2025 CANADIAN SWIMMING TRIALS
- Saturday, June 7 – Thursday, June 12, 2025
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Victoria Saanich Commonwealth Place
- LCM (50 meters)
- World Championship Selection Criteria
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Prelims Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2
- Finals Live Recaps: Day 1
Welcome to the day 2 finals session for the 2025 Canadian Swimming Trials. Tonight’s action will feature finals of the 50 back and 100 fly, as well as timed finals of the men’s 1500 free and women’s 800 free. On the docket for para events tonight, we will also have the 400 free and 200 free.
Kylie Masse was excellent this morning in the women’s 50 back, clocking a 27.51, which led the field by over half a second. Masse has been terrific in the 50 back this year, so we’ll see if she can make a run at her own Canadian Record of 27.13.
There’s a great race set up in the men’s 100 fly between Josh Liendo and Ilya Kharun. The duo were nearly identical this morning, and they both should be moving on to Singapore in the event. The only remaining questions are who will win tonight and how fast will they go?
After breaking the World Record in the women’s 400 free last night, Summer McIntosh will be back in action tonight racing the 800 free.
WOMEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – FINALS
- World Record: 26.86 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2023)
- Canadian Record: 27.13 – Kylie Masse (2025)
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 28.22
- Canadian World Juniors Standard: 29.41
RESULTS:
- Kylie Masse – 27.34
- Ingrid Wilm – 27.58
- Madison Kryger – 28.28
- Delia Lloyd – 28.59
- Sienna Rodgers – 28.69
- Eloise Allen – 28.84
- Bridget Burton – 28.89
- Emma Ducharme – 29.78
Kylie Masse was great once again in the 50 backstroke, winning the race in 27.34 to kick off tonight’s finals session. The swim was slightly faster than her 27.51 from this morning, and came within 0.21 seconds of her own Canadian Record in the event, which she set earlier this year.
Coming in right behind Masse was Ingrid Wilm, who swam a 27.58. That was a fantastic performance for Wilm, blowing away the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 28.22. That means Canada will have two swimmers racing in the event in Singapore, and both will be extremely competitive on the world stage.
Also of note, junior swimmer Madison Kryger was phenomenal tonight, swimming a 28.28. That’s a huge swim for Kryger, and it will land her on Canada’s World Junior roster. Sienna Rodgers was another junior who put up an awesome swim, going 28.69.
MEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – FINALS
- World Record: 23.55 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2023)
- Canadian Record: 24.90 – Javier Acevedo (2023)
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 25.11
- Canadian World Juniors Standard: 26.08
RESULTS:
- Blake Tierney – 25.23
- Benjamin Winterborn – 25.32
- Parker Deshayes – 25.41
- Cole Pratt – 25.46
- Finlay Knox – 25.51
- Loic Courville Fortin – 25.69
- Andrew Herman – 25.74
- Stephen Calkins – 26.55
Blake Tierney won the men’s 50 back tonight, though none of the swimmers in the field cracked the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 25.11. Tierney posted a 25.23, getting his hand on the wall just ahead of Benjamin Winterborn (25.32).
While the seniors fell short of the cut, junior swimmer Parker Deshayes was on point, taking 3rd with a 25.41. Deshayes blew away the Canadian World Juniors standard of 26.08, which means he’ll qualify to be on Canada’s roster for the World Junior Championships.
WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – FINALS
- World Record: 54.60 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2025)
- Canadian Record: 55.59 – Maggie MacNeil (2021)
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 58.33
- Canadian World Juniors Standard: 1:00.82
RESULTS:
- Mary-Sophie Harvey – 58.37
- Ella Jansen – 58.96
- Brooklyn Douthwright – 59.40
- Matea Gigovic – 59.61
- Ashlyn Massey – 59.62
- Clare Watson – 59.74
- Kamryn Cannings – 1:00.13
- Leila Fack – 1:00.90
Like the men’s 50 back, the women’s 100 fly didn’t see any swimmers crack the World Aquatics qualifying standard. That being said, Mary-Sophie Harvey put up a very nice race, clocking a 58.37, which missed the ‘A’ standard by just 0.04 seconds. She improved upon her prelims swim of 58.40 by a small margin.
Ella Jansen dipped under 59 seconds for 2nd, clocking a 58.96.
