McIntosh Moves To #8 All-time With 2:04.70 200 Butterfly World Junior Record

2023 CANADIAN SWIMMING TRIALS

Summer McIntosh clocked a brand new world junior record on night four of the 2023 Canadian Swimming Trials, hitting a 2:04.70 in the 200 butterfly. McIntosh’s time improved upon her own Canadian and world junior record of 2:05.05 from the Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim Series earlier in March.

McIntosh swam more than a second faster on the first 100 of this record-breaking swim, touching in a 58.76 compared to the 1:00.25 she opened with on her 2:05.05. Her second 50 split was also a second faster this time around at a 31.35.

Split Comparison

March 31, 2023 March 2, 2023
50 27.41 27.76
100 58.76 (31.35) 1:00.25 (32.49)
150 1:31.40 (32.64) 1:31.94 (31.69)
200 2:04.79 (33.30) 2:05.05 (33.11)

McIntosh won this event at the 2022 World Championships when she swam a 2:05.20, which was also a world junior and Canadian record at the time. She’s now almost a second faster than she was in 2022 and is the quickest female in the world this season so far. She’s now under 2:05 while no one else globally has cracked 2:07.

2 Regan
SMITH
USA 2:07.30 12/03
3 Laura
Stephens
GBR 2:07.41 03/10
4 Emma
McKeon
AUS 2:07.79 03/12
5 Yang
Chang
CHN 2:08.59 03/19

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In terms of historical rankings, McIntosh’s swim is the 14th-fastest 200 butterfly in history and she is the 8th-fastest performer in history. The top 7 in this event are an incredibly elite field that have all swum a 2:04.69 to faster.

All-time Performers – Women’s 200 Butterfly

  1. Liu Zige – 2:01.81 (2009)
  2. Jess Schipper – 2:03.41 (2009)
  3. Zhang Yufei – 2:03.86 (2021)
  4. Jiao Liuyang – 2:04.06 (2012)
  5. Mary Descenza – 2:04.14 (2009)
  6. Katinka Hosszu – 2:04.27 (2009)
  7. Natsumi Hoshi – 2:04.69 (2012)
  8. Summer McIntosh – 2:04.70 (2023)

McIntosh has now added a third event to her potential lineup at the 2023 World Championships, giving her an opportunity to defend her title. This is her third major record of the meet as she broke the 400 freestyle world record on day one and the 200 IM world junior record on day three.

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