2026 Fort Lauderdale Open: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open

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Day 3 Finals Heat Sheet

Welcome to the third finals session of the 2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open. You can watch the motion dwell right here:

There are some thrilling races on the docket this night, and we’re kicking off with a number of the finest swimmers on this planet within the ladies’s 200 freestyle. The championship remaining is loaded. Katie Ledecky, Summer McIntosh, and Regan Smith are all World Record holders in their very own occasions and they are going to be joined by Erin Gemmell, Rylee Erisman, Simone Manuel, Nikolett Padar, and Anna Moesch within the 2nd of two heats.

The males’s 200 freestyle will see Chris Guiliano as the highest seed, lower than a tenth forward of Tomas Navikonis in 2nd. Hubert Kos and Luke Hobson can even be within the remaining warmth.

In the ladies’s 50 breaststroke, Eneli Jefimova and Emma Weber have been the one swimmers below 31 seconds within the prelims session whereas Ireland’s Mona McSharry was scorching on their heels in 31.28, simply three tenths again of Weber to qualify third.

The males’s 50 breaststroke will see Jack Kelly as the highest seed only a tenth forward of 17-year-old Ian Call, one of many youngest ‘A’ finalists on the boys’s aspect.

While a number of the races are trying like they might be shut tonight, the ladies’s 50 butterfly is all about Gretchen Walsh. She was 25.16 in prelims to come back in nearly 4 tenths forward of teammate Kate Douglass, who would be the 2nd seed in 25.50.

Ilya Kharun and Josh Liendo will face off within the males’s 50 fly as the first and third seeds respectively. Dylan Carter certified in between them in 23.49, only one hundredth quicker than Liendo’s 23.50. Kharun is seeded in 23.06 for the center lane.

Isabelle Stadden is the highest seed within the ladies’s 200 backstroke, however American Record holder Regan Smith is the favourite to earn the win tonight from lane 7. Youngsters Rylee Erisman and Audrey Derivaux maintain the opposite two center lanes.

Hubert Kos is the clear favourite to win the boys’s 200 backstroke, swimming 1:58.05 in prelims to be the one swimmer below 2:00 within the occasion.

The meet will wrap up with the 400 IM occasions the place Emma Weyant and Leon Marchand are the respective high seeds. Weyant sits a few second forward of 2nd seed Sadie Buckley. Marchand is taking a look at doubtlessly one of the dominant occasion wins of the night time together with his 4:13.50 in prelims incomes the highest seed by greater than 5 seconds.

Women’s 200 Freestyle

• World Record – 1:52.23 – Ariarne Titmus, AUS (2024)
• American Record – 1:53.61 – Allison Schmitt (2012)
• U.S. Open Record – 1:53.80 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2026)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Summer McIntosh (TXLA) — 1:54.36
2. Anna Moesch (GSCT) — 1:56.55
3. Simone Manuel (TXLA) — 1:56.80
4. Katie Ledecky (GSC) — 1:56.94
5. Regan Smith (TXLA) — 1:57.01
6. Nikolett Padar (TXLA) — 1:57.27
7. Erin Gemmell (TXLA) — 1:57.57
8. Rylee Erimsan (LAKR) — 1:57.63

Summer McIntosh dominated the ladies’s 200 freestyle remaining, swimming 1:54.36 to come back in additional than two seconds forward of 2nd place finisher Anna Moesch‘s 1:56.55.

McIntosh break up 55.44 on the primary 100 to choose up a commanding lead over the sector earlier than coming house in 58.92 to lock up the win. This swim is simply off the 1:53.80 she swam in March to set the U.S. Open file and the 2nd quickest time on this planet this yr.

Anna Moesch, who’s coming off an enormous NCAA season for Virginia, completed 2nd in 1:56.55. This swim was a brand new private finest by nearly two seconds, dropping from the 1;58.34 she swam ultimately summer time’s National Championships in June. She break up 57.25/59.30 to come back again on third place finisher Simone Manuel.

Manuel touched in 1:56.80, three tenths again of Moesch after splitting 57.16/59.64. This swim is simply off the season finest 1:56.66 she swam on the U.S. Open in December, however continues to be greater than half-a-second quicker than she swam at Nationals final summer time.

Katie Ledecky was 4th in 1:56.94, simply forward of Regan Smith‘s 1:57.01 in 5th. This was Ledecky’s first time racing the 200 freestyle this season, and she or he was a bit of greater than a second off the 1:55.51 she swam on the Pro Swim Series cease this week final yr.

