2026 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials
Braden Keith contributed to this report.
After Summer season McIntosh‘s report run within the 200 fly on Sunday night, the 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials settle into the meet of 5 days of racing on Monday, together with Summer season swimming the 400 IM: an occasion the place she enters the meet already holding the World Report.
The day’s schedule additionally consists of the 100 frees, 50 backstrokes, and timed finals of the ladies’s 1500 free on the non-para facet, plus the 50 fly and 100 free for para-swimmers.
Ladies’s 400 IM – Prelims
‘A’ Last:
Summer season McIntosh (UNCAN), 4:39.71
Ella Jansen (ESWIM), 4:43.76
Mary-Sophie Harvey (CAMO), 4:44.58
Kathryn Hazle (UNCAN), 4:49.24
Julie Brousseau (NKB), 4:49.49
Shima Taghavi (HYACK), 4:54.13
Naomi Mynott (WDSC), 4:57.13
Michelle Yeng (CDSC), 4:57.82
Charlotte Brousseau (CAMO), 4:57.98
Lily Chai (MAC), 4:59.46
Recent off breaking the oldest world report on the books final night time within the 200 fly, Summer season McIntosh cruised to the highest time of the morning within the girls’s 400 IM to kick off the second day of the Canadian Swimming Trials in Montreal.
The 19-year-old comfortably put up a time of 4:39.71, greater than a second sooner than she was within the prelims on the 2025 Trials (4:40.93) earlier than breaking the world report within the ultimate in 4:23.65.
McIntosh leads the 2025-26 world rankings together with her time of 4:27.31 from the Longhorn Elite Invite final month.
Etobicoke’s Ella Jansen certified 2nd general in 4:43.76, swimming alongside McIntosh within the fifth and ultimate warmth. The rising Tennessee junior owns a private greatest time of 4:37.35, set in 2023, and went 4:39.30 in final yr’s Trials ultimate to position third. She’s been as quick as 4:40.40 this season.
Two-time Olympian Mary-Sophie Harvey topped the penultimate warmth in a time of 4:44.58 to advance third general. Final yr, she was the runner-up to McIntosh on the Canadian Trials in a private greatest time of 4:35.56 after going 4:41.02 within the prelims.
Rising Cal senior Kathryn Hazle (4:49.24) and rising Florida junior Julie Brousseau (4:49.49) made it 5 girls beneath 4:50 to advance 4th and fifth into the ultimate.
Fifteen-year-old standout Shima Taghavi impressed by making the ‘A’ ultimate in a time of 4:54.13, simply over two seconds shy of her 4:52.10 PB set on the 2025 Trials the place she received the junior ultimate.
Males’s 400 IM – Prelims
World Report: 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand, France (4:02.50)
Canadian Report: 4:11.41 – Brian Johns (2008)
World Aquatics ‘A’ Customary: 4:17.48
‘A’ Last:
Tristan Jankovics (RCAQ), 4:19.84
Lorne Wigginton (ESWIM), 4:21.63
Jaques Harrison (CREST/HPCVN), 4:23.59
Aiden Kirk (KAJ/HPCVN), 4:26.81
Liam Chew (KAJ), 4:26.95
Eduard-Daniel Rusu (CAMO), 4:29.91
Colton Chaires (GO), 4:30.07
Carter Scheffel (UCSC), 4:30.46
Jacob Bougaieff (UNCAN), 4:31.83
Owen Ekk (UNCAN), 4:31.95
*Internationals in Prime 10 However Ineligible for ‘A’ Last: Matthew Mortenson (4:29.59), Sebastian Gonzalez-Barboza (4:31.06)
Tristan Jankovics and Lorne Wigginton did what they wanted to do on this morning’s prelims of the lads’s 400 IM, coasting to win every of the 2 circle-seeded heats and earn the center two lanes for tonight’s ultimate.
