2025 Pro Swim Series — Sacramento
- April 2-5, 2025
- North Natomas Aquatic Center, Sacramento, CA
- LCM (50 Meters)
- Start Times
- Wednesday Distance: 8 pm (ET)
- All Prelims: 12 pm (ET)
- Thurs-Sat Finals: 8 pm (ET)
- Livestream Information
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
Happy Friday, swim fans! The third day of action at the Sacramento stop of the Pro Swim Series gets underway today. We’ve got the 200 butterfly, 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 50 butterfly, and 400 freestyle this morning, but it should still be a relatively quick prelims session.
One of the closest races yesterday evening was the men’s 100 butterfly, which came down to the touch as Fukuoka world champion Maxime Grousset pipped Luca Urlando by two-hundredths for the win. Urlando, like a handful of swimmers at this meet, is rolling out of the NCAA Championships straight into long-course meters. He’s got a busy session this morning as he’s entered in the 200 and 50 butterfly. In the former, he’ll get set for a battle with the Chmielewski brothers this evening while the latter will set up another showdown with the top-seeded Grousset.
Grousset has a double as well; he’s entered in the 50 butterfly and 50 freestyle. The top seed in both events, he’ll race Max Giuliani and Youssef Ramadan in the final heat of the men’s 50 freestyle. Last night’s 200 freestyle champion Brooks Curry will take the blocks next to Maximus Williamson in heat three, while Michael Andrew and Evgenii Somov race in heat four.
Katharine Berkoff and Taylor Ruck face off in the final heat of the women’s 50 freestyle this morning, with Ruch holding the top seed (24.50). These prelims should set up a great race tonight. Beryl Gastaldello is seeded a hundredth behind Ruck and is a versatile sprinter who was 4th in the 200 free last night. Louisville’s Julia Dennis reached a new level in yards during the NCAA postseason and will try to translate that to meters in heat four.
Also, Berkoff’s fellow Wolfpack member Leah Shackley is set for another double today. Shackley just completed here freshman season at NC State and has made the quick switch to meters. Yesterday, she won the 100 butterfly and placed third in the 50 backstroke. Those disciplines flip today, as she’s entered in the 100 backstroke and 50 butterfly.
Women’s 200-Meter Butterfly — Prelims
- World Record: 2:01.81 — Liu Zige, China (2009)
- American Record: 2:03.84 — Regan Smith, United States (2024)
- U.S. Open Record: 2:03.87 — Regan Smith, United States (2023)
- World Junior Record: 2:03.03 — Summer McIntosh, Canada (2024)
- Pro Swim Record: 2:04.80 — Regan Smith, United States (2024)
‘A’ Final Qualifiers:
Men’s 200-Meter Butterfly — Prelims
- World Record: 1:50.34 — Kristof Milak, Hungary (2022)
- American Record: 1:51.51 — Michael Phelps, United States (2009)
- U.S. Open Record: 1:52.20 — Michael Phelps, United States (2008)
- World Junior Record: 1:53.79 — Kristof Milak, Hungary (2017)
- Pro Swim Record: 1:53.84 — Luca Urlando, United States (2019)
‘A’ Final Qualifiers:
Women’s 50-Meter Freestyle — Prelims
- World Record: 23.61 — Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2023)
- American Record: 23.91 — Kate Douglass, United States (2024)
- U.S. Open Record: 24.00 — Abbey Weitzeil, United States (2023)
- World Junior Record: 24.17 — Claire Curzan, United States (2021)
- Pro Swim Record: 24.17 — Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2016)
‘A’ Final Qualifiers:
Men’s 50-Meter Freestyle — Prelims
- World Record: 20.91 — Cesar Cielo, Brazil (2009)
- American Record: 21.04 — Caeleb Dressel, United States (2019/2021)
- U.S. Open Record: 21.04 — Caeleb Dressel, United States (2021)
- World Junior Record:21.75 — Michael Andrew, United States (2017)
- Pro Swim Record: 21.51 — Caeleb Dressel, United States (2020)
‘A’ Final Qualifiers:
Women’s 100-Meter Backstroke — Prelims
- World Record: 57.13 — Regan Smith, United States (2024)
- American Record: 57.13 — Regan Smith, United States (2024)
- U.S. Open Record: 57.13 — Regan Smith, United States (2024)
- World Junior Record: 57.57 — Regan Smith, United States (2019)
- Pro Swim Record: 57.64 — Regan Smith, United States (2024)
‘A’ Final Qualifiers:
Men’s 100-Meter Backstroke — Prelims
- World Record:51.60 — Thomas Ceccon, Italy (2022)
- American Record: 51.85 — Ryan Murphy, United States (2016)
- U.S. Open Record: 51.94 — Aaron Piersol, United States (2009)
- World Junior Record: 52.08 — Miron Lifintsev, Russia (2024)
- Pro Swim Record: 52.40 — David Plummer, United States (2016)
‘A’ Final Qualifiers:
Women’s 200-Meter Breaststroke — Prelims
- World Record: 2:17.55 — Evgeniia Chikunova, Russia (2023)
- American Record: 2:19.24 — Kate Douglass, United States (2024)
- U.S. Open Record: 2:19.30 — Kate Douglass, United States (2024)
- World Junior Record: 2:19.64 — Viktoria Gunes, Turkey (2015)
- Pro Swim Record: 2:19.30 — Kate Douglass, United States (2024)
‘A’ Final Qualifiers:
Men’s 200-Meter Breaststroke — Prelims
- World Record:2:05.48 — Qin Haiyang, China (2023)
- American Record: 2:06.54 — Matt Fallon, United States (2024)
- U.S. Open Record: 2:06.54 — Matt Fallon, United States (2024)
- World Junior Record:2:08.04 — Dong Zhihao, China (2023)
- Pro Swim Record: 2:08.18 — Matt Fallon, United States (2024)
‘A’ Final Qualifiers:
Women’s 50-Meter Butterfly — Prelims
- World Record: 24.43 — Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2014)
- American Record: 25.11 — Gretchen Walsh, United States (2023)
- U.S. Open Record: 25.11 — Gretchen Walsh, United States (2023)
- World Junior Record: 25.46 — Rikako Ikee, Japan (2017)
- Pro Swim Record: 25.65 — Farida Osman, Egypt (2019)
‘A’ Final Qualifiers:
Men’s 50-Meter Butterfly — Prelims
- World Record: 22.27 — Andrii Govorov, Ukraine (2018)
- American Record: 22.35 — Caeleb Dressel, United States (2022)
- U.S. Open Record: 22.84 — Caeleb Dressel, United States (2022)
- World Junior Record: 22.96 — Diogo Matos Ribeiro, Portugal (2022)
- Pro Swim Record: 23.11 — Matt Targett, United States (2012)
‘A’ Final Qualifiers:
Women’s 400-Meter Freestyle — Prelims
- World Record:3:55.38 — Ariarne Titmus, Australia (2023)
- American Record: 3:56.46 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2016)
- U.S. Open Record: 3:47.94 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2018)
- World Junior Record: 3:56.08 — Summer McIntosh, Canada (2023)
- Pro Swim Record: 3:47.94 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2018)
‘A’ Final Qualifiers:
Men’s 400-Meter Freestyle — Prelims
- World Record: 3:40.07 — Paul Biederman, Germany (2009)
- American Record: 3:42.78 — Larsen Jensen (2008)
- U.S. Open Record: 3:43.53 — Larsen Jensen, United States (2008)
- World Junior Record:3:44.31 — Peter Mitsin, Bulgaria (2023)
- Pro Swim Record: 3:43.55 — Sun Yang, China (2016)
‘A’ Final Qualifiers: