Males’s Swimming’s Nguyen Topped 50m Breaststroke Champion at USA Swimming National Championships

PHILADELPHIA – Rising junior Watson Nguyen of the University of Pennsylvania swimming and diving crew received the nationwide title within the 50-meter breaststroke on the USA Swimming National Championships on Thursday evening on the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine, Calif.

The Dallas, Texas native swam a blistering personal-best mark of 26.65 that took the highest spot by almost three-tenths of a second whereas competing for his membership, Metroplex Aquatics. His earlier private greatest within the long-course format was 27.49, set on the NT DM Texas Senior Circuit #2 in 2025. Nguyen’s successful mark was simply over one-tenth of a second shy of tying the long-course nationals report set by Michael Andrew in 2022, whom Nguyen defeated Thursday evening. He shaved greater than eight-tenths off his private greatest time to maneuver as much as fourth all-time amongst Americans within the 50 breast.

Nguyen turns into simply the second Quaker in program historical past to seize a long-course nationwide title, becoming a member of Matt Fallon ’25, who received the 200-meter breaststroke (2:07.71) again in 2023.

The rising junior’s success on the nationwide stage comes following a standout sophomore marketing campaign in University City. Nguyen earned first-team All-Ivy honors after taking dwelling gold within the 100 and 200 breaststroke on the Ivy League Championships in February. He went on to make his first profession NCAA Championships look, ending twenty sixth within the 200 breast and twenty eighth within the 100 breast.

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All-Time U.S. Performers, Men’s 50 Breastroke LCM

1. Van Mathias, 26.30 – 2026
2. Nic Fink, 26.45 – 2022
3. Michael Andrew, 26.52 – 2022
4. Watson Nguyen, 26.65 – 2026
5. Kevin Cordes, 26.76 – 2016

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