2026 Canadian Swimming Trials: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

2026 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials

• July 5-9, 2026
• Montreal, Canada — Montreal Olympic Pool
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  • Prelims: Day 1

It is the first final session of the 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials, where some of the first selections for the Pan Pacific Championship team for Canada will be made.

As a reminder, the Canadian Commonwealth Games team was pre-selected back in October, so this meet only pertains to Pan Pacs qualifying. The selection criteria for Pan Pacs is linked above, but SwimSwam will post a roster update after the conclusion of each finals session.

Tonight will feature the finals of the 200 freestyle, 100 back, 200 fly, and the fastest heat of the men’s 800 freestyle.

Ella Jansen narrowly claimed the top seed in the women’s 200 free this morning over Summer Cardwell, touching in 1:57.89 to Cardwell’s 1:58.17, both of which were under the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard time.

Lorne Wigginton led a trio of sub-1:49 performers in the 200 free this morning in 1:47.33. Just behind him are podium threats Tristan Jankovics (1:48.52) and Laon Kim (1:48.75).

Canadian Record holder Kylie Masse cruised to the top time in the women’s 100 back in 59.30; she was the lone sub-1:00 performer in the prelims.

Another national record holder topped the men’s 100 back as Blake Tierney finished seven tenths ahead of the field to secure the middle lane in 53.94.

Unsurprisingly, the biggest name at this meet, and arguably one of the biggest in the world, Summer McIntosh topped the prelims of the women’s 200 butterfly, swimming an easy top-seeded time of 2:08.25, more than four seconds quicker than anybody else in the field.

Anton Semenyuk turned in the top time in the prelims on the men’s side of the 200 fly, touching as the lone swimmer under 2:00 in 1:58.92.

Women’s 200m Freestyle – Finals

• World Record: 1:52.23 – Ariarne Titmus, Australia (2024)
• Canadian Record: 1:53.65 – Summer McIntosh, (2023)
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 1:58.23

Gold – Ella Jansen – 1:57.58

Silver – Summer Cardwell – 1:58.01

Bronze – Sienna Angove – 1:58.11

Sienna Angove got out fast in 27.51, though it was Jansen tou took over the lead at the 100 in 57.28. The rest of the field would not back down, as five swimmers turned within four tenths of a second from Jansen.

Jansen was able to show some high level raving experience, as, similar to this morning, it was Jansen who managed to hold on and turn in the only sub 1:58 time in the 1:57.58.

Summer Cardwell also continued her strong day, nearly cracking that 1:58 barrier in 1:58.01 to finish runner up and under the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard. Rounding out the top three was Angove, touching just a tenth behind Cardwell in 1:58.11.

8 of the 10 finalist touched under 2:00.

Men’s 200m Freestyle – Finals

• World Record: 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann, Germany (2009)
• Canadian Record: 1:46.39 – Antoine Sauve (2025)
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 1:46.70

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Silver –

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Women’s 100m Backstroke – Finals

• World Record: 57.13 — Regan Smith, United States (2024)
• Canadian Record: 57.70 – Kylie Masse (2021)
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 1:00.46

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Men’s 100m Backstroke – Finals

• World Record: 51.60 — Thomas Ceccon, Italy (2022)
• Canadian Record: 52.95 – Blake Tierney (2025)
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 53.94

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Women’s 200m Butterfly – Finals

• World Record: 2:01.81 – Liu Zige, China (2009)
• Canadian Record: 2:01.99 – Summer McIntosh (2025)
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 2:09.21

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Men’s 200m Butterfly – Finals

• World Record: 1:50.34 – Kristof Milak, Hungary (2022)
• Canadian Record: 1:52.80 – Ilya Kharun (2024)
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 1:56.51

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Silver –

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Men’s 800m Freestyle – Fastest Heat

• World Record: 7:32.12 – Zhang Lin, China (2009)
• Canadian Record: 7:41.86 – Ryan Cochrane (2011)
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 7:48.66

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Silver –

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Para Swimming Results

• Jordan Tucker secured 685 points in the women’s S4 50 backstroke with her winning time of 1:03.76, more than three seconds quicker than her prelims time of 1:06.84.
• Etienne Boutin-Cote, the lone man in the men’s S4 50 backstroke improved on his seed time of 1:02.05 in the finals, touching in 1:01.72, earning 478 points.
• Jaime Cosgriffe notched the lone sub 1:10 time out of the S10 women’s 100 backstroke performers, securing a massive 999 points by way of her 1:08.95 performance.
• From start to finish in the men;s multiclass 100 backstroke, it was Nicolas-Guy Turbide resetting his Canadian S12 record in 1:02.42, touching more than half a second faster than his 1:03.02 seed time.