Mark Darragh Claims Two Top Seeds at Day 4 Prelims of Canada Trials
The 2017 Canadian Swimming Trials continued with Mark Darragh picking up the top seed in two events at the fourth and final day’s prelim session.
Katerine Savard qualified first in the women’s 200 fly with a 2:14.06 showing. Mabel Zavaros and Jacomi Strydom turned in close finishes of 2:15.00 and 2:15.50 for the second and third place seeds.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Savard, Katerin 93 CAMO 2:10.82 2:14.06 q750 29.78 1:03.57 (33.79) 1:38.46 (34.89) 2:14.06 (35.60) 2 Zavaros, Mabel 00 OAK 2:13.39 2:15.00 q734 29.02 1:03.28 (34.26) 1:38.95 (35.67) 2:15.00 (36.05) 3 Strydom, Jacomi 96 OSC 2:13.44 2:15.50 q726 29.86 1:04.02 (34.16) 1:39.55 (35.53) 2:15.50 (35.95) 4 MacNeil, Maggie 00 LAC 2:14.56 2:15.60 q724 30.07 1:04.09 (34.02) 1:39.11 (35.02) 2:15.60 (36.49) 5 Kwan, Victoria 00 MAC 2:14.19 2:16.17 q715 30.89 1:04.85 (33.96) 1:41.03 (36.18) 2:16.17 (35.14) 6 Gibson, Jessie 98 SPART 2:17.81 2:17.34 q697 30.45 1:05.17 (34.72) 1:40.72 (35.55) 2:17.34 (36.62) 7 D'Aoust, Daniel 97 UCSC 2:16.42 2:17.89 q689 30.61 1:05.66 (35.05) 1:41.61 (35.95) 2:17.89 (36.28) 8 Marois, Sophie 95 NEPTUNE NATATIO 2:14.47 2:18.24 q684 30.29 1:04.65 (34.36) 1:41.14 (36.49) 2:18.24 (37.10)
Mark Darragh topped the prelims field in the men’s 200 fly, stopping the clock at a 2:00.03. Close on his heels was Osvald Nitski and his time of 2:00.32. Nicola Dekker picked up the third place seed with a 2:00.54.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Darragh, Mack 93 OAK 1:58.22 2:00.03 q801 27.00 57.35 (30.35) 1:28.73 (31.38) 2:00.03 (31.30) 2 Nitski, Osvald 97 OAK/UT 2:01.91 2:00.32 q796 27.15 58.09 (30.94) 1:29.29 (31.20) 2:00.32 (31.03) 3 Dekker, Nicolaa 95 RAPID 1:58.87 2:00.54 q791 26.29 56.37 (30.08) 1:27.99 (31.62) 2:00.54 (32.55) 4 Champagne, Mont 96 GO 2:02.08 2:01.63 q770 27.48 58.32 (30.84) 1:29.92 (31.60) 2:01.63 (31.71) 5 Wilkins, Connor 96 OAK 2:02.47 2:02.29 q758 27.90 58.21 (30.31) 1:29.74 (31.53) 2:02.29 (32.55) 6 Tyler, Lucas 99 UVIC-PCS 2:03.79 2:02.68 q750 27.06 58.09 (31.03) 1:29.77 (31.68) 2:02.68 (32.91) 7 Paquin-Foisy, E 97 ELITE 2:03.95 2:03.37 q738 27.43 58.67 (31.24) 1:30.51 (31.84) 2:03.37 (32.86) 7 Mac, Matthew 98 OAK/UT 2:06.18 2:03.37 q738 27.76 59.34 (31.58) 1:30.83 (31.49) 2:03.37 (32.54)
Darragh claimed a second top seed with a 2:02.12 in the men’s 200 IM. Rob Hill turned in the second fastest time of the morning with a 2:04.52, while Javier Acevedo was third with a 2:05.27.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Darragh, Mack 93 OAK 2:01.69 2:02.12 q813 26.69 57.48 (30.79) 1:32.05 (34.57) 2:02.12 (30.07) 2 Hill, Rob 96 CHENA/UofC 2:03.29 2:04.52 q767 27.08 57.97 (30.89) 1:33.76 (35.79) 2:04.52 (30.76) 3 Acevedo, Javier 98 AAC 2:04.26 2:05.27 q753 27.11 58.02 (30.91) 1:34.32 (36.30) 2:05.27 (30.95) 4 Therrien, Araya 96 UBCDS 2:06.51 2:05.49 q749 26.84 58.23 (31.39) 1:35.75 (37.52) 2:05.49 (29.74) 5 Zakala, Josh 98 ISC 2:04.69 2:05.66 q746 27.45 59.88 (32.43) 1:36.59 (36.71) 2:05.66 (29.07) 6 Tremblay, Jerem 96 SAMAK 2:05.16 2:05.73 q745 27.22 59.35 (32.13) 1:35.59 (36.24) 2:05.73 (30.14) 6 Reilly, Luke 95 UBCDS/HPCVAN 2:00.71 2:05.73 q745 27.02 59.04 (32.02) 1:36.91 (37.87) 2:05.73 (28.82) 8 Telford, Ryan 98 AAC 2:07.38 2:06.14 q738 27.57 1:00.36 (32.79) 1:35.30 (34.94) 2:06.14 (30.84)
