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The 2025 Canadian Swimming Trials continue this evening in Victoria with the 400 IM and 200 backstroke for both men and women.
07 Jun 2025 – 12 Jun 2025
SwimSwam has compiled a list of all of the available race videos from the final night of the 2025 Canadian Swimming Trials.
Kylie Masse will represent Canada at the World Aquatics Championships for the fifth time, aiming to keep her streak of winning at least one medal alive.
Sienna Angove and Jordi Vilchez booked tickets to Singapore as relay-only swimmers on the final day of competition at Canadian trials.
The Canadian Trials wrap up tonight with the 200 freestyle and 50 butterfly for both men and women, along with the men’s 800 and women’s 1500 freestyle.
The last day of the 2025 Canadian Trials marks the final chance for swimmers to make the team for the World Championships set to be held in Singapore.
SwimSwam has compiled a list of all of the available race videos from Wednesday night’s session of the 2025 Canadian Trials.
The last day of the Canadian Trials saw numerous scratches with Alex Axon the top seed in the 200 free headlining them, also pulling out of the 800 free tonight.
With top two finishes in the men’s 400 IM and women’s 200 back respectively, both Lorne Wigginton and Madison Kryger are headed to Singapore.
June 11th, 2025 Canada, News, Previews & Recaps
The 2025 Canadian Swimming Trials continue this evening in Victoria with the 400 IM and 200 backstroke for both men and women. Also in the session are para events, including the women’s and men’s 150 IM for classes SM3–SM4, and the women’s and men’s 200 IM for classes SM5–SM11 and SM13–SM14.
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Podium:
GOLD – Summer McIntosh (UNCAN) — 4:23.65 *WORLD RECORD*
SILVER – Mary-Sophie Harvey (CAMO) — 4:35.56 
BRONZE – Ella Jansen (ESWIM) — 4:39.30
For the third consecutive Canadian Trials, 18-year-old Summer McIntosh set a new world record in the women’s 400 IM. Her time of 4:23.65 tonight marks her third world record this week, following her 2:05.70 in the 200 IM and 3:54.18 in the 400 free.
Compared to last year’s splits of 59.18, 1:07.12, 1:17.13, and 1:00.95, she dropped nearly a full second on backstroke (1:06.13) and lost about the same amount on breaststroke (1:18.02). She regained over six tenths on freestyle, largely thanks to a faster final 50 split of 29.37 compared to her previous 29.72.
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Asked what she was focusing on during the race or if it was just about beating the clock, she said, “Yeah, I mean, going into tonight, I knew I could do something really special because this has probably been my best meet of my career. I was really excited to finish with probably one of my top favorite events and probably the hardest event. It’s a good kind of practice for Worlds since it’ll be on the last day. Overall, I’m happy with the time. I felt really strong throughout except for the last 25 breaststroke. I’ll definitely be thinking about that during training.”
Reflecting on her dominance in this event over recent seasons, including winning the 2022 and 2023 World Championships as well as the 2024 Olympic Games, and how she stays motivated when racing alone against the clock, McIntosh explained, “Well, I think world records are made to be broken. By the time I leave this sport, I want to make sure that record is as fast as possible. That really keeps me going because I know there’s always going to be the next generation of kids growing up chasing their records. So I’ve got to give my best effort to see how long it can stand.”
When asked if there was a particular stroke she focused on over the last year to improve her time, she said, “Yeah, I think breaststroke is always something I’m continuing to work on. It’s definitely still a work in progress. But I think backstroke is also something that’s sometimes overlooked by people. I have a really good backstroke, and I’ve really used that in my IM to continue lowering my time.”
Beyond McIntosh, 25-year-old Mary-Sophie Harvey clocked 4:35.56 for runner-up, improving her personal best by two tenths. This marks her third individual event qualification for Worlds in Singapore, after winning the 200 breaststroke and touching 2nd under the QT in the 200 IM.
Tennessee freshman Ella Jansen, 18, gave her lifetime-best 4:37.35 a scare for much of the race before settling for bronze with a 4:39.30.
Podium:
GOLD – Tristan Jankovics (RCAQ/OSU) — 4:13.15
SILVER – Lorne Wigginton (ESWIM) — 4:13.40
BRONZE – Eric Brown (PCSC) — 4:18.59
In a tightly contested men’s 400 IM, Ohio State’s Tristan Jankovics edged out Michigan’s Lorne Wigginton by just 0.25, successfully defending his title in 4:13.15 to Wigginton’s 4:13.40. The two finished well ahead of bronze medalist Eric Brown of Florida, who posted 4:18.57, narrowly missing his career best of 4:18.29.
