriz Bezerra - 1:00.14 Men's 400m Freestyle (OQT: 3:46.78) 1. Guilherme Costa - 3:46.90* 2. Stephan Steverink - 3:47.48 3. Eduardo Moraes - 3:51.51 *Costa qualifies for Paris with two swimmers being unable to beat his OQT from 2023 World Championships Individual Qualifiers through Day 1 Guilherme Costa - Men's 400m Freestyle Maria Costa - Women's 400m Freestyle Gabrielle Roncatto - Women's 400m Freestyle

I have compiled a list of swimmers that have over 800 AQUA points in an event along with all their events they're swimming at trials (ordered by last name): Men: Javier Acevedo - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back Alexander Axon - 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free Jeremy Bagshaw - 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free Timothe Barbeau - 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free, 200 Fly, 200 IM Eric Brown - 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free, 400 IM Stephen Calkins - 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Fly Paul Dardis - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back Raben Dommann - 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back, 100 Fly, 200 IM Ethan Ekk - 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back Edouard Fullum-Huot - 50 Free, 100 Free Collyn Gagne - 200 IM, 400 IM Hayden Ghufran - 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Fly Andrew Herman - 100 Back, 200 Back Patrick Hussey - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 IM Tristan Jankovics - 200 Free, 200 Back, 200 IM, 400 IM Ilya Kharun - 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Fly Laon Kim - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 1500 Free, 100 Fly, 200 IM Yuri Kisil - 50 Free, 100 Free Finlay Knox - 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM Josh Liendo - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly Benjamin Loewen - 100 Back, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 IM Gabe Mastromatteo - 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 100 Fly Hugh McNeill - 100 Back, 200 Back Justice Migneault - 100 Free, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM Aiden Norman - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back, 100 Fly, 200 IM Sebastian Paulins - 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free Cole Pratt - 100 Back, 200 Back Antoine Sauve - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Filip Senc-Samardzic - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly Brayden Taivassalo - 100 Breast, 200 Breast Blake Tierney - 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 IM Jordi Vilchez - 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM Lorne Wigginton - 200 Free, 400 Free, 100 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM Women: Bailey Andison - 200 IM, 400 IM Sienna Angove - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 200 IM, 400 IM Sophie Angus - 100 Breast, 200 Breast Shona Branton - 100 Breast, 200 Breast Julie Brousseau - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 200 Breast, 200 IM, 400 IM Bridget Burton - 100 Back, 200 Back Kamryn Cannings - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Fly Tessa Cieplucha - 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM Maxine Clark - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 200 Back, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 IM Ella Cosgrove - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back Brooklyn Douthwright - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back, 100 Fly, 200 IM Sarah Fournier - 50 Free, 100 Free Emma Finlin - 800 Free, 1500 Free Katie Forrester - 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM Madelyn Gatrall - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back Jordan Greber - 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Breast, 200 IM Danielle Hanus - 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM Kathryn Hazle - 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 400 IM Mary-Sophie Harvey - 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM Kathryn Ivanov - 100 Breast, 200 Breast Ella Jansen - 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM Madison Kryger - 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back, 100 Fly, 200 IM Nina Kucheran - 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 IM Alexanne Lepage - 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 IM Delia Lloyd - 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back Maggie MacNeil - 100 Free, 100 Fly Kylie Masse - 100 Back, 200 Back, 100 Fly Summer McIntosh - 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 100 Back, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM Ashley McMillan - 100 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 IM Ainsley McMurray - 50 Free, 100 Free Emma O'Croinin - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 200 IM Penny Oleksiak - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Amaris Peng - 100 Breast, 200 Breast Sydney Pickrem - 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 IM, 400 IM Regan Rathwell - 50 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back Victoria Raymond - 50 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back, 100 Fly, 200 Fly Taylor Ruck - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back Katerine Savard - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly Katelyn Schroeder - 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 IM Rebecca Smith - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly Julia Strojnowska - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM Jenna Walters - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 Back Mia West - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Fly Megan Willar - 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free Ingrid Wilm - 100 Back, 200 Back Avery Wiseman - 100 Breast, 200 Breast Kelsey Wog - 100 Breast, 200 Breast Mabel Zavaros - 400 Free, 800 Free, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM

No Abby Dunford either.

