2025 U.S. Nationals: Day 1 Pick ‘Em Contest Results (One Major Upset, Several Sure Bets)

by Sean Griffin 5

June 03rd, 2025 National, News

2025 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Night one of the 2025 U.S. National Championships is in the books, and it delivered six finals full of fireworks. Before the session started, four results seemed fairly likely: Regan Smith would win the women’s 200 butterfly, Luca Urlando would take the men’s race, and Katie Ledecky and Bobby Finke would do their thing in the distance freestyles. Three of those played out as expected. But one major upset caught everyone off guard—not a single Pick’Em contestant predicted it.

That major upset was, as most of you might guess, the women’s 200 fly. Zero contestants picked Bricker to win, while 341 out of 345 slotted Smith for 1st place. In terms of total points scored by event, the 200 fly earned just 886 points across all entrants combined. Meanwhile, the men’s 1500 free was the most predictable, scoring 3,845 points. See all the point totals below, ranked from least predicted to most.

  • Women’s 200 Butterfly: 886 points
  • Men’s 100 Freestyle: 2,352 points
  • Women’s 100 Freestyle: 2,830 points
  • Men’s 200 Butterfly: 3,135 points
  • Women’s 800 Freestyle: 3,775 points
  • Men’s 1500 Freestyle: 3,845 points

If you missed out on the action, click here to read our entire live recap from the session.

In the Pick’Em competition, KG1 emerged as the dominant player on day one, and will receive a prize package from Speedo USA (click the links to view the products):

As a reminder, you can track your Pick’Em contest entries by clicking here.