Michelle Toro sprinted her way to a FINA ‘A’ cut with a top qualifying time of 24.95 in the women’s 50 free. Chantal van Landeghem, meanwhile, landed close to the FINA ‘A’ cut of 25.18 in prelims with a 25.32, good for the second place seed in tonight’s finals. Sandrine Mainville rounded out the top three qualifiers with a 25.49.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Toro, Michelle 91 NYAC/HPCO 24.82 24.95f q860 2 Vanlandeghem, C 94 TSC/HPCO 24.57 25.32 q823 3 Mainville, Sand 92 CAMO/HPCO 25.04 25.49 q806 4 Sanchez, Kayla 01 AAC/HPCO 25.81 25.66 q790 5 Fournier, Sarah 96 CNQ 25.44 25.69 q788 6 Keire, Jacqueli 94 OAK 26.04 25.87 q771 7 Smith, Rebecca 00 SCAR/HPCO 25.46 25.89 q770 8 Ruck, Taylor M 00 UNCAN 25.66 25.94 q765
On the men’s side, Alex Loginov flirted with the 50 free FINA ‘A’ cut finishing a shy .08 seconds shy with a 22.55. Kyle Robrock turned in a 22.87 to qualify second overall, followed by Yuri Kisil’s 22.99.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Loginov, Alex 92 TSC 22.56 22.55 q797 2 *Robrock, Kyle 93 DU-CO 22.82 22.87 q764 3 Kisil, Yuri 95 UBCDS/HPCVAN 22.23 22.99 q752 4 *Farber, Sid A 98 DU-CO 23.05 23.13 q738 4 Daly, Owen 95 CAMO 23.12 23.13 q738 6 Thormeyer, Mark 97 UBCDS/HPCVAN 23.13 23.24 q728 7 Kidd, Cameron 96 WRMS/UT 23.86 23.27 q725 8 Bernard-Lalonde 96 CAMO 23.21 23.31 q721
Sydney Pickrem and Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson delivered FINA ‘A’ cut swims in the women’s 200 IM to return as the top two qualifiers. Pickrem delivered a 2:12.17, while Seltenreich-Hodgson posted a 2:12.80 to both sneak under the cut time of 2:13.41. Sarah Darcel picked up the third place seed, just missing out on the cut time with a 2:13.51.
=== Preliminaries === 1 Pickrem, Sydney 97 ISC/TA&M 2:13.42 2:12.17f q868 29.11 1:02.52 (33.41) 1:40.50 (37.98) 2:12.17 (31.67) 2 Seltenreich-Hod 95 GO/HPCVAN 2:12.25 2:12.80f q856 29.27 1:02.96 (33.69) 1:41.17 (38.21) 2:12.80 (31.63) 3 Darcel, Sarah 99 ISC 2:13.40 2:13.51 q842 27.95 1:00.85 (32.90) 1:40.72 (39.87) 2:13.51 (32.79) 4 Masse, Kylie 96 WEST/UT 2:13.22 2:14.01 q833 28.17 1:01.70 (33.53) 1:42.64 (40.94) 2:14.01 (31.37) 5 Sanchez, Kayla 01 AAC/HPCO 2:14.78 2:14.75 q819 30.14 1:04.61 (34.47) 1:44.36 (39.75) 2:14.75 (30.39) 6 Andison, Bailey 97 PERTH 2:15.92 2:14.84 q818 29.89 1:03.29 (33.40) 1:43.20 (39.91) 2:14.84 (31.64) 7 Zevnik, Alexia 94 POINTE-CLAIRE SW 2:16.14 2:17.06 q779 30.00 1:03.79 (33.79) 1:46.30 (42.51) 2:17.06 (30.76) 8 Cantin, Geneviè 91 UL 2:19.28 2:17.28 q775 29.02 1:03.08 (34.06) 1:44.79 (41.71) 2:17.28 (32.49)
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