Swims You May Have Missed On Day 2 Of The 2026 Austin Professional Swim Sequence

2026 PRO SWIM SERIES – AUSTIN

Van Mathias showcased his breaststroke prowess on Day 2in Austin as he claimed the #1 spot on the earth within the 50 breast this season in 26.57, simply six months after returning to racing. He is now the #3 American in historical past, behind solely Nic Fink (26.45) and Michael Andrew (26.52), however was not the one swimmer to shake up the rankings.

Behind Mathias within the heats yesterday morning was a fellow IU alum in Finn Brooks, who rocketed to an enormous finest time of 27.05. His earlier better of 28.69 was set 18 months in the past, however his swim in the present day is a continuation of the massive enhancements he has made briefly course. He had some blistering swims on the World Cup Tour final fall, clocking a brand new better of 25.75 within the 50, and his time tonight would have solely simply missed qualifying for Worlds ultimately summers U.S. Nationals. It additionally ranks him eighth all-time amongst U.S. males, and seventh on the earth this 12 months.

Mitch Mason, in simply his second meet in two and a half years, set a brand new better of 27.34 within the 50 breast to put 2nd in final evening’s semi-finals. That shaved 0.04 seconds off his finest from June 2023, and strikes him up into joint-Twenty first with Matthew Jensen amongst U.S. males.

Emma Weyant set one other private finest within the 200 IM, slicing half a second from her semi-final time in 2:14.23. The majority of that got here from a 30.71 last 50, and with slightly extra entrance finish pace might drop much more time – her second 100 was simply three-tenths slower than Summer McIntosh‘s. She has hacked over a second off her former finest of two:15.36 within the occasion right here in Austin.

There had been private bests within the 50 free from each Anna Peplowski and Claire Weinstein, each of whom are higher recognized for longer freestyle occasions. Peplowski adopted up her 100 again finest time yesterday with a swim 25.14 to put 4th, decreasing her earlier better of 25.29, and Weinstein lowered her day-old better of 25.87 to 25.53. After she was 53.72 within the 100 and 16:01.96 within the 1500 this summer season, she is displaying off some spectacular vary.

Patrick Sammon set an enormous finest within the 100 fly, dropping from 54.90 to 53.54. He was a breakout star final summer season on freestyle, making the ultimate at Worlds within the 100 free, however has entered some off occasions in Austin.

Becca Mann adopted up her 1500 swim final evening, her quickest since returning to competing 12 months in the past after a six 12 months hiatus, with a swim of 4:18.92 within the 400 free in yesterday’s heats. She was but to swim the occasion since returning, however her time yesterday was lower than three and a half seconds off the 4:15.51 she swam for eighth place on the 2019 Pan American Games, her final recorded swim.

Like Mann, Ryan Erisman adopted up a robust 1500 with a standout swim within the 400. He dropped 14 seconds within the longer occasion on Day 1, earlier than dropping a surprising 3:46.75 to dominate the 400 free last, coming in simply 0.74 seconds off his finest from final summer season. He swam an extremely even race, splitting 1:52.92-1:53.83.

Behind Erisman, Ilia Sibirtsev neared his lifetime finest and Uzbek Record of three:48.26 from final summer season as he notched a time of three:49.01. He was round 4 tenths slower on each the opening and shutting 200 than in his finest time, and former Louisville Cardinal appears to be like in good condition to reset that mark later within the 12 months.