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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Canadian Trials... Day 2 Primer

OK... I swung and missed a few times yesterday with my predictions, but for the most part I was not too bad.  The primary purpose is of course for fun, here's a look at Day 2 action...

EVENT 11:  MEN'S 200FLY
Stefan Hirniak (IS) is the man in this event, he's been chased regularly by a pair of young men from Oakville, Zack Chetrat (TSC) and Mack Darragh (OAK) but it will take a breakthrough swim from one of those two boys to get towards the FINA A standard of 1:56.86.  Hirniak will have to swim much better then he did yesterday to get to the FINA A but this is what he's been training for the last 4 years, so he has to be considered the heavy favourite here.
Prediction:  Hirniak (IS)

EVENT 12:  WOMEN'S 100BK
Sinead Russell all day long!  Russell emerged last summer as a legit elite backstroke talent on the world stage and today she punches her ticket to London.  Island Swimming swam very well yesterday so that makes the girl with the golden smile, Julia Wilkinson, a threat to be the second Canadian woman under 60 but also look for a young lady for North Bay to also be a threat, Dominique Bouchard who has swam very well since heading to the University of Missouri and medaled at NCAAs a couple weeks ago.
Prediction:  Russell (Blue Waves) and Dominique Bouchard steps up and steals the second spot on the team.

EVENT 13:  MEN'S 100BK
A deep field that is looking for someone or two someones to breakthrough and launch themselves onto the world scene 20 years after the 100BK brilliance of Mark Tewksbury.  Unfortunately for Canada, Tewksbury's golden time from 20 years ago 53.98 would enter him faster then anyone else at the 2012 Canadian Trials...  Names to look for are Charles Francis, Matt Hawes, Jake Tapp, Matt Swanston, and Pascal Wollach.
Prediction:  Charles Francis & Matt Hawes go 1-2 under the FINA A of 54.40

EVENT 14:  WOMEN'S 400IM
After watching her teammates yesterday, this is Alexa Komarnycky's time to shine and get herself on that team to London.  Lots of other ladies will chase her but Komarnycky is the class of the field and I think she will be the only Canadian under the FINA A cut and on her way to London.
Prediction:  Alexa Komarnycky

Good luck to all!

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