\t\t\t\t\t2026 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials<\/p>\n
The first preliminary session of the 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials is set to get underway in Montreal, as the five-day event will help determine who will represent Canada this summer at the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, CA.<\/p>\n
As a reminder, the Canadian Commonwealth Games team was pre-selected back in October<\/a>, so this meet only pertains to Pan Pacs qualifying. The selection criteria for Pan Pacs is linked above, but SwimSwam will post a roster update after the conclusion of each finals session.<\/p>\n Preliminary heats of the 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, and 200 butterfly are on tap for both the men and women, along with the para 50 backstroke, 100 backstroke, and 100 butterfly.\u00a0Stay tuned for live updates.<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200m Freestyle \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n World Record: 1:52.23 \u2013 Ariarne Titmus, Australia (2024) Top 10:<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m Freestyle \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n World Record: 1:42.00 \u2013 Paul Biedermann, Germany (2009) Top 10:<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 100m Backstroke \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n World Record: 57.13 \u2014 Regan Smith, United States (2024) Top 10:<\/p>\n Kylie Masse<\/a> (TSC) \u2013 59.30 All eyes will be on Canadian Record holder and two-time defending Trials champion Kylie Masse<\/a> in the women\u2019s 100m back final, but 2023 National Champion Ingrid Wilm<\/a> and the on-fire Taylor Ruck<\/a> will look to make it a tight race.<\/p>\n Masse recorded the sole performance under the one-minute barrier this morning, swimming 59.30 to lead Madison Kryger<\/a> (1:00.07) by just under a second. Taylor Ruck<\/a> hit the wall in a time of 1:00.32 for the third seed, with Ingrid Wilm<\/a> notching 1:01.11 for fourth-seed status.<\/p>\n Masse\u2019s time this morning undercut her season-best 59.50 from the Mel Zejac International meet earlier in the summer, while Kryger dipped under her former best time of 1:00.27, which she clocked en route to bronze at the 2025 World Junior Championships.<\/p>\n Ruck owns a season best of 58.71 in this event from the Barcelona leg of the Mare Nostrum tour, a time that ranks her #9 in the world so far this season and represents her second-fastest time of her career, only behind the 58.55 best time she produced for runner-up at the 2019 Canadian Trials.<\/p>\n Wilm has been 59.22 during the Mare Nostrum circuit so far this season; her best remains the 58.80 she threw down at this meet back in 2023.<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 100m Backstroke \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n World Record: 51.60 \u2014 Thomas Ceccon, Italy (2022) Top 10:<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200m Butterfly \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n World Record: 2:01.81 \u2013\u00a0Liu Zige, China (2009) Top 10:<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m Butterfly \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n World Record: 1:50.34 \u2013\u00a0Kristof Milak, Hungary (2022) Top 10:<\/p>\n Para Swimming \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n In addition to the previously mentioned athletes, para swimmers were also out in full force this morning in the multi-class events.<\/p>\n Para swimming is open to athletes with physical disabilities such as dwarfism, amputation\/limb loss, blindness\/visual impairment, spinal cord injury\/wheelchair-users, cerebral palsy\/brain injury\/stroke, cognitive impairment, and Les autres. Results:<\/p>\n In the women\u2019s S2-S5 50m backstroke, there were just two competitors: Aly Van Wyck-Smart (S3), who swam 1:08.54 for 738 points, and Jordan Tucker (S4), who posted 1:06.84 for 615 points.
