By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam
2025 TYR Pro Swim Series — Sacramento
April 2-5, 2025 North Natomas Aquatic Center, Sacramento, CA LCM (50 Meters) Start Times Wednesday Distance: 8pm (EST) All Prelims: 12pm (EST) Thurs-Sat Finals: 8pm (EST) Meet Central Pre-Scratch Psych SheetsThe pre-scratch psych sheets for the second stop of the 2025 Pro Swim Series have been posted, and large international presence will be swimming in Sacramento.
Highlighting the psych sheet are names such as Maxime Grousset, Beryl Gastaldello, and Yohann Ndoye-Brouard from France. Grousset is the 2023 World Champion in the 100 butterfly, and he’ll be contesting the 50 fly, 100 fly, 50 free, and 100 free. Gastaldello, an Olympic finalist in the 100 back, will focus on the 50, 100, and 200 free events. Ndoye-Brouard, as expected, will swim the three backstroke distances.
Australia will be sending another large squad, having done the same for the previous stop. Damien Jones-trained Sam Short will compete in the 200, 400, 800, and 1500 freestyle events, after swimming the same events—minus the 1500—at Westmont. He won the 400m (3:44.83) and 800m (7:45.02) at Westmont. His 800m time was more than three seconds faster than Ahmed Hafnaoui’s Pro Swim Series record of 7:48.50 from 2023. It was also more than a second-and-a-half quicker than the 7:46.83 he swam at last summer’s Olympic Games, where he finished one spot out of the final in 9th. Short has been as quick as 7:37.76 in the 800, a time he clocked en route to silver at the 2023 World Championships. That performance ranks him 4th on the all-time list.
Westmont was Short’s first return to racing since the 2024 Olympic Games, where he finished 9th in the 800 free despite coming in as the top seed. He also missed out on individual medals in the 400 and 1500 free. He then took a couple of months off to rehab his shoulder. He won the 400 free earlier that meet, which also stands as the #1 time in the season so far (3:44.83).
Short is known to swim very fast around this time of the year, having clocked 3:41.64 at the Australian Nationals in early April last year. He’s coming off an altitude training camp as well, which can often aid in producing some fast times, especially in the longer races.
As a refresher, Short was the 2023 World Champion in the 400m distance. He had a close battle with Tunisia’s defending Olympic Champion Hafnaoui down the backstretch of that race, but Short ultimately clipped him at the finish by just 0.02. The swim from Short, at the time, was the fastest time in the event since the London 2012 Olympic Games. The performances by both Short and Hafnaoui rocketed them up into top five performers of all-time, with Short just 0.60 shy of Thorpe’s legendary Australian record.
Top 5 Men’s LCM 400 Freestyle Performers of All-Time:
Paul Beidermann (GER) – 3:40.07 (2009) Ian Thorpe (AUS) – 3:40.08 (2002) Sun Yang (CHN) – 3:40.14 (2012) Lukas Maertens (GER) — 3:40.33 (2024) Sam Short (AUS) – 3:40.68 (2023)Michael Andrew will also be competing, swimming his second long course meet on U.S. soil since he began training with the pro group at ASU after he missed the Olympic team last year. He’s entered in the 50 breast, 100 breast, 50 fly, 100 fly, 50 free, and 200 IM. His best finish at the Westmont stop came in the 100 breast, where he touched the wall 1st in a time of 1:00.85.
There are many big names missing that we usually see on the circuit, such as Summer McIntosh, Texas pros Regan Smith, Shaine Casas, Simone Manuel, and Carson Foster, and Gator pros Katie Ledecky and Bobby Finke.
At the Westmont stop earlier this month, McIntosh was the clear highlight, as she secured wins in the 200 fly (2:04.00), 200 IM (2:07.42), and 400 IM (4:26.98). All three of her swims topped the world rankings, and the 400 IM time was a new U.S. open record.
Also missing are many NCAA stars, such as Torri Huske, Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Luke Hobson, and Rex Maurer, but that’s no surprise given the NCAA Championships are wrapping up this week. It’s likely that we’ll see many of those names at the next stop in Fort Lauderdale, which commences April 30th.
Notable Entries:
Maxime Grousset — 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 50 Free, 100 Free Beryl Gastaldello — 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Yohann Ndoye Brouard — 50 Back, 100 Back, 200 Back Penny Oleksiak — 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Fly, 100 Fly Michael Andrew — 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 50 Free, 200 IM Sam Short — 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free Tommy Neill — 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 IM, 400 IM Maximillian Giuliani — 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free Anastasia Gorbenko — 50 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 IM Justina Kozan — 200 Free, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM Trenton Julian — 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 IM Rachel Klinker — 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 FreeAfter next week’s meet in Sacramento, there will only be one more stop on the circuit before the series concludes at the Pro Championships in Irvine in August. See the full schedule below.
2025 Pro Series Schedule:
Dates Event Location March 5-8 TYR Pro Swim Series Westmont, IL April 2-5 TYR Pro Swim Series Sacramento, CA April 30-May 3 TYR Pro Swim Series Ft. Lauderdale, FL August 5-8 TYR Pro Championships Irvine, CA
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