Men’s 200 Freestyle

• World Record – 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann, GER (2009)
• American Record – 1:42.96 – Michael Phelps (2008)
• U.S. Open Record – 1:43.76 – Luke Hobson, USA (2025)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Mitchell Schott (PRIN) — 1:46.70
2. Hubert Kos (TXLA) — 1:47.29
3. Luke Hobson (NYAC) — 1:47.50
4. Patrick Sammon (NYAC)/Thomas Navikonis (OSU) — 1:47.66
5. —
6. Chris Guiliano (TXLA) — 1:48.00
7. Ruslan Gaziev (OSU) — 1:49.67
8. Grant Sanders (SPA) — 1:52.88

The males’s 200 freestyle went to Princeton’s Mitchell Schott in 1:46.70, about half-a-second forward of Hubert Kos and a brand new private finest time by a full second.

Schott break up 51.74/54.96 to steer at each 100 marks. He took a second off his earlier better of 1:47.79 from June of 2025.

Hubert Kos completed 2nd general. He was 52.05/55.24 to complete in 1:47.29. This swim is a brand new private finest time for him, dropping from the 1:49.61 he swam in June of 2021.

Luke Hobson grabbed the silver medal in 1:47.50 together with his 52.05/55.45 splits. This time was about three seconds off the 1:44.49 he swam on the U.S. Open in December.

Women’s 50 Breaststroke

• World Record – 29.16 – Ruta Meilutyte, LTU (2023)
• American Record – 29.40 – Lilly King (2017)
• U.S. Open Record – 29.62 – Lilly King, USA (2018)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Eneli Jefimova (NCS) — 30.73
2. Mona McSharry (TNAQ) — 30.98
3. Emma Weber (CA) — 30.99
4. Hannah Back (OSU) — 32.09
5. Gabby Rose (BCA) — 32.26
6. Skylar Zuleger (TYDE) — 32.29
7. Sophia Umstead (UN) — 32.55
8. Maya McCarney (NCAP) — 33.01

NC State’s Eneli Jefimova swam the highest time within the ladies’s 50 breaststroke remaining, touching in 30.73.

She got here in additional than two tenths forward of the remainder of the sector. She was a few second off her lifetime better of 29.83 from April of final yr.

Mona McSharry completed 2nd in 30.98, which was about half-a-second of fher season better of 30.43 from the Irish Open final month.

Emma Weber completed third in 30.99, only one hundredth again of McSharry. Her lifetime finest stands at 30.43 type the 2025 U.S. Nationals.

Men’s 50 Breaststroke

• World Record – 25.95 – Adam Peaty, GBR (2017)
• American Record – 26.39 – Van Mathias (2026)
• U.S. Open Record – 26.52 – Michael Andrew, USA (2022)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Jack Kelly (NYAC) — 27.42
2. Uros Zivanovic (UN) — 27.61
3. Ian Call (NAC) — 27.70
4. Pavel Romanov (UN) — 28.18
5. Spencer Kinsey (BSS) — 28.73
6. Reef McMeeking (LAKR) — 28.77
7. Keian Lam (PRIN) — 29.10
8. Louis Joos (BSS) — 29.16

The males’s 50 breaststroke went to Jack Kelly by simply over two tenths. He stopped the clock in 27.42, simply lacking his private better of 26.84 from April’s Irish Open Championships.

Uros Zivanovic, who competes internationally for Serbia, completed 2nd in 27.61, simply off the 27.33 mark he swam on the Pro Swim Series Stop in Westmont.

17-year-old Ian Call completed third in 27.70, three tenths off the 27.37 lifetime finest he swam in prelims to qualify 2nd general. He is dedicated to Texas for 2027.

Women’s 50 Butterfly

• World Record – 24.43 – Sarah Sjöström, SWE (2014)
• American Record – 24.66 – Gretchen Walsh (2025)
• U.S. Open Record – 24.66 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2025)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Gretchen Walsh (NYAC) — 25.08
2. Kate Douglass (NYAC) — 25.24
3. Lismar Lyon (SOFL) — 26.32
4. Phoebe Bacon (WISC)/Elizaveta Klevanovich (UN) — 26.92
5. —
6. Kennedi Southern (LAC) — 26.93
7. Emma Harvey (BER) — 27.00
8. Hanne Peeters (NTRO) — 27.40

Gretchen Walsh earned the win within the ladies’s 50 butterfly, touching in 25.08 to beat Kate Douglass‘ 2nd place swim of 25.24 by nearly two tenths. This is a brand new season finest time for Walsh and can enhance her high time on this planet this yr of 25.12 from the China Swimming Open

Douglass was already in 2nd on this planet with the 25.34 she swam additionally on the China Swimming Open, however she’s going to enhance the gap between herself and Alexandria Perkins in third along with her time of 25.24. This can also be a brand new private finest for Douglass from her 25.34.

