2026 Canadian Swimming Trials
- July 5-9, 2026
- Montreal, Canada — Montreal Olympic Pool
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Welcome to the 3rd finals session of the 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials.
This morning’s prelims session was relatively quiet with most athletes cruising to their top seeds. The top swim of the morning came from Sophie Angus who dropped more than half-a-second in the 50 breaststroke prelims to swim 30.28, becoming the 2nd fastest Canadian in history in the event and scaring the 2009 Canadian Record of 30.23.
The biggest news after the prelims session was Summer McIntosh scratching the rest of the meet due to illness. That means she will not race the women’s 400 free final tonight, bumping Juliet Nicholson into the event. Ella Cosgrove will be the new top seed, just ahead of Ella Jansen in 2nd. There was another ‘A’ final scratch in 5th qualifier Madison Kryger.
Ethan Ekk earned the top seed in the men’s 400 free final, just ahead of Simon Fonseca and Lorne Wigginton, who is fresh off a Canadian record in the men’s 400 IM. Francis Brennan, who qualified 2nd overall, scratched the event final.
The women’s 100 fly will see Taylor Ruck as the top seed by almost a second over Leilani Flack, almost a new personal best time for Ruck, and under the AQUA ‘A’ standard.
Finlay Knox will lead the men’s 100 fly final by two tenths over Raben Dommann as the only two swimmers under 53 seconds in the event.
The meet will wrap up with the 50 breaststroke finals. Angus is the top seed on the women’s side ahead of SCM Canadian record holder Alexanne Lepage, and Oliver Dawson set the top time on the men’s side by three tenths over Javier Acevedo.
Women’s 400 Free – Final
- World Record: 3:54.18 – Summer McIntosh, Canada (2025)
- Canadian Record: 3:54.18 – Summer McIntosh (2025)
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 4:10.23
Top 3 Finishers
- Ella Jansen — 4:08.05
- Ella Cosgrove — 4:11.66
- Julie Brousseau — 4:11.74
The women’s 400 freestyle went to Ella Jansen in 4:08.05, two seconds under the World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard in the event.
She added about a second from her lifetime best of 4:07.18, which she set in March of 2023, and came in more than three seconds ahead of Ella Cosgrove, who swam 4:11.66 for 2nd overall. She split 2:02.43/2:05.62.
Cosgrove, who was the top seed coming in, has a lifetime best of 4:10.89 from last August at the World Junior Championships. She was 2:04.60/2:07.06.
Julie Brousseau finished 3rd in 4:11.74, a three second add from the 4:08.12 she set in may of 2024. She was out faster than Cosgrove, splitting 2:03.24 on the opening 200 before coming home in 2:08.50 to fall behind Cosgrove on the back half.
Men’s 400 Free – Final
- World Record: 3:39.96, Lukas Martens (GER) – 2025
- Canadian Record: 3:43.46, Ryan Cochrane – 2014
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 3:48.15
Top 3 Finishers
- Ethan Ekk — 3:47.22
- Jordi Vilchez — 3:50.12
- Lorne Wigginton — 3:53.00
The men’s 400 freestyle final went to Ethan Ekk in 3:47.22. He was the only swimmer under 3:50 in the event and the only one under the AQUA ‘A’ standard of 3:47.22.
Ekk swam six seconds faster than his prelims time of 3:53.16, which earned him the top seed. He split 1:52.51/1:54.71 in the final to lead the race from wire-to-wire. He missed his lifetime best of 3:46.01 by about a second.
Jordi Vilchez took 2nd in 3:50.12, splitting 1:52.97/1:57.15 to add half-a-second from the 3:49.63 he set at last year’s Canadian Trials to finish 2nd to Ekk .
Lorne Wigginton earned the bronze with his final time of 3:53.00. His lifetime best is 3:49.05, which is also the Canadian Junior record, from September of 2023.
Women’s 100 Fly – Final
- World Record: 54.33, Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 2026
- Canadian Record: 55.59, Maggie MacNeil – 2021
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 58.33
Top 3 Finishers
- Taylor Ruck — 58.15
- Leilani Fack — 58.60
- Matea Gigovic — 59.01
After swimming a near personal best time in prelims, Taylor Ruck won the women’s 100 fly final in 58.15, just a little off her prelims time of 57.98, but enough to lockup her win.
Ruck was just shy of her 57.71 lifetime best from April, splitting 26.39/31.76, and came in about half-a-second ahead of 2nd place finisher Leilani Fack‘s 58.60.
Fack, set another new personal best time of 58.60, after breaking 59 seconds for the first time in prelims to clock a 58.97. She fell just short of the AQUA ‘A’ standard of 58.33, however.
Matea Gigovic finished 3rd in 59.01, taking three tenths off her previous best time of 59.34, which she swam to win the junior final at last year’s 2025 Canadian Trials. She was the final swimmer under 1:00 in the event.
Men’s 100 Fly – Final
- World Record: 49.45, Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 2021
- Canadian Record: 49.99, Josh Liendo – 2024
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 51.77
Top 3 Finishers
- Finlay Knox — 51.82
- Raben Dommann — 52.57
- Kent Goni Avila — 52.87
With the absence of Josh Liendo and Ilya Kharun changing his international designation, none of the men in the ‘A’ final came in under the AQUA ‘A’ time in the event with Finlay Knox setting the top time of 51.82, five hundredths off the 51.77 standard.
Knox swam under the time in prelims, and is already a member of the Pan Pacs team, so there was less pressure on his performance tonight, but he still would automatically qualified by virtue of winning the event.
He swam 24.15/27.67 to add about four tenths from his 51.42 lifetime best, which he set in May of 2024. He did not swim the event at last year’s Canadian Trials, and has just returned to consistently racing it this season.
Raben Dommann finished 2nd in 52.57, a half-second drop from the 53.14 mark he set in April at the Canadian Open. He dropped under 53 seconds for the first time in prelims swimming 52.99 before cutting another four tenths off that time tonight.
This has been an incredible meet for him after he suffered a stroke in early 2025.
Kent Goni Avila finished 3rd in 52.87, another huge personal best after he swam 53.34 in the prelims to drop from the 53.46 he swam at last year’s Canadian Trials.
Women’s 50 Breast – Final
- World Record: 29.16, Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) – 2023
- Canadian Record: 30.23, Amanda Reason – 2009
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 30.75
Top 3 Finishers
- Sophie Angus — 30.40
- Alexanne Lepage — 31.03
- Shona Branton — 31.17
Sophie Angus followed up her massive prelims swim in the women’s 50 breaststroke with a win in tonight’s final, earning her way onto the Pan Pacs roster with her swim of 30.40.
This time was a little more than a tenth off the 30.28 she swam in prelims to become the 2nd fastest Canadian in history, but was still more than six tenths faster than Alexanne Lepage‘s 31.03 in 2nd place.
Lepage, the SCM Canadian record holder int eh 50 backstroke, also added from prelims, swimming 31.03 to come in about a tenth off her morning swim of 30.94 and two tenths off her best of 30.82.
Shona Branton finished 3rd in 31.17, quicker than her prelims swim of 31.25, but a slight add from her best of 30.75.
Men’s 50 Breast – Final
- World Record: 25.95, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2017
- Canadian Record: 27.29, Oliver Dawson – 2026
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 27.33
Top 3 Finishers
- Oliver Dawson — 27.65
- Javier Acevedo — 27.68
- Brayden Taivassalo — 27.84
The men’s 50 breaststroke went to Canadian record holder Oliver Dawson, again with no athletes coming in under the AQUA ‘A’ standard in the event.
Dawson swam 27.65 to add four tenths from his record time of 27.29, which he set in May at the AP Race in London.
Javier Acevedo took 2nd, just two hundredths back of Dawson, stopping the clock in 27.68, another new lifetime best after he swam 27.74 in the prelims to drop from the 28.55 he swam in March.
Brayden Taivassalo swam 27.84 to finish 3rd, dropping two hundredths from the 27.86 he swam at the Sun Devil Open in May.
Para Highlights
The women’s 400 freestyle went to S10 swimmer Aurelie Rivard in 4:42.75, which scored 968 points, 50 more than fellow S10 athlete Mary Jibb‘s 4:50.96.
Reid Maxwell (S8) won the men’s 400 freestyle with 998 points, swimming 4:29.03 to come in more than 100 points ahead of the rest of the field. He was about five seconds off his best of 4:32.90 from the Paris Paralympics in 2024.
S14 class freestyler Emma Van Dyk swam 2:28.41 in the 200 freestyle to score 804 points, 50 more than fellow S14 athlete Miori Henault‘s 752 with her 2:33.55
Finally, Nicholas Bennett swam 1:54.78 in the men’s 200 freestyle to score 995 points in the S14 class. He added about a second from his Canadian record of 1:53.61, also from the Paris Olympics.
I don’t think that people are noticing what an amazing meet Raben Dohmann is having after missing a lot of training last year after suffering a stroke. He has made an amazing comeback
Wow I must have missed Lepage going under 25.25 to become the new Canadian record holder in the 50 back sc. Incredible for a breaststroker!
Summer choosing to swim only the PPs is so stupid. Imagine if she gets sick or injured
Acevedo doing side quests out here
For perspective, the women’s 100 fly would’ve been a good race with McIntosh’s first 100 of her WR
The top 3 in the W400 should’ve been way faster given their yards swims this season
I would imagine that anyone on the Commonwealths team already is likely to be targeting that meet and this is to see where they are in training and possibly make the Pan Pacs team in one event so they can swim anything. Both Jansen and Brousseau are on the Commonwealths team. This gets Jansen on the Pan Pacs team. The A cut in the 800 free is an 8:34 and Brousseau was going 9:25 in the 1000 in dual meets this winter, so I’d imagine that she should be able to get that and do the same.
Everyone should have been faster. I have Summer making Pan Pac finals and no one else. Not only that, but our ‘up and comers’ have literally ceased to exist. They’re going off to these top college and university programs but can’t put up a best time. In 2026, we should have 2 swimmers under the A standard in every event.
Canadian swimming is at an all time low.
Well, get your bathing suit on!
But how fast is top 8 at Pan Pacs with only 2 yet country qualifying
This comment got a lot of down votes but unfortunately there is truth in it.
My comments are not about any one athlete (this is not on them) – just general observations. There are exceptions to every rule.
The reality is the “up and comers” in full time college programs are at a disadvantage during Canadian trials, particularly if they train in the USA. Many of these athletes lack good transition support to the Canadian long course season. Canadian trials are not a priority for their coaches or their team, and it shows. These athletes may have raced well all year, and are still up and coming, just not at trials. February/March dates are the focal points for conference… Read more »
There is little uniform direct correlation. The reality is that you don’t have have great free swim mechanics to paddle in the bath tub.