2025 CANADIAN SWIMMING TRIALS
- Saturday, June 7 – Thursday, June 12, 2025
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Victoria Saanich Commonwealth Place
- LCM (50 meters)
- World Championship Selection Criteria
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Prelims Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2
- Finals Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2
Didn’t catch the second night of the 2025 Canadian Swimming Trials? No worries. If you missed the action, we’ve got you covered with most of the race videos, courtesy of CBC Sports and Swimming Canada on YouTube.
WOMEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – FINALS
- World Record: 26.86 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2023)
- Canadian Record: 27.13 – Kylie Masse (2025)
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 28.22
- Canadian World Juniors Standard: 29.41
Top 8 Finishers:
- Kylie Masse – 27.34
- Ingrid Wilm – 27.58
- Madison Kryger – 28.28
- Delia Lloyd – 28.59
- Sienna Rodgers – 28.69
- Eloise Allen – 28.84
- Bridget Burton – 28.89
- Emma Ducharme – 29.78
Kylie Masse was great once again in the 50 backstroke, winning the race in 27.34 to kick off tonight’s finals session. The swim was slightly faster than her 27.51 from this morning, and came within 0.21 seconds of her own Canadian Record in the event, which she set earlier this year.
Coming in right behind Masse was Ingrid Wilm, who swam a 27.58. That was a fantastic performance for Wilm, blowing away the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 28.22. That means Canada will have two swimmers racing in the event in Singapore, and both will be extremely competitive on the world stage.
Also of note, junior swimmer Madison Kryger was phenomenal tonight, swimming a 28.28. That’s a huge swim for the Tennessee commit, eclipsing her previous best of 28.67 and securing her a spot on Canada’s World Junior roster. Sienna Rodgers was another junior who put up an awesome swim, going 28.69.
MEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – FINALS
- World Record: 23.55 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2023)
- Canadian Record: 24.90 – Javier Acevedo (2023)
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 25.11
- Canadian World Juniors Standard: 26.08
Top 8 Finishers:
- Blake Tierney – 25.23
- Benjamin Winterborn – 25.32
- Parker Deshayes – 25.41
- Cole Pratt – 25.46
- Finlay Knox – 25.51
- Loic Courville Fortin – 25.69
- Andrew Herman – 25.74
- Stephen Calkins – 26.55
Blake Tierney won the men’s 50 back tonight, though none of the swimmers in the field cracked the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 25.11. Tierney posted a 25.23, getting his hand on the wall just ahead of Benjamin Winterborn (25.32).
While the seniors fell short of the cut, junior swimmer Parker Deshayes was on point, taking 3rd with a 25.41. Deshayes blew away the Canadian World Juniors standard of 26.08, which means he’ll qualify to be on Canada’s roster for that meet.
WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – FINALS
- World Record: 54.60 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2025)
- Canadian Record: 55.59 – Maggie MacNeil (2021)
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 58.33
- Canadian World Juniors Standard: 1:00.82
Top 8 Finishers:
- Mary-Sophie Harvey – 58.37
- Ella Jansen – 58.96
- Brooklyn Douthwright – 59.40
- Matea Gigovic – 59.61
- Ashlyn Massey – 59.62
- Clare Watson – 59.74
- Kamryn Cannings – 1:00.13
- Leila Fack – 1:00.90
Like the men’s 50 back, the women’s 100 fly didn’t see any swimmers crack the World Aquatics qualifying standard. That being said, Mary-Sophie Harvey put up a very nice race, clocking a 58.37, which missed the ‘A’ standard by just 0.04 seconds. She improved upon her prelims swim of 58.40 by a small margin, but was over a second shy of her life-time best 57.31 from last year.
Tennessee freshman Ella Jansen dipped under 59 seconds for 2nd, clocking a 58.96. She was just two tenths shy of her 2023 best time of 58.74.
Again like the men’s 50 back, junior swimmer Matea Gigovic got the job done, swimming a 59.61. While that time was slightly off the 59.34 she swam in prelims, Gigovic was well under the 1:00.82 Canadian World Juniors standard in the event. Clare Watson was another junior swimmer who was under the cut, swimming a 59.74.
MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – FINALS
- World Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
- Canadian Record: 49.99 – Josh Liendo (2024)
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 51.77
- Canadian World Juniors Standard: 53.73
Top 8 Finishers:
- Ilya Kharun – 50.37
- Josh Liendo – 50.46
- Patrick Hussey – 52.24
- Filip Senc-Samardzic – 52.92
- Eric Ginzburg – 53.35
- Nicholas Duncan – 53.38
- Kent Goni Avila – 53.46
- Benjamin Loewen – 54.18
The race between star swimmers Ilya Kharun and Josh Liendo in the men’s 100 fly lived up to the hype, offering the most thrilling race of the night so far. Kharun got the better of Liendo tonight, swimming a 50.37, which marks a new career best. His previous best in the event was the 50.42 he swam at the Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim Series meet about a month and a half ago.
Liendo clocked a 50.46, which stands as his season best in the event. Liendo is, of course, the Canadian Record holder in the event, having gone his career best of 49.99 last summer. With these two punching their tickets to Singapore, Canada will have one of, if not the single most formidable duo of any country in the men’s 100 fly. In fact, Kharun and Liendo currently stand as the 2nd and 3rd fastest swimmers in the world this year in the 100 fly.
MEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE – TIMED FINALS
- World Record: 14:30.67 – Bobby Finke, USA (2024)
- Canadian Record: 14:39.63 – Ryan Cochrane (2012)
- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 15:01.89
- Canadian World Juniors Standard: 15:37.52
Top 8 Finishers:
- Eric Brown – 15:17.54
- Aiden Kirk – 15:32.90
- Sebastian Paulins – 15:36.96
- Olivier Risk – 15:39.93
- Simon Fonseca – 15:40.33
- Hunter Payne – 15:42.43
- Edouard Duffy – 15:45.73
- Hugo Janvier – 15:48.12
Eric Brown picked up a decisive win in the men’s 1500 free, clocking a 15:17.54, narrowly missing his PB by 0.08. He was also well off the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 15:01.89. He won the race by a little over 15 seconds though, marking a truly dominant performance.
On the other hand, junior swimmer Aiden Kirk put up a great swim for 2nd, clocking a 15:32.90. That swim comes in well under the Canadian World Juniors standard of 15:37.52, earning Kirk a spot on the team. Fellow junior Simon Fonseca nearly made it through as well, swimming a 15:39.93 for 5th.
WOMEN’S 800 FREESTYLE – TIMED FINALS
- World Record: 8:04.12 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2025)
Canadian Record: 8:09.96 – Summer McIntosh(2025)- World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 8:34.62
- Canadian World Juniors Standard: 8:48.68
Top 8 Finishers:
- Summer McIntosh – 8:05.07 (CANADIAN RECORD)
- Ella Cosgrove – 8:35.72
- Mabel Zavaros – 8:39.67
- Emma Finlin – 8:42.86
- Tori Meklensek – 8:53.02
- Naomi Mynott – 8:55.20
- Julia Strojnowska – 8:58.62
- Laila Oravsky – 8:59.54
Summer McIntosh once again stole the show. After breaking the World Record in the women’s 400 free last night, she doubled down, breaking the Canadian Record in the women’s 800 free tonight. McIntosh popped an 8:05.07, taking nearly 5 seconds off her own Canadian Record of 8:09.96. Moreover, McIntosh is now the #2 performer all-time in the event, behind only the World Record holder, Katie Ledecky (8:04.12).
McIntosh put together a great race, splitting 4:01.17 on the opening 400m, then came home in 4:03.90 on the back half.
Coming in 2nd was Ella Cosgrove, who clocked an 8:35.72. Cosgrove was just off the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 8:34.62.
By the end of her career, she probably will have broken world records in 200/400/800 free, 200 fly, 200/400 IM
The 200s will be her biggest challenge. Nobody should have been surprised at 3:54. Summer had already set world records at that distance several times.
Re 800 I’ve long emphasized on track sites and swimming sites that endurance records are always more vulnerable than they appear. Grab an edge and it attaches to one segment after another.
But the shorter the distance the greater the depth of great athletes who have targeted the event year after year. No soft records. That’s what makes Gretchen so remarkable.