Lismar Lyon completed third in 26.32, simply two hundredths off the 26.30 mark she swam on the World Championships in August.

Men’s 50 Butterfly

• World Record – 22.27 – Andriy Govorov, UKR (2018)
• American Record – 22.35 – Caeleb Dressel (2019)
• U.S. Open Record – 22.80 – Maxime Grousset, FRA (2022)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Ilya Kharun (SUN) — 22.96
2. Caeleb Dressel (SJAC) — 23.48
3. Dylan Carter (AZFL) — 23.54
4. Shaine Casas (TXLA) — 23.65
5. Ralf Tribuntsov (EST) — 23.67
6. Josh Liendo (FLOR) — 23.73
7. Albert Smelzer (GSA) — 23.91
8. Daniel Zaitsev (EST) — 23.97

The males’s 50 fly went to Ilya Kharun in 22.96. This swim was a two hundredth drop from the 22.98 he swam on the U.S. Open in December. It will transfer him as much as sit in a three-way tie for third on this planet this season with Russia’s Oleg Kostin and Switzerland’s Noe Ponti. Kharun is not going to be swimming at a significant worldwide meet this summer time resulting from altering his worldwide illustration to the United States.

Caeleb Dressel completed 2nd in 23.48, simply off his season better of 23.29 from the January Pro Swim Series cease in Austin.

Dylan Carter was third in 23.54, 5 hundredths off his prelims swim of 23.49.

Women’s 200 Backstroke

• World Record – 2:03.14 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2023)
• American Record – 2:03.35 – Regan Smith (2019)
• U.S. Open Record – 2:03.80 – Regan Smith, USA (2023)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Isabelle Stadden (AQJT) — 2:04.37
2. Regan Smith (TXLA) — 2:06.38
3. Rylee Erisman (LAKR) — 2:08.20
4. Audrey Derivaux (JW) — 2:09.63
5. Erika Pelaez (NCS) — 2:10.52
6. Phoebe Bacon (WISC) — 2:11.17
7. Katie Grimes (CA) — 2:13.90
8. Catie Choate (GSC) — 2:13.92

Isabelle Stadden simply continues to enhance since transferring to the University of Virginia to coach earlier this season. She set a large private finest time within the 200 backstroke, touching in 2:04.37 to take a second-and-a-half off the two:05.91 mark she set again in March.

She got here into the season at 2:07.29 from July of 2022 marking a close to three second drop over the previous couple of months. Her swim can even make her the 4th quickest performer in historical past and strikes her as much as 1st on this planet this season, leaping Regan Smith‘s 2:04.90 from March and Kaylee McKeown’s 2:05.08, additionally from March.

She was out in 1:01.04 and got here house in 1:03.33, outsplitting 2nd place finisher Smith by greater than half-a-second on each 100s.

Smith touched 2nd in 2:06.38 on a decent double from the 200 freestyle in the beginning of the session. She break up 1:02.40/1:03.98 to the touch two seconds forward of Rylee Erisman‘s 2:08.20 in third.

Erisman break up 1:03.05/1:05.15 to take one other second off her prelims finest time of two:09.75. She got here into the day at 2:11.80 from March of 2024.

Men’s 200 Backstroke

• World Record – 1:51.92 – Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009)
• American Record – 1:51.92 – Aaron Peirsol (2009)
• U.S. Open Record – 1:53.08 – Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Hubert Kos (TXLA) — 1:56.37
2. Kieran Smith (RAC) — 2:00.06
3. Ethan Bathala (BSS) — 2:01.78
4. Jack Aikins (UN) — 2:02.13
5. Aiden Norman (FLOR) — 2:02.54
6. Caleb Maldari (GSC) — 2:03.64
7. Joey Eaddy (REV) — 2:04.26
8. Brayden Capen (ACAD) — 2:04.39

While there was an upset within the ladies’s 200 backstroke, the boys’s 200 backstroke was all about Hubert Kos. The Texas swimmer set the highest time of 1:56.37, successful the occasion by nearly 4 seconds over the remainder of the sector.

