2026 Pro Swim Series – Austin: Day 2 Prelims Dwell Recap

2026 PRO SWIM SERIES – AUSTIN

THURSDAY PRELIMS HEAT SHEET

Welcome to day 2 of the 2026 Pro Swim Series in Austin! We noticed some nice racing final night time in finals, together with Katie Ledecky throwing down the 2nd-fastest 1500 freed from all-time. Here’s what now we have on the docket for this morning:

THURSDAY PRELIMS EVENT SCHEDULE

• Women’s 50 Breast
• Men’s 50 Breast
• Women’s 100 Fly
• Men’s 100 fly
• Women’s 200 Back
• Men’s 200 Back
• Women’s 400 Freestyle
• Men’s 400 Freestyle

After successful the lads’s 100 breast final night time, Van Mathias is again as the highest seed within the males’s 50 breast this morning. Mathias is entered with a 26.76.

Regan Smith is not going to be racing the 200 again after clocking a 57 within the girls’s 100 again final night time. Instead, Smith will probably be racing within the 100 fly this morning, the place she’s the highest seed. Summer McIntosh can also be entered within the 100 fly this morning.

After her wonderful efficiency within the girls’s 1500 free final night time, Katie Ledecky will probably be again in motion within the girls’s 400 free. With no Summer McIntosh within the subject, Ledecky is the highest seed with a 3:56.81.

The males’s 400 free subject could be very tight this morning. Lucas Henveaux leads the entries with a 3:44.61, nonetheless, there are 5 different swimmers within the subject seeded at 3:46 or quicker.

WOMEN’S 50 BREASTSTROKE – PRELIMS

• World Record: 29.16 Rute Meilutyte, LTU (2023)
• American Record: 29.40 – Lilly King (2017)
• US Open Record: 29.62 – Lilly King, USA (2018)
• PSS Record: 29.62 – Lilly King, USA (2018)
• World Jr Record: 29.30 – Benedetta Pilato, ITA (2018)

TOP 16* QUALIFIERS:

1. Skyler Smith – 31.04
2. Anna Elendt – 31.08
3. Kate Canales – 32.35
4. Ella Peterson – 33.47
5. Audrey Deras – 33.85
6. Grace Hunt – 33.91
7. Maya McCarney – 33.93
8. Caprie Moreno – 33.97
9. Maren Byrne – 34.34
10. Kia Alert – 34.90
11. Hailey Preuss – 35.07
12. Ellen Jin – 35.34

Skyler Smith and Anna Elendt put up very robust performances within the girls’s 50 breast this morning. Smith clocked a 31.04 to prepared the ground, whereas Elendt was 31.08. Those swims set them up for an incredible race tonight in finals.

Kate Canales discovered herself in third with a 32.35. simply off her better of 32.23.

MEN’S 50 BREASTSTROKE – PRELIMS

• World Record: 25.95 – Adam Peaty, GBR (2017)
• American Record: 26.45 – Nic Fink (2022)
• US Open Record: 26.52 – Michael Andrew, USA (2022)
• PSS Record: 26.84 – Michael Andrew, USA (2023)
• World Jr Record: 26.97 – Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA (2017)

TOP 16 QUALIFIERS:

1. Van Mathias – 26.57
2. Finn Brooks – 27.05
3. Mitch Mason – 27.32
4. Brian Benzing – 27.67
5. Denis Petrashov – 27.71
6. Andres Puente Bustamante – 27.72
7. Jeremie Delbois – 28.22
8. Jack Kelly – 28.25
9. Koko Bratanov – 28.39
10. Rashed Altarmoom – 28.42 (TIE)
11. Nikita Baez – 28.42 (TIE)
12. Luke Barr – 28.46
13. James Slessor – 28.62
14. Pierre Goudeneche – 28.72
15. Nikola Andjelic – 28.82
16. Adam Fusti-Molnar – 28.90

Indiana had an incredible exhibiting within the males’s 50 breast. Van Mathias popped a brand new profession better of 26.57, bettering his earlier mark of 26.76. Additionally, Mathias cracked the Pro Swim Series Record of 26.84, which was held by Michael Andrew from 2023.