Wigginton received the primary circle-seeded warmth in 4:21.63, placing it on cruise management on the again half with American Matthew Mortenson the next-closest swimmer again almost eight seconds in 4:29.59.
Wigginton has been as quick as 4:14.35 this season, completed a number of weeks in the past on the Professional Swim Sequence in Indianapolis that ranks him twenty second on the planet.
Jankovics adopted with a powerful displaying within the sixth and ultimate warmth, out-splitting Wigginton by two seconds on breast and free to publish the highest time of the session in 4:19.84. His season-best sits at 4:18.67, set in December on the U.S. Open.
On the 2025 Canadian Trials, Jankovics (4:13.15) edged out Wigginton (4:13.40) for the victory, although Wigginton was the one one of many two to swim on the World Championships, inserting 14th.
Qualifying third into the ultimate was Jaques Harrison, a 19-year-old who received the junior ultimate eventually yr’s Trials. Harrison put up a time of 4:23.59 this morning, simply shy of the 4:22.92 PB he set en path to a Ninth-place end on the 2025 World Junior Championships.
Ladies’s 100 Free – Prelims
World Report: 51.68 – Marrit Steenbergen, Netherlands (2026)
Canadian Report: 52.59 – Penny Oleksiak (2021)
World Aquatics ‘A’ Customary: 54.25
‘A’ Last:
Taylor Ruck (HPCVN), 53.91
Leilani Fack (OS), 54.95
Sarah Fournier (CAMO), 55.15
Leah Tigert (TSC), 55.17
Brooklyn Douthwright (CNBO), 55.44
Reina Liu (UNCAN), 55.45
Sienna Angove (KCS), 55.52
Summer season Cardwell (PCSC), 55.59
Emma O’Croinin (UBCT/HPCVN), 55.76
Marlee Winser (KISU), 56.01
*Internationals in Prime 10 However Ineligible for ‘A’ Last: Kayla Sanchez (53.86)
Kayla Sanchez was the quickest swimmer on this morning’s prelims of the ladies’s 100 free, but it surely’s Taylor Ruck claiming Lane 4 for tonight’s ‘A’ ultimate.
Sanchez, a two-time Olympic medalist with Canada in Tokyo, now represents the Philippines, that means she’ll be relegated to the comfort ultimate in tonight’s session. The 25-year-old UBC Thunderbird put up a stable time of 53.86 this morning, which marks her quickest for the reason that Paris Olympics.
Sanchez and Ruck raced head-to-head within the ultimate warmth, with Ruck ending only a hair behind her longtime coaching companion in 53.91, marking her third time sub-54 this season. She additionally went 53.80 in Edmonton in April, after which was 53.90 on the Sacramento Professional Swim in Could.
The 26-year-old is coming off an enormous win within the 100 again final night time, which earned her a spot on Canada’s Pan Pac roster.
Advancing 2nd behind Ruck into the ‘A’ ultimate was Olympians Swimming’s Leilani Fack, 20, who broke 55 seconds for the primary time in 54.95. In truth, Fack solely broke 56 seconds for the primary time a number of weeks in the past on the Indianapolis Professional Swim, the place she lowered her PB from 56.02 to 55.57.
Thirty-year-old veteran Sarah Fournier (55.15) led a bunch of seven Canadian girls within the 55-second vary to qualify third, with rising 18-year-old standout Leah Tigert (55.17) subsequent up in 4th.
Males’s 100 Free – Prelims
World Report: 46.40 – Pan Zhanle, China (2024)
Canadian Report: 47.27 – Brent Hayden (2009)
World Aquatics ‘A’ Customary: 48.34
‘A’ Last:
Antoine Sauve (CAMO), 49.17
Yuri Kisil (CASC/HPCVN), 49.22
Laon Kim (UCSC), 49.52
Finlay Knox (MAVS/HPCVN), 49.59
Filip Senc-Samardzic (TSC), 49.61
Ruslan Gaziev (UNCAN), 49.63
Francis Brennan (BBST), 49.82
Luke Stewart-Beinder (OS), 49.96
Chris Weeks (MPM), 50.16
Aiden Norman (UCSC), 50.26
Antoine Sauve paced a bunched-up discipline within the males’s 100 free this morning as the highest eight qualifiers have been separated by lower than eight-tenths of a second.