Kos break up 56.62/59.75 to come back in simply forward of the 1:56.45 mark he swam ultimately yr’s Pro swim Series cease in Fort Lauderdale. He was simply off his season better of 1:54.21, which he swam on the U.S. Open in December.

Kieran Smith touched 2nd in 2:00.06, about three seconds off his better of 1:57.32 from final March. He break up 58.03/1:02.03 to beat Ethan Bathala by greater than a second-and-a-half.

Bathala swam 2:01.78 for third, splitting 58.73/1:03.05. This swim took two seconds off his lifetime finest of two:03.11 from August. He is dedicated to swim at Duke within the fall.

Women’s 400 IM

• World Record – 4:23.65 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2025)
• American Record – 4:31.12 – Katie Hoff (2008)
• U.S. Open Record – 4:26.98 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2025)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Emma Weyant (GSC) — 4:35.23
2. Sadie Buckley (NCAP) — 4:39.79
3. Alex Walsh (NYAC) — 4:43.67
4. Katie Grimes (CA) — 4:44.73
5. Eleanor Sun (PRIN) — 4:45.82
6. Sydney Hardy (SYS) — 4:48.23
7. Sophia Umstead (UN) — 4:50.17
8. Emerson Callis (QSTS) — 4:50.41

The ladies’s 400 IM noticed an in depth battle by means of the primary 250 meters between Emma Weyant and Sadie Buckley. Ultimately, Weyant got here out on high, swimming 4:35.23 to win by greater than 4 seconds after trailing on the 200 mark.

Weyant was out behind Buckley after the backstroke. On the butterfly leg, Buckley break up 1:01.97 to construct a few second lead over Weyant’s 1:02.68. The backstroke leg noticed Buckley lengthen her lead, splitting 1:10.41 to show in 2:12.38. This was one other half-second quicker than Weyant who break up 1:11.02 to show 1.32 seconds again in 2:13.70.

Weyant turned on the fuel on the breaststroke, splitting 1:18.36 to catch and cross Buckley’s 1:21.38. On the freestyle leg, Weyant break up 1:03.17 to Buckley’s 1:06.03, locking up the win within the sixth quickest time on this planet this yr. She was simply three seconds off her lifetime finest 4:32.76 from July of 2021.

Buckley improved on her prelims private better of 4:41.79 to swim 4:39.79 for 2nd place general. This marks six seconds dropped at this time as she got here into the meet at 4:45.21 from July. Her time can even transfer her as much as ninth all-time within the United States 15-16 ladies rankings. She will likely be 16 by means of the remainder of the season, and may have just a few extra months to attempt to drop to Katie Grimes‘ NAG file of 4:32.57 from 2022.

Alex Walsh completed third in 4:43.67, splitting 1:03.83/1:14.28/1:19.78/1:05.78.

Men’s 400 IM

• World Record – 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand, FRA (2023)
• American Record – 4:03.84 – Michael Phelps (2008)
• U.S. Open Record – 4:05.25 – Michael Phelps, USA (2008)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Leon Marchand (TXLA) — 4:09.33
2. Carson Foster (NYAC) — 4:10.24
3. Bobby Finke (GSC) — 4:19.07
4. Grant Sanders (SPA) — 4:25.72
5. Colt Chaires (NCAC) — 4:31.85
6. Devyn Caples (PRIN) — 4:32.07
7. Trey Chesney (JDST) – 4:34.91
8. Brayden Capen (ACAD) — 4:36.69

Leon Marchand led type wire-to-wire within the males’s 400 IM remaining, stopping the clock in 4:09.33 to set the fifth quickest time on this planet this season.

Marchand break up 55.22/1:03.51/1:10.31/1:00.29. He appeared to let off the fuel a bit of on the ultimate 100 meters as coaching companion Carson Foster almost caught him on the again half, outsplitting him on each 50s together with his 30.13/28.49 to Marchand’s 30.53/29.76.

Foster completed 2nd in 4:10.24, about three seconds off his 4:07.02 from the U.S. Open in December that’s the 2nd quickest time on this planet this season He break up 55.76/1:04.35/1:11.51/58.62.

Bobby Finke picked up third in 4:19.07, 12 seconds off his better of 4:19.07. He was a bit of greater than 5 seconds slower than the 4:13.67 he swam on the Fort Lauderdale Pro Series final May, however he was solely 5 hundredths off his season better of 4:19.02 from the U.S. Open Championships.