Day 1 & Total Scores

Screen Name Day 1 Total
1 KG1 73 73
2 DaddyDressel 72 72
3 swim6847 68 68
4 mr736 67 67
4 barelyaswammer 67 67
6 Wylie 65 65
7 jgross128 64 64
7 DannyF 64 64
7 Scuncan Dott v2 64 64
7 a_rolypoly 64 64
11 Swimpop14 63 63
11 Don Bernice 63 63
11 Odan 63 63
11 mspann97 63 63
15 n0o0o0o0odles 62 62
15 TigerSwammer 62 62
15 Enego 62 62
18 llavagnino 61 61
18 George 61 61
18 28bfly 61 61
18 Gilrad Xyvers 61 61
18 CTXSwimmer04 61 61
18 Red Fish 61 61
18 gongbucks 61 61
18 RealSwimShady 61 61
18 Rumbuns 61 61
27 WildernessSwammer 60 60
27 suhewen 60 60
27 amazinqlyx 60 60
27 Ftw 60 60
27 CABergh 60 60
27 Bobby Gusumano 60 60
27 Comet 16 60 60
27 Sean 60 60
35 JessicaFiddler 59 59
35 Pea Brain 59 59
35 IASAS Swim 59 59
35 David b 59 59
39 Alex Ev 58 58
39 DMAC 58 58
39 TheOhioStateUniversity 58 58
39 Spotted Zebra 58 58
39 Canada >>> 58 58
39 swimmermd 58 58
39 Swimmer63 58 58
39 Sam A 58 58
39 Mattlantis44 58 58
39 blueabyss1117 58 58
39 SplashB 58 58
50 Dirty Double 57 57
50 Isaac Carr Donut Glaze 57 57
50 GoUBear 57 57
50 CaribbeanSwimmer 57 57
50 Ross Ritter 57 57
50 RegginaGeorgge 57 57
50 rememberwhen 57 57
50 can someone please go 1:41 57 57
50 Nivlac 🙂 57 57
50 EverettChessPlayer 57 57
50 maxlatshaw 57 57
50 THEGOAT 57 57
62 Acumen 56 56
62 Mason Duffy 56 56
62 Joakim 56 56
62 FakeGreggTroy 56 56
62 Bayliss 56 56
62 Khalsathegoat 56 56
62 lilac 56 56
62 theredbarronc 56 56
62 HelloAus 56 56
62 Benjamin’sButtons 56 56
62 KoiFish 56 56
62 Shaddy419 56 56
74 Willswim 55 55
74 Chenward 55 55
74 thatdudevid 55 55
74 Amunnn 55 55
74 Ef tee kay 55 55
74 Tag919 55 55
74 spenco 55 55
74 Oosen62 55 55
74 —splash dash—stroke50s—yeet 55 55
74 superboy12106 55 55
74 The Italian Stallion 55 55
74 duffykima8 55 55
86 X Glide 54 54
86 mandrew truther 54 54
86 Auggie kimmel 54 54
86 Troyy 54 54
86 Olli L. 54 54
86 ISU2004 54 54
86 adamneh 54 54
86 awoonicorn 54 54
86 Siddharth Gujja 54 54
86 em18 54 54
86 Tkeen08 54 54
86 eshiesty 54 54
86 AdamMak 54 54
86 distance swammer 54 54
86 Brian R 54 54
86 Miles k 54 54
86 hrandriaga 54 54
86 RealSlimThomas 54 54
86 B1Gflop 54 54
86 Juno 54 54
106 Swimfanjacoby 53 53
106 GoldenBearSwammer 53 53
106 Hillbilly 53 53
106 nja14 53 53
106 Elaina 53 53
106 SMV 53 53
106 Breast Master 53 53
106 MSSA Stingray 53 53
106 Lumpy Muffin 53 53
106 Russ-ski 53 53
106 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 53 53
106 Lantz 53 53
106 Ethebanger 53 53
106 Sunny 53 53
106 VicMaster 53 53
106 Go birds 53 53
106 DAAAAVE 53 53
106 ryanjnoyes 53 53
106 LoveClaireCurzan 53 53
106 Swimfan2250 53 53
126 Grizgirl61 52 52
126 The_Feckster 52 52
126 alice 52 52
126 Dylan0509 52 52
126 OMS2024 52 52
126 jclark36 52 52
126 BrRedDevil 52 52
126 Ulmerle 52 52
126 Ahad 52 52
126 Sassygirl#1 52 52
126 Tara Swimz 52 52
126 butterfly4evah 52 52
126 HSWIMMER 52 52
126 Old Timer 52 52
126 butterfly is for looking cool and tough 52 52
126 Spencer 52 52
126 Winfield 52 52
126 Lain 52 52
126 Sludwig 52 52
145 TATA15 51 51
145 oxyswim 51 51
145 ikkin 51 51
145 nchuck2003 51 51
145 Wannabebutterflier 51 51
145 srosenb 51 51
145 Dr Swam 51 51
145 Magyar36 51 51
145 Ben.1 🫧🫧 51 51
145 Hilart1284 51 51
145 sjostrom stan 51 51
145 Kevin 51 51
145 Aznswimmaboi12 51 51
145 RFogel2 51 51
145 Cvh123 51 51
145 BSTSWMCH 51 51
145 EconomyCornet28 51 51
162 Brandon Block 50 50
162 Mark Hazelberg 50 50
162 JM90 50 50
162 Cowbell Mafia 50 50
162 DWY 50 50
162 Mike 50 50
162 AQUEDIEM 50 50
162 Adam H. 50 50
162 TheRealSam 50 50
162 Wildlife 50 50
162 #1gatorfan 50 50
162 jm721 50 50
162 Krauter 50 50
162 Jack C 50 50
162 Steve51 50 50
162 OrangeSwammer 50 50
162 swimsns98 50 50
162 rsswimmer84 50 50
162 The_Turmanator 50 50
162 forsomereason 50 50
162 Hamburger2 50 50
162 sarah sjöström’s cats 50 50
162 Khops 50 50
162 uzze523 50 50
162 Yongchamp 50 50
162 LanePuller01 50 50
188 Cwm16 49 49
188 Zam1650 49 49
188 goldphin28 49 49
188 Troman22 49 49
188 coachtom1106 49 49
188 cheese 49 49