Neither Jankovics nor Wigginton set a new lifetime best either, as Jankovics holds a PB of 4:11.74 from last year, while Wigginton’s fastest time remains 4:12.81 from the 2023 World Junior Championships, where he earned bronze. However, their swims tonight stand as the 2nd-fastest performances of their careers. They were both well under the AQUA ‘A’ standard of 4:17.48, meaning both will make the trip to Worlds.
Asked if Brian Johns’ 2008 Canadian record of 4:11.41 was on his mind, Jankovics replied, “I mean, it has this last year since I just missed it. It’s obviously a legendary record that’s been sitting for however long, so I’m going to keep trying to inch at it and hopefully get it one day.”
Looking ahead to Worlds in Singapore, where he’ll swim the 400 IM for Team Canada, he said, “I gotta talk to coach, coach knows best. So whatever coach wants.”
Podium:
GOLD – Ethan Ekk (UNCAN) — 1:56.54 *CANADIAN RECORD*
SILVER – Blake Tierney (GOLD) — 1:57.04
BRONZE – Cole Pratt (CASC) — 1:58.70
Stanford commit Ethan Ekk pulled off a stunning win in the men’s 200 backstroke, taking down Blake Tierney and breaking the Canadian record in the process.
Ekk, 18, clocked 1:56.54, slicing nearly two seconds off his previous best of 1:58.28 and eclipsing Tierney’s national mark of 1:56.74 set at last year’s Olympic Trials. Cole Pratt was the only other swimmer under two minutes, finishing in 1:58.70, just off his 2021 best of 1:57.96.
Ekk turned 2nd at the 150, with Tierney also under record pace, but stormed home over the final 50 to grab the win and the record. Both swimmers were under the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard and will represent Canada in Singapore.
With the new Canadian record, Ekk moves up to #6 in the world rankings for this season.
Splits Comparison:
On whether he thought he could challenge for the win, Ekk said, “I never thought in my wildest dreams I would beat him, so props to him.”
Asked if he had the record on his mind, he added, “Just a top-two spot. I was trying to just go under 1:58.”
Podium:
GOLD – Madison Kryger (BROCK) — 2:09.88
SILVER – Ingrid Wilm (CASC) — 2:10.54
BRONZE – Delia Lloyd (ESWIM) — 2:11.15
16-year-old Tennessee commit Madison Kryger stamped her authority on the women’s 200 backstroke, leading from start to finish. She obliterated her previous best of 2:11.44 to win gold with the only sub-2:10 swim of the day.
Her final time of 2:09.88 secured the win ahead of veteran Ingrid Wilm, who is better known for her sprinting but grabbed silver with a personal best of 2:10.54. Delia Lloyd posted an outing of 2:11.15 for bronze, cutting over half a second off her previous best, an impressive effort for the Ohio State freshman.
“I’m super happy with that,” Kryger said. “Excited.”
Asked about fending off Wilm’s late push, Kryger replied, “Oh, I could see everybody. So I definitely had to just trust my technique and my training to be able to finish that—to hang on for the win.”
Both Kryger and Wilm finished under the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard, booking their tickets to Singapore. On getting to share the stage internationally with Wilm, Kryger added, “It means so much. Ingrid is genuinely one of the nicest people I’ve ever met in my life.”

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Is Canadas 6 days?
Happy for Wilm. She must have been really disappointed in not making the team for the 100 back. But then made the team in 3 other events.
Really big night of swimming for Swim Canada!
Finally getting some more swimmers under the Aqua A. Been waiting for Madison Kryger to make that drop for a while. She had been hovering around 2:11 for so long!
I love how there’s no posts about any other race lol
What did Florida do to Aidan Norman?
It’s freshman year, big adjustment for some kids and it may take some time. He swam well in the NCAA season so I’m not worried.
Is Summers performance here the best at a single LC meet since Phelps in Beijing (in terms of times)?
Yes
I’m trying to think of other contenders. Ledecky Rio I guess. Maybe a Kaylee meet but I don’t think she ever got all 3 backs at the same meet.
This is something else.
Considering how good the 2 WRs she just missed are, what she has done is amazing. She almost broke 5 individual WRs in separate events at one meet. Phelps broke 4 individual WRs in 2008 and 2007, and 5 individual WRs (but in 4 different events) in 2003, so she was a hair’s breadth from exceeding the GOAT.
Not sure I’m ready to put summer in the same conversation as Phelps’ 8 gold in a single olympics.
