Canada at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

Canada will compete at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011. Margie Schuett will be the chef de mission.[1]

Contents

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Heymans, EmilieEmilie Heymans
Jennifer Abel		 Diving Women's 3m Synchro Springboard 16 July
 Silver Cochrane, RyanRyan Cochrane Swimming Men's 800m Freestyle 27 July
 Silver Hayden, BrentBrent Hayden Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle 28 July
 Silver Cochrane, RyanRyan Cochrane Swimming Men's 1500m Freestyle 31 July
 Bronze Bélanger, GenevièveGeneviève Bélanger
Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon
Stéphanie Durocher
Jo-Annie Fortin
Chloé Isaac
Stephanie Leclair
Tracy Little
Elise Marcotte
Karine Thomas
Valérie Welsh
Gabrielle Cardinal (reserve)
Erin Willson (reserve)		 Synchronised Swimming Free Routine Combination 21 July
 Bronze Abel, JenniferJennifer Abel Diving Women's 3m Springboard 23 July
 Bronze McCabe, MarthaMartha McCabe Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke 29 July

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

The Canada Cup diving grand prix held in Montreal between April 28 and May 1, 2011 will be the qualification tournament. Canada diving, the national governing body set qualification standards for athletes to qualify. For an athlete to qualify they must be in top 2 (Canadians) at the tournament and have reached the minimum score.[2] Canada has qualified 9 athletes in diving.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
François Imbeau-Dulac Men's 1m Springboard 312.95 25 Did not advance
Men's 3m Springboard 376.40 29 Did not advance
Reuben Ross Men's 1m Springboard 378.50 7 Q 401.40 6
Men's 3m Springboard 388.15 22 Did not advance
Eric Sehn Men's 10m Platform 419.10 15 Q 388.15 18 Did not advance
Riley McCormick Men's 10m Platform 434.70 11 Q 453.30 8 Q 444.50 9
Kevin Geyson
Eric Sehn		 Men's 10m Synchro Platform 386.22 9 Q 386.70 8
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Emilie Heymans Women's 3m Springboard 324.20 5 Q 357.90 4 Q 270.00 12
Jennifer Abel Women's 1 m springboard 250.95 14 Did not advance
Women's 3m Springboard 307.55 10 Q 359.35 2 Q 365.10
Meaghan Benfeito Women's 10m Platform 336.90 3 Q 327.70 7 Q 375.50 4
Roseline Filion Women's 10m Platform 324.20 6 Q 326.15 8 Q 333.00 8
Emilie Heymans
Jennifer Abel		 Women's 3m Synchro Springboard 275.10 8 Q 313.50
Meaghan Benfeito
Roseline Filion		 Women's 10m Synchro Platform 289.65 5 303.87 7
Withdrawn due to injury

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

Athletes that make up the team will be decided at the US 2011 10K Open Water National Championships & Team Trials in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, United States.[5] After the selection event six swimmers were selected to compete, four men and two women.[6][7]

Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Position
Richard Weinberger Men's 5km 56:33.7 17
Men's 10km 1:54:51.3 17
Aimeson King Men's 5km 59:09.3 31
Men's 10km 2:04:00.1 49
Xavier Desharnais Men's 25km 5:20:44.2 15
Simon Tobin Men's 25km 5:19:43.1 14
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Position
Zsofia Balazs Women's 5km 1:01:39.0 26
Women's 10km 2:10:01.7 40
Nadine Williams Women's 5km 1:02:06.8 29
Women's 10km 2:13:35.5 44
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Time Position
Zsofi Balazs
Aimeson King
Richard Weingerber		 Team 1:02:08.7 10

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

Canada's team for these championships was selected from the World Championship trials held in Victoria, British Colombia between March 30 and April 2, 2011.[8] 33 athletes will represent Canada in Shanghai along with 10 coaches.[9]

