Welcome to the final finals session of the 2026 Pro Swim Series in Austin! Tonight’s session options some doubtlessly thrilling races, beginning with the finals of the ladies’s 800 freestyle.
Katie Ledecky began the meet with the 2nd quickest time in historical past within the 1500, and she or he would be the prime seed in tonight’s 800 free remaining after she swam 8:16.23 within the prelims.
The 200 butterfly will comply with the 800 free remaining with American Record holder Regan Smith as the highest seed by greater than two seconds on the ladies’s facet and Carson Foster as the highest seed on the lads’s facet.
The 200 fly might be adopted by the ultimate for the 50 fly, which was one of many semifinal occasions for this meet. Marie Wattel is the highest seed within the girls’s race by only one hundredth over Texas commit Mena Boardman and by a few tenth over Tennessee commit Charlotte Crush.
The males’s 50 fly seeds Maxime Grousset as the highest seed by greater than six tenths over Van Mathias and Caeleb Dressel.
Grace Palmer and Denis Petrashov will swim within the center lanes of the 200 breaststroke finals with each incomes the highest qualifying time by greater than a second from prelims. Olympic Champion Leon Marchand might be within the males’s remaining as effectively, and he might be searching for the win from lane 5.
Regan Smith will take the water once more as the highest seed within the 50 backstroke remaining, and Shaine Casas holds the highest seed within the males’s occasion by only a tenth over Yohann Ndoye-Brouard.
The meet will wrap up with the 100 freestyle occasions. The girls’s 100 freestyle is a rematch of yesterday’s thrilling 200 free remaining with Simone Manuel, Rylee Erisman, Anna Peplowski, and Claire Weinstein all incomes spots within the remaining. They might be joined by Beryl Gastaldello and Summer McIntosh, who’re the 2nd and fifth seeds respectively.
The males’s 100 free must also be thrilling with Chris Guiliano, Maxime Grousset, Brooks Curry, Patrick Sammon, and Jack Alexy all inside six tenths in prelims.
Meet Schedule
Women’s 800 Free
Women’s 200 Fly
Men’s 200 Fly
Women’s 50 Fly
Men’s 50 Fly
Women’s 200 Breast
Men’s 200 Breast
Women’s 50 Back
Men’s 50 Back
Women’s 100 Free
Men’s 100 Free
WOMEN’S 800 FREESTYLE – Final
Top 8* Finishers
Katie Ledecky (GSC) — 8:10.16
Brinkleigh Hansen (SPA) — 8:35.78
Claire Weinstein (UN) — 8:37.13
Becca Mann (TAC) — 8:45.62
Brooke Travis (TAC) — 8:47.17
Madalyn Petty (TRAC) — 8:50.65
Emily Wolf (FAST) — 8:51.94
Katie Ledecky continues to impress on the first cease of the 2026 Pro Swim Series in Austin. She picked up her third particular person occasion win on the ultimate night time, taking the highest time within the 800 freestyle at 8:10.16.
Ledecky was 4:03.22 on the 400 meter mark, splitting principally 30s by way of the primary 400 with one 29.69 cut up on the 250 mark. Her 2nd 400 noticed her fall off that tempo barely, splitting 30-high to 31 low all through to separate 4:06.94 on her 2nd 800, selecting up the occasion win and the seventeenth quickest time in historical past.
Brinkleigh Hansen completed 2nd in 8:35.78 after splitting 4:16.61/4:19.17 on her 400s. This was a brand new finest time for her, dropping from the 8:42.75 she swam in July of 2024.
Claire Weinstein completed third in 8:37.17. This was her first occasion of the night, as she is going to swim within the 100 free remaining later within the session.
Women’s 200 Butterfly – Final
Top 8 Finishers
Regan Smith (TXLA) — 2:05.29
Lindsay Looney (TXLA) — 2:09.64
Teagan O’Dell (CAL) — 2:15.48
Brinkleigh Hansen (SPA) — 2:17.50
Averie Hager (SASA) — 2:17.58
Lilliana Krstolic (LAKR) — 2:18.65
Haddie Vohs (FAST) — 2:19.12
Ava Chavez (CAL) — 2:21.05
Regan Smith picked up third occasion win of the meet, taking the highest spot within the girls’s 200 fly at 2:05.29, her 4th quickest time within the occasion ever.
Smith was out within the lead, splitting 27.82/31.49 on the first 100 to show in 59.31 as the one swimmer beneath 1:01 within the occasion. Lindsay Looney turned in 2nd at 1:01.76.
Smith had the quickest splits on the ultimate two 50s as effectively of 32.57/33.41 to return in additional than 4 seconds forward of Looney in 2nd.
Looney swam 2:09.64 to complete virtually six seconds forward of Teagan O’Dell’s 2:15.48.
