McIntosh breezes to ladies’s 400m IM win, however misses personal world file at Canadian trials

Summer McIntosh received the ladies’s 400-metre particular person medley Monday on the Canadian swimming trials, however fell wanting her personal world file.

The swimming phenom completed in 4 minutes 27.35 seconds, greater than three seconds off her world-record time of 4:23.65, set final 12 months in Victoria.

“I don’t suppose I’ve ever absorbed any world file or Olympic medal I’ve received, however I feel that’s for one of the best,” McIntosh told CBC Sports after the race.

“But, of course, I went on my phone last night to Instagram and I saw Michael Phelps posted on his story, which was really cool. He’s my main inspiration, always, so that was a really special moment to see.”

McIntosh added that she opted for a low-key night following the conclusion of her world-record-setting opening evening of trials.

“I just try to chill out. I mean, I went home and I watched Love Island, so that was the other highlight of my night,” she stated.

Ella Jansen, of Burlington, Ont., positioned second in 4:38.17, whereas Mary-Sophie Harvey, of Trois-Rivieres, Que., was third in 4:43.26.

McIntosh opened the meet Sunday by breaking the longest-standing particular person ladies’s world file within the 200-metre butterfly.

“When I broke my first world record it was a very big shock to me and I wasn’t expecting it at all, not that I was expecting it last night but it’s always in the back of my mind,” McIntosh stated. “You kind of have to dumb it down and underappreciate it in a way, you don’t want to get too cocky or too confident in yourself.

“I broke the world file final evening, however tonight wasn’t my greatest swim, in order that’s why you actually received to take it one step at a time.”

The 19-year-old from Toronto also holds the world records in the 200 IM and 400 freestyle.

McIntosh won four medals — including three gold — at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She’s aiming for five gold medals at the Los Angeles Games in 2028.

Wigginton breaks Canadian record

On the men’s side, Lorne Wigginton took down an 18-year-old national record in the 400m IM after posting a time of 4:11.32.

The 20-year-old from Calgary overtook Brian Johns’s previous mark (4:11.41), set at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Ruck goes 2 for 2

Taylor Ruck, a 26-year-old from Kelowna, won the women’s 100m freestyle in a time of 53.06.

The victory followed her win in the 100m backstroke on opening night of trials on Sunday.

Ruck is a four-time Olympic medallist and competed in the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.