2026 Canadian Swimming Trials
- July 5-9, 2026
- Montreal, Canada — Montreal Olympic Pool
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The fourth day of the 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials gets underway this morning with preliminary heats in the women’s and men’s 200 IM, 50 free and 200 breast, plus the early heats of the men’s 1500 free and the multi-class 50 free and 100 breast para events.
After setting the 200 fly world record on Sunday and winning the 400 IM on Monday, three-time Olympic gold medalist Summer McIntosh announced she was withdrawing from the rest of the competition on Tuesday due to illness.
As a result, the world record holder and reigning Olympic and world champion in the 200 IM will be absent from the event today, opening the door for Mary-Sophie Harvey to take control and likely cruise to victory tonight.
We’ll see national record holders in action in the men’s 200 IM (Finlay Knox) and women’s 50 free (Taylor Ruck), while the women’s 200 breast will feature Sophie Angus, who was impressive on Monday in the 50 breast.
Ruck has been on fire so far this week, picking up wins in the 100 back, 100 free and 100 fly over the first three days of racing.
Oliver Dawson headlines the men’s 200 breast as the new national record holder in the 50 and 100, while the men’s 50 free is headed up by Yuri Kisil and Ruslan Gaziev with Josh Liendo opting not to compete here in Montreal.
Women’s 200 IM – Prelims
- World Record: 2:05.70 – Summer McIntosh, Canada (2025)
- Canadian Record: 2:05.70 – Summer McIntosh (2025)
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 2:12.83
‘A’ Final:
- Ella Jansen (ESWIM), 2:15.21
- Mary-Sophie Harvey (CAMO), 2:15.22
- Summer Cardwell (PCSC), 2:15.58
- Kathryn Hazle (UNCAN), 2:16.51
- Brooklyn Douthwright (CNBO), 2:16.54
- Kamila Blanchard (PCSC/HPCON), 2:16.76
- Reina Liu (UNCAN), 2:17.19
- Marlee Winser (KISU), 2:19.10
- Sienna Angove (KCS), 2:19.42
- Rowynn Biffart (AMAC), 2:19.71
Summer Cardwell, Ella Jansen and Mary-Sophie Harvey cruised to victory in each of the three circle-seeded heats of the women’s 200 IM to claim the top three spots for tonight’s final.
After Cardwell won Heat 3 in a time of 2:15.58, Jansen clocked 2:15.21 in the following heat to take over the top spot, which held up after Harvey was one one-hundredth slower in the final heat.
Comparing their splits, Jansen (33.88) lost more than two seconds to Harvey (31.48) on the backstroke leg, but gained them back coming home on free. Jansen closed in 31.85, while Harvey shut things down in 33.70. Cardwell was somewhere in between, but notably lost over a second to both Jansen and Harvey on breaststroke.
Harvey was the runner-up to Summer McIntosh in this event at the 2025 Canadian Trials in a personal best time of 2:08.78, while Jansen, who didn’t race the 200 IM at last year’s Trials, owns a PB of 2:12.57 set this past April. Cardwell’s best stands at 2:13.64, set last year.
Men’s 200 IM – Prelims
- World Record: 1:52.69, Leon Marchand (FRA) – 2026
- Canadian Record: 1:56.07, Finlay Knox – 2024
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 1:59.05
‘A’ Final:
Women’s 50 Free – Prelims
- World Record: 23.55, Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 2026
- Canadian Record: 24.26, Taylor Ruck – 2018
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 24.86
‘A’ Final:
Men’s 50 Free – Prelims
- World Record: 20.88, Cameron McEvoy (AUS) – 2026
- Canadian Record: 21.48, Josh Liendo – 2024
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 22.05
‘A’ Final:
Women’s 200 Breast – Prelims
- World Record: 2:17.55, Evgeniia Chikunova – 2023
- Canadian Record: 2:20.12, Annamay Pierse – 2009
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 2:25.91
‘A’ Final:
Men’s 200 Breast – Prelims
- World Record: 2:05.48, Qin Haiyang (CHN) – 2023
- Canadian Record: 2:08.84, Mike Brown – 2008
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 2:10.32
‘A’ Final:
Men’s 1500 Free – Slower Heats
- World Record: 14:30.67, Bobby Finke (USA) – 2024
- Canadian Record: 14:39.63, Ryan Cochrane – 2012
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 15:01.89
Top 10 (through early heats):
