2026 Canadian Swimming Trials: Day 5 Prelims Reside Recap

2026 Canadian Swimming Trials

The closing day of the 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials is upon us with preliminary heats within the 200 again, 50 fly and 100 breast kicking issues off on Thursday morning, together with early heats within the girls’s 800 free and the multi-class 150 and 200 IM races for the Para swimmers.

The girls’s 100 breaststroke can be marquee race to look at with Sophie Angus driving excessive after her spectacular efficiency within the 50 breast on Tuesday, whereas Alexanne Lepage has been on hearth this yr, lately setting new nationwide information within the SCM 50 and 100 breast.

Blake Tierney and Oliver Dawson headline the boys’s 200 again and 100 breast as nationwide report holders, whereas the ladies’s 200 again can be lacking Kylie Masse, who didn’t even enter that occasion because the Canadian Record holder however has additionally scratched the 50 fly this morning.

In Masse’s absence, Madison Kryger is the highest seed within the girls’s 200 again, whereas within the 50 fly, it’s Taylor Ruck main the sector with an actual shot at breaking the Canadian Record of 25.62 set by Penny Oleksiak in 2017.

The males’s 50 fly options Finlay Knox and Chris Weeks atop the entry lists with Josh Liendo opting out of the meet and Ilya Kharun now not representing Canada internationally.

Women’s 200 Back – Prelims

• World Record: 2:03.14, Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 2023
• Canadian Record: 2:05.42, Kylie Masse – 2021
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 2:11.08

‘A’ Final:

1. Madison Kryger (BROCK/HPCON), 2:10.31
2. Ingrid Wilm (CASC/HPCVN), 2:13.31
3. Reina Liu (UNCAN), 2:13.65
4. Ella Jansen (ESWIM), 2:14.26
5. Florence Robitaille (ELITE), 2:14.63
6. Delia Lloyd (ESWIM), 2:14.82
7. Olive Rogers (ESWIM), 2:15.01
8. Brooklyn Douthwright (CNBO), 2:15.40
9. Lea Nugent (NN), 2:15.68
10. Halayna Montrichard (BAC), 2:15.88

*Internationals in prime 10 however ineligible for ‘A’ closing: Lexi Stephens (2:11.93)

Madison Kryger backed up her standing as the highest seed within the girls’s 200 again by dominating the prelim session with the quickest time of the morning by three seconds.

The 18-year-old fired off a time of two:10.31, splitting 1:04.28/1:06.03, to ebook Lane 4 for tonight’s closing the place she’ll be the large favourite to win and ebook her to the Pan Pacific Championships.

Kryger was inside a second of her private finest time of two:09.53, set in late May on the Mare Nostrum Tour cease in Barcelona.

She received some main worldwide expertise final summer time, putting nineteenth within the 200 again on the World Championships earlier than attending the World Juniors, the place she received bronze within the 100 again and positioned 4th within the 200 again.

Ingrid Wilm, 10 years Kryger’s elder at 28, was the second-fastest Canadian this morning in 2:13.31, comfortably profitable the penultimate warmth with a close to even-split (1:06.64/1:06.67) due to a fast 32.56 closing 50.

Wilm, who must be named to the Pan Pac roster by advantage of her runner-up end within the 50 again, owns a private finest time of two:10.11, set on the 2025 World Championships.

At the 2025 Canadian Trials, Kryger received the title in 2:09.88, with Wilm (2:10.54) in 2nd.

Sixteen-year-old Reina Liu, who has taken on a really busy schedule in Montreal and has locked in a spot on the Pan Pac roster within the 4×100 free relay, put up a time of two:13.65 to advance in Third. Her finest time stands at 2:12.41 set final summer time.

American Lexi Stephens was the second-fastest swimmer this morning in 2:11.93, dipping below her private finest of two:12.02, however as a overseas athlete can be relegated to the ‘B’ closing.