Sauve, a rising sophomore at Michigan, cut up 23.61/25.56 en path to a time of 49.17, successful the penultimate warmth in what held up as the highest time general. The 21-year-old was the runner-up on the 2025 Canadian Trials in a private better of 48.42.
Three-time Olympian Yuri Kisil had comparable splits to Sauve within the earlier warmth, clocking 49.22 to advance 2nd general. Not solely was this his first sub-50 swim of the yr, but it surely’s additionally sooner than he was within the 2025 ultimate (49.30), the place he positioned sixth.
Eighteen-year-old stud Laon Kim, who’s headed to Texas within the fall, had a powerful swim to clock 49.52 and qualify third for the ultimate, simply shy of the 49.33 private greatest he set final yr on the World Junior Championships.
Medley specialist Finlay Knox (49.59) and rising ASU senior Filip Senc-Samardzic (49.61) additionally put themselves in robust place to vie for a relay berth at Pan Pacs with their morning swims, as did the 2025 Canadian Trials champion, Ruslan Gaziev (49.63)
Gaziev has had a powerful season to this point. After setting a greatest time of 48.37 on the 2025 Trials after which matching it on the World Championships, he’s already been sub-49 5 instances this season, together with a pair of 48.55s.
Ladies’s 50 Again – Prelims
World Report: 26.86 – Kaylee McKeown, Australia (2023)
Canadian Report: 27.13 – Kylie Masse (2025)
World Aquatics ‘A’ Customary: 28.22
‘A’ Last:
Kylie Masse (TSC), 27.90
Ingrid Wilm (CASC), 28.20
Madison Kryger (BROCK), 28.67
Sienna Rodgers (UCSC), 28.96
Reina Liu (UNCAN), 29.18
Eloise Allen (UBCT), 29.46
Leanne Chen (PSW), 29.55
Lucy Wiens (MAVS), 29.57
Christine Zhou (UCSC), 29.61
Bridget Burton (ISC/HPCVN), 29.66
*Internationals in Prime 10 However Ineligible for ‘A’ Last:Lexi Stephens (28.87), Kayla Sanchez (29.19)
The ever-reliable Kylie Masse booked Lane 4 for tonight’s ultimate of the ladies’s 50 backstroke with a stable morning swim of 27.90, simply over three-tenths shy of her 27.57 season-best that ranks her 18th on the planet this season.
The 30-year-old has all however secured her spot on the Pan Pac roster after a runner-up end in final night time’s 100 again, and has been a dominant drive domestically within the 50 again through the years. Final yr, she received the Trials title in a time of 27.34 over Ingrid Wilm (27.58).
The 2 will go head-to-head once more tonight after Wilm superior 2nd general in a time of 28.20. Count on her to be harmful after she clocked 27.53 in Could on the Mare Nostrum Tour.
Brock’s Madison Kryger, 18, certified third into the ultimate in 28.67, tying her fourth-fastest swim ever. She set her lifetime better of 28.28 final yr en path to successful the junior ultimate at Trials.
Sixteen-year-old Reina Liu accomplished a formidable double, making the ‘A’ ultimate of the 50 again in a time of 29.18 after qualifying for the 50 free championship warmth earlier within the session. Her time was simply two one-hundredths off her PB set final Could on the 2025 Professional Swim in Fort Lauderdale.
