Canada's Summer McIntosh swims on her way to winning the women's 400 IM at Sandwell Aquatics Centre at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England on Friday, July 29, 2022. Canada's Summer McIntosh set a new record on Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Canada’s Summer McIntosh had another record-breaking performance Thursday.
McIntosh, 16, broke her national senior and world junior record in the women’s 200-metre butterfly at the 2023 Pro Swim Series competition.
The Toronto native and reigning world champion clocked in at two minutes, 5.05 seconds, surpassing her previous mark of 2:05.20 from the 2022 worlds.
“˜’Overall I’m really happy with my race,” McIntosh said. “˜’There’s always things to learn. My split times were different than usual, so obviously I need to fix that in training.
“But a PB is a PB and hopefully I can gain more extra milliseconds next time.”
American Bella Sims was second (2:09.09) and Mexico’s Maria Jose Mata Cocco placed third (2:11.00). Calgary’s Kamryn Cannings finished fifth with a personal-best time of 2:13.33.
On the men’s side, Montreal’s Ilya Kharun broke the national record in the 200 butterfly, clocking 1:54.49 en route to victory.
That eclipsed the previous mark of 1:56.27 set by Mack Darragh in 2018.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 2, 2023.