Finn Brooks, Mathias’ coaching accomplice at IU, ripped a large profession greatest to complete 2nd with a 27.05. Brooks’ earlier greatest within the LCM 50 breast was a 28.69, which he swam taking out the 100 breast on the Speedo Summer Championships in 2024.

Brian Benzing, one other Indiana-based swimmer, clocked a 27.67 for 4th.

Mitch Mason, a professional swimmer at Texas Ford Aquatics, went a brand new profession better of 27.32 to come back in third this morning. Mason’s earlier greatest was a 27.38, which he swam again on the 2023 Summer Nationals meet. Like Indiana, TFA had a number of swimmers make the semifinals tonight as effectively, with Andres Puente Bustamante coming in sixth with a 27.72, Koko Bratanov taking ninth in 28.39, and Luke Barr, one other IU alum because it occurs, coming in twelfth with a 28.46.

WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – PRELIMS

• World Record: 54.60 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2025)
• American Record: 54.60 – Gretchen Walsh (2025)
• US Open Record: 54.60 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2025)
• PSS Record: 54.60 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2025)
• World Jr Record: 56.33 – Mizuki Hirai, JPN (2024)
• Pool Record: 55.60 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2025)

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Regan Smith – 57.37
2. Summer McIntosh – 58.69
3. Charlotte Crush – 59.44
4. Ava Chavez – 59.98
5. Marie Wattel – 1:00.44
6. Mena Boardman – 1:00.51
7. Emma Harvey – 1:00.61
8. Emily Wolf – 1:00.75

Regan Smith led the way in which by over a second within the girls’s 100 fly this morning. Smith posted a 57.37, main Summer McIntosh by over a second. McIntosh took 2nd with a 58.69. Smith was excellent on the again half of the race this morning, splitting 30.09 on the 2nd 50. Both Smith and McIntosh improved vastly from prelims to finals of their respective races yesterday, so we ought to be in for a great race between them tonight in finals.

Charlotte Crush and Ava Chavez have been each below 1:00 as effectively this morning. Crush was 59.44, whereas Chavez clocked a 59.98. Crush got here in 4th within the 100 again final night time.

MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – PRELIMS

• World Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
• American Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel (2021)
• US Open Record: 49.76 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
• PSS Record: 50.42 – Ilya Kharun, CAN (2025)
• World Jr Record: 50.62 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)
• Pool Record: 50.24 – Shaine Casas, USA (2025)

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Caeleb Dressel – 52.25
2. Maxime Grousset – 52.73
3. Clement Secchi – 53.14
4. Jack Dahlgren – 53.51
5. Patrick Sammon – 53.59
6. Luke Barr – 53.87
7. Ethan Heasley – 54.38
8. Jimmy Beeson – 54.80

Caeleb Dressel, the World Record holder within the males’s 100 fly, led prelims this morning with a 52.25. Dressel wound up with the quickest time as a result of he had the quickest again half within the subject, coming residence in 28.04 on the 2nd 50.

Maxime Grousset, the one different swimmer on this subject in addition to Dressel to have been below 50 seconds on this occasion, clocked a 52.73 for 2nd this morning. Another Frenchman, Clement Secchi, took third this morning with a 53.14.

Shaine Casas notably didn’t swim this race regardless of being entered in it. He additionally didn’t race yesterday.

WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE – PRELIMS

• World Record: 2:03.14 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2023)
• American Record: 2:03.35 – Regan Smith (2019)
• US Open Record: 2:03.80 – Regan Smith, USA (2023)
• PSS Record: 2:03.99 – Regan Smith, USA (2024)
• World Jr Record: 2:03.35 – Regan Smith, USA (2019)
• Pool Record: 2:05.52 – Regan Smith, USA (2025)

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Charlotte Crush – 2:10.58
2. Teagan O’Dell – 2:11.20
3. Rowyn Wilber – 2:16.66
4. Georgia Wimberly – 2:17.81
5. Tessa Christiansen – 2:18.02
6. Sydney Wasylenky – 2:19.83
7. Haddie Vohs – 2:22.15
8. Lucy Gilbreath – 2:22.64

Shortly after ending third in prelims of the 100 fly this morning, Charlotte Crush was again in motion within the 200 again. Crush clocked a 2:10.58, main the sector into finals tonight.