Males’s 50 Again – Prelims
World Report: 23.55 – Kliment Kolesnikov, Russia (2023)
Canadian Report: 24.90 – Javier Acevedo (2023)
World Aquatics ‘A’ Customary: 25.11
‘A’ Last:
Loic Courville-Fortin (CAMO), 25.50
Benjamin Winterborn (UT), 25.52
Parker Deshayes (CASC) /Â Blake Tierney (GOLD), 25.55
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Javier Acevedo (HPCON), 25.65
Raben Dommann (UBCT), 25.86
Canek Bracho (UBCT), 25.97
Aiden Norman (UCSC), 26.02
Jonathan Gallacher (OTT), 26.20
Kai Lilienthal (UBCT), 26.22
*Internationals in Prime 10 However Ineligible for ‘A’ Last: Charles Gould (25.61)
CAMO’s Loic Courville-Fortin posted a brand new private greatest time of 25.50 to guide the lads’s 50 again discipline into what ought to be an thrilling ultimate with the highest 5 swimmers separated by simply 15 one-hundredths.
Courville-Fortin improved on his earlier better of 25.52, set in Could 2025. Final yr, he was sixth on the Canadian Trials in 25.69.
College of Toronto’s Benjamin Winterborn, final yr’s Trials runner-up, was second-fastest this morning in 25.52, a brand new season-best after he hit a PB of 25.32 within the 2025 ultimate.
Defending champion Blake Tierney certified in a tie for third general alongside Cascade’s Parker Deshayes, who received the junior ultimate on the 2025 Trials. The 2 males put up matching instances of 25.55—they personal respective greatest instances of 25.20 and 25.41.
Canadian Report holder Javier Acevedo clocked 25.65 to simply qualify for the ‘A’ ultimate in fifth, matching his season-best set in March. The 28-year-old was absent on the 2025 Canadian Trials however nonetheless competed all year long, primarily briefly course meters.
Ladies’s 1500 Free – Slower Heats
World Report: 15:20.48 – Katie Ledecky, United States (2018)
Canadian Report: 15:57.15 – Brittany MacLean (2014)
World Aquatics ‘A’ Customary: 16:24.56
Prime 10 (after slower heats):
Hannah Rutten (KISU), 17:15.69
Maelle Bowkowy (EKSC), 17:21.36
Lily Chai (MAC), 17:22.10
Ruth Jaskowiak (EKSC), 17:23.97
Danielle Gleason (UMIZ), 17:26.61
Ayiana Gagne (UVPCS), 17:27.36
Karelle Lelievre (SAMAK), 17:33.81
Annabelle Turcotte (CNQ), 17:35.69
Keira Kennedy (CASC), 17:36.54
Alice Jin (MAC), 17:39.95
Kisu Swim Membership’s Hannah Rutten is the clubhouse chief after the early heats of the ladies’s 1500 freestyle, because the 18-year-old put upa time of 17:15.69 to prime Edmonton Keyano’s Maelle Bowkowy (17:21.36) by over 5 and a half seconds.
Rutten owns a private better of 17:09.79, set this previous April on the Edmonton Open. Bowkowy, 15, set a large new greatest time, knocking 13 seconds off her earlier better of 17:34.55.
Para Highlights
The headliner of this morning’s motion within the para occasions was the presence of Aurelie Rivard, the 13-time Paralympic medalist who opted to skip the 2025 Para Worlds to concentrate on her research.
The 30-year-old led the ladies’s 100 freestyle multi-class occasion this morning in a time of 1:01.08, scoring 984 para factors.
Danielle Dorris, Sebastian Massabie and Maxwell Reid additionally claimed prime seeds heading into tonight’s session.
Prime Prelim Seeds:
Ladies’s 50 Butterfly – Danielle Dorris S7 (CNBO), 34.83 (995 pts)
Males’s 50 Butterfly – Sebastian Massabie S5 (PSW), 36.52 (814 pts)
Ladies’s 100 Freestyle – Aurelie Rivard S10 (CNQ), 1:01.08 (984 pts)
Males’s 100 Freestyle – Maxwell Reid S8 (CAMO), 1:01.06 (961 pts)
