2025 Canadian Trials: Day 6 Prelims Live Recap

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
• Storylines To Watch
• Recaps
  • Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5

Day 6 Prelims Heat Sheet

Bonjour Hi! Welcome to the last morning of the 2025 Canadian Swimming Trials. It’s the final chance for swimmers to make the team to Singapore, so expect some fast swimming this morning, as there are plenty of roster spots still left up for grabs. The 50 fly, 200 free, and the coveted 4×200 free relay positions need filling.

Women’s 200 Freestyle

• World Record: 1:52.23 – Ariarne Titmus, AUS (2024)
• Canadian Record: 1:53.65 – Summer McIntosh, (2023)
• 2024 Olympic Trials Champion: Summer McIntosh – 1:53.69
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Cut: 1:58.23
• Canadian World Juniors Standard: 2:01.78

Top 8

1. Mary-Sophie Harvey (CAMO) – 1:58.51
2. Ella Jansen (ESWIM) – 1:58.75
3. Sienna Angove (UNCA/OSU) – 1:59.93
4. Ella Cosgrove (UNCAN) – 2:00.21
5. Emma O’Croinin (UBCT/HPCVN) – 2:00.26
6. Leah Tigert (TSC) – 2:00.65
7. Brooklyn Douthwright (CNBO) – 2:00.69
8. Madison Kryger (BROCK) – 2:01.52

The first of the circle-seeded heats saw Sienna Angove stake herself to a small lead as she flipped at the 100 in 58.37, but it was tenuous as #3 seed Emma O’Croinin was back just .12 at 58.49, and Leah Tigert and Sarah Fournier, flanked the pair also under 59.00.

O’Croinin edged into the lead by the 150, leading Angove by just .02, and the pair went to their legs to battle one another to the finishing wall. While Fournier slipped away from the pack, Tigert kept up the pressure, and she nearly caught the leading two, but it was Angove whose last burst of speed proved to be the deciding factor. The OSU swimmer hit the wall in 1:59.93, with O’Croinin settling for 2nd in 2:00.26, with Tigert less than half a second back at 2:00.65

The second to last heat saw Brooklyn Douthwright open up in 58.51, the only swimmer in the heat under 59, as Ella Cosgrove was next closest at 59.11. #2 seed overall, Mary-Sophie Harvey, was 4th at the turn, nearly a full second and a half back at 59.86, but is well known for her closing speed. True to form, Harvey had passed all but Douthwright, a Tennessee Volunteer, at the 150 turn and trailed her by only .18 of a second, flipping in 1:29.63 to the early leader’s 1:29.45.

Harvey quickly took over after the turn and opened up a body length lead on the last 50 alone as she hit the wall in 1:58.51. Cosgrove, too, made a late charge at Douthwright to outtouch her at the finish, 2:00.21 to 2:00.65. With her time, Harvey jumps to the top of the leaderboard with just one heat remaining.

Her time remained atop the leaderboard as top seed and Canadian national record holder Summer McIntosh, fresh off her World Record in the 400 IM last night, no-showed the final heat of the 200 free. Ella Jansen and Sylvia Statlevicius, with open water between them, were out the quickest of all the heats, opening in 57.51 and 58.17, respectively. The pair continued to show off their dominance in the heat as they flipped in 1:28.04 and 1:28.84, over two seconds clear of the next fastest swimmer, Mia West.

Jansen and Statkevicius did their best to displace Harvey, but they couldn’t match her last 50 and finished with times of 1:58.75 and 1:59.72. Statkevicius, who represents Lithuania internationally, is intelligible for the final, and therefore, Madison Kryger and her 2:01.52 will be bumped up into the A-Final tonight.

Men’s 200 Freestyle

• World Record: 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann, GER (2009)
• Canadian Record: 1:46.40 – Brent Hayden, (2008)
• 2024 Olympic Trials Champion: Alex Axon – 1:47.56
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Cut: 1:46.70
• Canadian World Juniors Standard: 1:50.60

Top 8

1. Laon Kim (UCSC) – 1:49.60
2. Jordi Vilchez (BTSC/OSU) – 1:49.69
3. Ethan Ekk (UNCAN) – 1:49.75
4. Patrick Hussey (PCSC) – 1:49.84
5. Filip Senc-Samardzic (TSC) – 1:49.86
6. Tristan Jankovics (RCAQ/OSU) – 1:49.89
7. Cole Pratt (CASC/HPCVN) – 1:50.22
8. Lorne Wigginton (ESWIM) – 1:50.29

The first heat of the circle-seeded heats saw several swimmers desperate to put themselves into the A-final tonight. The top seed in the heat, Finlay Knox, did not take to the blocks, and like in the fastest heat of the women’s race, lanes 3 and 5 took full advantage of the open water. Lane 3’s Jordi Vilchez, who scratched the 800 tonight to concentrate on this race, was out fastest, opening his first 100 in 53.89, the only sub-54:00. Splitting directly on the 54:00 mark was Filip Senc-Samardzic, with the ASU swimmer leading Florida’s Paul Dardis by .27.