Men’s 200 Back – Prelims

• World Record: 1:51.92, Aaron Peirsol (USA) – 2009
• Canadian Record: 1:55.03, Blake Tierney – 2025
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 1:58.07

‘A’ Final:

1. Blake Tierney (HPCVN), 1:59.80
2. Francis Brennan (BBST), 2:00.02
3. Raben Dommann (UBCT/HPCVN), 2:00.20
4. Ethan Ekk (UNCAN), 2:01.68
5. Jaques Harrison (CREST/HPCVN), 2:02.01
6. Loic Courville-Fortin (CAMO), 2:02.02
7. Aiden Norman (UCSC), 2:02.24
8. Parker Deshayes (CASC), 2:02.55
9. William Jacques (CNQ), 2:03.48
10. Eliot Cayer (RL), 2:03.79

Canadian Record holder Blake Tierney was the lone man below the two-minute barrier this morning within the 200 backstroke, because the 24-year-old put up a time of 1:59.80 to comfortably declare Lane 4 in tonight’s closing.

Tierney, who trains out of HPC – Vancouver, had a breakthrough yr in 2025, decreasing the nationwide report to 1:55.03 within the 200 again whereas putting 4th on the World Championships.

He’s already locked in his spot on the Pan Pac group by profitable the 100 again earlier within the meet, and primarily based on the shape he confirmed there (53.63), he ought to be capable to be sub-1:57 tonight.

Francis Brennan held off a late cost from Raben Dommann to win the primary circle-seeded warmth, with Brennan clocking 2:00.02 to advance in 2nd and Dommann touching in 2:00.20 for Third total and a brand new season-best.

Brennan received the junior closing on the 2025 Trials in 2:00.08, after which broke 2:00 for the primary time on the Ontario Provincials final July in 1:59.81.

Ethan Ekk, who received the 2025 Trials title over Tierney in a time of 1:56.54, topped the ultimate warmth to qualify 4th into the ultimate, going out with a fast opening 50 (27.66) earlier than cruising house on the again half.

After making his first World Championship group final summer time, Ekk had a profitable freshman yr at Stanford, which included setting a private finest within the 200 again (SCY) in 1:38.78 to put twelfth on the 2026 NCAA Championships.

Women’s 50 Fly – Prelims

• World Record: 24.43, Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 2014
• Canadian Record: 25.62, Penny Oleksiak – 2017
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 26.23

‘A’ Final:

1. Taylor Ruck (HPCVN), 26.19
2. Matea Gigovic (KSC), 26.77
3. Leilani Fack (OS), 26.82
4. Eloise Allen (UBCT), 27.07
5. Helena Tripp (KBM), 27.45
6. Clare Watson (UNCAN), 27.57
7. Jordyn Richardson (OYO), 27.63
8. Teagan Vander Leek (EKSC), 27.65
9. Emma Croston (OS), 27.73
10. Sydney Hardeman (WES), 27.75

*Internationals in prime 10 however ineligible for ‘A’ closing: Katherine Kuehn (27.20), Ziyu Zhou (27.60)

Taylor Ruck‘s run of dominance continues into the ultimate day right here in Montreal.

The 26-year-old has gone four-for-four in gold medals to date within the competitors, and he or she’ll have an amazing likelihood to finish the drive for 5 after claiming the highest seed out of the prelims within the girls’s 50 fly.

Ruck rocketed to a time of 26.19 this morning, marking her eleventh swim sub-26.20 over the past 12 months. After profitable the occasion on the 2025 Canadian Trials in 26.47, Ruck lowered her finest time to 25.71 on the 2025 World Championships, good for thirteenth place.

Based on her kind this week, she has an actual likelihood to take down Penny Oleksiak‘s Canadian Record of 25.62 in tonight’s closing.

Killarney Swim Club’s Matea Gigovic put up a time of 26.77 to qualify 2nd into the ultimate, inside three-tenths of her 26.50 private finest set final yr. The now 18-year-old received the junior closing on the 2025 Trials in 26.52.

Leilani Fack has now set new finest instances in all 4 occasions she’s raced in Montreal, clocking 26.82 within the 50 fly on Thursday to enhance on the 26.97 finest time she set on the Indy Spring Cup in May. The 20-year-old has secured a pair of runner-up finishes to this point this week within the 50 free and 100 fly.

