2025 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 “2025 TYR Pro Swim Series – Westmont”
- Prelims Live Recap: Day 2 | Day 3
- Finals Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
The Westmont stop of the Pro Swim Series has seen a bit of a revitalization of a series that has lacked punch, especially in the early season, with lots of impressive top-end swims, like Summer McIntosh’s U.S. Open Record in the 400 IM on Friday.
And while there aren’t a ton of deep fields at the meet, there are still some good swims beyond that top-end group.
Ines Arnall from the Westchester Aquatic Club in New York finished 3rd in the B-Final of the women’s 200 backstroke in 2:17.51, and her twin sister Alba Arnall finished 5th in 2:17.69. The high school sophomores are Australians and swam at last summer’s Olympic Trials. Ines’ previous personal best was 2:19.07 done last May, while Alba’s best time is 2:17.69.
In the men’s 200 free A-Final, Laon Kim swam a best time of 1:49.55 in prelims to qualify for the A-Final. That shaves .07 seconds off his best time from the 2023 Canadian Championships and again makes him the fastest Canadian 16-year-old ever in the event. Teddy Kalp, who swam 1:50.06 in 2013 at the World Junior Championships, is the second-fastest Canadian ever in the 200 free at the same age.
And just for fun – no, you aren’t in a time machine, and it is not the year 2000: in prelims of the girls’ 15-16 200 backstroke, Madi Mintenko, daughter of 2000 Olympic gold medalist Lindsay Mintenko, and Brooke Bennett, who has no relationship to 2000 Olympic gold medalist Brooke Bennett, finished 15th and 16th, respectively. Mintenko swam a best time of 2:19.47 in prelims and lowered it again with a 2:18.84 in finals. Bennett scratched the final to focus on the 400 IM, where she won the B Final in 4:56.24.
It’s just the beginning of the long course season. I can’t wait to see their best times this summer. Thanks for your article Braden
I am only interested in my own country USA athletes who live here, not international student who need a VISA to attend school here..
Here’s a thought; why don’t American athletes attend their diving program like China, Great Britain or Canada or whatever they are going to excel because Canadian Summer lived in Florida as a noncitizens like the others that you commented
Any American athletes in the top ten or less, hmmm 🤔?!!
I saw Summer winning her race and is moving to Texas to beat Reagan and only an idiot doesn’t see that I can’t help them as French Marshant had done and still doing under Bob because of Michael.Here a though, why American athletes… Read more »
Hey Gail, these are great questions.
Over half of the US men’s national team soccer squad trains in other countries. Their coach is Argentine.
The United States’ lone male Olympian in table tennis in 2024 trains in Germany.
Most of the United States’ men’s water polo team trains in other countries, and their coach is Serbian.
In swimming, the United States happens to have the most develop swimming system in the world, though some of our best-and-brightest have still spent time training abroad. Paige Madden, Olympic bronze medalist, spent a year training in the UK, where she fell in love with swimming again, in the leadup to the Paris Olympics.
Thank you