Etobicoke residents are cheering loud and proud for their young swimmers who are now competing in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Teenager Summer McIntosh, at 14 is the youngest member of the Canadian Olympic team.

The Grade 10 Student at Silverthorn Collegiate finished fourth and set a Canadian record in the women’s 400-metre freestyle in Tokyo last Sunday night.

McIntosh, along with Katrina Bellio and Ruslan Gasviev, are representing the Etobicoke Swim Club at the Olympics.

McIntosh finished the race with a time of 4:02.42, breaking the national record she set in the event on Saturday night, when she finished in 4:02.72. The previous record was held by Brittany MacLean, at 4:03:43, set at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

McIntosh is scheduled to race in the 800 heats on Thursday.

She is the daughter of Jill Horstead, who swam for Canada in the 1984 Olympic Games. McIntosh made a name for herself last June by edging Penny Oleksiak in the 200-metre freestyle final of the Olympic qualifier to earn a spot on the team.

The strong showing was Canada’s second impressive performance in aquatic events on the night, coming just on the heels of Maggie Mac Neil claiming the country’s first gold medal of the Games.

“It’s definitely just the beginning for me,” McIntosh told The Canadian Press in Tokyo. “It’s amazing that I can have this experience under my belt for the coming years.”

She had to deal with the death in June of her long-time coach Kevin Thorburn.

Katrina Bellio was the lone Canadian in the women’s 1,500, which is making its debut at the Olympics. She briefly held the Games record as the winner of Monday’s first heat in 16:24.37 to shatter her personal best by over five seconds.

However, the 16-year-old from Mississauga, didn’t advance to the final as Australia’s Kiah Melverton, the eighth and final qualifier, clocked a faster time.

“It’s a great feeling to be part of history,” Bellio told reporters. “To be swimming at the Olympics at such a young age is incredible.”

Bellio and McIntosh had been teammates for several years at Etobicoke Swim Club, one of the top teams in Canada, before McIntosh made the jump to the Toronto High Performance Centre.

Bellio won the 1,500 freestyle at the Canadian Olympic Trials, with a time of more than two seconds.

Etobicoke’s Ruslan Gasviev, 21, finished third in the 100-metre freestyle in the 2021 Canadian Olympic swimming trials that took him to Tokyo.

Etobicoke has placed 31 swimmers on Canadian Olympic Teams since 1956.