Oleksiak missed the Olympic 'A' cut by 0.05 seconds at Canadian Trials and plans to compete at another meet before the qualifying period ends on June 23rd.
MacNeil is hoping Swimming Canada will make the same exception it made for Brent Arckey, Summer McIntosh's American coach, at last year's World Championships.
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It will be the third Olympics for 25-year-old world champion Hugo Gonzalez, who qualified in the 100 back (52.70), 200 back (1:55.30), and 200 IM (1:56.58).