2026 Pro Swim Series — Sacramento: Day 3 Prelims Dwell Recap

2026 Sacramento Pro Swim Series

Friday Prelims Heat Sheet

We have made it to the third day of prelims on the 2026 Pro Swim Series in Sacramento and we now have an extended session this morning, coming in at virtually two hours on the timeline.

Lineup

• 200 Butterfly
• 50 Freestyle
• 200 Backstroke
• 400 Freestyle

Caroline Bricker is the highest seed within the ladies’s 200 fly by seven seconds over Bella Sims, coming in at 2:05.80 to be the one swimmer seeded underneath 2:12 within the occasion. The occasion will head to a semifinal within the night earlier than the occasion last on the ultimate day of competitors.

There are solely three heats of males’s 200 butterfly, which implies all of the athletes may have the chance for a second swim in tonight’s finals session. Charlie Cancelmo is the highest seed in 1:58.27, half-a-second forward of Andres Brooks‘ 1:58.75 in 2nd.

The ladies’s 50 free sees Torri Huske as the highest seed after she received two occasions on Friday evening, the 100 fly and the 200 freestyle. Kasia Wasick is seeded 2nd in 24.19, simply over two tenths again of Huske’s 23.98.

Sean Niewold, the boys’s 100 fly champion, is the highest seed within the males’s 50 freestyle at 21.66. He is available in simply two hundredths forward of Santo Condorelli‘s 21.68 because the 2nd seed. Michael Andrew is seeded third, two extra hundredths again at 21.70.

The 200 backstroke will probably be one other semifinal tonight, and Katharine Berkoff will probably be trying to full her backstroke sweep in Sacramento, however Phoebe Bacon is the highest seed at 2:05.61. Berkoff is seeded 4th in 2:12.19.

The males’s occasion will see Keaton Jones as the highest seed in 1:54.61, about 4 tenths forward of Blake Tierney‘s 1:55.03.

Finally, the meet will wrap up with the 400 freestyles the place Kennedi Dobson and Luka Mijatovic are the respective ladies’s and males’s prime seeds.

Women’s 200 Butterfly — Prelims

Men’s 200 Butterfly — Prelims

Women’s 50 Freestyle — Prelims

Top 8 Qualifiers

1. Kasia Wasick (UN) — 24.97
2. Torri Huske (UN) — 25.03
3. Kalia Antoniou (UN) — 25.17
4. Caroline Larsen (LUOFL) — 25.17
5. Taylor Ruck (CAN) — 25.31
6. Marie Wattel (SUN) — 25.44
7. Lismar Lyon (SOFL) — 25.72
8. Mary-Ambre Moluh (CAL) — 25.83

The ladies’s 50 freestyle prime seed went to Kasia Wasick in 24.97, the one sub-25 second swm of the morning. She swam within the seventh of 8 heats, stopping the clock virtually precisely a second over her private finest time of 23.95 from February of 2024. In April, she swam 24.29.

Wasick led Kalia Antoniou, who completed 2nd within the warmth at 25.17, qualifying third total. Her lifetime finest is 24.94 from June of 2022, however this swim marked a brand new season finest from the 25.25 she swam on the Pro Swim Series in Westmont.

Torri Huske, the highest seed, completed 2nd in 25.03, a second off her lifetime better of 23.98, which she set final June. She got here in simply forward of Caroline Larsen‘s 25.17 within the warmth. Larsen certified 4th total, simply off her better of 24.96 from June.

The first circle-seeded warmth went to Taylor Ruck from Canada in 25.31. Ruck’s season finest stands at 24.78 from the Canadian Open in April, and her lifetime finest is 24.47 from August of 2018.