\nCanadian Record: 1:53.65 \u2013\u00a0Summer McIntosh<\/a>, (2023)
\nWorld Aquatics \u2018A\u2019 Standard: 1:58.23<\/p>\n
\nCanadian Record: 1:46.39 \u2013 Antoine Sauve (2025)
\nWorld Aquatics \u2018A\u2019 Standard: 1:46.70<\/p>\n
\nCanadian Record: 57.70 \u2013\u00a0Kylie Masse<\/a>\u00a0(2021)
\nWorld Aquatics \u2018A\u2019 Standard: 1:00.46<\/p>\n
\nMadison Kryger<\/a> (BROCK\/HPCON) \u2013 1:00.07
\nTaylor Ruck<\/a> (HPCVN) \u2013 1:00.32
\nIngrid Wilm<\/a> (CASC\/HPCVN) \u2013 1:01.11
\nDelia Lloyd<\/a> (ESWIM) \u2013 1:01.76
\nReina Liu<\/a> (UNCAN) \u2013 1:01.80
\nLexi Stephens<\/a> (TNAQ) \u2013 1:01.82
\nSienna Rodgers<\/a> (UCSC) \u2013 1:02.60
\nOlive Rogers<\/a> (ESWIM) \u2013 1:02.83
\nHalayna Montrichard<\/a> (BAC) \u2013 1:02.84<\/p>\n
\nCanadian Record: 52.95 \u2013 Blake Tierney<\/a> (2025)
\nWorld Aquatics \u2018A\u2019 Standard: 53.94<\/p>\n
\nCanadian Record: 2:01.99 \u2013 Summer McIntosh<\/a>\u00a0(2025)
\nWorld Aquatics \u2018A\u2019 Standard: 2:09.21<\/p>\n
\nCanadian Record: 1:52.80 \u2013\u00a0Ilya Kharun\u00a0(2024)
\nWorld Aquatics \u2018A\u2019 Standard: 1:56.51<\/p>\n
\nPara athletes are classified into categories based on the nature and severity of their impairments: physical (S1-S10), visual (S11-S13), and intellectual (S14). This classification system ensures a level playing field by grouping athletes with similar impairments, allowing for fair competition. To learn more about Para Swimming, including how the points system determines winners rather than time,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nEtienne Boutin-Cote (S4) was the sole swimmer to take to the pool in the men\u2019s S1-S5 50m backstroke. He hit the wall in a time of 1:03.61, scoring 440 points in the process.
\nThe women\u2019s S2, S6, S8-S14 100m backstroke saw Jaime Cosgriffe (S10) take the top spot with 1003 points, clocking a time of 1:08.69. Mary C. Jibb (S10) earned 944 points with a 1:12.07, followed by Veronica MacLellan (S10) with 860 points in 1:16.62. Emma Van Dyk (S14) scored 838 points off a 1:15.86, ahead of Sophie Wood (S10), who posted 796 points in 1:19.97. Ruby Stevens (S6) and Brea C. Duncan (S6) rounded out the field with 742 and 569 points, swimming 1:38.23 and 1:50.37, respectively. Danielle Dorris (S7) swam exhibition, scoring 933 points with a time of 1:25.92
\nThe men\u2019s S1, S2, S6-S14 100m backstroke consisted of three swimmers: Leo Zheng (S6), Ramon Siytangco (S14), and Gabriel Martel (S11). Siytangco posted the quickest time of 1:13.54, ahead of Zheng\u2019s 1:28.34 and Martel\u2019s 1:30.57, but it was Zheng who scored the most points with 806, followed by Siytangco\u2019s 663 and Martel\u2019s 590.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials The first preliminary session of the 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials is set to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[39995,39996,39018,39997,17,39998,39020,39999,39021,40000,40001,40002,39023,39024,10076,39026,40003,40004,40005,40006,40007,39028,40008,40009,10082,40010,40011,40012,40013,39031,40014,39032,40015],"class_list":["post-117145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-aiden-norman","tag-benjamin-winterborn","tag-blake-tierney","tag-brooklyn-douthwright","tag-canada","tag-charles-gould","tag-delia-lloyd","tag-ella-cosgrove","tag-ella-jansen","tag-emma-ocroinin","tag-ethan-a-ekk","tag-halayna-montrichard","tag-ingrid-wilm","tag-julie-brousseau","tag-kai-lilienthal","tag-kylie-masse","tag-leah-tigert","tag-lexi-stephens","tag-loic-courville-fortin","tag-madison-kryger","tag-marlee-winser","tag-mary-sophie-harvey","tag-olive-rogers","tag-parker-deshayes","tag-raben-dommann","tag-reina-liu","tag-sienna-angove","tag-sienna-rodgers","tag-summer-cardwell","tag-summer-mcintosh","tag-sylvia-statkevicius","tag-taylor-ruck","tag-william-jacques"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}