2025 U.S. Summer Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

2025 U.S. Summer Championships

• Tuesday, August 5 – Friday, August 8, 2025
• Irvine, California
• William Woollett Aquatics Center
• Start Times
  • Prelims: 9:00 am local / 12:00 pm ET
  • Finals: 5:00 pm local / 8:00 pm ET
• LCM (50 meters)
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results
• Live Stream Info (Available on USA Swimming Network App)
• Live Recaps
  • Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2

Day 3 Finals Heat Sheet

There are two finals sessions left of the 2025 US Summer Championships, and we have eight individual events and two relays on the schedule for this evening, for an estimated two hour timeline.

The biggest story out of the prelims was Hunter Armstrong being disqualified from the day for no-showing his 100 freestyle. He was supposed to swim three events today, but he was not able to swim any of them.

We will start the meet with the men’s and women’s 100 freestyle finals where Jaimie de Lutis leads the women’s field, coming in just three hundredths ahead of Bella Sims as the only two swimmers under 55 seconds this morning.

Brooks Curry holds the top seed in the men’s event with the rest of the final coming in seven tenths back.

The 400 IM will be the next event and Justina Kozan, who scratched the 400 freestyle final yesterday, is the top seed for the women. Reese Tiltmann, Kayla Hardy, and Summer Cardwell are seeded 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, coming in just over four tenths apart.

The men’s 400 IM will see Owen Stevens swim alone in the ‘C’ final followed by two full heats where David Johnston is the top seed, less than a tenth ahead of Michael Hochwalt. Kieran Smith will also be in the final, and all three will be hoping to upset the Pan Pacs roster in the event.

The women’s 50 fly will only have an ‘A’ and ‘B’ final, and Lismar Lyon is the top seed. She will be trying to hold off Isabella Boyd and Carly Novelline who are seeded 2nd and 3rd and were the only other swimmers in the 26 second range in prelims.

The men’s 50 fly will be an exciting race with last night’s 100 fly champion Ben Armbruster from Australia and American Caeleb Dressel leading the ‘A’ final.

The final individual event will be the 100 backstroke, where nobody broke 1:00 in the women’s event. Semra Olowoniyi will be the top seed in 1:00.50, followed closely by Layla Day in 1:00.75 and Rhyan White in 1:00.80.

Jack Wilkening comes in more than half-a-second ahead of the rest of the field in the men’s 100 backstroke at 54.51. Mason Leach, the 2nd seed, sits at 55.04.

We will end the session with two heats of 800 freestyle relays.

WOMEN’S 100 FREE — Finals

• World Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjöström, SWE (2017)
• American Record: 52.04 – Simone Manuel, (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 52.43 – Torri Huske, USA (2025)
• World Junior Record: 52.70 – Penny Oleksiak, CAN (2016)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 52.74 – Siobhán Haughey, HKG (2024)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Jaimie de Lutiis (AUS)- 54.36
2. Bella Sims (SAND)- 54.45
3. Alex Shackell (CSC)- 54.53
4. Rachel Bockrath (OSU)- 54.71
5. Chloe Stepanek (LIAC)- 54.90
6. Erika Pelaez (EA)- 55.05
7. Eloise Riley (ETOI)- 55.08
8. Madi Mintenko (PPA)- 55.13

Jaimie de Lutiis, from Australia, was out first in the women’s 100 freestyle, flipping in 26.20 at the turn, just nine hundredths ahead of bronze medalist Alex Shackell, who was out in 26.29.

The Australian came home in 28.16 to lock up the gold in 54.36 and hold off a late charge from Sandpipers’s Bella Sims, who was out in 26.41 but split 28.04 on the back end to pass Shackell and win the silver in 54.45. Shackell was 3rd in 54.53.

Rachel Bockrath, from Ohio State, and Chloe Stepanek, who is representing Long Island Aquatic Club, came in 4th and 5th at 54.71 and 54.90 respectively to be the other women under 55 seconds.

This was a new best time for Bockrath, who came in at 55.01 from July.

MEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – Finals

• World Record: 46.40 – Pan Zhanle (2024)
• American Record: 46.81 – Jack Alexy, (2025)
• U.S. Open Record: 46.99 – Jack Alexy, USA (2025)
• World Junior Record: 46.86 – David Popovici, ROU (2022)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 48.00 – Nathan Adrian, USA (2016)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Brooks Curry (CAL)- 48.48
2. Julian Koch (PITT)- 48.57
3. Grant House (SUN)- 48.59
4. Jerry Fox (WOLF)- 48.60
5. Dylan Smiley (ISC)- 49.33
6. Marco Antonio Ferreira Junior (USB)- 49.58
7. Ahmed Ismail (OSU)- 49.85
8. Sage Sungail (SMU)- 50.04

Brooks Curry led the men’s 100 freestyle from start to finish, touching in 48.48. He was out fast in 22.64 as the only swimmer under 23 seconds, and he came home in 25.84 to touch in 48.48, winning the event by just nine hundredths.

Julian Koch was 2nd for Pitt in 48.57, splitting 23.35 on the first 50 and coming home in 25.22. This was a new best time by half-a-second, improving from the 49.06 he set in May. He just barely held off Grant House‘s 48.59 and strong final 50 of 24.97, the fastest in the field.

Jerry Fox, from Wolfpack Elite was 4th, just one-hundredth back of House in 48.60, splitting 23.31/25.29. Fox had a previous lifetime best of 49.02 from last summer’s Olympic Trials, marking a four-tenth drop.

WOMEN’S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – Finals

• World Record: 4:23.65 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2025)
• American Record: 4:31.12 – Katie Hoff, (2008)
• U.S. Open Record: 4:26.98 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2025)
• World Junior Record: 4:24.38 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2024)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 4:26.98 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2025)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Justina Kozan (BREA)- 4:40.44
2. Kayla Hardy (AUS)- 4:43.72
3. Reese Tiltmann (ISC)- 4:47.63
4. Gena Jorgenson (HUSK)- 4:48.99
5. Summer Cardwell (UOFL)- 4:50.22
6. Applejean Gwinn (SAND)- 4:51.77
7. Jessica Eden (OSU)- 4:51.91
8. Mackenzie Hodges (ISC)- 4:53.96

Justina Kozan held onto her top spot in the women’s 400 IM, touching in 4:40.44 to win the event by more than three seconds over Australian Kayla Hardy who touched in 4:43.72.

Kozan was out in 4th after the first 200, splitting 2:19.46, more than three seconds behind the leaders. Summer Cardwell from the University of Louisville was out first in 2:16.13, four tenths ahead of Kayla Hardy, who was 2nd in 2:16.55. Gena Jorgenson was 3rd at 2:18.71.

Kozan made a huge move on the breaststroke, splitting 1:19.43 to pass Cardwell (1:29.94) and Jorgenson (1:26.64) and come up on Hardy, turning just a second-and-a-half back. Her final 100 was 1:01.55, the fastest in the field to move her into 1st overall by a large margin.

Hardy split 1:20.57 on the breaststroke and 1:06.60 on the freestyle to hold onto the silver.

This time was just over a tenth drop for Kozan, improving from the 4:40.57 she set in June of 2021.

MEN’S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – Finals

• World Record: 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand, FRA (2023)
• American Record: 4:03.84 – Michael Phelps, (2008)
• U.S. Open Record: 4:05.25 – Michael Phelps, USA (2008)
• World Junior Record: 4:09.38 – Yumeki Kojima, JPN (2025)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 4:07.80 – Leon Marchand, FRA (2023)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Michael Hochwalt (SUN)- 4:11.46
2. David Johnston (TXLA)- 4:12.55
3. Kieran Smith (RAC)- 4:13.67
4. Se-Born Lee (AUS)- 4:15.74
5. Tommy Bried (UOFL)- 4:18.64
6. TJ Frost (OSU)- 4:19.26
7. Jackson Millard (UOFL)- 4:21.40
8. Grant Sanders (FAST)- 4:27.68

Michael Hochwalt won the men’s 400 IM in 4:11.46 after leading from wire-to-wire. He split 56.39 on the fly leg to build a three tenth lead over the rest of the field, which he extended to more than two seconds after the backstroke with his 1:04.52 split.

The breaststroke splits were very similar among the top three, with Hochwalt holding onto a similar three second lead after splitting 1:12.00 to David Johnston‘s 1:11.79 and Kieran Smith‘s 1:11.62.

