Cavaliers Competing at Speedo Fort Laderdale Open

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Fifteen members of the Virginia men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams and pro training group will be competing at the 2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open, Wednesday through Saturday, April 29-May 2, at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The event, formerly a stop on USA Swimming’s Pro Swim Series, has a field loaded with Olympic medalists and world champions.

Current Cavaliers scheduled to compete: Jack Aikins, Claire Curzan, Cavan Gormsen, Katie Grimes, Bailey Hartman, Leah Hayes, Tess Howley, Madi Mintenko, Anna Moesch, Sophia Umstead, Emma Weber

UVA’s Pro Training Group competing: Kate Douglass, Isabelle Stadden, Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh

Format: Long Course Meters, with prelims and finals (except for 800/1500 Free). Finals will be run as an A & B final, with a C Final of the next-fastest eight 18-and-under qualifiers.

Wednesday will feature one event, the 1500m Free, with timed finals beginning at 5 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday, prelims will begin at 9 a.m. each day with finals at 6 p.m. 

THURSDAY EVENTS

• 100m Free
• 100m Breast
• 50m Back
• 200m Fly
• 400m Free

  FRIDAY EVENTS

• 200m Free
• 50m Breast
• 50m Fly
• 200m Back
• 400m IM

SATURDAY EVENTS

• 800m Free
• 100m Back
• 200m Breast
• 100m Fly
• 200m IM
• 50m Free