2025 Canadian Swimming Championships – Women's Events
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The 2025 Canadian World Championships Trials will be held for six days, from June 7 to 12, 2025, at the Victoria Saanich Federal Gymnasium in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. This event will determine the athletes who will represent Canada at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore.The selection criteria are as follows:
First, prioritize athletes who have achieved the World Aquatics A standard in their respective individual events and rank within the top two.
Next, select the top four athletes—regardless of gender—in the men’s and women’s 100m and 200m freestyle events to serve as relay swimmers, including those already prioritized from the individual events.
Finally, if no athlete in the individual event finals (Group A) meets the World Championships A standard, the fastest-performing athlete from Group A who also meets Canada’s national qualifying time will be chosen for the relay team.Canada's Athlete Roster for the 2025 Singapore World Championships
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Women's 400m Freestyle
In the women's 400m freestyle final, Paris Olympics three-time gold medalist Summer McIntosh finished ahead of her competitors.Nearly a 14-second leadWinning the championship in this event (3:54.18),Breaking the record previously held by Australian star Ariarne TitmusCreated in 2023World record(3:55.38), while also setting a new personal bestPersonal best performance(3:56.08). Ella Jansen finished second in the final with a time of 4:07.36, while Ella Cosgrove claimed third place, clocking in at 4:11.64.Summer McIntosh and Ella Jansen have both met the A-standard for the women’s 400m freestyle event at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore.Top three finishers' split times in the women's 400m freestyleSummer McIntosh's 400m Freestyle Personal Best Split Times Compared(Quoted from SwimSwam, June 13)(World rankings for the 2024-2025 season, sourced from SwimSwam, as of June 13)
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Women's 200m Individual Medley
In the women's 200-meter individual medley final, Summer McIntoshWith a time of 2:05.70, she broke the world record of 2:06.12, previously held by Hungarian star Katinka Hosszú., becoming the first in the project's historyThe first to break the 2:06.00 barrierThe female athletes: Mary-Sophie Harvey finished second in the final with a time of 2:08.78, while Ashley McMillan claimed third place, clocking in at 2:12.08.Summer McIntosh, Mary-Sophie Harvey, and Ashley McMillan have all met the A-cut standard for the women’s 200m individual medley at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore.Top three split times for the women's 200m individual medleySummer McIntosh's 200m individual medley performance compared to the previous world record split times(Quoted from SwimSwam, June 13)(World rankings for the 2024-2025 season, sourced from SwimSwam, as of June 13)
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Women's 400m Individual Medley
In the women's 400-meter individual medley final, world record holder Summer McIntosh finished with a time of 4:23.65.Refresh againAchievements by individuals at the 2024 Paris Olympics4:24.38 World Recordand claimed the championship. Mary-Sophie Harvey also improved her personal best time to 4:35.73, finishing second in the event with a time of 4:35.56; Ella Jansen secured third place with a time of 4:39.30.Summer McIntosh, Mary-Sophie Harvey, and Ella Jansen have all met the A-standard for the women’s 400m individual medley at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore.Top three split times for the women's 400m individual medleySummer McIntosh breaks the 400m individual medley world record three times—here's a comparison of her split times.(Quoted from SwimSwam, June 13)
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Women's 800m Freestyle
In the women's 800m freestyle final, Summer McIntosh claimed the gold medal with a time of 8:05.07.Break the Canadian record you yourself had previously set(8:09.86) and improved his personal best by nearly 5 seconds. The result ranksThird in historyFast—just under a second off the world record (8:04.12) set last month by Katie Ledecky. Ella Cosgrove claimed second place with a time of 8:35.72, smashing her previous personal best of 8:39.44, which she achieved at the 2023 Fukuoka World Championships; Mabel Zavaros finished third in 8:43.61.Summer McIntosh's time ranks this season (2024-2025).World No. 2, achieving the A-standard for the women's 800m freestyle at the 2025 Singapore World Championships.Summer McIntosh's 800m freestyle personal best compared with split times from the world record performance(Quoted from SwimSwam, June 13)(World rankings for the 2024-2025 season, sourced from SwimSwam, as of June 13)
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Women's 100m Backstroke
In the women's 100m backstroke final, Canada's national record holder Kylie Masse claimed victory with a time of 58.18, placing her performance at the top of this season's rankings (2024-2025).Fourth in the world; Kyra Kennedy’s personal best (Canadian record) of 57.70 was set during Canada’s Olympic trials in 2021. Four-time Olympic relay medalist Taylor Ruck claimed second place in the event with a time of 58.93, while Ingrid Wilm finished third, clocking in at 59.26.Kylie Masse, Taylor Ruck, and Ingrid Wilm have all met the A-standard for the women’s 100m backstroke at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore.Top three split times for the women's 100m backstroke(World rankings for the 2024-2025 season, sourced from SwimSwam, as of June 13)
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Women's 200m Butterfly
In the women's 200m individual butterfly final, Summer McIntosh claimed the gold medal, finishing with2:02.26The result surpassed the athlete's previous personal best of 2:03.03, set at the 2024 Paris Olympics, andBreakthat he/she had set for this projectCanadian RecordThis result is close toChinese athlete Liu ZigeMaintainedWorld record slower by 0.45 seconds, Ranking HistorySecond-fastest timeElla Jansen finished second with a time of 2:09.68, while Mabel Zavaros took third place, clocking in at 2:11.14.Summer McIntosh achieved the qualifying time for the women’s 200m butterfly A-standard at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore, ranking among the top performances of the current season (2024-2025).World No. 1Top three split times for the women's 200m butterflySummer McIntosh's performance compared to the world record split times(Quoted from SwimSwam, June 13)(World rankings for the 2024-2025 season, sourced from SwimSwam, as of June 13)
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Data Collection | Lin Weiyi, Zhang Ci
Edited by | Lin Weiyi
Reviewed and Approved | The "Information Services for World Championship Preparation" Team
Originally posted on the Swimming Information Service official account
