By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
2026 Canadian Swimming Trials
July 5-9, 2026 Montreal, Canada — Montreal Olympic Pool LCM (50 Meters) Meet Central Pan Pacific Championships Selection Criteria Psych Sheet Live Results How To Watch Recaps: Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2The third day of the 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials kicks off on Tuesday with preliminary heats in the men’s and women’s 400 free, 100 fly and 50 breast, along with the multi-class 200 and 400 free events.
Headlining the session is Summer McIntosh, the world record holder and reigning world champion in the women’s 400 free who broke the oldest women’s world record on the opening night of action in the 200 fly.
Taylor Ruck has had a strong start to the meet as well, and she’s the top seed in the women’s 100 fly, while Alexanne Lepage and Sophie Angus lead the way in the 50 breast as the only two women seeded under 31 seconds.
On the men’s side, Ethan Ekk is the top seed by more than three seconds in the 400 free, while in the 100 fly, with Josh Liendo skipping the meet and Ilya Kharun in the process of changing his sporting citizenship, Finlay Knox is the top seed.
In the 50 breast, rising star Oliver Dawson leads the field after breaking the national record earlier this year in a time of 27.29.
Women’s 400 Free – Prelims
World Record: 3:54.18 – Summer McIntosh, Canada (2025) Canadian Record: 3:54.18 – Summer McIntosh (2025) World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 4:10.23‘A’ Final:
Summer McIntosh (UNCAN), 4:11.45 Ella Cosgrove (UNCAN), 4:12.56 Ella Jansen (ESWIM), 4:12.64 Summer Cardwell (PCSC), 4:13.34 Madison Kryger (BROCK/HPCON), 4:13.76 Julie Brousseau (NKB), 4:13.80 Sienna Angove (KCS), 4:14.33 Kathryn Hazle (UNCAN), 4:14.36 Katherine Warkentin (UNCAN), 4:20.15 Mia Thomas (TSC), 4:20.38*Internationals in top 10 but ineligible for ‘A’ final: Sylvia Statkevicius (4:17.23)
Summer McIntosh coasted the top time of the morning in the prelims of the women’s 400 free, doing just enough to edge out Ella Cosgrove in the fourth and final heat.
After breaking the 200 fly world record on Sunday and winning the 400 IM on Monday, McIntosh conserved as much energy as possible in posting a time of 4:11.45, splitting 2:04.15/2:07.30 by the 200.
Cosgrove, 19, was close behind in 4:12.56, the fifth-fastest swim of her career and not too far off her 4:10.89 lifetime best set at last year’s World Juniors where she placed 6th. At the 2025 Canadian Trials, Cosgrove won the junior final in 4:11.42.
Etobicoke’s Ella Jansen won the penultimate heat to qualify 3rd overall in 4:12.64, doing just what she needed to do like McIntosh after a strong runner-up finish last night in the 400 IM. Last year, Jansen was 2nd to McIntosh in the 400 free at the Canadian Trials in a time of 4:07.36, just shy of her 4:07.18 personal best.
Men’s 400 Free – Prelims
World Record: 3:39.96, Lukas Martens (GER) – 2025 Canadian Record: 3:43.46, Ryan Cochrane – 2014 World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 3:48.15‘A’ Final:
Ethan Ekk (UNCAN), 3:53.16 Francis Brennan (BBST), 3:54.86 Simon Fonseca (CAMO/HPCON), 3:55.12 Lorne Wigginton (ESWIM), 3:55.21 Jordi Vilchez (BTSC), 3:55.93 Aiden Kirk (KAJ/HPCVN), 3:56.95 Jaques Harrison (CREST/HPCVN), 3:57.08 Zachary Parise (PCSC/HPCVN), 3:57.17 Oliver Blanchard (PCSC), 3:58.23 Cole Jawaja (UNCAN), 3:58.61*Internationals in top 10 but ineligible for ‘A’ final: Adanuriel Rosal Brito (3:57.98)
Defending champion Ethan Ekk booked Lane 4 for tonight’s final of the men’s 400 free after posting the top time of the morning in 3:53.16, going out quick through the 200 (1:51.95) before really shutting things down over the last 150.
A rising sophomore at Stanford, Ekk won the 2025 Trials title in a time of 3:49.57, and then dropped a massive best time of 3:46.01 at the World Championships, narrowly missing the final in 9th place.
Belleville’s Francis Brennan had an impressive swim from Ekk’s heat, negative-splitting his way to a time of 3:54.86 to set a new personal best and advance 2nd into the final.
Brennan, whose old best stood at 3:58.13, split 1:57.51/1:57.36 en route to his big PB, which comes a few months after wrapping up his freshman year at SMU.
Simon Fonseca (3:55.12) and Lorne Wigginton (3:55.21) made it so that the top four qualifiers for the final all came out of Heat 4, with Wigginton notably coming off the high of breaking the longstanding national record in last night’s 400 IM.
Barrie Trojans’ Jordi Vilchez, the runner-up to Ekk at the 2025 Trials, won the penultimate heat in 3:55.93 to comfortably advance in 5th place.
Women’s 100 Fly – Prelims
World Record: 54.33, Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 2026 Canadian Record: 55.59, Maggie MacNeil – 2021 World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 58.33‘A’ Final:
Men’s 100 Fly – Prelims
World Record: 49.45, Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 2021 Canadian Record: 49.99, Josh Liendo – 2024 World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 51.77‘A’ Final:
Women’s 50 Breast – Prelims
World Record: 29.16, Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) – 2023 Canadian Record: 30.23, Amanda Reason – 2009 World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 30.75‘A’ Final:
Men’s 50 Breast – Prelims
World Record: 25.95, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2017 Canadian Record: 27.29, Oliver Dawson – 2026 World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 27.33‘A’ Final:
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