{"id":800311,"date":"2026-07-14T01:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800311\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T01:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:42:15","slug":"kamloops-swimmer-angove-to-represent-canada-at-pan-pacific-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800311\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamloops swimmer Angove to represent Canada at Pan Pacific Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angove also set a personal best (4:12.92) in the 400m freestyle, good for a fourth-place finish. Jansen finished atop the podium, with a time of 4:08.05.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783590790_152_indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In her only other final, Angove placed ninth in the 100m freestyle, recording a time of 55.66 seconds. Taylor Ruck (53.06) finished first.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angove, who did not reach the final in the 200m individual medley, said she is not entirely satisfied with her results.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really had my eyes on a 1:57 [in the 200m freestyle],\u201d she said. \u201cI went 1:58.1. That was kind of my big goal for the meet. I also was kind of far off my best in the 100-free. I wanted a little more there, but it\u2019s okay.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angove is among 20 women and 22 men who cracked the Canadian roster for the Pan Pacific Championships.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pan Pacific Championships will provide an important opportunity for our swimmers to test themselves against some of the best in the world as we continue building toward LA 2028,\u201d John Atkinson, high performance director and national coach for Swimming Canada, said in a news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angove said she expects to swim in the 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle and 400m freestyle events at the Pan Pacific Championships.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, if I can, I\u2019d like to swim the 50 or the 800,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is an off-year. There is no long-course worlds. There is the Commonwealth Games. We\u2019re only sending a team of six men and six women to that. We\u2019re sending a bigger team to PanPacs. It\u2019s kind of Canada\u2019s focus this year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angove, a two-time participant at the <a href=\"https:\/\/cfjctoday.com\/2025\/07\/31\/angove-of-kamloops-team-canada-finish-sixth-in-womens-4x200m-freestyle-relay-at-swimming-world-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">World Aquatics Championships<\/a>, was hampered by shoulder problems during her sophomore season with the Ohio State Buckeyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She won silver in the 500-yard freestyle and bronze in the 800- and 400-yard freestyle relays at the <a href=\"https:\/\/ohiostatebuckeyes.com\/news\/2026\/2\/21\/womens-swim-dive-buckeyes-place-third-at-2026-big-ten-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Big Ten\u00a0Championships<\/a> in Minneapolis, Minn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo complaints,\u201d said Angove, whose Buckeyes placed third at the conference championship. \u201cIt definitely wasn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/cfjctoday.com\/2025\/06\/25\/angove-of-kamloops-overcomes-olympics-disappointment-with-gutsy-swim-to-qualify-for-worlds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">my freshman year<\/a>. I was dealing with an injury in the fall, so I was out of the water for quite a bit. It was kind of just a different season. A lot of adapting to new things and my focus this year was just getting back to where I was for long course season.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angove earned second team All-Big Ten Honours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI definitely had a lot of fun with the team,\u201d she said. \u201cThere was definitely a lot of adversity because last year I won the 400 IM and medalled in the 200 IM. My IMs were not hitting, but my freestyle was on. It was my first time swimming the 500 free and I was kind of just in there for fun and it turned out really well.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angove claimed <a href=\"https:\/\/ohiostatebuckeyes.com\/news\/2026\/3\/21\/womens-swim-dive-buckeyes-place-12th-at-2026-ncaa-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Honorable Mention All-American statu<\/a>s in the 400- and 800-yard freestyle relays at the NCAA Championships in March in Atlanta.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis summer I\u2019ve had a lot of good training, so I\u2019m hoping to continue [building] on that in the fall and then kind of see that pay off later next year,\u201d Angove said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angove also set a personal best (4:12.92) in the 400m freestyle, good for a fourth-place finish. 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