PSYCH SHEETS!!!

Also for all the hardcore swim fans out there, I've started to do previews for Canadian trials on the Canada Club (which begin next week). I've finished the previews for the first two days. Day 1 Day 2

Brazilian Olympic Trials begin today Here's some useful links: Psych Sheets Selection Criteria Results Any Brazilians know how one can watch?

2024 Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials: Day 2 Preview Image sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 An epic showdown awaits in the women's 100m breaststroke Day 2 of Canadian trials may very well be the most exciting day on the program. Chances of qualifiers in every event plus two of the races I'm most looking forward to with the women's 200m freestyle and women's 100m breaststroke. Men's 400m Individual Medley Despite the difficult OQT, it’s very possible that Canada will have a representative in this event in Paris. Lorne Wigginton made waves last year when he went 4:16.14 at Canadian Trials to qualify for his first senior team. He would then smash that time at Worlds by almost 3 seconds in 4:13.75 to just miss the final. Finally, he wound bring that time down again by almost a second to win bronze at the World Junior Championships in 4:12.81. He most recently went 4:14.54 at the 2024 World Championships, a decent time 3 months from Olympic Trials. Also breaking out last year was Collyn Gagne. Like Wigginton, he also set a PB of 4:17.44 at 2023 Canadian Trials to qualify for his first senior team. He would set another PB at World Championships of 4:16.08 at World Chamionships and also had a good time of 4:17.05 at the Pan American Games to win the silver medal. More recently, he went 4:18.74 at the 2024 World Championships. He’ll still have to drop a bit of time to reach Olympic Qualification territory though. The breakout swimmer of this year could very well be Tristan Jankovics. In 2023, he had times of 4:17.40 at the Canadian Championships and 4:17.70 at the US Open. He hasn’t swum a long course time in 2024 yet but had a good NCAA season finishing 4th in the 400 yard IM at the Big Ten Championships and 8th at the NCAA championships. Eric Brown will also try to improve on his 4:18.90 PB he set at the 2023 US Open. Predicted Qualifiers: 1. Lorne Wigginton Women's 200m Freestyle This event has all the makings of a bloodbath. There are 10-12 women who all have realistic chances of qualifying for the 4x200m freestyle relay. I am going to cover all the top 10 athletes because they all have a legitimate shot at making the relay. Buckle up, this is going to be a long preview. If there’s any guarantees, it’s that Summer McIntosh should win with ease. The World Junior record holder has the fastest entry time by over 3 seconds. She first broke the 1:54 barrier for the first time last year at Canadian trials to win in 1:54.13. Then she lowered that mark to 1:53.65 to win bronze at the 2023 World Championships. This year, she has already been 1:54.21 at the Canadian Open, her 4th fastest time ever and one of the fastest in season 200m freestyle performances ever. Expect her to easily get under the OQT and perhaps even challenge the 1:53 barrier if she decides to go all out. The clear favourite for 2nd place is Mary-Sophie Harvey. She has improved in this event so much this year. After setting a PB of 1:57.70 at the 2023 US Open, she’s lowered that to 1:57.26 at the Quebec Cup, 1:57.06 at the Camille Muffat Meeting and finally 1:56.76 at the Canadian Open in which she negative that race. She’ll be a favourite to get an individual and relay spot. After that, the entry list gets a bit messy with a whole bunch of 1:58s. Rebecca Smith comes in with the next fastest time. Her time of 1:58.08 comes from the 2024 World Championship where she was able to advance to the semifinal. She also has recorded a 1:58.68 from the Canadian Championships along with some other 1:59 performances. Based on her 1:55 split from the 2020 Olympics along with her 1:57.43 PB, we all know she’s capable of much better times. This event will also be another great chance for Ella Jansen to get herself on the Olympic Team. Her best time of 1:58.09 comes from the Mare Nostrum tour last year. However, she struggled at Worlds where the Canadian coaches