U.S. Breaks Combined Medley Relay World Record; Buoyed by Mathias 57.3 Breaststroke and Douglass 51.0 Free

2026 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

In the ultimate occasion of the session, the United States set a brand new world file within the combined 4×100 medley relay, stopping the clock in 3:36.70.

MIXED 4X100 MEDLEY RELAY — Timed Final

• World Record: 3:37.43, United States — 2024
• Pan Pac Championship Record: 3:38.91, Australia — 2018

Top 3 Finishers

1. United States (Modglin, Mathias, Walsh, Douglass) — 3:36.70 **New World Record
2. Australia (Anderson, Williamson, Temple, Harris) — 3:39.30
3. Canada (Wilm, Dawson, Knox, Ruck) — 3:43.22

The American workforce swam a MMFF order to interrupt their very own 2024 file of three:37.43, which was additionally set with a MMFF order, making cut up comparability very straightforward.

Will Modglin led off the Americans on Wednesday with a 53.40 backstroke cut up. This was three hundredths off his finals time of 53.37, however nonetheless put the United States within the total lead. After this leg, the world file appeared questionable, with the U.S. sitting greater than a second off the 2024 tempo.

Breakout breaststroker Van Mathias had a completely monster swim, splitting 57.30 to place the Americans again in world file competition and lengthen their lead over the sector.

Mathias retired from the game a couple of years in the past, and returned to part-time coaching final summer time whereas working a full-time job. Since his return to the game, he has fully exploded and his time tonight is the eleventh quickest 100 breaststroke cut up in historical past and makes him the third quickest relay performer of all-time, behind Adam Peaty and Qin Haiyang.

On the fly leg, Gretchen Walsh narrowed the hole to the world file even additional, swimming 54.99, which is the 2nd quickest fly cut up in historical past. Only she has been quicker, swimming 54.98 on the ladies’s medley relay on the 2025 World Championships.

Kate Douglass introduced the workforce dwelling in 51.01 on the freestyle, one other insane cut up. This is the 4th quickest freestyle cut up in historical past, solely behind Marrit Steenbergen‘s 50.87 from earlier this week and Cate Campbell‘s 50.93 from the 2019 Pan Pacs and 51.00 from the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Split Comparison

At final summer time’s World Championships, the United States missed the ultimate totally on this occasion after swimming 3:44.50 within the prelims to complete tenth.