Western Transmountain Festival 2026

The Olympic-Sized Meet

The Western Transmountain Festival runs over two weekends, and is an open meet, which is code for "you might find yourself in the next lane over from an Olympian." In a crowd full of professional autograph signers, we managed nine individual podium finishes.

The Record Breakers

Noa Josh Burger, Samuel Bygrave, and William Cameron all set new #1 club records. For the 11-year-olds, Desmond Phillips and Audrey Thompson both hit four new top 10 placements, while 13-year-old distance specilast Isla Curtis climbed to #2 in the 800 Free, and #4 in the 400 Free.

Clearing the National Hurdle

Samuel Bygrave managed to add highly coveted Canadian Junior Trials standards to his resume, in both the 200 and 400 IM.

A High-Speed Shortcut

16-year-old Szilard Szep chopped 4.4% off his previous best in the 100 Fly. He also added a new top 10 club record in the 100 Back for good measure.

The Bottom Line

If you’re going to get beat, it might as well be by someone with an olympic medal.

Check out the updated top-10 lists, and more, on our rankings site.