2026 Canadian Swimming Trials
- July 5-9, 2026
- Montreal, Canada — Montreal Olympic Pool
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Well swimming fans, we have officially made it to the last day of the 2026 Canadian Trials.
There are seven finals on the last night of competition, four women’s events and three men’s events.
The meet will kick off with the 200 backstroke finals. On the women’s side, Madison Kryger earned the top seed by three seconds as the only swimmer under the ‘A’ standard, and she will be hoping to move from priority three to priority one for the Pan Pacs roster with a win.
Canadian record holder Blake Tierney swam the fastest time on the men’s side as the only swimmer under 2:00 in prelims. He is already on the team, but 2nd qualifier Francis Brennan is not qualified yet, and tonight will be his last chance.
Taylor Ruck is the top seed in the women’s 50 fly, and she will be trying to hold off Matea Gigovic, who is also not qualified for the Pan Pacs team yet. Ruck was more than half-a-second faster this morning, and will be attempting to go five-for-five with gold medals tonight. Eloise Allen, who qualified 4th, scratched the event in favor of the 100 breaststroke final, where she is also the 4th seed.
Finlay Knox swam the top time in the men’s 50 fly prelims of 23.54, three tenths ahead of Chris Weeks, who swam 23.88 for 2nd. Eric Ginzburg and Filip Senc-Samardzic were both about two tenths back of Weeks, and neither has qualified for Pan Pacs yet.
The women’s 100 breaststroke is shaping up to be a battle tonight as 200 breaststroke champion Alexanne Lepage set a personal best 1:06.38 to earn the top seed and 50 breaststroke champion Sophie Angus swam 1:07.08 for the 2nd seed. Both are qualified for Pan Pacs already, and it would take a massive upset for someone else to end up in the top two.
On the men’s side, Oliver Dawson is hunting a breaststroke sweep, having already won the 50 and 200 breast. He set the top time in the 100 breast of 1:00.90 and is the heavy favorite tonight over Apollo Hess and Brayden Taivassalo.
The meet will wrap up with the women’s 800 freestyle final heat where Ella Cosgrove is the top seed by seven seconds over 1500 free champion Emma Finlin.
Women’s 200 Back – Final
- World Record: 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 2023
- Canadian Record: 2:05.42, Kylie Masse – 2021
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 2:11.08
Top 3 Finishers
- Madison Kryger — 2:08.17
- Ingrid Wilm — 2:10.10
- Reina Liu — 2:11.41
The women’s 200 backstroke saw the top two swimmers come in under the AQUA ‘A’ time of 2:11.08, led by Madison Kryger‘s 2:08.17.
Kryger split 29.86/32.38/33.12/32.81 to take more than a second off her former lifetime best of 2:09.53 that she swam at the Mare Nostrum stop in Barcelona. She came into the season at 2:09.88, which she sawm in June of last year.
This swim will move her up to 12th in the world this year behind China’s Sun Mingxia, who swam 2:08.12 at the China Swimming Open.
Ingrid Wilm took 2nd, picking up her 3rd backstroke silver medal and 3rd AQUA ‘A’ standard. She stopped the clock in 2:10.10, a new personal best time by a hundredth over the 2:10.11 she set at the World Championships last summer.
She split 30.56/33.02/33.53/32.99 to finish about a second-and-a-half ahead of Reina Liu’s 2:11.41 in 3rd place.
Liu, who swims for the TAC Titans and just finished her sophomore year of high school, set a new personal best time by a second. Her previous best stood at 2:12.41 from the USA Swimming Futures meet last July.
There were no new Pan Pacs qualifiers in the event, though Kryger will move from priority 3 to priority 1 and Wilm will pick up a 3rd priority 3 event.
Men’s 200 Back – Final
- World Record: 1:51.92, Aaron Peirsol (USA) – 2009
- Canadian Record: 1:55.03, Blake Tierney – 2025
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 1:58.07
Top 3 Finishers
- Ethan Ekk — 1:57.58
- Blake Tierney — 1:58.76
- Jaques Harrison — 2:00.55
The men’s 200 backstroke final saw Ethan Ekk pick up his 2nd event win of the meet, stopping the clock in 1:57.58, a full second ahead of Blake Tierney‘s 1:58.76 in 2nd.
Ekk got out fast splitting 27.81/29.74 over his first 100 meters to turn in 57.55. This put him about a second ahead of Tierney’s 28.13/30.38 first 100 splits.
He came home 29.97/30.08 to finish about a second ahead of Tierney who was 30.50/29.75 on his final two 50s.
Ekk and Tierney are both already priority 1 swimmers for Pan Pacs, and their swims will not affect the overall roster numbers.
Jacques Harrison finished 3rd in 2:00.55, dropping a second from his previous best of 2:01.52, which he set at last year’s Trials.