188 Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein 49 49
188 Declan 49 49
188 Ben.2🫧🫧 49 49
188 DavidGoggins 49 49
188 snoopyswims 49 49
188 Duncan Donuts 49 49
188 ROBERTSRT1996 49 49
201 flyohwhy 48 48
201 Chaseswim 48 48
201 Taylor2000 48 48
201 1 SNARKY 48 48
201 TanyaHarding 48 48
201 Moonflower 48 48
201 ShoeShoeCapoo 48 48
201 emoney117 48 48
201 BeckTheMaster 48 48
201 RMB 48 48
201 BRD 48 48
201 Hostave Hotrefrotan 48 48
201 Mama Pajama 48 48
201 Kvandy1 48 48
201 JBB 48 48
201 Mc 48 48
201 Claire 48 48
201 Justinswam3 48 48
201 Coach Rich 48 48
220 kswim 47 47
220 SwimNorman 47 47
220 Bear 🐻🐻🐻 47 47
220 I miss the ISL 47 47
220 mford332 47 47
220 devinkos 47 47
220 Bardo7712 47 47
220 jsugi 47 47
220 Kenna42 47 47
220 loresfelii🇦🇷🇦🇷 47 47
220 StanfordH8er 47 47
220 Gytha Ogg 47 47
220 AJANSZ 47 47
220 PFA’s 5th year 47 47
220 Kenetik 47 47
220 ThomasPC 47 47
220 Noah P 47 47
220 Chelsea W 47 47
238 WafflesTheCat 46 46
238 DK99 46 46
238 JuanferTXC 46 46
238 TORR SHARK LEAD COACH WINNER 46 46
238 JRLswIM 46 46
238 bonk 46 46
238 SwimCoachSean 46 46
238 AllHailGretchen 46 46
238 USAUSAUSA 46 46
238 JaySawk 46 46
238 Bub09 46 46
238 TennisFan 46 46
238 Swimmer… 46 46
251 NAZ92 45 45
251 🤙🏻FloaterBoater🌊 45 45
251 iLikePsych 45 45
251 PanZhanle4640 45 45
251 Shrek 45 45
251 James SwimSwam 45 45
251 cmackellar26 45 45
251 Backstroke is the Best Stroke 45 45
251 Swimgirl501 45 45
251 RandyK321 45 45
251 Swammer24 45 45
262 VEGAS GOLD 44 44
262 emmie 44 44
262 Mr cool 44 44
262 tiddleewinks 44 44
262 Seattle Swimmer 44 44
262 MMBro 44 44
262 ChobbleGobbler 44 44
262 Elizabeth 😋 44 44
262 Cadelovesswimming! 44 44
262 CD 44 44
272 LEC demon 43 43
272 Jcjcc 43 43
272 hollaback gurl 43 43
272 *****Brian***** 43 43
272 Marz 43 43
272 Itseverydaybro 43 43
272 alexmcknight4 43 43
272 ForTheFirstTimeInForever 43 43
272 Swimchips 43 43
272 Wanna Sprite? 43 43
272 iRun 43 43
272 emmaspotts 43 43
272 mycoachisbobbysdad 43 43
285 juliannnccc 42 42
285 Ejwprof 42 42
285 miaa 42 42
285 🪼🐙Fishfood 42 42
285 doe 42 42
285 Anything but 50 BR 42 42
285 UVA lover 42 42
292 Xman 41 41
292 Keesplin 41 41
292 bullet 41 41
292 Steve Harvey 41 41
292 bcalis 41 41
292 Parkinsummer 41 41
292 backstrokebro 41 41
292 phoebe h 41 41
292 Timmy Cheng 41 41
292 theswimflationguru 41 41
292 Rowotter 41 41
292 johncarlos 41 41
292 Sports Lover 41 41
292 averystirling 41 41
306 KeithM 40 40
306 Jellison 40 40
306 Washed 40 40
306 BEARCATS2010 40 40
306 SwimOhio 40 40
311 Bobby Finke (impersonation) 39 39
311 Petkus 39 39
311 swimkap 39 39
314 stephswims1216 38 38
314 NCdistanceswimmer77 38 38
314 reesierose118 38 38
314 chickenlamp 38 38
314 Jacoby’s Joggles 38 38
314 woleai 38 38
320 Orcas! 37 37
320 Masters_Swammer 37 37
320 Becca 37 37
320 JVATC1 37 37
324 Danny 36 36
324 ecg1988 36 36
324 NSSO 36 36
324 Sophie 36 36
324 Bradentiff 36 36
324 christylynn99 36 36
330 bdawghoya 35 35
330 NJSWIMFAN 35 35
332 kksc 34 34
332 Bajonetta 34 34
332 Mixed 6,000m Free Relay 34 34
332 Diabolical Negative Split 34 34
336 MarioIncandenza 33 33
336 OldManButterfly 33 33
338 ***3.5 years of eligibility left*** 32 32
339 Swim-mom 30 30
340 Willie Sambone 29 29
341 Hoos4eva 27 27
342 OW_4_lyfe 26 26
343 Sherry Smit 17 17
344 HatHat 16 16
345 AuntSteph 8 8

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Captain bubbles
1 day ago

I wonder if Bricker entered the Pick Em, and if so where she guessed herself to finish 🧐

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Reply to  Captain bubbles
1 day ago

Lol as far as I can tell, she did not.

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Reply to  Braden Keith
1 day ago

Any guesstimate how many Pick Em entries ARE competitors this week? (Hopefully no one thinks it’s really gambling)

Don Bernice
1 day ago

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Last edited 1 day ago by Don Bernice
Scuncan Dott v2
1 day ago

Top 10 after day 1? Wow I’ll take that