Olympic & Paralympic Trials - DAY 5 Recap
May 19, 2024
Reid Maxwell continues to win medals on Day 5!
Reid Maxwell earned his 4th medal with a Silver in the 200 IM and Christey Liang had another strong race as one of Canada's top 100 Freestyle women. More than two thirds of Keyano's swimmers have earned at least one Top 20 finish in either the Senior or Junior rankings, making this a hugely successful Trials with 2 more days to go!
Keyano after Day 5:
Medals** | 5 |
Top 10* | 6 |
Top 20* | 18 |
* Para, Senior and / or Junior events
** Totals are for the pool-event Trials only; Emma Finlin already won the 10km Open Water spot for the 2024 Olympic Games in February! :)
On to the day's Keyano recap:
Women's 100 Free
Christey Liang qualified for the Senior B Final and nearly won it in a time of 56.11 for 13th place overall.
Men's 200 IM Para
Reid Maxwell is rewriting the S8 record books for Canada after adding his 4th Para Record of the week in the 200 IM. His time of 2:31.03 earned a Silver medal ,
... Day 6 Sneak Peak
Emma Finlin returns to race as the top ranking woman in the 800 Freestyle and Reid Maxwell is ranked top 3 going into the 100 Backstroke - catch them on CBC Gem!
Go Bears!!