Again like the men’s 50 back, junior swimmer Matea Gigovic got the job done, swimming a 59.61. While that time was slightly off the 59.34 she swam in prelims, Gigovic was well under the 1:00.82 Canadian World Juniors standard in the event. Clare Watson was another junior swimmer who was under the cut, swimming a 59.74.
MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – FINALS
- World Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
- Canadian Record: 49.99 – Josh Liendo (2024)
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 51.77
- Canadian World Juniors Standard: 53.73
RESULTS:
- Ilya Kharun – 50.37
- Josh Liendo – 50.46
- Patrick Hussey – 52.24
- Filip Senc-Samardzic – 52.92
- Eric Ginzburg – 53.35
- Nicholas Duncan – 53.38
- Kent Goni Avila – 53.46
- Benjamin Loewen – 54.18
The race between star swimmers Ilya Kharun and Josh Liendo in the men’s 100 fly lived up to the hype, offering the most thrilling race of the night so far. Kharun got the better of Liendo tonight, swimming a 50.37, which marks a new career best. His previous best in the event was the 50.42 he swam at the Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim Series meet about a month and a half ago.
Liendo clocked a 50.46, which stands as his season best in the event. Liendo is, of course, the Canadian Record holder in the event, having gone his career best of 49.99 last summer. With these two punching their tickets to Singapore, Canada will have one of, if not the single most formidable duo of any country in the men’s 100 fly. In fact, Kharun and Liendo currently stand as the 2nd and 3rd fastest swimmers in the world this year in the 100 fly.
2024-2025 LCM Men 100 Fly
GROUSSET
50.11
| 2 | Noe PONTI | SUI | 50.27 | 04/05 |
| 3 | Ilya KHARUN | CAN | 50.37 | 06/08 |
| 4 | Josh LIENDO | CAN | 50.46 | 06/08 |
| 5 | Shaine Casas | USA | 50.51 | 06/06 |
Patrick Hussey earned the bronze medal tonight with a 52.24, bettering his performance from prelims by a little over a tenth of a second.
MEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE – TIMED FINALS
- World Record: 14:30.67 – Bobby Finke, USA (2024)
- Canadian Record: 14:39.63 – Ryan Cochrane (2012)
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 15:01.89
- Canadian World Juniors Standard: 15:37.52
RESULTS:
- Eric Brown – 15:17.54
- Aiden Kirk – 15:32.90
- Sebastian Paulins – 15:36.96
- Olivier Risk – 15:39.93
- Simon Fonseca – 15:40.33
- Hunter Payne – 15:42.43
- Edouard Duffy – 15:45.73
- Hugo Janvier – 15:48.12
Eric Brown picked up a decisive win in the men’s 1500 free, clocking a 15:17.54. He won the race by a little over 15 seconds, marking a truly dominant performance. Brown was, however, well off the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 15:01.89.
On the other hand, junior swimmer Aiden Kirk put up a great swim for 2nd, clocking a 15:32.90. That swim comes in well under the Canadian World Juniors standard of 15:37.52, earning Kirk a spot on the team. Fellow junior Simon Fonseca nearly made it through as well, swimming a 15:39.93 for 5th.
WOMEN’S 800 FREESTYLE – TIMED FINALS
- World Record: 8:04.12 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2025)
Canadian Record: 8:09.96 – Summer McIntosh(2025)- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 8:34.62
- Canadian World Juniors Standard: 8:48.68
RESULTS:
- Summer McIntosh – 8:05.07 (CANADIAN RECORD)
- Ella Cosgrove – 8:35.72
- Mabel Zavaros – 8:39.67
- Emma Finlin – 8:42.86
- Tori Meklensek – 8:53.02
- Naomi Mynott – 8:55.20
- Julia Strojnowska – 8:58.62
- Laila Oravsky – 8:59.54
Summer McIntosh once again stole the show. After breaking the World Record in the women’s 400 free last night, she doubled down, breaking the Canadian Record in the women’s 800 free tonight. McIntosh popped an 8:05.07, taking nearly 5 seconds off her own Canadian Record of 8:09.96. Moreover, McIntosh is now the #2 performer all-time in the event, behind only the World Record holder, Katie Ledecky (8:04.12).
McIntosh put together a great race, splitting 4:01.17 on the opening 400m, then came home in 4:03.90 on the back half.
