Keanna MacInnes stormed to silver in the Women’s 100m Butterfly final on Monday night at Tollcross, breaking the Scottish record in the process.

A trio of Scots would take to the blocks, Ciara Schlosshan and Lucy Grieve joining MacInnes, the first time that has happened at these Games. To make it even better, all three produced lifetime best swims on the biggest stage, MacInnes leading the charge, a storming second 50m seeing her move up into the silver medal position in the final five metres, touching in 57.33.

It was 5th for Schlosshan just 0.01 off the old Scottish record, and 6th for Grieve in 57.90, her first time under 58 seconds.

MacInnes said: “Absolutely incredible, I’ve said to everyone else that I’ve been burning nervous energy all day so I think my coach coming in was like ‘There’s nothing to lose, nobody has anything yet, you’ve still got to swim the race, it doesn’t matter the outcome so this was more than I could ask for.

When asked about going second on the British all-time list and targeting the British record, she added: “It’s amazing, I mean that’s one that I had been looking at and I thought there was potential for that this season. I’ve got one more hit-out in Paris at the Europeans for that so hopefully we can see that then.

“I’ve got the 200m coming up here first which is my main event, so that was why this was a nice weight off my shoulders that I’ve done the podium once. With it being the home Games, this was so special to me.”

Duncan Scott came agonisingly close to another Glasgow 2026 medal as he touched 4th in the Men’s 200m Butterfly, a typically strong back end saw him get within a whisker of the podium.

Reflecting afterwards, he said: “I think I just gave myself a bit too much to do at the end there in a world class field. It’s a bit annoying, I didn’t quite execute it. I had a really strong last 75m but just gave myself a bit much to do.

“If I went slower and got third I’d have a smile on my face, but that’s just swimming isn’t it or international sport. It’s one of them where I wish I could have had it again but it is what it is. Credit to Lewis back-to-back in that event, probably by very small margins as well so good on him.”

Rounding out Monday evening’s action were the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle quartet of Megan Barnes, Evi Mackie, Evie Davis and Lucy Hope a strong swim from lane two seeing them come home in a fine 4th place.

Lucy Hope said: “It’s always tough, the 4×2, it’s tough to race these other countries. We just had to stick to our own race plan and not get too caught up with what everyone else was doing. We knew New Zealand were going out fast next to us so we thought, ‘maybe shift over a little bit and don’t go out too hard’. I don’t think Evie listened to that part of the race chat, but we got to the end and it’s a lot of improvement from the last Commonwealth Games. These girls in 2030 they’ll improve on even that.”

Luke Hornsey was another to deliver a lifetime best as he dipped under the 8 minute barrier for the first time to finish a fantastic 5th in the Men’s 800m Freestyle, with teammate Sean McCann 9th.

Archie Goodburn finished 7th in his first Commonwealth Games final, the 50m Breaststroke man slightly mistiming his finish on the wall, but he could be extremely proud of the adversity he has overcome to be here, never mind in a final.

He said: “I’m feeling extremely privileged and very fortunate and very blessed to have even had the chance to take part in such a competitive field. I’ll have a look at the analysis and see what caused me to be slower than I was in the heats and semis but that’s Breaststroke at the top level, it’s really difficult to get by when the pressure is there. I think I’m going to look back on this as a pretty incredible moment in my life but right now frustrated with the final outcome.

“The reception was monumental. I tried to prepare myself for it and the semi-finals was a good tester but that was the next level. I can’t say thank you enough to all the Glaswegians, all the local support and my friends and family as well and everyone watching at home.”

There was a 7th place for Evi Mackie in the 400m Individual Medley and 5th for Evie Davis in the 100m Freestyle.

In the Women’s 50m Breaststroke semi-finals Anna Morgan touched 3rd to advance to Tuesday’s final.

S13 100m Freestyle Silver Medallist Stephen Clegg, and brother James, will be back in action on Tuesday in the S13 50m Freestyle – with both eyeing silverware in the splash and dash event.

European Junior medallists Emma Wood and Dean Fearn are also in action in one length events, in the 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly respectively.

Katie Shanahan, who won spectacular silver in night one at Tollcross, will compete in the 200m Individual Medley in front of an adoring home crowd, in the pool she trained in for years as a junior.