Six American information fall on day two of 2026 Para Pan Pacific Championships

WALNUT, Calif. – Day two of competitors on the 2026 Para Pan Pacific Championships noticed six extra American information fall, as Katie Kubiak (Cedarburg, Wisconsin), Olivia Chambers (Little Rock, Arkansas), Aspen Shelton (Southlake, Texas), Aiden Stivers (Fortville, Indiana) and extra all clocked new American information on Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College. 

Following a world file to kick off the meet, Kubiak continued her unimaginable weekend, including an American file within the girls’s 50-meter backstroke S5 with a time of 40.69 within the prelims, solely to enhance her personal American file within the finals with a brand new mark of 40.18. Kubiak collected her third medal of the weekend within the 50 backstroke,  

Stivers claimed the morning’s second file, decreasing his personal American mark within the males’s SB9 100 breaststroke to 1:10.43. He then bested his file to set it once more within the finals with a time of 1:09.90.  

“I’ve been training really hard throughout August. Moving to college and training there has been a big change. I was a little worried coming into this meet, but I’m really excited that all the hard work I’ve put in over the past few months has paid off.” 
 
Paralympian Olivia Chambers (Little Rock, Arkansas) additionally recorded an American file mark of 1:18.25 within the SB12 girls’s 100 breaststroke, dropping the outdated file by almost half a second. Additionally, Shelton added to the record-setting day by decreasing her personal American file within the girls’s 50 breaststroke SB2 by almost two seconds, clocking the occasion in a time of 1:06.42. 
 
Dillon Mezey continued the dominating efficiency within the pool, setting an American file within the S3 50 backstroke in a time of 59.27. Clocking one other American file within the prelims, Josie Dolan established a brand new American file within the SB9 100 breaststroke, beating her personal American file with a brand new time of 1:21.68. 

 
Leanne Smith was the one American to earn two podium finishes on the day, taking bronze within the girls’s 50-meter backstroke earlier than incomes silver within the 50-meter breaststroke. 

“Nothing is going to go perfectly, but my performances this weekend so far gives me confidence knowing that despite some of the challenges I’ve faced this week, whether it’s the water temperature or swimming outdoors, I’ve been able to overcome them and still execute my races the way we’ve been training,” mentioned Smith. “It’s reassuring to trust my training, not worry too much about outside factors, control the controllables, and let everything else play out. 
 
Team USA continued its full force during the final’s session as Paralympian Ali Truwit (Darien, Connecticut) kicked off the night with a silver medal performance in the Women’s 400 Freestyle (S10) with a time of 4:31.43, just .13 seconds off of her American record.  
 
“I was feeding off the energy of some incredible swims from my teammates,” mentioned Truwit. “I was really excited to get out there and have that performance for myself. I’m happy to be right back where I was. Watching our team crush it here has been so motivating, energizing and exciting. Watching two world records go down and to be able to hand out all these checks through the Performance Incentive Fund has been the most special, incredible way to kick it off.” 

Evan Wilkerson (S11) ended up with a bronze in a intently contested males’s 400 freestyle race, incomes his first medal of the weekend after he completed in 4:36.43.  
 
Hosted by U.S. Paralympics Swimming for the primary time since 2014, the worldwide championship options 10 nations and 170 athletes for 3 days of racing. The competitors offers Team USA one other alternative to race on residence soil lower than two years earlier than the LA28 Paralympic Games. 
 
Para Pan Pacific Championships proceed by means of Sunday, with preliminary heats starting at 9:30 a.m. PT and finals at 5:30 p.m. PT. All occasions are contested in multiclass format, with outcomes decided utilizing the World Para Swimming factors system to create an equitable area of play throughout classifications. 
  
For full outcomes from day one, go to USParaSwimming.org.   
  
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