Canada Selects 31 for London Olympic Squad
CANADA--The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) yesterday announced that 31 swimmers have been nominated for Canada's 2012 Olympic team. Olympic team members are:
FEMALES (18): Hilary Caldwell, Samantha Cheverton, Stephanie Horner, Barbara Jardin, Savanah King, Alexa Komarnycky, Audrey Lacroix, Brittany MacLean, Heather MacLean, Martha McCabe, Erica Morningstar, Victoria Poon, Amanda Reason, Sinead Russell, Katerine Savard, Jillian Tyler,
Tera Van Beilen and Julia Wilkinson.
MALES (13): Joe Bartoch, Ryan Cochrane, Scott Dickens, Andrew Ford, Charles Francis, Thomas Gossland, Brent Hayden, Richard Hortness, Tobias Oriwol, Alec Page, Colin Russell, David Sharpe and Blake Worsley.
Team announcement can be found on the COC website here:
http://www.olympic.ca/en/news/swim-team-nominees-announced/
Team selection was based off the 2012 Canada Olympic & Paralympic Trials, held last week (March 27-April 1) in Montreal, Quebec. Results from the meet can be found online here:
http://www.omegatiming.com/index_home.htm#swimming/racearchives/2012/Montreal/index_by_events.htm
At the meet, 2 Canadian Records were bettered:
FEMALES (18): Hilary Caldwell, Samantha Cheverton, Stephanie Horner, Barbara Jardin, Savanah King, Alexa Komarnycky, Audrey Lacroix, Brittany MacLean, Heather MacLean, Martha McCabe, Erica Morningstar, Victoria Poon, Amanda Reason, Sinead Russell, Katerine Savard, Jillian Tyler,
Tera Van Beilen and Julia Wilkinson.
MALES (13): Joe Bartoch, Ryan Cochrane, Scott Dickens, Andrew Ford, Charles Francis, Thomas Gossland, Brent Hayden, Richard Hortness, Tobias Oriwol, Alec Page, Colin Russell, David Sharpe and Blake Worsley.
Team announcement can be found on the COC website here:
http://www.olympic.ca/en/news/swim-team-nominees-announced/
Team selection was based off the 2012 Canada Olympic & Paralympic Trials, held last week (March 27-April 1) in Montreal, Quebec. Results from the meet can be found online here:
http://www.omegatiming.com/index_home.htm#swimming/racearchives/2012/Montreal/index_by_events.htm
At the meet, 2 Canadian Records were bettered:
Women's 400 free: 4:06.08, Brittany MacLean
(old= 4:07.32, Brittany Reimer, 2005 Worlds)
(old= 4:07.32, Brittany Reimer, 2005 Worlds)
Women's 200 back: 2:08.04, Sinead Russell
(old= 2:08.80, Russell, 2011 Worlds)
(old= 2:08.80, Russell, 2011 Worlds)