The top three remained the same through the 150 turn, but with the gap between them widening as Vilchez’s lead, which had been just .11, had blossomed to .78 over Semc-Semardzic. It didn’t remain that wide, however, as at the touch, Vilchez was just .17 ahead, with the pair touching in at 1:49.69 and 1:49.86. Simon Fonseca had a strong back half to pass Dardis and take third in 1:51.62.

Heat 5 was another tight affair as Antoine Sauve led Lorne Wigginton to the 100 wall, by .07 as he flipped in 53.78 to the Michigan swimmer’s 53.85. Laon Kim, 4th at the 100 in 54.37, pushed his way up to the leaders over the 3rd 50 and flipped with a lead of .14 over Wigginton, who, too, had passed Sauve.

Kim continued to display his back half speed as he surged to the top of the leaderboard with his time of 1:49.60, the only sub-1:50 time in the heat, as Wigginton couldn’t match his pace and touched 2nd in 1:50.29. The leader at the 100, Sauve, held on to third, stopping the clock in 1:50.59.

Tristan Jankovics had the lead at the 100, but it was very much under threat as four swimmers in this heat opened in under 54.00. The 400 IM winner from last night flipped in 53.38, leading top seed Patrick Hussey by .16, as the UNC swimmer opened in 53.54, closely followed by Cole Pratt‘s 53.55 and Ethan Ekk ‘s 53.79.

Jankovics and Hussey seemed to pull themselves away from the field of the 3rd 50 as they made the turn to home in 1:21.52 and 1:21.69, with Ekk, who passed Pratt back at 1:22.06 in 3rd. Ekk made up the .54 differential on the backhalf to take the win in 1:49.75, just barely out-touching both Hussey and Jankovics, who joined him under 1:50 at 1:49.84 and 1:49.89.

Women’s 50 Butterfly

• World Record: 24.43 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2014)
• Canadian Record: 25.62 – Penny Oleksiak, (2017)
• 2023 Trials Champion: Katherine Savard – 26.56
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Cut: 26.23
• Canadian World Juniors Standard: 27.48

Top 8

1. Matea Gigovic (KSC) – 26.78
2. Taylor Ruck (KAJ) – 26.96
3. Kylie Masse (TSC) – 27.05
4. Ingrid Wilm (CASC/HPCVN) – 27.08
5. Eloise Allen (UBCT) – 27.24
6. Kamryn Cannings (UCSC) – 27.27
7. Clare Watson (UNCAN) – 27.46
8. Paige Korbley (HYACK) -27.59

With the top seed, Penny Oleksiak, no – showing the 50 fly prelims, the field to make the team in this event is wide open. The 2nd and 3rd seeds, Taylor Ruck and Matea Gigovic, put themselves into a very strong position to do so as the pair won their heats, the 10th and 9th respectively, in times of 26.96 and 26.78, giving the teenager, Gigovic, the middle lane tonight.

The pair tonight will be flanked by a pair of backstroke World Medalists. Kylie Masse, winner of 50 and 100 back, Masse’s 27.05 slots her into tonight’s final as the 3rd seed, while the runner-up in 50 and 200 back, Ingrid Wilm, will be the 4th seed with her 27.05.

The secondary Canadian selection time sits at 26.49, so if one swimmer gets under that mark, they could still be selected to the team.

Men’s 50 Butterfly

• World Record: 22.27 – Andrii Govorov, UKR (2018)
• Canadian Record: 23.09 – Ilya Kharun, (2025)
• 2023 Trials Champion: Josh Liendo – 23.27
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Cut: 23.36
• Canadian World Juniors Standard: 24.56

Top 8

1. Ilya Kharun (UNCAN) – 23.16
2. Finlay Knox (MAVS/HPCVN) – 23.57
3. Eric Ginzburg (RAMAC) – 24.14
4. Stephen Calkins (UCSC) – 24.23
5. Kai Lilienthal (UBCT) – 24.35
6. Chris Weeks (MPM) – 24.44
7. Albert Bouley (CREST) – 24.71
8. Justice Migneault (UBCT/HPCVN) – 24.93

Canadian National Record holder Ilya Kharun nearly broke his own record this morning. The record set a month ago at the Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim Series stands at 23.09, and Kharun this morning hit the wall in 23.16 to easily top the leaderboard.

