By Mark Wild on SwimSwam
2025 TYR Pro Swim Series — Westmont
Westmont, IL — FMC Natatorium March 5-8, 2025 LCM (50 Meters) Meet Central SwimSwam Event Page Start Times: prelims – 9:00 am CT/ finals – 6:00 pm CT Weds. Timed Finals: 5:00 pm CT How to Watch Pre-Scratch Psych Sheet (updated 3/3) Live Results or through MeetMobile Prelims Live Recap: Finals Live Recap: Day 1 |Day 2 Prelims Heat Sheet
Good Morning, Folks. For those of you who cannot wait for the bathtub swimming that is short course yards to be over, don’t worry the domestic long course season is kicking off in grand style. For those of you who, like me, tell yourselves that if the pool were 20 yards long, you’d be Olympians, don’t get your hopes dashed too much, as NCAAs are just around the corner. However, we have plenty of Olympians in action this morning at the first stop of the Pro Swim Series.
Kicking off the morning in style in Westmont is the Women’s 100 free, where we will see multiple Olympic medalists right off the bat. The top seed is Australian Meg Harris, who claimed her first individual Olympic medal in Paris (silver-50 free), this last summer. However, things aren’t going to be easy for her as she has BOTH of the 2016 Olympic gold medalists in this event, and both Simone Manuel and Penny Oleksiak are entered. The 100 free also sees some youth enter the conversation as 15-year-old Rylee Erisman is the #5 seed.
Those entries highlight an interesting point about this first stop on the Pro Swim Series. As the NCAA season is still going on, this meet will have some stark contrasts, as the established veterans, who have turned pro, look to fend off those looking to make a name for themselves but are not yet in college.
Olympic teammates Lilly King and Kate Douglass headline the 100 breaststroke, while teammates Regan Smith and Katharine Berkoff do so in the 50 back. Both Smith and Berkoff have busy mornings as they have doubles, as Smith is in the 200 fly and Berkoff is in the 100 free.
The US isn’t the only nation to enter some of their Olympians in the meet. In addition to the aforementioned, Harris, Australian Sam Short reigns as the #1 seed in the 400 free, and Max Giuliani is the #3 seed in the 100 free, squaring off against the likes of Hunter Armstrong and Yuri Kisil. Kisil, a Canadian, is one of a handful to make the trip south, as have Sophie Angus (#4 seed in the 100 BR) and Mary-Sophie Harvey (#4 in 100 FR and 400 FR).
Also making their way to Westmont, albeit from Florida, is Canadian Summer McIntosh. The Olympic gold medalist in the 200 fly will have a rematch against Smith but will have to also contend with a cadre of swimmers younger than her, which is hard to say as McIntosh is still just 18. Kelsey Zhang, 17, and Vivien Jackl, 16, are just two of a handful who would love to launch their career by beating the likes of Smith and McIntosh.
And while the meet is chock-full of 2024 Paris Olympians, this stop also serves as a platform for several swimmers to start their season off well after the sour notes of last year, Michael Andrew being foremost among them.
Andrew, after failing to make the 2024 team, has shifted training bases and coaches since then and will take on both the 100 breast and 50 back. In the 100 breast, Andrew, the American Record Holder, is just one of two swimmers entered under 1:00 as AJ Pouch join him there. In the 50 Back, which is just one event later, will have to deal with the likes of Armstrong and Shaine Casas.
Women’s 100 Freestyle – Prelims
World Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2017) World Junior Record: 52.70 – Penny Oleksiak, CAN (2016) American Record: 52.04 – Simone Manuel (2019) U.S. Open Record: 52.54 – Simone Manuel, USA (2016) Pro Swim Record: 52.74 – Siobhan Haughey, HKG (2024)Top 8
Men’s 100 Freestyle – Prelims
World Record: 46.40 – Pan Zhanle, CHN (2024) World Junior Record: 46.86 – David Popovici, ROU (2022) American Record: 46.96 – Caeleb Dressel (2019) U.S. Open Record: 47.08 – Jack Alexy, USA (2024) Pro Swim Record: 48.00 – Nathan Adrian, USA (2016)Top 8
Women’s 100 Breaststroke – Prelims
World Record: 1:04.13 – Lilly King, USA (2017) World Junior Record: 1:04.35 – Ruta Meilutyte, LTU (2013) American Record: 1:04.13 – Lilly King (2017) U.S. Open Record: 1:04.45 – Jessica Hardy, USA (2009) Pro Swim Record: 1:05.32 – Lilly King, USA (2021)Top 8
Men’s 100 Breaststroke – Prelims
World Record: 56.88 – Adam Peaty, GBR (2019) World Junior Record: 59.01 – Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA (2017) American Record: 58.14 – Michael Andrew (2021) U.S. Open Record: 58.14 – Michael Andrew, USA (2021) Pro Swim Record: 58.86 – Adam Peaty, GBR (2017)Top 8
Women’s 50 Backstroke – Prelims
World Record: 26.86 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2023) World Junior Record: 27.49 – Minna Atherton, AUS (2016) American Record: 27.10 – Regan Smith (2023) U.S. Open Record: 27.12 – Katharine Berkoff, USA (2022) Pro Swim Record: 27.38 – Kylie Masse, CAN (2023)Top 8
Men’s 50 Backstroke – Prelims
World Record: 23.55 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2023) World Junior Record: 24.00 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2018) American Record: 23.71 – Hunter Armstrong (2022) U.S. Open Record: 23.71 – Hunter Armstrong, USA (2022) Pro Swim Record: 24.30 – Hunter Armstrong, USA (2023)Top 8
Women’s 200 Butterfly – Prelims
World Record: 2:01.81 – Zige Liu, CHN (2009) World Junior Record: 2:03.03 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2024) American Record: 2:03.84 – Regan Smith (2024) U.S. Open Record: 2:03.87 – Regan Smith, USA (2023) Pro Swim Record: 2:04.80 – Regan Smith, USA (2024)Top 8
Men’s 200 Butterfly – Prelims
World Record: 1:50.34 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2022) World Junior Record: 1:53.79 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017) American Record: 1:51.51 – Michael Phelps (2009) U.S. Open Record: 1:52.20 – Michael Phelps, USA (2008) Pro Swim Record: 1:53.84 – Luca Urlando, USA (2019)Top 8
Women’s 400 Freestyle – Prelims
World Record: 3:55.38 – Ariarne Titmus, AUS (2023) World Junior Record: 3:56.08 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2023) American Record: 3:56.46 – Katie Ledecky (2016) U.S. Open Record: 3:57.94 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2018) Pro Swim Record: 3:57.94 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2018)Top 8
Men’s 400 Freestyle – Prelims
World Record: 3:40.07 – Paul Biedermann, GER (2009) World Junior Record: 3:44.31 – Petar Mitsin, BUL (2023) American Record: 3:42.78 – Larsen Jensen (2008) U.S. Open Record: 3:43.53 – Larsen Jensen, USA (2008) Pro Swim Record: 3:43.55 – Sun Yang, CHN (2016)Top 8
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