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This is the last international classification event Swimming Canada is attending before the 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Trials, set for May 13-19.

A team of 14 athletes has been nominated to represent Canada in Para swimming at the Santiago 2023 Parapan Am Games, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Swimming Canada announced Thursday.

The Santiago 2023 Parapan Am Games will take place November 17-26, 2023 in Santiago, Chile. Canada is expecting to send a team of approximately 140 athletes.

Several swimmers posted provincial records on night 6 of the 2023 Canadian Swimming Age Group Championships, including Olympian Rachel Nicol.

Tess Routliffe and Shelby Newkirk won two races each while Jacob Brayshaw broke more records on Saturday at the Ken Demchuk International Invitational.

“It was a crazy morning,” said the 20-year-old from Vernon, B.C., who swims for the KISU Swim Club. “I don’t know what I ate for breakfast.”

Edmonton Keyano's Emma Finlin won her fifth gold medal of the competition in the 3km open water event to claim the girls' 15-17 high point award.

Kamryn Cannings won the girls' 200 free in the 15-17 age group on Wednesday, her second individual win of the meet so far.