Men’s 50 Fly – Prelims

• World Record: 22.27, Andriy Govorov (UKR) – 2018
• Canadian Record: 22.68, Ilya Kharun – 2025
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 23.36

‘A’ Final:

1. Finlay Knox (MAVS/HPCVN), 23.54
2. Chris Weeks (MPM), 23.88
3. Eric Ginzburg (RAMAC), 24.00
4. Filip Senc-Samardzic (TSC), 24.12
5. Albert Bouley (CREST), 24.27
6. Wells Ginzer (UBCT), 24.34
7. Kai Lilienthal (UBCT), 24.38
8. Guillermo Cruz Zuniga (CAMO), 24.45
9. Raben Dommann (UBCT/HPCVN), 24.63
10. Maxime Cambron (CNQ), 24.80

*Internationals in prime 10 however ineligible for ‘A’ closing: Lucas Nebrich (24.33)

Finlay Knox blasted his quickest time in almost two and a half years within the 50 fly to assert the highest seed for tonight’s closing by over three-tenths of a second.

Knox put up a time of 23.54, the third-fastest of his profession and his quickest because the 2024 World Championships in Doha, the place he set his lifetime better of 23.25.

The 25-year-old has already received two occasions this week in Montreal, together with a powerful exhibiting en path to claiming the 100 fly in 51.82.

Chris Weeks, the runner-up in final night time’s 50 free, clocked 23.88 to qualify 2nd total. The 21-year-old was 4th ultimately yr’s Trials, and owns a private better of 23.67, the present Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Record, which he initially set on the 2025 World University Games after which matched earlier this yr on the Indy Spring Cup.

RAMAC’s Eric Ginzburg hit a season-best time of 24.00 to advance in Third, the identical place he took in final yr’s closing (23.76).

Behind Ginzburg, Filip Senc-Samardzic (24.12), Albert Bouley (24.27), Lucas Nebrich (24.33) and Wells Ginzer (24.34) all set private finest instances, with all however Nebrich advancing to the ‘A’ closing. As an American, Nebrich can be relegated to the ‘B’ closing.

Raben Dommann notably made his second ‘A’ closing of the day in ninth after advancing Third into the 200 again.

Yuri Kisil, the 50 free winner from final night time, set a private better of 24.81 to put thirteenth (eleventh amongst Canadians) to narrowly miss the ‘A’ closing by one one-hundredth.

Women’s 100 Breast – Prelims

• World Record: 1:04.13, Lilly King (USA) – 2017
• Canadian Record: 1:05.74, Annamay Pierse – 2009
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 1:06.87

‘A’ Final:

1. Alexanne Lepage (UCSC), 1:06.38
2. Sophie Angus (HPCON), 1:07.08
3. Shona Branton (WES), 1:08.06
4. Eloise Allen (UBCT), 1:10.01
5. Maelle Sanborn (UVPCS), 1:10.65
6. Marley Monsen (GPP), 1:10.93
7. Madyson Hartway (UNCAN), 1:10.98
8. Shanelle Beaudoin (SAMAK), 1:11.13
9. Shima Taghavi (HYACK), 1:11.18
10. Amaris Peng (UBCT), 1:11.76

Alexanne Lepage set a brand new private finest time en path to claiming the highest seed for tonight’s closing of the ladies’s 100 breaststroke, clocking 1:06.38 behind splits of 31.61/34.77.

The 21-year-old knocks 4 one-hundredths off her earlier better of 1:06.42, set on the Canet leg of the Mare Nostrum Tour in May. Just a few days previous to Canet, Lepage had gone 1:06.49 in Monaco, which marked her first finest time within the occasion in almost three years, together with her outdated PB of 1:06.58 stemming from the 2023 World Junior Championships.

Her swim this morning additionally lowers her personal Alberta Provincial Record, sustaining her place because the second-fastest Canadian ever as she inches barely nearer to nationwide report holder Annamay Pierse, whose mark of 1:05.74 has been on the books since 2009.

Lepage additionally received final night time’s 200 breast in a private finest time of two:23.03.

Advancing 2nd to the ultimate was Sophie Angus, who received the 50 breast over Lepage on Tuesday and was 2nd final night time within the 200. Angus cut up 31.75/35.33 en path to a time of 1:07.08, her quickest since 2024.

The 27-year-old owns a private finest time of 1:06.66 from the 2024 World Championships, however confirmed improved pace earlier this week within the 50, indicating she may need a brand new PB in retailer tonight. In the 50, Angus’ time of 30.28 within the prelims was simply 5 one-hundredths shy of the super-suited nationwide report.

Western’s Shona Branton was the one different swimmer within the discipline sub-1:10, because the 24-year-old cut up 31.90/36.16 on the best way to a time of 1:08.06. She owns a private better of 1:06.59 and has been as quick as 1:07.81 to this point this yr.