opted not to use her in the relay finals at both the 2023 and 2024 editions. She also had a showing of 1:59.12 from the World Junior Championships. This year her best result is 1:58.88 from the Canadian Open so she is trending in the right direction. Someone who did have a good showing a the World Junior Championships was Julie Brousseau. After going 1:59.05 at 2023 Canadian Trials, she brought that down to 1:58.60 at the Ontario Summer Championships before delivering a silver medal swim of 1:58.10 at World Juniors. This year, she was just off that time in 1:58.40 at the Canadian Open. This is her best chance of making the Olympic Team so she’s right on track to drop her PB down even further. Brooklyn Douthwright had a solid showing last year to make her first world championship team. Despite only going 2:01.16 at Canadian trials, she improved on that mark considerably at the Mare Nostrum going 1:58.58 at the Mare Nostrum tour before splitting 1:58.25 on the 4x200m freestyle relay at 2023 World Championships. Last year she was the runner up at the NCAA yards version of this event but this year she didn’t make the final so hopefully that’s not a sign of regression. Last year, Emma O’Croinin had her best season since 2019 when she won 3 world junior medals and one world championship medal. Her 1:58.94 from Canadian trials qualified her for the world championship team where she went on to have a 1:58.10 in the relay prelims. She recently went 1:59.48 at the Canadian Open. Katerine Savard has been a long time relay contributer for Canada and she has a career best time of 1:57.13. However, she has yet to break the 1:59 barrier since the start of 2023 with her best time in that span being 1:59.44 at the 2023 Canadian trials. She’s failed to break 2 minutes in the other events she’s swam in. I think she’ll have a better shot of being on the 4x100m freestyle relay. But she usually saves her best swims for Canadian trials so you never know. Penny Oleksiak will be the hardest swimmer to predict here. Although she’s been as fast as 1:54.70, her times since she got injured have not been close to that time. However, after she went 2:03.27 in March at the Pro Swim Series, she followed that up with a 1:59.75 swim at the Canadian Open so she’s definitely trending the right direction. At her trajectory, she has a great chance of finishing in the top 6. Julia Strojnowska will also be looking to build off the 2:00.45 PB swim that she set at the Western Canadian Championships this year. There’s two other swimmers not in the top 10 list that I think are also worth mentioning. Taylor Ruck, like Oleksiak is capable of going 1:54 when at her best. But since her injury, she hasn’t swum the 200m freestyle all that often with her only notable result being a 1:59.59 split on the 4x200m freestyle relay at 2024 World Championships. However, we can’t judge her form on this race since she spent the first part of the race catching up to the lead teams before dying on the last 50m. If she does swim this race, you would imagine she’ll also be a factor. Then there’s Sienna Angove. Her best time is recorded as 2:00.50 but based on her 1:58.26 split at the 2024 World Championships, she should be capable of a much faster time than that. Predicted Qualifiers: 1. Summer McIntosh (I am predicting she won’t swim this individually) 2. Mary-Sophie Harvey (individual + relay) 3. Julie Brousseau (individual + relay) 4. Penny Oleksiak (relay) 5. Rebecca Smith (relay) 6. Ella Jansen (relay) You can never count Penny out in an Olympic year. Men's 100m Backstroke Blake Tierney heads into the men’s 100m backstroke as the top seed. He had his first 54 second outing at the 2023 Canadian Trials in 54.49 before lowering that to 54.13 at the Canadian Championships. However, he had a breakthrough meet at the 2024 World Championships where he lead off the medley relay in times of 53.98 and 53.65 with the later getting him under the OQT. At the Canadian Open, he went 55.41 which is right around his previous in season times. Javier Acevedo is a veteran on the Canadian men’s team. While many thought his 2020 Olympic selection was questionable, he’s had a big resurgence in his times since then and now is firmly in position to make another Olympic team. This event