Swimming is in a transition now because the best have been 100/option 50. It remains to be seen if that priority level will reverse.
Summer is the Bomb
2 months ago I thought 8:04.79 was unbeatable and here we are now!
I have been hoping for Summer to swim 800 ever since she beat Ledecky early last year.
(It’s a shame Olympics schedule got in the way)
Why?
Because as a swimming fan, I want to watch the greatest race of this decade.
One generational talent vs. The next generational talent.
100% Guaranteed it will be awesomeness.
Similar stroke to Ledecky except McIntosh doesn’t have cross over reach when she breaths. Gonna be a thrown down at worlds. Wow.
Summer is a second away. This race is going to be fire!
The 100 fly competition tonight was awesome! The race can be seen on YouTube at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61fTVKcaRn8
She’s gonna get smoked by Ledecky
One can always dream
Whoever wins that race, it definitely will be tight!
Not likely.
You sound confident cause I wouldn’t sure about that and Ledecky right now is probably the best she’s ever been since Rio.
summer looking equally as good right now
Yes and that goes the same to Ledecky too when she broke that world record literally on the last day of pro swim after putting a lot of fast times on her other event.
tradionnaly too summer gets stronger as the meet goes on the girl will be swimming 5 EVENTS in Singapore.
Yeah and she’s probably also doing relays too and also 400IM is the day after the 800.
Summer is in great form right now could be even better in Singapore
Almost as good
So you think Summer will get smoked by Ledecky?
English is only my fourth language but I know what “get smoke” is, and I’m pretty sure Ledecky won’t smoke Summer even if she beat her at the end.
I didn’t say anything about being smoked but my predictons still on Ledecky with the race being close and I do think Ledecky probably have 8:03 in her to break her own world record with the way she swims right now and with the 800 being her last event at world she’s probably gonna go all out
the original claim was that ledecky will smoke mcintosh. when someone said that wouldn’t happen, you retorted by saying that the notion of ledecky not smoking mcintosh is simply overconfidence.
ledecky is certainly capable of still winning, but that’s not what smoke means. it means to win by a huge margin. they’re predicting that the race will play out like ledecky’s 800 and 1500 WRs, when it’s more likely that it will be similar to ledecky’s 200 free victories from 2015 and 2016. in the latter, she would be pushed all the way and only win by a small margin (if she wins at all).
mcintosh’s pb is only 0.95 slower, so it’s more likely to resemble the latter scenario.… Read more »
Lisa: the original claim was that ledecky will smoke mcintosh. when someone said that wouldn’t happen, you retorted by saying that the notion of ledecky not smoking mcintosh is simply overconfidence.
ledecky is certainly capable of still winning, but that’s not what smoke means. it means to win by a huge margin. they’re predicting that the race will play out like ledecky’s 800 and 1500 WRs, when it’s more likely that it will be similar to ledecky’s 200 free victories from 2015 and 2016. in the latter, she would be pushed all the way and only win by a small margin (if she wins at all).
mcintosh’s pb is only 0.95 slower, so it’s more likely to resemble the latter… Read more »
i forgot who went faster at their respective trials.
The gap is not really that much and it’s probably gonna be a close race at world championship and the schedule especially for Summer is gonna be packed.
she is taking on 5 events ( individual) because she can that doesn’t tell you something?
I’m saying that my pick is still Ledecky because she has the experience of swimming this event and it’s gonna be her last individual events at Singapore compared to Summer who still gonna swims 400IM and probably
medley relay on the last day of the meet.
going with Summer i think she has another time drop in her.didn’t you listen her post-race interview last night “i have some room”
Everyone has their pick and I do think Ledecky has 8:03 in her after what she did last week and she knows how to pace this event just like she did when she broke that world record last month.
picking summer this time it will be close i just see her in an even better form in Singapore.
Saying it and doing it are two different things. Ledecky went 8:05 in her most recent 800 and her other events at the meet were no where near as sharp as they were when she set her WR time a month earlier. I would offer Ledecky likely has more in the tank too. This race is clearly up for grabs in Singapore. It could be the race of the meet.
Are you from USA ?