USA Swimming National Championships 2026: watch, schedule, preview

The Toyota USA Swimming National Championships, that includes Olympic gold medalists Caeleb Dressel, Kate Douglass and Gretchen Walsh, air stay from Tuesday via Saturday at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock and NBCSN.

National champions can be topped on the out of doors Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine, California.

The subject additionally contains Olympic medalists Alex Walsh, Jack Alexy, Ilya Kharun and Katie Grimes, plus Luca Urlando, the 2025 World champion within the males’s 200m butterfly, and Anna Moesch, the newly minted American report holder within the ladies’s 100m freestyle.

Some swimmers are getting ready for the Pan Pacific Championships, the foremost worldwide meet of 2026, that are two weeks from now, additionally in Irvine.

The Pan Pacs roster, which additionally contains Katie Ledecky and Bobby Finke, was decided final summer season.

For many swimmers not going to Pan Pacs, together with Dressel, nationals is their major peak meet this summer season.

Caeleb Dressel, Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh headline swimming nationals entries

Dressel, a nine-time Olympic gold medalist who didn’t compete on the 2025 Nationals, is again in his 4 major occasions — 50m and 100m butterflies and freestyles.

Douglass, the Olympic 200m breaststroke gold medalist, is entered within the 50m free and 100m breast.

Gretchen Walsh’s lone occasion at nationals is the 50m free. On June 28, Walsh broke the world report within the splash and sprint, a report that her coaching accomplice Douglass had damaged 9 days earlier.

So on the final day of nationals on Saturday, the 2 quickest ladies in historical past are slated to go head-to-head within the 50m free.

The full entry list is here.

2026 USA Swimming Championships Schedule

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The Los Angeles Olympics, with a report 353 medal occasions, open July 14, 2028.