2026 Canadian Swimming Trials
- July 5-9, 2026
- Montreal, Canada — Montreal Olympic Pool
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There are just two finals sessions remaining in the 2026 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials, and athletes are down to the wire when it comes to making the Pan Pacs team next month.
As a reminder, all event winners, regardless of their times, will earn an automatic spot on the Pan Pacs team.
Tonight will feature the men’s and women’s finals in the 200 IM finals, 50 free, 200 breast, and the top heat in the men’s 1500 free.
Follow along for live updates throughout the session.
Women’s 200 IM – Finals
- World Record: 2:05.70 – Summer McIntosh, Canada (2025)
- Canadian Record: 2:05.70 – Summer McIntosh (2025)
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 2:12.83
Top 3 Finishers
- Ella Jansen — 2:12.28
- Summer Cardwell — 2:14.58
- Brooklyn Douthwright — 2:15.56
Ella Jansen picked up yet another event win at these Canadian Trials, swimming 2:12.28 in the women’s 200 IM to win the event by more than two seconds and drop three tenths from her pre meet best of 2:12.57, which she set in April.
A rising junior at the University of Tennessee, Jansen got out quick, splitting 28.02 on the fly leg before swimming 33.19/40.24/30.83 on the remaining 150 meters, leading the race from start to finish.
Summer Cardwell, who is a rising senior at the University of Louisville, took 2nd in 2:14.58. This was about a second off her best of 2:13.64, which she swam in August of 2025. She split 29.04/1:02.71/40.68/31.19.
Brooklyn Douthwright, who also swam collegiately at Tennessee before graduating in 2025, finished 3rd in 2:15.56, a little more than half-a-second off the 2:14.95 lifetime best she swam in March.
Men’s 200 IM – Finals
- World Record: 1:52.69, Leon Marchand (FRA) – 2026
- Canadian Record: 1:56.07, Finlay Knox – 2024
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 1:59.05
Top 3 Finishers
- Finlay Knox — 1:57.80
- Lorne Wigginton — 1:59.01
- Tristan Jankovics — 2:00.37
The top two swimmers in the men’s 200 IM both swam under the AQUA ‘A’ cut in the event with Finlay Knox swimming 1:57.80 to take the overall top spot by more than a second over Lorne Wigginton.
Knox, the Canadian record holder in the event, added a little more than a second-and-a-half from his best time of 1:56.07, which he swam in May of 2024. He split 24.88/29.19/35.08/28.65 to take the lead over Wigginton early, maintaining it through the back half.
Wigginton, who broke the 400 IM Canadian record earlier in the week, had a very strong back half, splitting 25.72/30.29/24.86/28.14 to stop the clock in 1:59.01, just four hundredths faster than the AQUA standard of 1:59.05.
With this swim, he will move up to the 3rd fastest Canadian in history in the event, only behind Knox and the bronze medalist Tristan Jankovics. His previous best was 1:59.44 from September of 2023 and ranked 4th in Canadian history.
Jankovics stopped the clock in 2:00.37, missing the AQUA standard with his split fo 25.56/30.00/25.14/29.67.
Updated Canadian Top Five All-Time
- Finlay Knox — 1:56.07 (2024)
- Tristan Jankovics — 1:58.01 (2025)
- Lorne Wigginton — 1:59.01 (2026)
- Keith Beavers — 1:59.19 (2008)
- Brian Johns — 1:59.45 (2007)
Women’s 50 Free – Finals
- World Record: 23.55, Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 2026
- Canadian Record: 24.26, Taylor Ruck – 2018
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 24.86
Top 3 Finishers
- Taylor Ruck — 24.68
- Leilani Fack — 25.26
- Sarah Fournier — 25.28
Taylor Ruck has been having a very good meet in Montreal. She won the women’s 50 freestyle tonight, touching in 24.68 to beat the 2nd place finisher, Leilani Fack, by more than half-a-second.
Ruck is the Canadian record holder at 24.26 from back in 2018, but she was three tenths faster tonight than the 24.96 she swam at this meet last year and four tenths faster than the 25.08 she swam at Trials in 2024.
Leilani Fack took 2nd in 25.26, a three tenth drop from her pre-meet best of 25.55, which she swam at the Canadian Trials in Mya of 2024. She dropped a little in prelims as well, swimming 25.47 to qualify for the final.
Sarah Fournier finished 3rd in 25.28, a tenth off her best of 25.17, which she set in June of 2025.
Men’s 50 Free – Finals
- World Record: 20.88, Cameron McEvoy (AUS) – 2026
- Canadian Record: 21.48, Josh Liendo – 2024
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 22.05
Top 3 Finishers
- Yuri Kisil — 22.31
- Chris Weeks — 22.58
- Luke Stewart-Beinder — 22.74
Yuri Kisil swam the top time in the men’s 50 freestyle, touching in 22.31 to finish about two tenths ahead of 2nd place finisher Chris Weeks’ 22.58.
Kisil was a little more than three tenths off his prelims time of 21.98, which would have put him under the AQUA ‘A’ standard in the event. He will still move up to priority 1 qualification for Pan Pacs, though, via his event win.
Weeks took two tenths off his pre-meet best 50 free time of 22.78 from the 2025 Canadian Trials. He also had a slight drop in prelims of 22.65.
Luke Steward-Beinder swam 22.74 for the bronze medal, a tenth off his prelims swim of 22.67.
Women’s 200 Breast – Finals
- World Record: 2:17.55, Evgeniia Chikunova – 2023
- Canadian Record: 2:20.12, Annamay Pierse – 2009
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 2:25.91
Top 3 Finishers
- Alexanne Lepage — 2:23.02
- Sophie Angus — 2:27.19
- Shima Taghavi — 2:29.55
Alexanne Lepage and Sophie Angus are gearing up for what could be a very fun battle in tomorrow’s 100 breaststroke event. Angus won the 50 breaststroke on Tuesday and Lepage picked up a massive win in the 200 breaststroke tonight.
Lepage stopped the clock in 2:23.02, a best time by three tenths from the 2:23.40 she swam in Monaco, and she will jump her former tie with Mary-Sophie Harvey to stand alone as the 6th fastest Canadian in history in the event.
She came into the season at 2:24.70 from the World Junior Championships in 2023, marking a huge improvement over the last few months. She split 32.45/35.72/37.51/37.35 to hold a dominant lead throughout the race.
Angus swam 33.17/36.84/38.07/39.11 to stop the clock in 2:27.19, about two seconds off her best of 2:24.84, which she swam at last year’s Canadian Trials meet.
Shima Taghavi took 3rd in 2:29.55, a two second add from her best of 2:27.83, which she swam in August of 2025 at the World Junior Championships.
Men’s 200 Breast – Finals
- World Record: 2:05.48, Qin Haiyang (CHN) – 2023
- Canadian Record: 2:08.84, Mike Brown – 2008
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 2:10.32
Top 3 Finishers
- Oliver Dawson — 2:09.50
- Apollo Hess — 2:11.40
- Nathan Thomas — 2:12.12
Men’s 1500 Free – Fast Heat
- World Record: 14:30.67, Bobby Finke (USA) – 2024
- Canadian Record: 14:39.63, Ryan Cochrane – 2012
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 15:01.89
is mcmillan retired?
Anyone know why Ruslan Gaziev scratched 50 free tonight? Is he ill also?