World record-holder McIntosh fails to qualify for 400m freestyle ultimate, takes accountability for ‘misjudgment’

Summer McIntosh, the world record-holder within the girls’s 400-metre freestyle, missed qualifying for Friday night’s A ultimate on the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, Calif.

In place to complete second to Australia’s Lani Pallister in a morning warmth, McIntosh was narrowly crushed to the wall, putting third and ninth total in 4 minutes 8.56 seconds, 14 seconds over her document time. Only the highest eight advance to the medal ultimate at 10:07 p.m. ET.

Instead, the 19-year-old Canadian star from Toronto says she’ll swim within the B ultimate at 10:01 p.m. together with teammate Ella Cosgrove, who was thirteenth total.

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“I take full responsibility for my misjudgment in this morning’s heats,” McIntosh wrote on Instagram. “I will see you all in the B final tonight and thank you for your support.”

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Summer McIntosh fails to qualify for 400m freestyle ultimate at Pan Pacific swimming champions

Summer McIntosh gained her first-ever Pan Pacific title within the girls’s 400-metre particular person medley in Irvine, Calif., however a day later missed the A ultimate within the 400-metre freestyle.

Last June, McIntosh set the brand new document of three:54.18 on the Canadian swimming trials in Victoria, eclipsing the mark set by the now-retired Ariarne Titmus (3:55.38) of Australia in 2023 on the world championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Friday’s A ultimate outdoor at William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center was being billed as a battle between American record-holder Katie Ledecky, Pallister, and McIntosh.

Ledecky was tops in qualifying in 4:03.48 whereas Pallister was fourth (4:05.22).

McIntosh made her Pan Pacs debut Wednesday within the girls’s 200 free and took silver in 1:53.86, almost 2-10ths behind Pallister, who clocked a championship document 1:53.67.

The Canadian adopted with a pair of medals Thursday, shattering the championship document within the 400 particular person medley with a 4:28.01 clocking. She additionally teamed with Mary-Sophie Harvey, Emma O’Croiniin and Brooklyn Douthwright to take bronze within the girls’s 200 free relay.

On Saturday, McIntosh is scheduled to compete within the 200 IM.

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Summer McIntosh believes she was ‘able to extra tonight’

Summer McIntosh spoke with CBC Sports’ Devin Heroux after profitable gold within the girls’s 400m particular person medley on the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.