Coming in 2nd was Ella Cosgrove, who clocked an 8:35.72. Cosgrove was just off the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 8:34.62.
PARA RACE HIGHLIGHTS
Aly Van Wyck-Smart cracked the Canadian Record for the S3 classification in the women’s 200 free. Van Wyck-Smart swam a 4:48.05, clipping the previous Canadian Record of 4:48.21.
Youngster Reid Maxwell put up a great race in the men’s para 400 free. An S8 classification, Maxwell won the event with over 1000 points. His time of 4:26.66 is less than 7 seconds off the S8 World Record of 4:19.74. Maxwell holds the S8 Canadian Record with his career best of 4:23.90.
Nicholas Bennett was close to his own Canadian Record in the men’s 200 free. Bennett won the event with a 1:54.44, which comes in less than a second off his S14 Canadian Record of 1:53.61
That’s actually faster then i thought she would be; i know it’s not exact math but since she dropped ~2 seconds in the 400 i figured she would drop ~4 seconds in the 800
Ugh, Impressive for the top CANADIAN women’s and men’s swimmers are being TRAINED in the United States of America like Liendo, I.K. and Summer: and there are others under good coaches..so they are making good progress so to speak!!
Heard that Canadian Summer M. Is being trained with the Americans like Reagan Smith and Simone Manuel under the couch of the year, Bob Bowman’s group, hmm 🤔?!!!
Well, thanks for sharing though!!!
Not yet
after the World’s in August.
I don’t think she’ll have much success training under the couch of the year.
She has to stay with FRED!!
What’s your deal with always mentioning that Canadians are training in the US? You clearly have thoughts so just say them instead of weird subtext.
For the record, Gail, Summer has been training in France recently and the USA before that.
A lot of top Canadians do train in the US, but it’s a bit ridiculous when Americans suggest that this is the only reason they are successful. For instance, Summer won gold medals at the World Championships before she ever started training in Florida, and her coach in Toronto was a top coach on the global scene
I wouldn’t call it the only reason they’re successful. Of course, coming from a well-off family and good genetics are also indicators of success.
But I think the question is less about “that’s the only reason they’re successful” and more about “why aren’t any of the ones who stayed home able to reach the same level of success?” That’s the question Swimming Canada should be asking, and the one it is apparently not.
You can go in a circle with this. The ones who stay don’t reach the same level because the best ones have already left… lol. As I’m sure you know, a lot of them left after Ben Titley went to Spain. Obviously you need a coach who is as good (or is perceived as such) for some of them to stay. Having said that, if I was an 18-yr-old star swimmer, and I had a chance to go to Stanford on a full scholarship, I’d be gone faster than Summer swam the 400… no matter who was coaching in Canada. You have to be at Summer’s level before not going to the NCAA makes some sense, And she’s once in… Read more »
The 12 year old Chinese girl is getting faster quickly. It’ll be interesting in a few years, she’ll be 15, Summer 21 come Los Angeles.
The chinese girl has a name
The pool seemed to have more waves than the pool at Indy. There was also an area in the middle of each lane line that had no discs at all. I wonder if that slowed Summer down.
At exactly same age (18 years 10 months) and also swimming at in-season meet Katie was 1 sec slower with world record 8:06. Then in a few months at Rio she was on fire in incredible form and should it be same load as it was in London we would witness 8:01 – 8:02.
It can be same story with 19 years old Summer McIntosh in Singapore this summer. But she wants too much at one meet in different kinds of events and styles. She may not have enough strength left after 7 days long meet being continuously under very strong pressure of competition where for sure won’t be a clear water.
For the sake of the glory… Read more »
Summer will still be 18 in Singapore
Hypothetically if McIntosh swam the 1500 (which probably never happens but it’s fun to think about) do we think she goes under all-time #2 Lotte Friis’ time of 15:38.88
Wont be on the international stage, but she does like to swim off events from time to time at meet so maybe we’ll see it happen
To answer your question though, yeah I do
Maybe? Hard to say. Her PB is 16:20 ish. But that was 3 years ago. I do think it’s just so much further that she might not be great at it. Like Arnie.
Great race regardless of the time here time is on macintosh side, will ledecky still be this dominant in 3 years when she is in here thirties. McIntosh will be like Phelps in LA with bowman 5 golds.
Glad to see Ledecky’s record stand another day.