Teagan O’Dell got here in 2nd with a 2:11.20. There’s a large hole between Crush, O’Dell, and the remainder of the sector, so we are able to anticipate the ultimate tonight to be an incredible race between them.

This was a giant occasion for younger swimmers. Crush is just 17, and there’s a trio of 16-year-olds who completed within the high 8 this morning. Rowyn Wilber (2:16.66), Sydney Wasylenky (2:19.83), and Lucy Gilbreath (2:22.64) have been all born in 2009 and will probably be competing within the ‘A’ last tonight.

MEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE – PRELIMS

• World Record: 1:51.92 – Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009)
• American Record: 1:51.92 – Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009)
• US Open Record: 1:53.08 – Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009)
• PSS Record: 1:55.04 – Jiayu Xu, CHN (2017)
• World Jr Record: 1:55.14 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2017)
• Pool Record: 1:54.21 – Huber Kos, HUN (2025)

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Kieran Smith – 2:00.00
2. Leon Marchand – 2:00.12
3. Yohann Ndoye-Broaurd – 2:00.52
4. Mewen Tomac – 2:01.26
5. Carson Foster – 2:01.91
6. Humberto Najera – 2:02.34
7. Derek Hernandez-Ojeda – 2:03.81
8. Mathys Chouchaoui – 2:04.16

Kieran Smith clocked the highest time of prelims within the males’s 200 again, stopping the clock in 2:00.00. He was only a tick forward of Leon Marchand, who got here in 2nd with a 2:00.12. With Yohann Ndoye-Brouard taking third in 2:00.52, we ought to be arrange for an incredible race tonight in finals.

Mewen Tomac was proper there within the combine, taking 4th in 2:01.26, whereas Carson Foster was fifth in 2:01.91.

All issues thought of, it is a subject that would see most of it swimmers go below 2:00 in finals tonight.

WOMEN’S 400 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Katie Ledecky – 4:04.38
2. Rylee Erisman – 4:13.25
3. Claire Weinstein – 4:13.60
4. Brinkleigh Hansen – 4:14.37
5. Anna Peplowski – 4:14.53
6. Emma Weyant – 4:15.84
7. Becca Mann – 4:18.92
8. Emily Wolf – 4:19.33

After successful the 1500 in dominating trend final night time, Katie Ledecky clocked the highest time of the morning within the girls’s 400 free. Ledecky swam a 4:04.38, which was the quickest time within the subject by 9 seconds this morning. Given how effectively Ledecky swam within the 1500 final night time, we are able to anticipate a quicker swim than 4:04 out of her tonight.

Rylee Erisman posted a 4:13.25 for 2nd this morning. Erisman was wonderful within the 100 again final night time, so we’ll see what she’s in a position to do within the 400 free. She was simply forward of Claire Weinstein, who stopped the clock in 4:13.60.

MEN’S 400 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS

• World Record: 3:39.46 – Lucas Martens, GER (2025)
• American Record: 3:42.78 – Larsen Jensen (2008)
• US Open Record: 3:43.33 – Rex Maurer, USA (2025)
• PSS Record: 3:43.55 – Yang Sun, CHN (2016)
• World Jr Record: 3:44.31 – Petar Mitsin (2023)
• Pool Record: 3:44.70 – Leon Marchand, FRA (2025)

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Daniel Wiffen – 3:51.22
2. Ilia Sibirtsev – 3:51.84
3. Bobby Finke – 3:52.40
4. Ryan Erisman – 3:52.89
5. Denis Loktev – 3:53.00
6. Lucas Henveaux – 3:54.07
7. Gabriel Jett – 3:55.01
8. Luke Hobson – 3:55.03

Daniel Wiffen led a reasonably relaxed prelims of the lads’s 400 free, swimming a 3:51.22. He was simply forward of Ilia Sibirtsev, who was 2nd with a 3:51.84.

Bobby Finke and Ryan Erisman have been shut behind, every going 3:52.