The provisional events per athlete:[10]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Brent Hayden 50 m freestyle 22.34 17 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 48.75 11 Q 48.30 4 Q 47.95
Chad Bobrosky 200 m freestyle 1:49.01 27 Did not advance
Ryan Cochrane 400 m freestyle 3:46.88 8 Q 3:45.17 5
800 m freestyle 7:45.57 3 Q 7:41.86
1500 m freestyle 14:55.86 5 Q 14:44.46
Charles Francis 50 m backstroke 25.43 16 Q 25.56 16 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 54.68 22 Did not advance
Tobias Oriwol 100 m backstroke 55.27 32 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 1:58.19 10 Q 1:59.45 14 Did not advance
Matt Hawes 200 m backstroke 1:58.84 19 Did not advance
Andrew Dickens 50 m breaststroke 28.19 23 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:01.18 18 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:14.36 27 Did not advance
Mike Brown 200 m breaststroke 2:11.51 7 Q 2:11.63 9 Did not advance
Joe Bartoch 50 m butterfly 24.29 26 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 52.90 21 Did not advance
Stefan Hirniak 200 m butterfly 1:58.72 25 Did not advance
Andrew Ford 200 m medley 2:00.92 21 Did not advance
400m medley 4:20.87 21 Did not advance
Brent Hayden
Dominique Massie-Martel
Colin Russell
Blake Worsley		 4×100 m freestyle relay 3:17.35 12 Did not advance
Chad Bobrosky
Colin Russell
Blake Worsley
Stefan Hirniak		 4×200 m freestyle relay 7:13.73 10 Did not advance
Charles Francis
Andrew Dickens
Joseph Bartoch
Brent Hayden		 4×100 m medley relay 3:35.36 6 Q 3:36.80 7
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Chantal Vanlandegham 50 m freestyle 25.05 5 Q 25.23 14 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 55.07 21 Did not advance
Victoria Poon 50 m freestyle 25.24 14 Q 25.26 15 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 54.74 13 Q 54.82 12 Did not advance
Julia Wilkinson 50 m backstroke 28.62 12 Q 28.10 5 Q 28.09 6
100 m backstroke 1:00.82 11 Q 1:00.35 13 Did not advance
200 m medley 2:13.16 10 Q 2:11.92 8 Q 2:16.18 8
Samantha Cheverton 200 m freestyle 1:58.83 18 Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:09.81 16 Did not advance
Barbara Jardin 200 m freestyle 1:58.26 12 Q 1:58.18 13 Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:08.81 13 Did not advance
Savannah King 800 m freestyle 8:41.93 18 Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 16:35.67 20 Did not advance
Sinead Russell 50 m backstroke 28.87 17 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 59.80 2 Q 59.68 5 Q 1:00.20 8
200 m backstroke 2:08.92 6 Q 2:08.80 9 Did not advance
Geneviève Cantin 200 m backstroke 2:11.09 16 Q 2:12.12 16 Did not advance
Tianna Rissling 100 m breaststroke 1:09.29 21 Did not advance
Jillian Tyler 50 m breaststroke Did not start
100 m breaststroke 1:07.67 5 Q 1:07.28 6 Q 1:07.64 7
Martha McCabe 200 m breaststroke 2:27.16 8 Q 2:24.86 6 Q 2:24.81
Annamay Pierse 200 m breaststroke 2:27.14 7 Q 2:24.73 4 Q 2:27.00 8
Katerine Savard 50 m butterfly 26.87 18 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 58.59 12 Q 58.07 9 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:09.41 17 Did not advance
Audrey Lacroix 100 m butterfly 59.02 20 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:08.88 12 Q 2:08.70 12 Did not advance
Erica Morningstar 200 m medley 2:13.71 13 Q 2:12.67 12 Did not advance
Stephanie Horner 400 m medley 4:44.85 17 Did not advance
Alexa Komarnycky 400 m medley 4:38.82 9 Did not advance
Victoria Poon
Genevieve Saumur
Chantal Vanlandegham
Julia Wilkinson
Erica Morningstar*		 4×100 m freestyle relay 3:38.80 6 Q 3:38.42 6
Samantha Cheverton
Barbara Jardin
Brittany MacLean
Julia Wilkinson		 4×200 m freestyle relay 7:52.05 2 Q 7:53.62 7
Sinead Russell
Jillian Tyler
Katerine Savard
Julia Wilkinson
Chantal Vanlandegham*		 4×100 m medley relay 4:00.72 7 Q DSQ

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

Canada will send a team of 12 synchronized swimmers.[11]

Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Solo Technical Routine 93.600 4 Q 94.500 4
Solo Free Routine 94.490 4 Q 94.910 4
Elise Marcotte
Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon		 Duet Technical Routine 93.900 4 Q 94.100 4
Duet Free Routine 94.100 4 Q 94.950 4
Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon
Jo-Annie Fortin
Chloé Isaac
Stephanie Leclair
Tracy Little
Elise Marcotte
Karine Thomas
Valérie Welsh		 Team Technical Routine 94.000 4 Q 94.400 4
Stéphanie Durocher
Jo-Annie Fortin
Chloé Isaac
Stephanie Leclair
Tracy Little
Elise Marcotte
Karine Thomas
Valérie Welsh		 Team Free Routine 95.280 4 Q 95.490 4
Geneviève Bélanger
Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon
Stéphanie Durocher
Jo-Annie Fortin
Chloé Isaac
Stephanie Leclair
Tracy Little
Elise Marcotte
Karine Thomas
Valérie Welsh		 Free Routine Combination 95.250 4 Q 96.150
Reserves

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Main article: Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Canada's men's team qualified by defeating Brazil and Argentina in a qualifier in January 2011 in Victoria, British Columbia.[12] Canada's men's team finished an all time high of eighth place at the previous championships in Rome, Italy. For these championships, Canada has been grouped with Brazil, Japan and defending bronze medalist Croatia.[13] The team was announced on July 8, 2011.[14] The team ended up finishing in tenth place.

