2026 Pro Swim Series – Indianapolis: Day 1 Finals Dwell Recap

2026 Indianapolis Pro Series

The stroke 50s introduced their presence with authority on Wednesday morning. Now Olympic occasions, the battle between Van Mathias, who set a Meet Record (26.53) within the heats, and Michael Andrew, who swam his finest time in 4 years (26.75), carries additional weight forward of the Los Angeles 2028 Games.

That is one among quite a lot of head-to-head battles that spotlight the schedule. That consists of within the ladies’s 200 IM the place Kate Douglass will face South African Aimee Canny. Canny broke a South African Record within the 200 free in prelims, however dropped that race in finals to give attention to a matchup along with her coaching associate Douglass within the 200 IM. Canny, like Douglass, didn’t come to the University of Virginia as a breaststroker, however she has grow to be an excellent one – and that ought to profit her on this IM.

Also look ahead to Ryan Murphy within the males’s 100 again ultimate. He says that that is his focus meet for the summer season, so there might be some fireworks as he explores the newest model of his swimming as a dad and full-time company worker – or at the very least an encouraging marker for the following two years.

Women’s 1500 Freestyle

Top 8:

1. Katie Ledecky (Gator Swim Club) – 15:34.66
2. Katie Grimes (University of Virginia) – 16:04.20
3. Gena Jorgenson (University of Nebraska) – 16:13.87
4. Kennedi Dobson (University of Georgia/Eastern Express) – 16:17.41
5. Paige Downey (Gold Medal Swim Club) – 16:25.25
6. Mila Nikanorov (Ohio State) – 16:32.38
7. Emma Finlin (Ohio State) – 16:41.42
8. Zoe Nordmann (Northwestern) 16:42.21

Back to the scene of the crime: on the pool and the meet the place Ledecky set a shock early-season World Record in 2018, Ledecky cruised to an off-the-cuff 15:34.66. That’s an identical time to the place she normally is that this time of yr, if something just a few seconds sooner, however after an enormous swim in April on the Ft. Lauderdale Open, there have been no actual document scares right here.

She nonetheless gained the race by 30 seconds by her Olympic teammate Katie Grimes, who completed 2nd in 16:04.20. Grimes was on the World Championship staff in 2022 and 2023 on this occasion, and the Olympic Team in 2024, however has swum it extra sparingly just lately. That consists of not for the reason that 2024 Olympics. Her time at this meet was about eight seconds higher than she was on the Olympics and the quickest she has ever been in-season (by .07 seconds).

Women’s 200 IM – Finals

1. Kate Douglass (NYAC) – 2:07.04
2. Torri Huske (NYAC) – 2:09.59
3. Aimee Canny (South Africa) – 2:09.99
4. Phoebe Bacon (Wisconsin) – 2:10.56
5. Leah Hayes (Cavalier Aquatics) – 2:11.87
6. Teagan O’Dell (Unattached) – 2:12.66
7. Audrey Derivaux (Jersey Wahoos) – 2:12.67
8. Summer Cardwell (Louisville) – 2:15.56

Kate Douglass roared to the #2 spot behind Yu Yiting on the planet rankings with a dominant 2:07.04 tonight, taking the win by over two and a half seconds. She was practically a second away from the sector after the primary 50, going out in 26.37 to Aimee Canny’s 27.19.

She prolonged that lead on backstroke, splitting 33.20 to show in 59.57, one among solely three swimmers, together with Torri Huske and Phoebe Bacon, to interrupt 1:01.

A 37.19 break up on breaststroke noticed her benefit exceed two seconds on the 150, touching in 1:36.76, and she or he then had the quickest ultimate 50 in 30.28 to the touch in 2:07.04, her third-fastest time ever.

Torri Huske had the second-fastest free break up in 30.31 to maneuver from fifth to 2nd, setting a brand new season finest of two:09.59 to maneuver to twelfth on the planet this yr.

Aimee Canny had the quickest breaststroke break up, clocking 36.79, as she positioned third in 2:09.99. That shaved practically a second off the two:10.90 she clocked at South African Nationals in April, and broke Rebecca Meder’s South African document of two:10.39. This was Canny’s second nationwide document of the day after resetting her personal 200 free normal in 1:56.59, earlier than she scratched the ultimate of that occasion.

Phoebe Bacon, the 200 IM runner up from the 2025 U.S. Nationals, was 4th in 2:10.56.

Men’s 200 IM – Finals

1. Owen McDonald (Indiana) – 1:58.35
2. Kieran Smith (Ridgefield Aquatics) – 1:58.49
3. Maximus Williamson (Lakeside Aquatics) – 1:58.91
4. Luke Barr (Texas Ford Aquatics) – 1:59.23
5. Yi Zheng (Carmel Swim Club) – 2:00.02
6. Ryan Erisman (California Aquatics) – 2:00.29
7. Dominik Mark Torok (Wisconsin) – 2:00.91
8. Josh Bey (Indiana) – 2:00.99

Women’s 50 Breast – Finals

1. Eneli Jefimova (Estonia) – 30.26
2. Skyler Smith (North Carolina) – 30.82
3. Emma Weber (Cavalier Aquatics) – 31.25
4. Maddie Moreth (Valparaiso Swimming) 31.41
5. Caroline Larsen (Louisville) – 31.75
6. Brooke Corrigan (Wisconsin) – 31.92
7. Hannah Bach (Ohio State) – 31.98
8. Madyson Hartway (Alabama) – 32.19

Men’s 50 Breast – Finals

Women’s 100 Back – Finals

Men’s 100 Back – Finals

 

Men’s 200 Free – Finals

 

Women’s 200 Free – Finals