GLASGOW -- Hilary Caldwell won bronze for Canada in the women's 200-metre backstroke on Sunday at the Commonwealth Games.

The Victoria swimmer had the lead after 100 metres, but finished third, falling behind Australia's Belinda Hocking, who set a Games record with a time of two minutes 7.24 seconds.

Fellow Aussie Emily Seebohm just beat Caldwell out for second in 2:08.51, just 0.04 seconds of the Canadian.

"It wasn't quite where I wanted to be, obviously, a little bit off my best," said Caldwell, who had the fastest time in qualifying. "It's always nice to be on the podium, so I'll take that for now.

"I knew it was going to be pretty quick. Those Aussie girls are always fast. It's never great to be out-touched (at the wall) for any medal. I was just off the silver and a little bit off the gold today."

Genevieve Cantin of Lac Beauport, Que., was seventh, while Sinead Russell of Burlington, Ont., was eighth.

Caldwell's bronze is Canada's fifth medal in the pool at the Glasgow Games.

Meanwhile, Calgary's Yuri Kisil grabbed a surprising fourth-place finish in the men's 100-metre freestyle behind a trio of Aussies.

Kisil qualified for the final with the seventh fastest time, but touched the wall with a personal best time of 49.27

Elsewhere, Mohammed Ahmed raced to fifth in the men's 5,000 metres on the first day of track and field. The 23-year-old from St. Catharines, Ont., ran 13 minutes 18.88 seconds -- a personal best and the third fastest all-time by a Canadian.

"Fifth, you know, I was really close but I gave everything I had, I just made tactical errors," Ahmed said. "I am a bit disappointed, I really wanted to go out there and be right there with those guys.

"But I am a bit closer than I was last year and I have another race coming up on Friday (10,000 metres) and another Canadian there with me (Cam Levins) which will make it a little bit easier. So I am just going to go out there and have fun."

Kenya's Caleb Ndiku won in 13:12.07.

Also, Sultana Frizell of Perth, Ont., threw a Commonwealth Games record in qualifying for Monday night's women's hammer throw final.

The 29-year-old, who is the defending Commonwealth Games champion, threw 68.92, almost a full metre better than the rest of the field.

Canada's women's field hockey team defeated Trinidad & Tobago 4-1 for its first victory of the Games.

Holly Stewart and Karli Johansen of North Vancouver, B.C., Brienne Stairs of Kitchener, Ont., and captain Kate Gillis of Kingston, Ont., scored for the Canadians (1-2).