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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