2026 Pro Swim Series – Austin: Day 1 Prelims Dwell Recap

2026 PRO SWIM SERIES – AUSTIN

Welcome to the primary Pro Series cease of 2026! The PSS kicks off in Austin this 12 months, on the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.

Wednesday Prelims Event Schedule

• Women’s 50 free
• Men’s 50 free
• Women’s 100 breast
• Men’s 100 breast
• Women’s 200 IM
• Men’s 200 IM
• Women’s 100 again
• Men’s 100 again

This morning’s prelims session is scheduled to be a brief one, coming in at a little bit over an hour. Overall, this can be a pretty small, with solely 30 complete heats on this complete session.

We’ll be kicking issues off with the 50 freestyle. Simone Manuel is the highest seed within the ladies’s 50 free, coming in with a 24.13. Manuel can be swimming in her house pool, as she trains at Texas below Bob Bowman. On the lads’s aspect of issues, Jack Alexy is available in as the highest seed with a 21.32. There’s a robust subject within the males’s 50 free behind Alexy, with Caeleb Dressel, Chris Guiliano, Andrej Barna, Maxime Grousset, Nikita Baez, and Matt King additionally within the subject.

The ladies’s 100 breast solely has 11 swimmers entered in it, led by Anna Elendt with a 1:05.19. Denis Petrashov is the highest seed within the males’s 100 breast by a giant margin, coming in with a 58.88. Jack Kelly and Van Mathias are the one different swimmers seeded below 1:00, coming in with instances of 59.72 and 59.74 respectively.

Summer McIntosh is the clear favourite within the ladies’s 200 IM. McIntosh is available in with a 2:05.70, making her the highest seed by over 5 seconds. In the lads’s 200 IM, Leon Marchand and Shaine Casas are set to race. Marchand is available in with a 1:52.69, whereas Casas has a 1:54.30.

Regan Smith leads the way in which within the ladies’s 100 again, whereas Yohann Ndoye Brouard is the highest seed within the males’s 100 again.

WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS

• World Record: 23.61 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2023)
• American Record: 23.91 – Kate Douglass/Gretchen Walsh, USA (2024)
• US Open Record: 23.91 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2024)
• PSS Record: 24.17 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2016)
• World Jr Record: 24.17 – Claire Curzan, USA (2021)
• Pool Record: 24.17 – Sarah Sjostrom

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Beryl Gastaldello – 24.89
2. Simone Manuel – 25.10
3. Marie Wattel – 25.25
4. Anna Peplowski – 25.61
5. Chloe Stepanek – 25.73
6. Emma Harvey – 25.95 (TIE)
7. Anailia Pigree – 25.95 (TIE)
8. Mena Boardman – 25.97

Beryl Gastaldello seemed good this morning within the ladies’s 50 free, main the sphere with a 24.89. Gastaldello was the one swimmer within the subject to go below 25 seconds, setting herself up nicely for finals.

Simone Manuel, the highest seed coming into the morning, was 25.10 this morning. With such a skinny subject at this meet, it’s laborious to know the way a lot weight to place into prelims performances, so we’ll simply have to attend till tonight to see what Manuel has within the tank.

Marie Wattel got here in third this morning with a 25.25.

MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS

• World Record: 20.91 – Cesar Cielo, BRA (2009)
• American Record: 21.04 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2019)
• US Open Record: 21.04 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2019)
• PSS Record: 21.51 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2020)
• World Jr Record: 21.75 – Michael Andrew, USA (2017)
• Pool Record: 21.44 – Fred Bousquet

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Maxime Grousset – 21.92
2. Brooks Curry – 21.99
3. Jack Alexy – 22.08
4. Chris Guiliano – 22.14
5. Andrej Barna – 22.23
6. Matt King – 22.31
7. Caeleb Dressel – 22.33
8. Finn Brooks – 22.38

Maxime Grousset popped a 21.92 to paved the way within the males’s 50 free this morning. Grousset was one among two swimmers to go below 22 seconds this morning, as Brooks Curry was 21.99.