Brinkleigh Hansen completed 4th in 2:17.50 simply minutes after racing the 800 free remaining. She had the third quickest closing cut up within the discipline of 34.97, solely behind Smith and Looney.
Men’s 200 Butterfly – Final
World Record: 1:50.34 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2022)
American Record: 1:51.51 – Michael Phelps, USA (2009)
US Open Record: 1:52.20 – Michael Phelps, USA (2008)
PSS Record: 1:52.37 – Luca Urlando, USA (2025)
World Jr Record: 1:53.79 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)
Top 8 Finishers
Gabriel Jett (CAL) — 1:56.44
Carson Foster (NYAC) — 1:56.93
Ryan Erisman (CAL) — 1:58.00
Bobby Finke (SPA) — 1:59.34
Jack Dahlgren (AQJT) — 2:00.70
Rafael Arizpe Arriaga (IM) — 2:01.46
Boone Wilcox (LAK) — 2:02.02
Grant Sanders (UN) — 2:04.21
Gabriel Jett received the lads’s 200 fly in 1:56.44, coming in half-a-second forward of Carson Foster‘s 1:56.93. This swim was about two seconds off his lifetime better of 1:54.37 from July of 2022.
Jett sat in 2nd by way of the first 150 meters, together with his entire deficit coming from the first 50. Foster opened in 25.85, greater than half-a-second forward of Jett’s 26.39 in 2nd.
The 2nd 50 noticed Jett cut up 29.33 to beat Foster’s 29.44 by a few tenth. Jett nonetheless sat virtually half-a-second again, delivering 55.72 to Foster’s 55.29.
Jett made up a number of floor on the third 50, splittin 29.88 to show in 1:25.60. He out cut up Foster’s 30.22 by virtually 4 tenths to return in only a tenth behind his 1:25.51 flip.
Finally, Jett took over the lead, splitting 30.84 on his remaining 50 to the touch in 1:56.44, forward of Foster’s 31.42 cut up fo his 1:56.93 time.
Ryan Erisman completed third in 1:58.00, a brand new finest time by greater than a second over the 1:59.47 he swam in March of 2024.
WOMEN’S 50 BUTTERFLY — Final
World Record: 24.43 — Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2014)
World Junior Record: 25.46 — Rikako Ikee, Japan (2017)
American Record: 24.66 — Gretchen Walsh (2025)
U.S. Open Record: 24.66 — Gretchen Walsh, United States (2025)
Pro Swim Series Record: 24.66 — Gretchen Walsh, United States (2025)
Top 8 Finishers
Marie Wattel (FRA) — 26.01
Charlotte Crush (LAK) — 26.38
Mena Boardman (CS) — 26.42
Emma Harvey (BER) — 26.59
Skyler Smith (NCAC) — 27.16
Lorelai Frauenfelder (TOPS) — 27.47
Lindsay Looney (TXLA) — 27.70
Tanishi Gupta (ALTO) — 27.92
Marie Wattel picked up the win within the girls’s 50 fly for her 1st gold medal of the meet. She got here in virtually 4 tenths forward of Charlotte Crush, who swam 26.38 for the silver medal.
Mena Boardman was third in 26.42, simply 4 hundredths behind Crush to earn her 1st medal of the meet. She additionally completed sixth within the 100 fly and 100 again.
Emma Harvey was 4th in 26.59 to spherical out the sub-27 second swimmers.
MEN’S 50 BUTTERFLY — Final
World Record: 22.27 — Andrii Govorov, Ukraine (2018)
World Junior Record: 22.96 — Diogo Matos Ribeiro, Portugal (2022)
American Record: 22.35 — Caeleb Dressel (2019)
U.S. Open Record: 22.81 — Maxime Grousset, France (2025)
Pro Swim Series Record: 23.09 — Ilya Kharun, Canada (2025)
Top 8 Finishers
Maxime Grousset (FRA) — 22.80 **New US Open Record
Van Mathias (ISC) — 23.06
Caeleb Dressel (SJAC) — 23.29
Finn Brooks (ISC) — 23.30
Matt King (ISC) — 23.32
Nikita Baez (FRA) — 23.49
Masahiro Kawane (MEI) — 23.85
Luke Barr (TFA) — 23.88
Maxime Grousset does it once more, setting one other new U.S. Open Record within the males’s 50 fly, touching in 22.80 for the win.
He takes one-hundredth off the 22.81 file he swam final night time to earn the center lane for the ultimate. He was nonetheless about three tenths off his French National Record time of twenty-two.48 from the 2025 World Championships.
Van Mathias completed 2nd in 23.06, coming in about two tenths forward of Caeleb Dressel‘s 23.29 for third place.
Dressel simply out touched Finn Brooks, who completed 4th in 23.30, and Matt King, who was fifth in 23.32.
