Luma Lanes Performance of the Week: Summer McIntosh Blazes 2:05.81 200 Fly Canadian Record, Matches Susie O’Neill’s Best Time

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Summer McIntosh Blazes 2:05.81 200 Fly Canadian Record, Matches Susie O’Neill’s Best Time

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Following a sensational performance Friday night in which she became the third-fastest performer in history in the women’s 400 IM, Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh returned to the pool at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Saturday for the 200 butterfly. McIntosh, who placed fourth in the 400 freestyle and ninth in the 200 free at the Tokyo Olympics, easily won the event at the Trials Prep Selection Invite, and she took down the Canadian record in the process.

McIntosh touched in 2:05.81, beating Audrey Lacroix’s Canadian record of 2:05.95, which was set during the supersuit-era World Championships in 2009. The time would have been quick enough to place fourth in the 200 fly at the Tokyo Olympics, and it is only 0.16 slower than the 2:05.65 that Hali Flickinger swam to earn bronze.

The 15-year-old also moved into a tie for 22nd all-time in the event, and the swimmer she’s tied with is Susie O’Neill, the legendary Australian swimmer who won gold in the 200 fly at the 1996 Olympics and then silver at the 2000 Olympics. O’Neill swam a 2:05.81 in May 2000, which at the time broke a world record that had belonged to Mary T. Meagher for almost 19 years.

McIntosh was best known for her abilities in the middle-distance freestyle races when she qualified for the Olympics and made a significant impact as a 14-year-old in Tokyo, but she has expanded her repertoire into the 400 IM and 200 fly over the past six months. McIntosh figures to head to her first World Championships this June in Budapest as a medal favorite in multiple individual events.

In other action at the meet, Finlay Knox won the men’s 100 free in 49.37, while the top time of the day came from Joshua Liendo, who swam a 48.99 in prelims. Liendo broke out at the recent Short Course World Championships, where he won bronze in both the 50 and 100 free and helped Canada secure gold in the mixed 200 free relay. Additionally, Kayla Sanchez swam a 54.51 in the women’s 100 free prelims, but she withdrew before the final.

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NJones

2 years ago

Right swimmer… Wrong event??
As impressive as this 200 fly was and is, the 4:29 400IM 3rd best all time was ‘just’ a bit better…?