The subject behind Grousset and Curry was tight, with Jack Alexy going 22.08 and Chris Guiliano 22.14. Andrej Barna, the highest seed coming into the day, got here in fifth this morning with a 22.23.

WOMEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE – PRELIMS

• World Record: 1:04.13 – Lilly King, USA (2017)
• American Record: 1:04.13 – Lilly King, USA (2017)
• US Open Record: 1:04.45 – Jessica Hardy, USA (2009)
• PSS Record: 1:05.32 – Lilly King, USA (2022)
• World Jr Record: 1:04.35 – Ruta Meilutyte, LTU (2013)
• Pool Record: Lydia Jacoby – 1:06.30

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Anna Elendt – 1:08.76
2. Skyler Smith – 1:09.10
3. Grace Hunt – 1:11.88
4. Kate Canales – 1:12.37
5. Maya McCarney – 1:12.66
6. Audrey Deras – 1:13.99
7. Ella Peterson – 1:14.07
8. Maren Byrne – 1:14.47

The ladies’s 100 breast solely wound up with 10 swimmers competing this morning. It took a 1:14.47 to qualify for the ‘A’ closing, which was swum by Maren Byrne.

Anna Elendt clocked the highest time of the morning with a 1:08.76. Sklyer Smith was additionally below 1:10 this morning, swimming a 1:09.10. Elendt may go after the pool file tonight, which is held by former Texas teammate Lydia Jacoby with a 1:06.30.

MEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE – PRELIMS

• World Record: 56.88 – Adam Peaty, GBR (2019)
• American Record: 58.14 – Michael Andrew (2021)
• US Open Record: 58.14 – Michael Andrew (2021)
• PSS Record: 58.67 – Michael Andrew (2021)
• World Jr Record: 58.94 – Shin Ohashi, JPN (2025)
• Pool Record: 59.45 – Alexei Avakov

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Van Mathias – 59.92
2. Denis Petrashov – 1:00.96
3. Andres Puente Bustamente – 1:01.16
4. Mitch Mason – 1:01.27
5. Luke Barr – 1:01.44
6. Brian Benzing – 1:01.55
7. Jeremie Delbois – 1:01.78
8. Jack Kelly – 1:02.24

Van Mathias posted the highest time of the morning within the males’s 100 breast, swimming a 59.92. Mathias was the one swimmer within the subject below 1:00 this morning. He was near the pool file of 59.45, and even nearer to his profession better of 59.74.

Denis Petrashov, the highest seed coming into the morning, got here in 2nd with a 1:00.96, which is 2 seconds slower than his seed time.

Behind Petrashov, Andres Puente Bustamente, Mitch Mason, and Luke Barr, went 1:01.16, 1:01.27, and 1:01.44 respectively. That trio of swimmers all prepare at Texas Ford Aquatics.

Jack Kelly, the one different swimmer within the subject who was seeded below 1:00, got here in eighth this morning with a 1:02.24.

WOMEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – PRELIMS

• World Record: 2:05.70 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2025)
• American Record: 2:06.15 – Ariana Kukors (2009)
• US Open Record: 2:06.79 – Kate Douglass, USA (2024)
• PSS Record: 2:06.82 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2025)
• World Jr Record: 2:06.56 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2024)
• Pool Record: 2:08.51 – Madisyn Cox

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Teagan O’Dell – 2:14.91
2. Cyrielle Duhamel – 2:16.11
3. Summer McIntosh – 2:16.27
4. Emma Weyant – 2:16.38
5. Ava Chavez – 2:17.99
6. Lindsay Looney – 2:20.10
7. Rowyn Wilber – 2:20.56
8. Claire Burns – 2:20.76

Summer McIntosh put up a relaxed swim this morning, clocking a 2:16.27 for third. That time is available in nearly 11 seconds slower than her profession finest of two:05.70, which stands because the World Record. It’s laborious to evaluate precisely how a lot quicker McIntosh can be tonight in finals, however we will say with certainty that she can be quicker.