Men’s 50 Freestyle — Prelims

• World Record: 20.88 – Cameron McEvoy, AUS (2026)
• American Record: 21.04 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2019/2021)
• U.S. Open Record: 21.04 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
• Pro Series Record: 21.43 – Chris Guiliano, USA (2026)
• Junior World Record: 21.75 – Michael Andrew, USA (2017)

Top 8 Qualifiers

1. Sean Niewold (BAMA) — 21.76
2. Dylan Carter (AZFL) — 22.27
3. Santo Condorelli (FAST) — 22.29
4. Michael Andrew (MASA) — 22.39
5. Brendan Whitfield (VT) — 22.44
6. Ruslan Gaziev (CAN) — 22.57
7. Nans Mazellier (CAL) — 22.61
8. Lamar Taylor (BAH) — 22.65

Top seed Sean Niewold maintained his place within the males’s 50 freestyle prelims, swimming 21.76 to earn the highest seed for tonight’s last by about half-a-second as the one man underneath 22 seconds within the prelims.

Niewold was a couple of tenth off his better of 21.66, which he swam in March. He got here in forward of Nans Zmaziellier, who completed 2nd in his warmth at 22.61, eight tenths off his better of 21.98 from June.

Dylan Carter received the first circle-seeded warmth to qualify 2nd total, touching in 22.27, an add from the 21.69 mark he set in December of 2023. Michael Andrew completed 2nd within the warmth, qualifying 4th total, in 22.39, simply over a tenth again.

Santo Condorelli certified third from the 2nd circle-seeded warmth, stopping the clock in 22.29. This is a brand new season finest mark for him after he swam 22.75 on the U.S. Open in December to overlook qualifying for the ultimate.

Women’s 200 Backstroke — Prelims

• World Record: 2:03.14 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2023)
• American Record: 2:03.35 – Regan Smith, USA (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:03.80 – Regan Smith, USA (2023)
• Pro Series Record: 2:03.99 – Regan Smith, USA (2024)
• Junior World Record: 2:03.35 – Regan Smith, USA (2019)

Top 16 Qualifiers

1. Phoebe Bacon (WISC) — 2:11.19
2.  Rhyan White (WOLF) — 2:11.99
3.  Katharine Berkoff (WOLF) — 2:12.81
4.  Kennedi Dobson (EEX) — 2:14.95
5.  Lauren Lonsdale (DART) — 2:15.28
6.  Chloe Isleta (PSC) — 2:19.38
7.  Maddie Thornton (BEND) — 2:19.73
8.  Ryley Clark (FRES) — 2:20.79
9.  Levenia Sim (ALTO) — 2:21.09
10.  Torri Huske (UN) — 2:21.50
11.  Melanie Quinto (WAC) — 2:22.47
12.  Emma Hussein (CANY) — 2:22.55
13.  Sutton Forbis (BCST) — 2:22.57
14.  Marin Deneen (RIP) — 2:22.60
15.  Summer Thresher (UN) — 2:23.32
16.  Bridget Burton (CAN) — 2:23.72

The ladies’s 200 backstroke prelims went to Phoebe Bacon, who swam 2:11.19 to win the third of three heats.

Bacon got here in additional than a second forward of Katharine Berkoff, who swam 2:12.81 to complete 2nd within the warmth. She cut up 30.32/32.93/33.64/34.30, opening with the quickest first 50 within the subject earlier than shutting it down on the again finish. She added about 5 seconds from her finest of two:05.61.

Berkoff was 30.58/33.47/34.11/34.65 as she got here in about three seconds off her finest of two:09.76, which she swam in June of 2021.

Rhyan White completed 2nd within the prelims from warmth two, touching in 2:11.99. She was out in 30.95 earlier than her last three 50s had close to similar splits of 33.65/33.71/33.68 as she got here in three seconds forward of Kennedi Dobson, who swam 2:14.95 to complete 2nd within the warmth. White’s finest is 2:05.13 from April of 2022. Dobson added about two seconds from the two:12.56 she swam in May of 2024.

The 1st warmth went to Fresno State’s Ryley Clark in 2:20.79 as she certified eighth total. She cut up 33.34/34.84/35.73/36.88 so as to add about 5 seconds from the two;15.21 she set in December.