Ledecky at Rio needed the 1500 to have a crazy meet.
She still had a crazy meet.
Yeah sometimes I still forgot she swims 4×100 and won silver.
All gone quiet here. Yawn. When is the 200back? Ready for some excitement!
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A group of Canadian premiers appears to be setting high expectations as they pursue negotiations with American governors to mitigate the impacts of United States-imposed tariffs on their economies.
Premiers from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, and Quebec’s economic minister are scheduled to meet with New England governors on Monday in Boston.
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt said the premiers are looking to the New England governors for insights on how to deal with the White House and U.S. President Donald Trump.
“I mean, ideally, what we would get is every governor … agreeing to articulate in loud and formal terms their objection to the tariffs to their administration,” Holt told reporters Thursday.
“If we can get everyone agreeing that the tariffs are negatively impacting Americans and passing that message on to the White House, that would be a win.”
Holt also said she plans on raising “critical” energy and infrastructure files.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said last month that the leaders hope to discuss how they can work together and maintain economic relationships in the face of Trump’s tariffs.
“Canada is Massachusetts’ No. 1 trading partner,” she said in a May 5 news release.
“For generations, we have enjoyed a strong partnership and a healthy exchange of energy, lumber, dairy, cars and car parts, seafood and more. Our businesses and our residents all benefit from this relationship. But President Trump’s tariffs are undermining this partnership, making it harder for businesses to keep their doors open, and increasing the cost of everything that the New England and Canadian people rely on.”
Joseph Steinberg, a professor at University of Toronto’s economics department, said domestic U.S. pressure, particularly from Republican states, is more effective in influencing Trump’s tariff policies than international retaliation.
“I think what matters most is the pushback that the president hears from leaders within the United States,” Steinberg said. “The more of that pushback there is, and the more he hears that American household and American firms are hurting — that is the most effective thing to get him to change his tariff policy.”
He added that it would be a good thing to keep the lines of communication open between the premiers and the governors.
“The U.S. is one of the biggest economies in the world, and it’s right next door. So technologically and geographically, the United States is always going to be our biggest trade partner. There’s no way to get around that.”
Holt said New Brunswick supplies a lot of energy products to New England.
“I think 90 per cent of the cars in Boston are driving with gas that comes from the Irving refinery and us. They are keen to make sure we will continue to be a reliable supplier of energy to them,” she said.
“We see the U.S. as a market to sell energy in a way that is profitable and beneficial to New Brunswick.”
Healey said an analysis showed that tariffs on Canadian energy would raise gas and heating oil prices by over 30 cents a gallon and could cost nearly $1.4 billion a year for people in Massachusetts, and $3.4 billion for those in the New England area.
Ontario is also looking to discuss energy and minerals with the U.S., said Grace Lee, spokeswoman for Premier Doug Ford.
“Ontario is proud to have one of the cleanest and most reliable energy grids, alongside mineral rich areas ready for development and a highly skilled workforce that the U.S. needs and relies on,” she said in a statement.
“Premier Ford will advocate for his vision of Fortress Am-Can, a renewed strategic alliance that makes Canada and the U.S. the richest, most prosperous, safest and most secure two countries on the planet.”
Prince Edward Island Premier Rob Lantz’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
Léa Fortin, spokeswoman for Quebec’s economic minister Christopher Skeete, said the meeting is a chance to reiterate ties between Quebec and the United States, as well as the Atlantic provinces.
Sonja Pomeroy, spokeswoman for Premier John Hogan said Newfoundland and Labrador exported approximately $4.5 billion of goods to the United States in 2023, representing 37 per cent of the province’s total exports.
For example, she said in any given year, 60 to 80 per cent of Newfoundland and Labrador’s seafood exports go to the United States.
So the meeting is an opportunity to reinforce the social and economic value of Canada’s long relationship with the United States, she explained.
“Barriers to trade are bad for both national economies,” Pomeroy said.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills said Canadian provinces and her state have enjoyed strong relationships over generations because of shared economies and cultures. But these are now strained from Trump’s “haphazard tariffs and harmful rhetoric targeting our northern neighbours,” she said in the May 5 statement.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston acknowledged Canadian provinces don’t have the power to resolve trade issues on their own.
“But that doesn’t mean we can’t have a positive relationship with governors and Americans in general,” Houston said. “I think that’s the goal.”
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Daily Coffee News Staff | May 21, 2025

El Salvador’s coffee sector is expected to show modest production gains in the 2025/26 market year, with a forecast of the equivalent of 597,000 60-kilogram bags, up 6.4% from the previous year, according to the latest USDA estimates.
