2025 CANADIAN SWIMMING TRIALS
Ladies’s 400 Freestyle – Finals
World Document: 3:55.38 — Ariarne Titmus, Australia (2023)Canadian Document: 3:56.08 – Summer McIntosh (2023)- World Aquatics ‘A’ Customary: 4:10.23
- Canadian World Juniors Customary: 4:16.52
Summer McIntosh kicked of the Canadian Swimming Trials with a bang as she demolished Ariarne Titmus‘ World Document of three:55.38 within the 400 freestyle. She swam 3:54.18 to additionally take almost two seconds off her personal Canadian Document within the occasion of three:56.08, which was additionally a World document on the time she swam it.
Race begins 2:02:08 after the beginning of the stream
McIntosh took Olympic silver behind Titmus in Paris final summer season, and the 400 freestyle is an occasion that she is but to win a world gold medal in. Regardless of Katie Ledecky returning to three:56 type ultimately month’s Professional Swim Sequence cease in Fort Lauderdale, McIntosh out of the blue turns into the overwhelming favorite to win in Singapore this summer season.
What was most putting about this swim was the best way that McIntosh break up the race. When she set the earlier document she was out like a bullet, splitting 1:55.91 earlier than coming residence in 2:00.17. This time round she was out half a second slower however got here residence in an outstanding 1:57.76. That was greater than half a second quicker than on Titmus’ earlier document, one the place she blew the sphere away within the final 100.
| McIntosh 2025 – 3:54.18 | Titmus 2023 – 3:55.38 | McIntosh 2023- 3:56.08 | |
| 100 | 56.95 | 56.92 | 56.46 |
| 200 | 1:56.42 (59.47) | 1:56.94 (1:00.02) | 1:55.91 (59.45) |
| 300 | 2:55.65 (59.23) | 2:56.90 (59.96) | 2:55.84 (59.93) |
| 400 | 3:54.18 (58.53) | 3:55.38 (58.48) | 3:56.08 (1:00.24) |
Talking after the race, McIntosh stated:
“Going into tonight, I knew my coaching had been actually good these previous few months and I knew I may do one thing particular,” she stated. “Having the ability to put that coaching into the race, I imply, I didn’t assume it might translate to a 54.1, however I’m actually proud of that total.”
“To be trustworthy, I simply didn’t actually really feel a number of ache in that race. I felt so robust all through and that’s by no means been the case within the 400 freestyle for me. That final 100, I’m normally actually, actually hurting. However I flipped on the 200 and I used to be simply cruising. I knew I used to be having a powerful swim and I may inform by the gang and the best way they have been cheering that I used to be in all probability near the world document, so I actually tried to push that final half for them.”
The Canadian Phenom has lately been coaching in France with CN d’Antibes below coach Fred Vergnoux in preparation for the 2025 World Championships.
SwimSwam initially reported that McIntosh attended a three-week altitude coaching camp within the Pyrenees Mountains with CN d’Antibes, nonetheless in April the membership shared on social media that McIntosh was nonetheless getting ready for the 2025 Worlds with this system. She returned to Canada lately in preparation for the Canadian Swimming Trials, and will be moving to join Bob Bowman’s Pro group at Texas after the conclusion of the World Championships in August.
Tonight marked the second World Document that McIntosh has set within the 400 freestyle this season, after she did so on the Brief Course World Championships in Budapest in December. She broke Li Bingjie‘s document there by over a second in 3:50.25, and in addition set new World marks within the 200 fly and 400 IM, taking her tally for the season now to 4, and provided that she has damaged the 400 IM World document at Canadian Trials in every of the previous two years will not be executed but.
