By Ben Dornan on SwimSwam
2023 CANADIAN SWIMMING TRIALS
- March 28 – April 2, 2023
- Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre – Toronto, Ontario
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- Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
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Josh Liendo didn’t waste any time during his first event at Canadian Trials, soaring to a new Canadian record in the 100 butterfly during prelims. Liendo swam a 50.78 to shave 0.10 seconds off his 2022 national record of 50.88, which he swam at World Championships Trials.
| Liendo – 2023 | Liendo 2022 | |
| 50 | 23.94 | 23.63 |
| 100 | 50.78 (26.84) | 50.88 (27.25) |
After winning the event at Trials in 2022, Liendo went on to win a bronze medal in the 100 butterfly at World Championships with a 50.97, slightly trailing his national record. He joined Kristof Milak (50.14) and Naoki Mizunuma (50.94) on the podium.
This swim is a huge season best for Liendo who has only raced the long course 100 butterfly at one meet this season prior to this one. In December 2022, Liendo swam at the US Open and hit a 52.80 in prelims before swimming a 52.48 in the final for second place. Liendo just finished his freshman season at the University of Florida where he picked up a silver medal in the 100 butterfly, silver in the 50 freestyle, and a gold in the 100 freestyle at the 2023 NCAA Championships.
A 50.78 makes Liendo the fastest man in the world this season, surpassing Shaine Casas‘ 50.80 from the 2023 Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim Series.
2022-2023 LCM Men 100 Fly
Liendo
50.78
| 2 | Shaine Casas |
USA | 50.80 | 03/04 |
| 3 | Simon Bucher |
AUT | 51.20 | 03/12 |
| 4 | Wang Changhao |
CHN | 51.45 | 03/22 |
| 5 | Noe Ponti |
SUI | 51.52 | 03/18 |
Liendo is the Canadian record holder in the 100 butterfly as well as the 50 freestyle, in which he holds a 21.61 from the 2022 World Championships. Liendo has raced consistently for Canada over the past couple of years, having raced at the 2019 World Junior Championships, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the 2022 World Championships, the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and the 2022 Short Course World Championships.
Liendo will lead the field into the final tonight and will likely book a spot on the World Championships team considering that he’s already well under the 51.96 FINA A cut. He will be joined by Ilya Kharun (52.66), Finlay Knox (53.06), Filip Senc-Samardzic (53.47), and Keir Ogilvie (54.06) as they vie for the silver medal and a FINA A cut.
SwimSwam: Josh Liendo Takes Out 100 Butterfly Canadian Record With 50.78 Prelims Swim
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