Men’s 200 Backstroke — Prelims

• World Record: 1:51.92 – Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009)
• American Record: 1:51.92 – Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:53.08 – Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009)
• Pro Series Record: 1:55.04 – Jiayu Xu, CHN (2017)
• Junior World Record: 1:55.14 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2017)

Top 16 Qualifiers

1. Keaton Jones (CAL) — 2:00.32
2. Ethan Ekk (ALTO) — 2:02.29
3. Gavin Keogh (NCST) — 2:02.32
4. Humberto Najera (CAL) — 2:02.64
5. Daniel Diehl (NCST) — 2:02.98
6. Jackson Hartzler (CFSC) — 2:03.29
7. Joey Tepper (UOFM) — 2:03.46
8. Yeziel Morales (PUR) — 2:03.63
9. Tommy Hagar (BAMA) — 2:04.06
10. Blake Tierney (CAN) — 2:04.16
11. Jaques Harrison (CAN) — 2:04.35
12. Grant Bellin (KING) — 2:04.80
13. Anders Koschmann (RIP) — 2:05.65
14. Omer Wiener (ALTO) — 2:06.49
15. Utkarsh Patil (ISC) — 2:08.54
16. Brennen Oneil (FAST) — 2:09.51

Keaton Jones received the boys’s 200 backstroke prelims in dominant trend, swimming 2:00.32 to return in virtually two seconds forward of anybody else within the subject.

Jones cut up 27.59/29.95/30.27/32.51, shutting it down on the ultimate 100. His finest stands at 1:54.61 from June of 2024.

Ethan Ekk completed 2nd within the last warmth to Jones, qualifying 2nd total in 2:02.29. He completed simply three hundredths forward of Gavin Keogh, who was additionally within the third warmth. Keogh swam 2:02.32 to qualify third total.

Ekk cut up 28.58/30.59/31.74/31.73 to return again on Keogh over the center 100, although Keogh had a stronger last 50, splitting 28.19/30.86/31.74/31.53. Ekk’s lifetime finest is 1:56.54 from June and Keogh’s is 1:57.88 from August.

Humberto Najera certified 4th total after successful warmth one, splitting 29.56/32.67/30.15/30.26 to cease the clock in 2:02.64. This was a 5 second add from his better of 1:57.44, which he set in August.

Yeziel Morales was the opposite warmth winner, swimming 2:03.63 to qualify eighth for tonight’s semifinal. He cut up 28.91/30.73/31.91/31.94 so as to add from his better of 1:57.97, which he swam in June of 2024.

Women’s 400 Freestyle — Prelims

Men’s 400 Freestyle — Prelims

• World Record: 3:39.96 – Lucas Martens, GER (2025)
• American Record: 3:42.78 – Larsen Jensen, USA (2008)
• U.S. Open Record: 3:43.33 – Rex Maurer, USA (2025)
• Pro Series Record: 3:43.49 – Samuel Short, AUS (2026)
• Junior World Record: 3:44.31 – Petar Petrov Mitsin, BUL (2023)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Luka Mijatovic (PSS) — 3:52.89
2. Juan Vallmitjana (SOFL) — 3:54.41
3. Henry McFadden (JW) — 3:58.06
4. Ethan Ekk (ALTO) — 3:58.13
5. Julien Rousseau (CAL) — 3:58.40
6. Ellis Crisci (TST) — 3:58.76
7. Luke Brennan (UFOM) — 3:58.77
8. Aiden Kirk (CAN) — 3:59.08

Luka Mijatovic swam the highest time within the males’s 400 freestyle prelims, touching in 3:52.89 to return in two seconds forward of 2nd qualifier Juan Vallmitjana‘s 3:54.41.

Mijatovic cut up 54.11/58.42/59.84/1:00.52 so as to add seven seconds from his lifetime finest 3:45.30 he swam in December.

Vallmitjana completed 2nd within the warmth at 3:54.41, six tenths off his lifetime finest of three:53.80. He cut up 56.68/59.55/1:00.22/57.96 to qualify 2nd total.

Henry McFadden received warmth 4 3:58.06, three seconds off his seed time of three:55.55. His lifetime finest is 3:52.53 from November of 2023. This was McFadden’s 2nd occasion of the morning after he swam the highest time within the 200 fly prelims at the start of the session.

Stanford’s Ethan Ekk completed 2nd to McFadden, qualifying 4th total along with his 3:58.13. This was a 12 second add from the three:46.01 he set on the World Championships in July. Ekk can even be swimming two occasions tonight after he completed 2nd within the 200 backstroke prelims.