Women’s 200 Breaststroke – Final
World Record: 2:17.55 – Evgeniia Chikunova, RUS (2023)
American Record: 2:18.50 – Kate Douglass, USA (2025)
US Open Record: 2:19.30 – Kate Douglass, USA (2024)
PSS Record: 2:19.30 – Kate Douglass, USA (2024)
World Jr Record: 2:19.64 – Viktoria Gunes, SGP (2015)
Top 8 Finishers
Grace Palmer (LSU) — 2:30.57
Grace Hunt (YSSC) — 2:32.08
Cyrielle Duhamel (FRA) — 2:32.95
Emma Weyant (GSC) — 2:34.18
Audrey Deras (MOR) — 2:35.06
Maya McCarney (NCAP) — 2:36.20
Kate Canales (AAAA) — 2:43.27
Hailey Preuss (ALTO) — 2:44.20
LSU’s Grace Palmer took a commanding victory within the girls’s 200 breaststroke remaining, touching in 2:30.57 so as to add about 5 seconds from her lifetime finest 2:25.53 that she swam in July of 2023.
She bought out to the lead in the beginning, splitting 34,28 on her 1st 50 to show 4 tenths forward of Grace Hunt in 2nd.
She solely constructed her lead from there , splitting 38.53/38.69/39.07 with 100 splits of 1:12.81/1:17.76. The solely cut up that wasn’t the quickest was her remaining 50 the place France’s Cyrielle Duhamel was 38.49.
Y-Spartan’s Grace Hunt, a Georgia commit for 2026, completed 2nd in 2:32.08, a few second add from her 2:31.17 from May of 2025.
Duhamel completed third in 2:32.95 and Emma Weyant was 4th in 2:34.18.
Men’s 200 Breaststroke – Final
World Record: 2:05.48 – Qin Haiyang, CHN (2023)
American Record: 2:06.54 – Matt Fallon, USA (2024)
US Open Record: 2:06.54 – Matt Fallon, USA (2024)
PSS Record: 2:08.18 – Matt Fallon, USA (2025)
World Jr Record: 2:06.91 – Shin Ohashi, JPN (2025)
Top 8 Finishers
Leon Marchand (TXLA) – 2:09.72
Denis Petrashov (CARD) – 2:10.75
Luc Dionne (NCAP) – 2:13.31
Jack Kelly (NYAC) – 2:13.77
Wilson York (LAK) – 2:16.33
Gerhardt Hoover (CS) – 2:19.14
Grant Sanders (UN) – 2:19.44
Charlie Camplin (MOR) – 2:19.44
WOMEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – Final
World Record: 26.86 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2023)
World Junior Record: 27.49 – Minna Atherton, AUS (2016)
American Record: 26.97 – Katharine Berkoff (2025)
U.S. Open Record: 26.97 – Katharine Berkoff, USA (2025)
Pro Swim Record: 27.13 – Kylie Masse, CAN (2023)
Top 8 Finishers
Regan Smith (TXLA) – 27.67
Beryl Gastaldello (FRA) – 28.03
Charlotte Crush (LAK) – 28.44
Emma Harvey (BER) – 28.70
Sydney Wasylenky (TOPS) – 29.67
Ana Camila Rodriguez Suriano (IM) – 29.82
Chloe Meyer-Blohm (CS) – 29.86
Jaylee Hager (SASA) – 30.02
MEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – Final
Top 8 Finishers
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (FRA) – 24.94
Shaine Casas (TXLA) – 25.00
Grant Bochenski (HSC) – 25.35
Luke Barr (TFA) – 25.36
Benjamin Jaggers (WLOO) – 25.89
Mathys Chouchaoui (FRA) – 25.94
Ahmed Sallam (BULL) – 26.80
Jack Dahlgren (AQJT) – 27.33
Women’s 100 Freestyle – Final
World Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2017)
American Record: 52.04 – Simone Manuel, USA (2019)
US Open Record: 52.43 – Torri Huske, USA (2025)
PSS Record: 52.90 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2025)
World Jr Record: 52.70 – Penny Oleksiak, CAN (2016)
Top 8 Finishers
Rylee Erisman (LAKR) – 53.34
Simone Manuel (TXLA) – 53.55
Anna Peplowski (ISC) – 54.51
Summer McIntosh (TXLA) – 54.91
Beryl Gastaldello (FRA) – 55.31
Chloe Stepanek (LIAC) – 55.86
Claire Weinstein (UN-CA) – 56.04
Teagan O’Dell (CAL) – 56.16
Men’s 100 Freestyle – Final
World Record: 46.40 – Pan Zhanle, CHN (2024)
American Record: 46.81 – Jack Alexy, USA (2025)
US Open Record: 46.99 – Jack Alexy, USA (2025)
PSS Record: 48.00 – Nathan Adrian, USA (2016)
World Jr Record: 46.86 – David Popovici, ROU (2022)