Sandrine Mainville’s move has been worth it
Sandrine Manville moved away from her Montreal home in order to increase her training in preparation for the Pan Am Games in Toronto and FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. She knows this was the…
2015 Team Canada Trials
Mainville falls short of goals at national swim trials
Ariane Mainville came up short of her expectations at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Toronto. The 20-year-old swimmer made the ‘A’ finals in the 50 and 100 metre freestyle events, but wasn’t able to post…
Funk determined to take next step in swimming career
Richard Funk swam away with two gold medals, a new meet and personal best time, and qualified for the Pan Am Games at the national trials last week in Toronto. He still wasn’t completely satisfied…
Swimmer White thrives on competitive school environment
Evan White is doing all the right things, coming from a small town and now making noise on both the NCAA and national swimming scenes. The 19-year-old, who hails from Oakville, Ont., is finishing up…
Van Landeghem beats Williams by a fingernail
Chantal van Landeghem won the women’s 50 metre freestyle on the final day of competition at the 2015 Team Canada Trials on Saturday night in Toronto. The Winnipeg native already qualified for both the Pan…
Page earns first victory at Canadian swimming trials
A photo finish was worth a gold at the Canadian Swimming Trails.
Pickrem powers home to take gold in 200 IM at trials
Sydney Pickrem won her second gold medal at the 2015 Canadian Swim Trials on Saturday night in stunning fashion.
It was in the final length of the 200m individual medley when Pickrem exploded off the turn, moving past the leader Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson.
UPDATED: Veteran Lacroix wins 100m fly, makes worlds team
Audrey Lacroix won the 200m butterfly in convincing fashion on Saturday, but fell short of a greater goal.
The winning time of 2:09.22 was just five one-hundredths short of the FINA World Championships qualifying time of 2:09.17.
“It’s great,” Lacroix said, after her win at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. “But it’s not what I expected.”
Baumann wins 800-metre freestyle at Canadian trials
Tabitha Baumann picked up her first gold medal of the week by winning the women’s 800 metre freestyle race, Saturday night at the national swim trials. The 19-year-old, who has swimming in her blood as…
Richard Funk wins gold, sets meet record in men’s 50m breaststroke
Richard Funk won his second gold and third medal of the Canadian Swimming Trials in the men’s 50 metre breaststroke at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Friday. Funk won a silver medal in Wednesday’s…