Taking second behind him this morning was 200 IM winner and National Record Holder, Finlay Knox. Knox was also entered in this morning’s 200 free, where he was the 3rd seed but he scratched the event to focus on this swim. He, like Kharun, was just a few hundredths off his seed as he stopped the clock in 23.57, after entering with a seed of 23.52.

The oldest swimmer to make the A-Final, Stephen Calkins, at 26, saw the largest time drop from his seed as he entered with a time of 24.64 but hit the wall in 24.23, cutting .41 off his seed and came within .02 of his PB from 2023.

Para Women’s 50 Backstroke

Aly Van Wyck-Smart swam a very impressive race this morning in the prelims of the 50 back. The S3 Athlete was entered with a time of 1:11.02, but produced a time of 1:09.18, nearly slicing two seconds off her seed. Seeded first tonight as the swim earned her 723 points, with the next closest being Jordan Tucker’s 640, Van Wyck-Smart now sits less than a second off the Canadian record.

Para Men’s 50 Backstroke

Taking advantage of the open water to his left and right, the only entrant in the field, Tyson Jacob launched himself to a new Canadian record, stopping the clock in 45.23. Jacob’s previous best and former record was set last summer at 46.77.

Para Women’s 100 Backstroke

Jaime Cosgriffe posted the fastest time this morning in the MC 100 back as the S10 swimmer hit the wall in 1:10.79, collecting 967 points. She’ll be under some pressure tonight, however, as Danielle Dorris and Mary Jibb both recorded swims that earned over 900 points, with Dorris, an S7 swimmer, earning 931 points from her 1:26.05, and Jibb, who swims in the S9 category, collecting 930 from her 1:13.79.

Para Men’s 100 Backstroke

Canadian National record holders Reid Maxwell, Nicolas Turbide, and Nicholas Bennet will occupy the center lanes tonight in the MC 100 back.  Maxwell, who holds the record in the S8 category, earned lane 4 tonight as his 1:10.05 collected him 934 points, placing him ahead of Turbride’s 891 from his 1:03.99 in the S13 category and Bennett’s 876 points which he earned from his 1:03.87 in the S14 category.

Men’s 800 Freestyle – Early Heats

• World Record: 7:32.12, Zhang Lin (CHN) – 2009
• Canadian Record: 7:41.86, Ryan Cochrane – 2011
• 2024 Trials Champion: Timothe Barbeau, 8:00.61
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Cut: 7:48.66
• Canadian World Juniors Standard: 8:07.52

1. Harrison Smith (UNCAN), 8:19.47
2. Owen Nicholson (HTAC/SFU), 8:21.01
3. Hunter Payne (BRANT), 8:24.97

Harrison Smith posted the top time out of the early heats of the men’s 800 free, clocking 8:19.47 to shatter his previous best time of 8:25.61 set in April.

Smith trains with Team Santa Monica in the U.S. and is committed to Arizona State in the class of 2025.

Owen Nicholson of the Halifax Trojans also took off a big chunk of time to rank 2nd heading into the fastest seeded heat, touching in 8:21.01 to lower his previous best of 8:27.28 set at last year’s Olympic Trials.

Women’s 1500 Freestyle – Early Heats

• World Record: 15:20.48, Katie Ledecky (USA) – 2018
• Canadian Record: 15:57.15, Brittany Maclean – 2014
• 2024 Trials Champion: Emma Finlin, 16:28.15
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Cut: 16:24.56
• Canadian World Juniors Standard: 16:58.31

1. Juliet Nicholson (KAJ), 17:30.29
2. Huini Xu (MAC), 17:33.86
3. Keira Kennedy (CASC/SFU), 17:34.24

Kelowna Aquajets’ Juliet Nicholson dropped just over three seconds off her best time to lead the early heats of the women’s 1500 free, clocking 17:30.29.

Nicholson improved on her previous mark of 17:33.76, set at the Mel Zajac Jr. International meet last month.

Markham’s Huini Xu (Annie Xu) posted the 2nd-fastest time of the morning in 17:33.86, well shy of her lifetime best (17:15.49) set last year.