is his best chance of getting an individual swim. Last year at Canadian trials, he clocked his best time (53.83) since 2017. While he hasn’t swam under 54 seconds since then, he tends to swim his best on home soil so the OQT should be in his sights. Raben Dommann is another swimmer that’s improved since last years trials. After swimming 55.06, he clocked 54.71 at the Canadian championships and then had a 55.09 relay leadoff at the Pan American Games. Recently he went 55.16 at the Canadian Open. If there is a swimmer who’s capable of a breakout at Olympic trials, it’s Aiden Norman. The 2006 born swimmer is ranked 2nd in Canada this season with his time of 54.77 at the World Junior Championships. He recently swam 55.13 at the Provincial Championships and 55.13 at the Fran Crippen Memorial Meet. If we compare that to his times from last year at this point in time, he could be on track for a 54-low swim. A couple of other names to monitor. Hugh McNeill did set PB in this event recently at the U-Sports Championships at 55.34. This could be a good sign for his 200m backstroke where he has the best chance to qualify for the Olympics. Cole Pratt was on track to become a world class backstroker back in 2021 before a shoulder injury in the ISL set him back. It showed last year when he only went 58.01 at Canadian trials and 59.21 at the Mare Nostrum. However, this year he’s already been as fast as 55.54 at the Canadian Open. Could be a sign of good things to come. Predicted Qualifiers: 1. Blake Tierney 2. Javier Acevedo Women's 100m Breaststroke This has all the potential to be the best race of the meet. It was just a year ago that Canadian swim fans were desperate for a breaststroker and since then, 5 women have gone under 1:08. We had a sneak preview at the Canadian Open with Shona Branton beating out Kelsey Wog, Alexanne Lepage, and Sophie Angus. I’m not sure if anyone expected Alexanne Lepage to come into Olympic trials as the top seed. She was only 1:09.66 at trials last year and 1:09.07 at the Canadian Championships. Then she came out of nowhere to win gold at the World Junior Championships in 1:06.58 knocking more than 2 seconds off her previous PB. She also went 1:07.60 in the semifinal as well. This year, she has been as fast as 1:07.72. Another swimmer that’s made significant improvements is Shona Branton. After being only 1:08.77 at Canadian trials last year, she broke the 1:08 barrier for the first time at the Summer Ontario Championships going 1:07.95. Her breakout meet happened at the Euro Meet this year in January first going 1:07.10 in the heats and then 1:06.59 in the final to finish 0.01 below Lepage’s PB. She also had an impressive showing at the U-SPORTS championships where she beat Lepage in the individual event before splitting 1:06.24 on the medley relay. She recently went 1:07.40 at the Canadian Open to beat a very talented field of swimmers. Sophie Angus has won each of the last two Canadian titles in this event. She won in times of 1:07.60 and 1:07.47. After lowering her PB to 1:07.34 at the World Aquatics Championships, she had established a monster PB of 1:06.66 at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. However, her most impressive swims have arguably come in the medley relays. Since the beginning of 2023, she has always been in the 1:06 range with her best times being 1:06.21 and 1:06.24 from the 2023 and 2024 World Championships. Although her entry time is a ways behind, it would be unwise to count Kelsey Wog out of the picture. She still has the fastest PB in the field at 1:06.44 and recently set a short course PB at 1:04.22. She’s recently been 1:07.35 at the Western Canadian Championships and 1:07.52 at the Canadian Open to just finish behind Branton. Despite being 26 years old, Sydney Pickrem might be swimming the best she ever has now. Although her entry time is only 1:07.84, she recorded the fastest breakstroke split in her career at the 2024 World Championships in 1:06.14 showing she can swim in the 1:06 range. Predicted Qualifiers: 1. Shona Branton 2. Sophie Angus Branton has been swimming the best of any sprint breaststroker this season and Angus has shown she can get it done in the high pressure events.

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