2026 Canadian Swimming Trials
- July 5-9, 2026
- Montreal, Canada — Montreal Olympic Pool
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We are more than halfway through the Canadian Trials with just two days of meet remaining after Tuesday’s finals session.
Coming into day three, there were 12 women and 11 men tentatively qualified to the Pan Pacs roster. As a reminder, the Commonwealth Games team was announced back in October, and this meet is serving only as selection for Pan Pacs.
The priority for selection, in simple terms is as follows:
- A Finals event winners
- Fastest four eligible in the men’s and women’s 100 and 200 freestyles
- Swimmers who have hit the World Aquatics “A” standard this week will be put into the 2025 World Rankings and added to the team until 24 women and 24 men are chosen
- If spots remain, 2nd place finishers will be ranked based on proximity to the World Aquatics “A” standard and added to the team until the roster hits 24 women and 24 men.
There is also an “unforeseen circumstances” clause that allows the Selection Committee to change the roster as they see fit.
For now, we’ll track priorities 1, 2, and 3; if priority 4 looks like it will be relevant, we’ll start tracking those World Rankings later in the meet as well.
Day three saw just two additional athletes added in Sophie Angus and Oliver Dawson, both via their wins in the 50 breaststroke. Ethan Ekk and Finlay Knox were both promoted to Priority 1 after winning the 400 free and 100 fly respectively.
Priority 1: Event Winners (15 Swimmers This Tier, 4 New Swimmers on Day 3)
- Ella Jansen, Etobicoke/Tennessee – W 200 free (1:57.58)
- Lorne Wiggington, Etobicoke/Michigan – M 200 free (1:47.37)
- Taylor Ruck, High Performance Center Vancouver – W 100 back (58.37)
- Blake Tierney, High Performance Center Vancouver – M 100 back (53.63)
- Summer McIntosh, Unattached/University of Texas – W 200 fly (2:01.65)
- Anton Semenyuk, High Performance Center Ontario – M 200 fly (1:57.84)
- Aiden Kirk, High Performance Center Vancouver – M 800 free (8:03.64)
Summer McIntosh, Unattached/University of Texas – W 400 IM (4:27.35)- Lorne Wiggington, Etobicoke/University of Michigan – M 400 IM (4:11.32)
Taylor Ruck, HPC Vancouver – W 100 Free (53.06)- Ruslan Gaziev, Unattached/Ohio State – M 100 Free (48.69)
- Kylie Masse, Toronto Swim Club – W 50 Back (27.35)
- Javier Acevedo, HPC Ontario – M 50 Back (25.10)
Ella Jansen, Etobicoke/Tennessee — W 400 Free (4:08.05)- Ethan Ekk, Unattached/Stanford — M 400 Free (3:47.22)
Taylor Ruck, High Performance Center Vancouver — W 100 Fly (58.15)- Finlay Knox, High Performance Center Vancouver — M 100 Fly (51.82)
- Sophie Angus, High Performance Center Ontario — W 50 Breast (30.40)
- Oliver Dawson, Grande Prairie Piranhas — M 50 Breast (27.65)
Priority 2: Relay Swimmers (10 Swimmers This Tier, 0 New Swimmers Wednesday)
- Women’s 200 free:
- Summer Cardwell, PCSC/Louisville (1:58.01)
- Sienna Angove, Kamloops/Ohio State (1:58.11)
- Emma O’Croinin, HPC Vancouver (1:58.51)
- Men’s 200 free:
- Laon Kim, UCSC (1:47.56)
Ethan Ekk, Unattached/Stanford (1:47.56)- Finlay Knox, HPC Vancouver (1:48.40)
- Women’s 100 free
- Sarah Fournier, CAMO (54.75)
- Leah Tigert, Toronto Swim Club (54.76)
- Reina Liu, Unattached/TAC Titans (54.94)
- Men’s 100 free
- Antoine Sauve, CAMO (49.16)
Finlay Knox, HPC Vancouver (49.20)- Yuri Kisil, HPC Vancouver (49.21)
*Finlay Knox and Ethan Ekk both qualified as Priority 1 with their event wins on day 3.
Priority 3: Non-Winners Who Hit ‘A’ Times (7 Swimmers This Tier, 0 New Swimmers on Day 3)
Summer Cardwell, PCSC/Louisville, W 200 free (1:58.01)*Sienna Angove, Kamloops/Ohio State, W 200 free – 1:58.11*- Kylie Masse, Toronto Swim Club, W 100 back – 58.87
- Ingrid Wilm, HPC Vancouver, W 100 back – 59.21
- Madison Kryger, HPC Ontario, W 100 back – 59.59
- Raben Dommann, M 100 back – 53.79
- Ella Jansen, Etobicoke/Tennessee – W 400 IM (4:38.17)
- Tristan Jankovics, Royal City Aquatics/Ohio State – M 400 IM (4:16.57)
- Ingrid Wilm, HPC Vancouver – W 50 Back (27.82)
*Summer Cardwell and Sienna Angove already qualified through Priority 2 via relay selections.
Updated Roster After Day 3
Swimmers in italics are not yet confirmed.
Women (13):
- Ella Jansen
- Taylor Ruck
- Summer McIntosh
- Kylie Masse
- Summer Cardwell
- Sienna Angove
- Emma O’Croinin
- Sarah Fournier
- Leah Tigert
- Reina Liu
- Sophie Angus
- Ingrid Wilm
- Madison Kryger
Men (12):
What’s with all the “fake Canadians” who never swam on Canadian soil leeching into our trials for pan pacs selection? Easy ticket?
Don’t do that to summer….
Way easier for them
They say, “Canadians go to U.S. colleges too,” but that’s not a fair comparison at all.
Those are two completely different situations. A Canadian earning a spot at a U.S. college has achieved something even more difficult.
Missing the opportunity to experience a major international competition also means missing an important opportunity to grow as an athlete. That’s what makes it so disappointing.
What about Javier?