It was the identical trio, in the identical order, on the rostrum on the 2025 Trials, the place Lepage (1:06.87) received gold and Angus (1:07.27) and Branton (1:07.79) took 2nd and Third.

Men’s 100 Breast – Prelims

• World Record: 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2019
• Canadian Record: 59.33, Oliver Dawson – 2026
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 59.75

‘A’ Final:

1. Oliver Dawson (GPP), 1:00.90
2. Apollo Hess (HPCON), 1:01.61
3. Brayden Taivassalo (NEW), 1:01.69
4. Justice Migneault (UBCT), 1:02.19
5. Sebastian Van De Logt (UBCT), 1:02.28
6. Noah Terejko (BAC), 1:02.44
7. Marcus Mak (ISC), 1:02.65
8. Lucas Morin (DDO), 1:02.67
9. Alexandre Landry (SLSC), 1:03.17
10. Nathan Thomas (PCSC), 1:03.19

*Internationals in prime 10 however ineligible for ‘A’ closing: Logan Ottke (UMIZ), 1:03.03

Oliver Dawson‘s pursuit of a breaststroke sweep right here in Montreal received off to a very good begin this morning because the 18-year-old simply put up the highest time of the prelims in 1:00.90.

Dawson went out quick, delivering 27.97, earlier than easing his means down the second size in 32.93 to publish the quickest time by over seven-tenths.

His opening 50 was not far off the tempo he set in his nationwide record-breaking swim in May (27.87), when he clocked 59.33 on the AP Race London International, earlier than shutting issues down coming house. That’s a very good indicator that he might be in line to problem the report tonight, or at the least get again below the 1:00 barrier.

Dawson received the 50 breast (27.65) on Tuesday and the 200 breast (2:09.50) final night time, each simply barely off his PBs from May.

Apollo Hess, the runner-up within the 200 breast on Wednesday, certified 2nd into the ultimate in a time of 1:01.61, only a tenth off his season-best set final month on the Mel Zajac meet in Vancouver.

Brayden Taivassalo was third swimmer to go below 1:02, rebounding from a Fifth-place end within the 200 breast to clock 1:01.69. The 22-year-old owns a season-best of 1:01.28, set on the Sun Devil Open in May, which was his quickest swim in two years.

Justice Migneault additionally put himself into the combination with a season-best time of 1:02.19. The 24-year-old has been below 1:02 10 instances in his profession, however hasn’t finished so since 2024.

Women’s 800 Free – Slower Heats

• World Record: 8:04.12, Katie Ledecky (USA) – 2025
• Canadian Record: 8:05.07, Summer McIntosh – 2025
• World Aquatics ‘A’ Standard: 8:34.62

Top 10 (after early heats):

1. Elleigh Wise (CASC), 8:55.39
2. Zoe Rattee (TSC), 8:56.79
3. Mia Thomas (TSC), 8:58.01
4. Katrina Bellio (BTSC), 8:58.02
5. Callie Cardiff (UCSC), 8:58.16
6. Maelle Bowkowy (EKSC), 8:59.41
7. Zoe Tomory (LSC), 9:07.14
8. Charlotte Brousseau (CAMO), 9:07.74
9. Kaiya Weaver (ISC), 9:08.85
10. Bonnie Choi (SPART), 9:10.82

The prime three and 5 of the six quickest girls within the early heats of the 800 freestyle set new private finest instances, with Cascade’s Elleigh Wise main the best way.

Wise, 16, used a 30.86 closing 50 to safe the quickest time of the morning in 8:55.39, undercutting her earlier better of 8:57.96 set on the 2025 Alberta Provincials in Edmonton.

After Wise received the opening warmth, Toronto Swim Club’s Zoe Rattee was on a close to an identical tempo as her all through the vast majority of the race in Heat 2, turning 5 one-hundredths below Wise’s tempo with 50 meters to go.

Rattee misplaced almost a second and a half on the final 50, however nonetheless posted the second-fastest time of the morning in 8:56.79, decreasing her earlier better of 9:03.81 by seven seconds.

Her TSC teammate Mia Thomas was Third-fastest in a private better of 8:58.01, whereas Katrina Bellio put up her quickest time since 2023 in 8:58.02 for 4th. In 2025, Bellio swam her first competitors in two years after three shoulder dislocations.

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