Women’s 50 Fly – Final
- World Record: 24.43, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 2014
- Canadian Record: 25.62, Penny Oleksiak – 2017
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 26.23
Top 3 Finishers
- Taylor Ruck — 25.93
- Matea Gigovic — 26.38
- Leilani Fack — 26.88
Taylor Ruck capped off her exceptional meet with her fifth event win, swimming 25.93 in the women’s 50 fly to be the only swimmer under 26 seconds in the event.
This was about two tenths faster than the 25.71 she set at the 2025 World Championships to finish 13th.
Matea Gigovic is the first new Pan Pacs qualifier of the evening, swimming 26.38 to finish 2nd in the event, half-a-second ahead of Leilani Fack, picking up a priority 4 qualification, since she was not under the AQUA standard of 26.23,
This swim a best time for Gigovic by about a tenth from the 26.50 she swam in march of 2025.
Fack took 3rd in 26.88, a tenth drop from her best of 26.97, which she set in May.
Men’s 50 Fly – Final
- World Record: 22.27, Andriy Govorov (UKR) – 2018
- Canadian Record: 22.68, Ilya Kharun – 2025
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 23.36
Top 3 Finishers
- Finlay Knox — 23.36
- Chris Weeks — 23.52
- Eric Ginzburg — 23.88
Finlay Knox swam the top time in the men’s 50 fly of 23.36, touching about two tenths ahead of Chris Weeks‘ 23.52 in 2nd.
Knox added about a tenth from his best of 23.25 which he swam in February of 2024, but this marked a new season best swim, taking three tenths off the 23.67 he swam at the U.S. Open in December.
Weeks’ 23.52 in 2nd, a tenth drop from the 23.67 mark he set in July of last year and three tenths ahead of Eric Ginzburg in 3rd.
Ginzburg stopped the clock in 23.88, a tenth off the 23.76 he swam to finish 3rd in last year’s final as well.
Women’s 100 Breast – Final
- World Record: 1:04.13, Lilly King (USA) – 2017
- Canadian Record: 1:05.74, Annamay Pierse – 2009
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 1:06.87
Top 3 Finishers
- Alexanne Lepage — 1:06.08
- Sophie Angus — 1:07.22
- Shona Branton — 1:07.63
After setting a best time of 1:06.38 in prelims, Alexanne Lepage took another three tenths off in finals, swimming 1:06.08 to win the event by more than a second over the rest of the field.
She split 31.50/34.58, out splitting her prelims time on both 50s. This took four tenths off the 1:06.42 she initially set at the Canet leg of the Mare Nostrum tour in May. She came into the season with a best time of 1:06.58 from the 2023 World Junior Championships.
She is continuing to narrow the gap between herself and Canadian record holder Annamay Pierse, who has been the fastest in history since 2009.
Sophie Angus swam 1:07.22 for 2nd overall, four tenths ahead of Shona Branton‘s 1:07.63. Angus added about two tenths from the 1:07.08 she swam in prelims and half-a-second from her best of 1:06.66 from the 2024 World Championships.
Branton finished 3rd in 1:07.63, two seconds ahead of 4th place finisher Maelle Sanborn. She was about a second off her lifetime best of 1:06.59, but she took two tenths off her season best of 1:07.81.
Men’s 100 Breast – Final
- World Record: 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2019
- Canadian Record: 59.33, Oliver Dawson – 2026
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 59.75
Top 3 Finishers
- Oliver Dawson — 59.97
- Apollo Hess — 1:01.40
- Brayden Taivassalo — 1:01.58
Oliver Dawson officially completes his sweep of the men’s breaststroke events as the men’s Canadian Trials wraps up officially.
Dawson swam 59.97 to win the last men’s event of the meet, coming in more than a second ahead of the rest of the field as the only athlete under 1:01 in the event
He split 27.85/32.12 to stop the clock seven tenths back of his national record time of 59.33, which he set at the AP Race in London. He was out a little faster than the 27.87 he swam in that race, but did not have the same closing speed.
Apollo Hess took 2nd, his 2nd breaststroke silver medal of the meet after he earned the silver in the men’s 200 breaststroke final. He stopped the clock in 1:01.40, four tenths off the 1:00.99 he swam in May.
Brayden Taivassalo took 3rd in 1:01.58, three tenths off his season best of 1:01.28, which he set in May.
Women’s 800 Free – Fastest Heat
- World Record: 8:04.12, Katie Ledecky (USA) – 2025
- Canadian Record: 8:05.07, Summer McIntosh – 2025
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 8:34.62
Top 3 Finishers
- Ella Cosgrove — 8:40.35
- Emma Finlin — 8:41.39
- Julie Brousseau — 8:46.32
Ethan Ekk has tierneys number at trials really is fun to watch him aura farm at these trials, he due for some big drops.
Great 200 Back PB for Madison!
Kaylee out for comms and pan pacs 😢
Brittany breaking news on the broadcast.
I read the release – she has glandular fever (mono).
With her 24.51 PB, Gretchen Walsh would be seated 9th going into the Canadian men’s 50 fly A-final.
Summer would have finished 4th in the men’s 400 IM and 400 free finals with her PBs. Would have been fun to watch her have some competition lol
They should let her race with the men. Not even joking.