The increase comes after a challenging 2024/25 harvest season, when torrential rainfall caused heavy berry drop and quality loss. Improved weather conditions are expected to support the coming year’s harvest, although underlying structural issues persist.
Total exports are forecast to reach 583,000 bags in 2025/26, up slightly from an estimated 578,000 bags the previous year. Growers have been responding to high international prices by accelerating sales, especially to the United States and Europe. However, low profitability, aging coffee trees and limited financial access continue to restrict the sector’s full recovery.
Domestic consumption is projected to increase to 316,000 bags, supported by rising tourism and a growing coffee shop culture. Still, soluble imports dominate consumption, with over 260,000 bags expected to be imported in 2025/26, mainly from Mexico and Brazil.
These and other predictions are outlined in the latest USDA Foreign Agriculture Service annual report on the El Salvador coffee sector.
[Note: This is part of a series of DCN stories that will explore USDA FAS annual coffee reports. The information agency typically delivers more than a dozen country-level reports on the coffee sector, each coming from different authors and field offices.]
Total exports for 2025/26 are projected at 583,000 bags, up from 578,000 in 2024/25, driven by strong global prices and continued liquidation of stocks.
The United States remains the largest buyer, accounting for 47% of exports in 2024/25 (271,660 bags).
Other top destinations include Belgium (69,360 bags), Italy (39,304), Germany (25,432), Saudi Arabia (23,120) and Japan (21,964).
Specialty and certified coffees command significant price premiums, especially when associated with international auctions such as Cup of Excellence.
More than 230 farms and 34 mills have earned Rainforest Alliance certification, with other programs such as Starbucks Cafe Practices, Fairtrade and UTZ also prominent among the nation’s exports.
Total production for 2025/26 is forecast at 597,000 bags, up from 561,000 the previous year.
Production suffered in 2024/25 due to extreme rainfall in December 2024, which damaged ripening cherries and reduced milling quality.
El Salvador’s coffee-growing area remains stable at 118,000 hectares, despite the currently high coffee prices, reflecting low profitability, aging trees and farmer migration out of the sector.
The Government of El Salvador is continuing plant distribution programs, focusing on smallholders with less than 10 hectares, although limited financing and late seedling deliveries have reduced impact.
Many farms face severe labor shortages, especially for pruning, fertilization and harvesting, due to rural outmigration and competition domestically from construction jobs.
Consumption is forecast to rise to 316,000 bags in 2025/26, up from 310,000 the year prior.
This growth is linked to a surge in tourism, both from domestic and international travelers, attributed to improvements in El Salvador’s international security ratings.
Consumption remains dominated by soluble coffee, which accounts for 275,000 of the 316,000 total bags consumed.
Major soluble suppliers include Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Nicaragua. Local brands such as Coscafe and D’Cafe lead on the domestic market.
Coffee shop expansion is ongoing, led by international brands like Starbucks, McCafé and Juan Valdez, as well as local chains such as Viva Espresso and The Coffee Cup.
Total coffee imports are projected to reach 274,000 bags in 2025/26, up from 266,000 in 2024/25, reflecting stronger demand from retail and foodservice outlets.
Mexico is now the top supplier, expected to ship 128,232 bags of soluble coffee in 2025/26.
Other key suppliers include Brazil (87,406 bags), Colombia (21,920), Nicaragua (13,152) and the United States (6,850).
Roasted coffee imports are expected to reach 12,000 bags, while soluble imports are forecast at 262,000 bags.
Ending stocks are projected to fall to 17,000 bags in 2025/26, down from 45,000, as farmers continue to sell in response to high commodity prices.
El Salvador lacks a comprehensive national coffee strategy, with most support limited to small-scale seedling and fungicide distribution programs, according to the USDA analysis.
Approximately 30 million new high-quality, rust-resistant plants are needed annually for the next 10 years to renovate aging farms, according to sources from the Salvadoran Coffee Association.
Labor shortages and aging trees continue to hamper productivity. For every 100,000-quintal drop in production, about 10,000 rural jobs are lost, according to the analysis.
The MOCCA project, backed by USDA and Technoserve, has been assisting 5,000 farmers with improved practices and loan guarantees.
The federal government of El Salvador is promoting coffee sector debt restructuring, infrastructure investment and marketing reforms, though implementation remains limited by fiscal constraints.
For full data tables and historical figures, see the USDA Coffee Annual Report for El Salvador (May 2025).
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