On the primary evening of the 2025 Canadian Swimming Trials, 17-year-old Oliver Dawson defended his 200m breaststroke title, breaking his personal Canadian age group document (15-17) with a time of two:11.25.
The Grande Prairie Piranhas swimmer improved on his earlier greatest of two:12.42 from final yr’s Trials win, posting a time beneath Swimming Canada’s secondary customary for Worlds group consideration, however nonetheless wanting the ‘Aqua A’ lower. This locations him in precedence three of the nationwide governing physique’s choice standards, which means a probable Worlds berth however not confirmed till the top of the meet.
An Indiana College commit, Dawson mentioned of reaching the document, “I’m actually blissful, that was the purpose all season.”
Dawson went out considerably quicker via the primary 150 meters, in comparison with the outdated document. His opening 50 was 30.11 versus 30.15, however his second and third 50s have been the largest issue, 33.43 and 33.59 in comparison with 34.42 and 34.26, placing him comfortably forward of his tempo (1:37.13 versus 1:38.83). His remaining 50 was a bit slower (34.26 versus 33.56), however his quicker center splits helped him demolish the document by 1.17 seconds.
Splits Comparability:
New Report
Previous Report
50m
30.11
30.15
100m
33.43 (1:03.54)
34.42 (1:04.57)
150m
33.56 (1:37.10)
34.26 (1:38.83)
200m
34.15 (2:11.25)
33.59 (2:12.42)
Along with the document, Dawson now sits twelfth on the all-time 17 & beneath world rankings on this occasion:
Shin Ohashi (JPN) – 2:08.89, 2025
Josh Matheny (USA) – 2:08.40, 2019
Alexander Zhigalov (RUS) – 2:10.36, 2019
Ippei Miyamoto (JPN) – 2:10.51, 2016
Gergely Gyurta (HUN) – 2:10.71, 2007
Daniel Gyurta (HUN) – 2:10.75, 2004
Reece Whitley (USA) – 2:10.82, 2017
Yuta Arai (JPN) – 2:10.84, 2019
Josh Bey (USA) – 2:11.02, 2024
Christian Vom Lehn (GER) – 2:11.07, 2009
Taku Taniguchi (JPN) – 2:11.13, 2019
Oliver Dawson (CAN) – 2:11.25, 2025*
With the 50 and 100 breaststrokes nonetheless forward, Dawson gave a quick remark about how he plans to arrange for the 100 on Monday, saying, “I’ll work on my 100 tempo after which simply go for it.”
The Canadian age group document within the 100 breast stays in his sight. Dawson doesn’t but personal that mark however actually appears able to difficult it this week. The present document belongs to Gabe Mastromatteo, who clocked 1:00.69 on the 2019 World Junior Championships, the place he touched 4th.
Final summer time on the Junior Pan Pacific Championships, Dawson earned bronze within the 100 breast and positioned 4th within the 200 breast with a 2:14.20, slower than his Trials greatest. He additionally helped Canada win silver within the 4×100 medley relay, splitting 1:00.77, half a second quicker than his particular person better of 1:01.27.
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