World report by Evan Wilkerson highlights last day of 2026 Para Pan Pacific Championships

WALNUT, Calif. – Team USA continued its record-setting weekend Sunday on the 2026 Para Pan Pacific Championships, highlighted by a world-record efficiency from Paralympian Evan Wilkerson (Wake Forest, North Carolina) and 7 extra American information to spherical out competitors at Mt. San Antonio College. 

Wilkerson took down the boys’s 100-meter backstroke S11 world report, establishing a brand new mark of 1:04.84 within the prelims. He later would decrease the mark by greater than two seconds within the finals, setting a brand new world report of 1:02.62 pending classification assessment. 

“It gives me a ton of confidence as we move toward LA. I was a little apprehensive about swimming outside in this pretty brutal heat,” Wilkerson mentioned. “After training at altitude for four months and being reclassified as an S11 about a month ago, I was able to come here, break the world record in prelims and then go even faster in finals. It gives me a lot of confidence in this event and sets me up well as I work toward LA.” 

Katie Kubiak (Cedarburg, Wisconsin) collected her fifth report of the weekend in prelims, smashing the ladies’s 200 particular person medley SM5 American report by greater than 13 seconds with a time of three:29.68, then set her sixth American report of the meet as she lowered that mark to three:27.29 within the finals. 

Paralympian Olivia Chambers (Little Rock, Arkansas) raced to her third American report of the weekend, clocking 28.50 within the girls’s 50 freestyle S12 within the prelims, solely to enhance upon that point within the finals with a brand new mark of 28.34.  

Piper Sadowski (Grand Rapids, Michigan) additionally secured her third American report of the meet, setting two American information on Sunday. She claimed the American report within the girls’s 200 particular person medley SM14 with a time of two:44.68 and went on to set a further American report within the S14 100 backstroke with a time of 1:12.99. 

Mallory Weggeman (Eagen, Minnesota)  discovered her method again to the rostrum on evening three, taking house the gold after a powerful 2:54.60 within the 200 particular person medley (SM7).  

“I’m really excited to be here. Having Para Pan Pacs on home soil two years out from LA28 is really exciting. Seeing the team and everybody together, you can feel the energy. We’re marching toward a home Games, and I think that’s awesome,” Mallory Weggema mentioned. 

“Personally, I’m really jazzed. I had a coaching change this year, and Ben and I have been working really hard, but we’ve also been creating a lot of space for my family and me this summer. I’ve realized that while I’m in this pursuit of LA, it’s also Charlotte’s childhood, and I’m trying really hard to find that balance. This summer, I downshifted in training a little bit. The intention was to see how intentional we could be and what that would mean for my performance. To be swimming these times right now while training through a competition, and knowing where we are and how we approached the summer, gives me a lot of confidence moving forward toward LA.” 

Adding an American report to the tally, Paralympian Ali Truwit (Darien, Connecticut) broke her personal American report, setting a brand new mark within the S10 100 backstroke in a time of 1:08.40, incomes herself her second silver medal of the weekend. Teammate Gia Pergolini (Atlanta, Georgia) joined Truwit on the rostrum within the 100 again (S13), taking third with a time of 1:06.21.  

Following three days of competitors, Team USA ended even with Brazil within the group medal rely behind Australia, successful 6 golds, 5 silver and 5 bronze medals.   

For full outcomes from day three, go to USParaSwimming.org.   
  
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