By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
Canadian superstar Summer McIntosh shared some of her goal times in a few key events during her recent interview with Mel Stewart on the SwimSwam Podcast, including one in a race she hasn’t contested on the international stage in a few years.
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McIntosh, now 19, is coming off another standout year in the pool that saw her shatter world records in the women’s 400 free (3:54.18), 200 IM (2:05.70) and 400 IM (4:23.65) while also winning gold at the World Championships in those three races plus the 200 fly, where she became the second-fastest woman in history and fastest ever in a textile suit in 2:01.99.
Despite her incredibly successful year, the race that many remember most from the 2025 World Championships was the one individual race where McIntosh suffered defeat, the women’s 800 free.
After recording the third-fastest swim ever at the Canadian Trials in 8:05.07, McIntosh settled for bronze in Singapore in a time of 8:07.29, as Katie Ledecky continued her reign of dominance with the victory in 8:05.62, while Australian Lani Pallister was the surprise silver medalist ahead of McIntosh in 8:05.98.
McIntosh said during the interview that she wants to go 8:04 “or faster” in the 800 free, which is a reasonable goal considering she’s already been 8:05.0, but also likely goes without saying she’s thinking about Ledecky’s world record of 8:04.12, which she set just last May after her previous mark of 8:04.79 had been on the books since 2016.
The first race McIntosh mentioned when asked about any future goal times was the 200 fly, which comes as no surprise after she took a serious run at Liu Zige‘s vaunted super-suited world record during the year.
McIntosh said she wants to break the 200 fly world record, which stands at 2:01.81 from Liu in 2009. “I’ve been pretty open about that,” said McIntosh, who lowered her best time from 2:03.03 to 2:02.26 at the Canadian Trials in June, and then got down to 2:01.99 at the World Championships in July.
The other race she mentioned was the 200 free, which she has opted not to race individually at the last two major international meets (2024 Olympics, 2025 Worlds), with her last appearance being at the 2023 World Championships, where she won bronze.
McIntosh set her best time of 1:53.65 at the 2023 Worlds, and narrowly missed it at the 2024 Olympic Trials (1:53.69), but wants to take it to the next level soon.
“I definitely want to get to 1:52 at some point in the near future,” she said.
Ranking 5th all-time currently, McIntosh would join an exclusive club if she achieves that goal, with only Ariarne Titmus (1:52.23), Mollie O’Callaghan (1:52.48) and Federica Pellegrini (1:52.98) having broken 1:53 in the history of the sport.
If she were to achieve these three goals in 2026, it’s possible McIntosh could own six individual LC world records simultaneously, which would be unprecedented.
Now training with Bob Bowman at the University of Texas, six individual LC world records for McIntosh would surpass what Bowman’s former pupil, Michael Phelps, was capable of at his peak.
Phelps broke four individual world records at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, and then in early July 2009, he took ownership of the 100 fly record to hold five simultaneously, though he lost the 200 free and 200 IM records a few weeks later at the World Championships.
McIntosh also said she wants to continue chipping away at her current world records in the 400 free, 200 IM and 400 IM, having already made history by becoming the first woman sub-3:55 in the 400, first sub-2:06 in the 200 IM, and first sub-4:24, 4:25 and 4:26 in the 400 IM
You can watch the full interview with McIntosh here.
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