2025 SPEEDO CANADIAN SWIMMING OPEN
- April 10-12, 2025
- Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Edmonton Kinsmen Sports Centre
- LCM (50m)
- Prelims 11:30am (ET) / Finals 7pm (ET)
- Event Page
- Meet Packet
- Psych Sheets
The 2025 Canadian Open will begin this Thursday, April 10th, and run through April 12th. The three-day competition will serve as a tune-up meet, with the Canadian World Championship Trials just two months away.
Prelims will begin each day at 11:30am (ET) and are expected to last 2-3 hours, depending on the session. All finals sessions will start at 7pm (ET) each day.
A large chunk of Canada’s biggest names will be in attendance at the meet, including Mary-Sophie Harvey, Ingrid Wilm, Finlay Knox, Taylor Ruck, Lorne Wiggington, Ella Jansen, Sophie Angus, and Alexanne Lepage.
Versatile Finlay Knox is entered in seven events at the competition: the 50 back, 100 back, 100 fly, 200 fly, 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 free. Notably, the 24-year-old 2024 World Champion in the 200 IM is not entered in his signature event.
Greg Arkhurst-coached Mary-Sophie Harvey is set to compete in five events: the 100 free, 200 free, 100 fly, 200 breast, and 200 IM. She is not entered in either the 400 free or 400 IM—events in which she excelled during her junior years and has recently revisited.
It will be interesting to see which races Harvey chooses to focus on at the Trials in June, as she has a wide range of options. At the Paris Olympics last summer, her highest individual finish came in the 200 free, where she touched 4th in a personal best time of 1:55.29.
Calgary’s Alexanne Lepage is also in the mix in the women’s breaststroke events. She was the breakout star of the 2023 World Junior Championships, where she won both the 100 breast in a massive personal best of 1:06.58 and the 200 breast in 2:24.70, dropping from her previous best of 1:09.07 in the 100.
Despite the improvement, Lepage narrowly missed making the Canadian Olympic team last May, placing 5th in the 100 breast (1:07.58) and 3rd in the 200 breast (2:25.76) at Trials. Notably, her World Juniors time would have won the 100, as the title was claimed in 1:06.96. Lepage will swim all three breaststroke distances, in addition to both IM events, this weekend.
The biggest name missing from the entry sheet is three-time Olympic champion Summer McIntosh. However, her absence isn’t too surprising. The 18-year-old is likely to attend the Pro Swim Series meet in Fort Lauderdale later this month instead, as she primarily trains in Sarasota, Florida under the guidance of coach Brent Arckey at the Sarasota Sharks. Fort Lauderdale is just a quick three-hour drive away, making it a more convenient option than flying back to Canada for this competition.
Canadian fans will probably see McIntosh return to home soil in June for Trials, which will be held in Victoria.
Additional Key Entries:
- Ingrid Wilm — 50 back, 100 back, 200 back, 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly
- Taylor Ruck — 50, back, 100 back, 200 back, 50 free, 100 free
- Ella Jansen — 100 free, 200 fly, 200 back, 200 breast, 200 IM
- Sophie Angus — 50 breast, 100 breast, 200 breast
- Lorne Wigginton — 200 free, 200 fly
- Yuri Kisil — 50 free, 100 free, 200 free
- Blake Tierney — 50 back, 100 back, 200 back, 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 50 fly, 200 IM
Order of Events:
- Thursday, April 10
- 400 IM
- 100 Backstroke
- 50 Breaststroke
- 200 Freestyle
- 200 Butterfly
- 1500 Freestyle
- Friday, April 11
- 50 Backstroke
- 100 Freestyle
- 200 Breaststroke
- 50 Butterfly
- 800 Freestyle
- Saturday, April 12
- 100 Butterfly
- 200 Backstroke
- 200 IM
- 100 Breaststroke
- 400 Freestyle
- 50 Freestyle
I did not see Ilya Kharun or several top Canadian men listed in the heat sheets. Any info on when and where they will be swimming?
Ngl I was hoping Finlay Knox would swim the 400IM, just wanted to see the time.
Probably 4:14 range
Could be really good if he wanted it I bet
I wonder why he doesn’t try it.
Pretty good lineup if you’re a Canadian swim fan.Nice combination of veterans and elite age groupers.
When will Ryan Mallette be let go? HPCON has no elite swimmers left
The bigger issue is not so much Mallette but Swimming Canada’s “strategy” to carve out some semblance of elite swimmer training plan by pilfering club teams’ age group swimmers. The result is that 14–18 yr old swimmers leave their clubs (eg. Kryger, Bezanson, Janssen, etc.) and dilute the training environment for their respective clubs. Seems as though it doesn’t always work out for the swimmer either. It’s time to rethink how Canada trains top talent. Given the allure of NCAA and some of the pro groups in the USA, it’s very challenging to retain top talent post age 18. But clubs need to exist and perhaps elevating the coaching skills and infrastructure to entice young up & comers can be… Read more »
Summer posted she’s training with CN Antibes a few days ago.
https://www.instagram.com/share/reel/BBP9P1xGh2
Summer in Austin, maybe starting in September, will be the only person able to speak French to Léon, that’s smart! (With Rafael FENTE DAMERS also ?)