enviornment Swim of the Week: Anton Semenyuk Lowers Personal 200 Fly Canadian NAG Record For Trials Title

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After an unimaginable run of type all through the primary half of 2026, Anton Semenyuk carried his early-season momentum completely into the Canadian Swimming Trials that wrapped up on Thursday.

The 17-year-old Natation Gatineau product completed the 2025 lengthy course season with a private finest time of 1:59.48 within the 200 fly, set en path to a Fifth-place end on the World Junior Championships, after which over the early levels of the 2026 lengthy course marketing campaign, he had gone quicker an unimaginable 5 occasions.

That included set a brand new Canadian National Age Group Record for 15-17 boys in March on the Pro Swim Series cease in Westmont, clocking 1:58.40 to interrupt Kevin Zhang‘s earlier mark of 1:58.97 set in 2023.

Then, on the Canadian Trials this previous week in Montreal, Semenyuk opened the competitors with a bang, successful the ultimate of the boys’s 200 fly in a time of 1:57.84 to re-lower his NAG document and grow to be the primary 17 and underneath Canadian underneath the 1:58 barrier. He’ll notably flip 18 on July 15, which means this was his final likelihood to reset the NAG document.

Semenyuk additionally went 1:58.92 within the prelims, which means he’s produced the quickest seven swims of his profession within the 200 fly this yr.

Compared to his document swim in March, Semenyuk gained most of his benefit in Montreal over the center 100, splitting 59.67 in comparison with a 1:00.63 center half in Westmont.

Split Comparison

Semenyuk has solely come dwelling underneath 31 within the 200 fly as soon as, splitting 30.97 on the final 50 through the prelims on the Edinburgh International meet in March, and shoring up that final size would be the subsequent step for him as he prepares to interrupt onto the senior worldwide stage this summer season.

Previously ranked twelfth, Semenyuk strikes into #8 all-time in Canada within the 200 fly.

All-Time Canadian Performers, Men’s 200 Butterfly (LCM)

1. Ilya Kharun, 1:52.80 – 2024
2. Mack Darragh, 1:56.27 – 2018
3. Benjamin Loewen, 1:56.71 – 2025
4. Zack Chetrat, 1:56.90 – 2015
5. Stefan Hirniak, 1:57.01 – 2010
6. Patrick Hussey, 1:57.19 – 2025
7. Adam Sioui, 1:57.45 – 2008
8. Anton Semenyuk, 1:57.84 – 2026
9. Alec Page, 1:58.01 – 2015
10. Raben Dommann, 1:58.02 – 2024

After his victory within the 200 fly on the opening evening, Semenyuk went on to set new private finest occasions en path to a 2nd-place finishes within the junior remaining of the 100 free (50.38) and 200 IM (2:02.52), and a Third-place end within the junior remaining of the 100 fly (54.09).

On Thursday evening, he was formally named to Canada’s Pan Pac roster, setting him up for his first senior worldwide competitors after a profitable exhibiting final summer season at World Juniors.

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