2025 U.S. Nationals: Day 4 Finals Live Recap ...Middle East

By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam

2025 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Day 4 Finals Heat Sheet 

Hello, everyone–it’s a summer Friday evening and there’s plenty of fast swimming in store this evening at the 2025 U.S. National Championship. How lucky are we? On tap this evening are the finals of the 400 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, and 100 backstroke.

There’s an interesting phenomenon in the storylines to follow for this evening’s events. On the women’s side, there’s one established veteran in each event aiming for the win (Katie Ledecky, Lilly King, Regan Smith). Meanwhile, it feels like each of the men’s events are looking for the next generation of swimmers to step up. Luka Mijatovic asserted himself in the 400 freestyle this morning with a 3:45.89, destroying his 15-16 National Age Group record. Rex Maurer is pushing for the second spot behind him as the Longhorn crew looks to cleanup in this race and dethrone Tokyo bronze medalist Kieran Smith. Josh Matheny and Campbell McKean aim to cement themselves as “what’s next” in American men’s breaststroke. Jack Aikins hopes for the same in the men’s 100 backstroke final that looks very different without usual suspects like Ryan Murphy, Hunter Armstrong, Justin Ress, and Shaine Casas in the field.

This isn’t to say that the veterans have things all sewn up in the women’s events. Yes, Ledecky will likely swim away with the 400 freestyle but world record-holders King and Smith will face pressure in their events. The Virginia breaststroke corps takes aim at matching their 1-2 finish in the 200 breaststroke. 200 breaststroke qualifiers Kate Douglass and Alex Walsh are in the hunt (Douglass is top seed), as is 100 breaststroke Paris Olympian Emma Weber. Smith has a sizable advantage on the 100 backstroke field after prelims, but Katharine Berkoff and Claire Curzan are riding hot hands and the entire field broke 1:00 in prelims.

We touched on this in the finals preview, but one thing to keep an eye out for is potential qualification drama in the men’s 100 breaststroke. No one was under the World Aquatics ‘A’ cut of 59.75 this morning. But Matheny and American record holder Michael Andrew have both cleared the mark during the qualification window. That gives them an advantage because if they don’t finish top two and the second swimmer misses the ‘A’ cut, whichever of them is the next-best finisher could be selected to the team in this event anyway.

Women’s 400 Freestyle — Final

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Men’s 400 Freestyle — Final

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Women’s 100 Breaststroke — Final

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Men’s 100 Breaststroke — Final

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Women’s 100 Backstroke — Final

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