Team
  • Dusko Dakic
  • Oliver Vikalo
  • Jared McElroy
  • Dusan Aleksic

Group C

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Croatia 3 3 0 0 43 16 +27 6
 Canada 3 2 0 1 28 25 +3 4
 Japan 3 1 0 2 25 40 –15 2
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 25 40 –15 0
July 18, 2011
17:00		 Report Japan  5 – 11  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 700
Referees:
Williams (NZL), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 0–3, 2–3
five players 1 Goals Graham 5
July 20, 2011
10:50		 Report Canada  4 – 11  Croatia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 300
Referees:
Borrell (ESP), Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 0–3, 0–2
four players 1 Goals Dobud 4
July 22, 2011
9:30		 Report Brazil  9 – 13  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Brgulian (MNE), Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–4, 3–4, 4–3
Guimaraes 3 Goals Diggle 5

Playoff Round

July 24, 2011
16:50		 Report Canada  4 – 17  United States Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 800
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Korzyna (POL)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–6, 2–4, 0–2
Diggle 2 Goals four players 3

Classification 9–12

July 26, 2011
11:20		 Report Romania  8 – 12  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 3–3, 1–3
Radu, Negrean 3 Goals Boyd 4

Ninth place game

July 28, 2011
10:50		 Report Canada  6 – 8  Australia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 300
Referees:
Brgulian (MNE), Ni (CHN)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–2, 2–3, 1–3
Graham 3 Goals Younger 2

Women

Main article: Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Canada's women's team qualified by finishing in top two teams at the 2010 World League who had not yet qualified. Canada's women's team finished with the silver medals and second position at the previous championships in Rome, Italy. For these championships, Canada has been grouped with Australia, New Zealand and Uzbekistan. Canada's final roster includes eighteen athletes.[15] The team was announced on July 8, 2011.[14] The team finished in eight place.

Team

Group B

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 43 17 +26 6
 Australia 3 2 0 1 46 16 +30 4
 New Zealand 3 1 0 2 27 29 −2 2
 Uzbekistan 3 0 0 3 14 68 −54 0
July 17, 2011
12:10		 Report Australia  7 – 10  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE)
Bock (GER)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–3, 2–3, 3–2
Webster 2 Goals five players 2
July 19, 2011
09:30		 Report Uzbekistan  6 – 22  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 450
Referees:
Menendez (CUB), Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 2–6, 1–6, 1–7, 2–3
Sarancha 2 Goals Alogbo 5
July 21, 2011
19:40		 Report New Zealand  4 – 11  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Naumov (RUS), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–4, 1–2, 0–2
four players 1 Goals Csikos 4

Quarterfinals

July 25, 2011
21:00		 Report Canada  7 – 9  China Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 850
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 3–3, 0–1
Csikos 3 Goals Sun Yating 3

Classification 5–8

July 27, 2011
12:10		 Report United States  8 – 4  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Naumov (RUS), Menendez (CUB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–0, 2–1, 2–1
Petri 2 Goals Csikos 2

Seventh place game

July 29, 2011
09:30		 Report Canada  7 – 8  Netherlands Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Koryzna (POL), Pinker (RSA)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–3, 3–4, 1–1
Csikos 3 Goals three players 2

References

  1. ^ MARGIE SCHUETT NAMED TEAM CANADA’S CHEF DE MISSION FOR THE 2011 XIV WORLD AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SHANGHAI, CHINA
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Diving Entry List by Nation
  4. ^ Injured Despatie out for diving worlds
  5. ^ Senior Teams Selection Criteria
  6. ^ Victoria swimmer Weinberger earns ticket to world championships
  7. ^ "Swimming Canada adds Open Water swimmers to World Championships Team". Swimming Canada. June 22, 2011. https://www.swimming.ca/NewsArticle.aspx?newsid=2653. Retrieved June 22, 2011. 
  8. ^ [2]
  9. ^ Sinead Russell, Erica Morningstar, UBC break Canadian records at world championship trials
  10. ^ 2011 World Championships Team
  11. ^ Totally In Synch
  12. ^ MEN’S WATER POLO TEAM QUALIFIES FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
  13. ^ MEMORANDUM – 14th FINA World Championships Shanghai 2011 Men’s Water Polo Tournament
  14. ^ a b Water Polo Canada announces its men’s and women’s teams for the 2011 FINA World Aquatic Championships
  15. ^ MEMORANDUM – 14th FINA World Championships Shanghai 2011 Women’s Water Polo Tournament