McIntosh, Knox break own national records at Canadian swimming trials in Victoria

Summer McIntosh and Finlay Knox broke their own national records at the Canadian swimming trials on Tuesday in Victoria, B.C.

The 15-year-old McIntosh, who made her Olympic debut in Tokyo last summer, won the women's 400-metre freestyle while setting a Canadian record with a time of 4:01.59. Katrina Bellio finished second (4:11.06), followed by Ella Jansen (4:11.15).

Knox touched the wall with a time of 1:57.50 to win the men's 200m individual medley. The 29-year-old from Okotoks, Alta., finished ahead of Collyn Gagne (2:00.37) and Benjamin Loewen (2:03.48), respectively.

Knox lowered the record he set at Olympic trials last June (1:58.07). He became the first Canadian to ever go under the 1:59 mark in the event last May at a high-performance time trial in Toronto.

WATCH l McIntosh breaks own Canadian record in women's 400m freestyle:

Fellow Tokyo Olympians Kylie Masse and Sydney Pickrem also posted notable victories on Tuesday.

Masse won the women's 100m backstroke (58.48), while Taylor Ruck (59.67) and Ingrid Wilm (59.75) finished second and third, respectively.

Pickrem won the women's 200m individual medley (2:10.58), with Mary-Sophie Harvey claiming silver (2:10.98) and Tessa Cieplucha taking bronze (2:12.03)

WATCH l Knox lowers his national record in men's 200m IM:

Javier Acevedo won the men's 100m backstroke (54.37), finishing ahead of Blake Tierney (54.62) and Tayden De Pol (55.87), respectively.

All the action from the Canadian trials in Victoria will be streamed live on CBC Sports and can be watched with the free CBC Gem streaming service, at cbcsports.ca and through the CBC Sports app for iOS and Android devices. 

In the Para events, Jacob Brayshaw kicked off the evening by winning the men's 50m breast