2023 CANADIAN SWIMMING TRIALS
- March 28 – April 2, 2023
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And here I thought the world records for the week were done. After her performances in the 200 IM (2:06.89, Canadiann and World Jr Record) and the 200 fly (2:04.70, Canadian and World Jr Record), I thought Summer McIntosh was getting a little tired and that she’d go another best time tonight… but not a world record. WRONG.
McIntosh once again throttled my expectations and dropped a 4:25.87, the fastest time in the event ever. She broke the Iron Lady, Katinka Hosszu‘s legendary world record from 2016 and is now the fastest performer in history.
SPECIAL REQUEST for Coleman: please take the following video and apply YOUR SPECIAL MAGIC to a re-edit. Swim fans would go absolutely BONKERS! Please, please, please!
https://youtu.be/YPIA7mpm1wU
I think if Ledecky ever swims the 400 IM at a big level meet, she could potentially medal in it because she’s never prioritised it at a big meet and looks to have a lot of potential to still improve in the event.
Love Katie, but no way. It’s going to take sub 4:30 to medal in Paris.
Who are the 3 women you think are going sub-4:30?
I think Summer is the only woman to go under 4:30 at a major international meet since Katinka at 2017 Worlds (if I’m missing someone, please let me know). I could see Katie Grimes making it there as well, but who’s your third?
Personally, I think if Ledecky chose to focus on the 400 IM this summer, she could medal at worlds. She was 4:35 at summer nats less than a year ago and has a yards best of 3:56 (and we all know she can translate that to LCM).
Weyant was bronze last year in Budapest with 4:36.00. I don’t think she will focus on it, but I definitely… Read more »
Not even sure about Grimes unless she improves her Breaststroke
What? Grimes kept right up with Summer last summer. She has an excellent chance to medal. I’ll go a step further and say that Grimes will definitely break 4:30.
Perhaps Kaylee McKeown?
Hard to see her prioritising the 400 IM now though given how far ahead McIntosh is.
Agreed. I think McKeown has the potential but, like Ledecky, will choose to prioritize other events she has better chances of winning
Summer and Grimes for sure. Not sure of the third. Weyant doesnt stand a chance of medaling based on her recent swims. Weyant even has her work cut out for her at trials to make Paris.
Lol no
She reminds me of Shane Gould, excelling in multiple events. Whether or not she decides to makes swimming her career, it is probably too soon for her to decide. There are several ways to leave your mark in a sport, longevity is one, eclecticism is another.
What does Shane do with the tattoo now
Shane should get a 4:25.87 tattoo and use it to get a date with Summer. Similarly, Lochte recently started a “1:54 Club” for training age-groupers. What’s Ryan going to do when Marchand goes 1:53 this summer?
Very creepy but on brand for shane
Nicely done, Coleman. If Summer breaks the 200 free WR on Sunday and you get an interview of her afterward, you’ve got my permission to bring back your MANIC TWIN and give the video that special treatment.
Pro Tip: you should iron out the wrinkles in your World Map (over your right shoulder).
Thanks for the breakdown Coleman. To out split the Iron Lady in three strokes is literally mind blowing.
I have no idea how you typed that comment after literally having your mind blown.
At my advanced age anything is possible. 😉
Muscle memory
Love your commentary and fun video! Summer is quite something!
Summer McIntosh is by far the current best female swimmer.
And she’s only 16!
On her way to GOAT (female swimmer)
Ledecky has accomplished the most.
In the end summer may be, but she still has to do a lot.
I have a feeling Rowdy will be like Clint Eastwood with that greatest ever label, forcing the world to pry it from his hands away from Ledecky
On edit: actually that quote was from Heston, not Eastwood
maybe. decathlon champions have traditionally been given the title of “best athlete in the world”, and the 400 IM has often been described as a swimming decathlon. rowdy often combines these two trains of thought to give the 400 IM champion the title of “best swimmer in the world.”
during 2017 worlds, he described kalisz this way when he won the 400 IM. this was despite dressel being superior in every single way. last week, he called marchand the best swimmer of 2022, even though he was clearly the third best male last year.
McIntosh is the current 400 IM world champ and wr holder in the 400 IM, so we’ll have to see what prevails: Rowdy’s 400 IM pitfall… Read more »
Big age difference. Summer is becoming the GOAT because she is a multiple stroke swimmer. Summer is very well on her way to being the best.
Yes, on track to becoming Phelps-like. He was only slightly younger when he exploded in the sport.
Ledecky has never won a major medal in a non freestyle event. GOAT needs to be a master of all 4 strokes. Sorry
says who? You can be a distance Goat, an IM goat, a sprint goat, a 50 fly goat. You can even be a furry goat.
They both have 2 world records.Summer has accomplished this at the age of 16.Neither is good at 50 free.Summer is better at 100 free,200 free,400 free,50 back,100 back,200 back,50 breast,100 breast,200 breast,50 fly,100 fly,200 fly,200 I’m,400im..Katie is better at 800 free (although I think thats debatable and won’t last much longer) and 1500 free. an event almost nobody wants to compete in.Thats reality.
It’s like comparing Thorpe to Phelps.
Neither was good in 50 free
Thorpe was better in 400-800-1500
Phelps was better in everything else
Teddy isn’t wrong, for all of you that are downvoting this.
Give Summer time. Give her the summer.
Don’t use the GOAT unless she becomes a multi Olympics champions
Read again
You have a big problem with the accomplishments of this 16 year old girl.Your pettiness is going to cause you a lot of grief…good luck.
Not necessarily, the expression goat means greatest of all time, so a goat is someone who has several best times, you can received several Olympic titles and never had world record. So Summer is already a goat for me…
she already is there. She owns 2 new world records. Name one girl that will beat her in the 400 IM. Just one.
“On her way” is critical. GOAT status takes time. If she is at this level for 3 Olympic cycles, than it’s real
Correct, what makes Ledecky unique is her longevity.
And how did this affect lebrons legacy?
She is the most promising all-around LCM swimmer in some time. Paris will tell us more. By then, the UVA women will have entered the chat.
The UVA women are incredible swimmers but none will reach Summer’s level of multi-event accomplishment and dominance in LC.
That’s a prediction. You might be right. Time will tell. Odd how SSers of all nationalities and interest want to call races before they happen. I just love watching the competition.
Well Douglass has arguably exceed it in SC. Now that she is presumably concentrating on LC, let’s see what she does. Certainly the 200Im is in play.
Douglass has not raced the 200IM LC in two years she is not even sure that she will add it from what she said recently
I love K8 but she will not be able to take down Summer M. in the 2 IM. The girl is just too good. I will be rooting for K8 if they happen to both swim it.
true. Though I think Kate could smoke her in a 100 fly, 200 breast, 50 free. But yea, multi events Summer owns. She may even take down that 200 free WR, shes only a second off.
Can’t wait for the salt when Summer dusts them at worlds.
Shes not dusting K8 in the 2 breast (if she swims it).