This morning, it was Teagan O’Dell who led the way in which, swimming a 2:14.91. She was out quick, splitting 28.59 on fly and 34.13 on again for a 1:02.72 on the opening 100m.

Cyrielle Duhamel was additionally quicker than McIntosh this morning, swimming a 2:16.11.

MEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – PRELIMS

• World Record: 1:52.69 – Leon Marchand, FRA (2025)
• American Record: 1:54.00 – Ryan Lochte (2011)
• US Open Record: 1:54.43 – Ryan Lochte, USA (2010)
• PSS Record: 1:55.68 – Leon Marchand, FRA (2023)
• World Jr Record: 1:56.99 – Hubert Kos, HUN (2021)
• Pool Record: 1:57.20 – Carson Foster

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Carson Foster – 2:01.38
2. Grant Sanders – 2:01.92
3. Kieran Smith – 2:03.48
4. Humberto Najera – 2:05.25
5. Leon Marchand – 2:05.95
6. Gerhardt Hoover – 2:06.27
7. Cullen Kahl – 2:07.87
8. Wilson York – 2:08.05

Carson Foster led the way in which within the males’s 200 IM this morning, swimming a 2:01.38. The swim was quick sufficient to earn him the highest seed for tonight’s closing, the place we will anticipate a quicker swim. Foster holds the pool file with a 1:57.20.

Grant Sanders was proper behind Foster this morning, taking 2nd general with a 2:01.92.

Like Summer McIntosh, Leon Marchand, the World Record holder on this occasion, was very relaxed this morning. Marchand posted a 2:05.95, which is over 13 seconds slower than his World Record mark of 1:52.69. Like McIntosh, we will anticipate a a lot quicker swim from Marchand tonight.

WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – PRELIMS

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Regan Smith – 59.38
2. Rylee Erisman – 59.56
3. Anna Peplowski – 1:00.52
4. Charlotte Crush – 1:00.94
5. Beryl Gastaldello – 1:02.31
6. Mena Boardman – 1:02.61
7. Sydney Wasylenky – 1:02.82
8. Emma Harvey – 1:03.05

Regan Smith led the way in which within the ladies’s 100 again this morning with a 59.38. That swim is available in 2 seconds off her World Record mark of 57.13. Rylee Erisman was additionally below 1:00 this morning, swimming a 59.56, which units up what must be an excellent race between she and Smith tonight.

Anna Peplowski got here in third this morning with a 1:00.52. That efficiency marks a brand new profession finest for Peplowski, bettering her earlier mark of 1:00.57, which was swum on the 2023 Summer Nationals.

Charlotte Crush was additionally 1:00 this morning, taking 4th in 1:00.94.

MEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – PRELIMS

• World Record: 51.60 – Thomas Ceccon, ITA (2022)
• American Record: 51.85 – Ryan Murphy, USA (2016)
• US Open Record: 51.94 – Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009)
• PSS Record: 52.40 – David Plummer, USA (2016)
• World Jr Record: 52.08 – Mirin Lifintsev (2024)
• Pool Record: 52.51 – Shaine Casas

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Mewen Tomac – 55.48
2. Yohann Ndoye-Brouard – 55.53
3. Mathys Chouchaoui – 55.78
4. Tiago Behar – 56.24
5. Grant Bochenski – 56.51
6. Owen Sarbak – 56.78
7. Jack Dahlgren – 57.21
8. Jimmy Beeson – 57.27

It was a French trio that led the way in which within the males’s 100 again this morning. Mewen Tomac clocked a 55.48, whereas Yohann Ndoye-Brouard was 55.53, and Mathys Chouchaoui was 55.78. Ndoye-Brouard was the quickest swimmer coming into the morning, holding a better of 51.92.