He gave up a little bit of ground on the freestyle leg, touching in 58.55 to Johnston’s 56.67 and Smith’s 58.20, but it was enough to win the gold medal by more than a second.

This was a massive best time for Hochwalt, whose previous best stood at 4:16.88 from April of this year. His preseason best was 4:19.70 from March of 2024. Smith also set a new best time, dropping almost four tenths from his 4:14.04 from July of 2022.

Johnston, who is fresh off the plane from Singapore, added just four hundredths from his best of 4:12.51 from February 2024.

WOMEN’S 50 BUTTERFLY – Finals

• World Record: 24.43 – Sarah Sjöström, SWE (2014)
• American Record: 24.66 – Gretchen Walsh, (2025)
• U.S. Open Record: 24.66 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2025)
• World Junior Record: 25.46 – Rikako Ikee, JPN (2017)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 24.66 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2025)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Lismar Lyon (SOFL)- 26.44
2. Miriam Sheehan (SUN)- 26.56
3. Isabella Boyd (AUS)/Carly Novelline (CA)- 26.71
4. —
5. Sydney Gring (PITT)/Ava Chavez (CAL)- 26.96
6. —
7. Bailey Hartman (CA)- 27.01
8. Lawson Ficken (CA)- 27.32

Lismar Lyon from South Florida Aquatics won the women’s 50 butterfly in 26.44, a little more than two tenths faster than her prelims time of 26.68 after a very strong back 25.

Miriam Sheehan from Sun Devil Swimming took 2nd, just over a tenth back in 26.56. This was half-a-second faster than her morning swim of 27.05.

Isabella Boyd, from Australia, and Carly Novelline, from Cavalier Aquatics, tied in 26.71 for the bronze medal. This was a drop for both from their prelims time with Boyd touching in 26.96 this morning and Novelline swimming 26.98.

MEN’S 50 BUTTERFLY – Finals

• World Record: 22.27 – Andrii Govorov, UKR (2018)
• American Record: 22.35 – Caeleb Dressel, (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 22.84 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2022)
• World Junior Record: 22.96 – Diogo Ribeiro, POR (2022)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 23.09 – Ilya Kharun, CAN (2025)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Ben Armbruster (AUS)- 23.00 *Pro Swim Record
2. Caeleb Dressel (GSC)- 23.38
3. Aiden Hayes (WOLF)- 23.57
4. Julian Koch (PITT)- 23.77
5. Max Kleinman (COUG)- 23.89
6. Luke Barr (UN)- 24.05
7. Sebastian Smith (PATS)- 24.13
8. August Vetsch (CAL)- 24.22

Australian Ben Armbruster won the men’s 50 fly in a new Pro Swim Series Record of 23.00. This time tied for the 15th fastest swim in the world this year with Kyle Chalmers being the only Aussie ahead of him.

Caeleb Dressel swam the exact same time he did in the prelims of 23.28, touching almost three tenths back of Armbruster and almost three tenths ahead of Aiden Hayes from the Wolfpack elite.

Hayes dropped just under a tenth from prelims, touching in 23.57 to win the bronze medal, improving from his prelims swim of 23.66.

WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – Finals

• World Record: 57.13 – Regan Smith, USA (2024)
• American Record: 57.13 – Regan Smith, (2024)
• U.S. Open Record: 57.13 – Regan Smith, USA (2024)
• World Junior Record: 57.57 – Regan Smith, USA (2019)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 57.46 – Regan Smith, USA (2025)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Layla Day (AUS) – 1:00.16
2. Erika Pelaez (EA)- 1:00.29
3. Rhyan White (WOLF)- 1:00.65
4. Semra Olowoniyi (AUS)- 1:01.14
5. Alyssa Burgess (AUS)- 1:01.14
6. Claire Jansen (PITT)- 1:01.27
7. Charlotte Wilson (CA)- 1:01.73
8. Mya Dewitt (ISC)- 1:02.33

The women’s 100 backstroke final did not see any swimmers come in under 1:00 in the event. Australia’s Layla Day had the fastest time of 1:00.16 after splitting 29.61/30.55 to walk away with the gold medal. This was a new personal best time for her, improving from the 1:00.38 she swam in May of 2023.

Erika Pelaez from Eagle Aquatics was 2nd in 1:00.29. She split 29.53/30.76 to come in almost exactly a second faster than her morning swim of 1:01.28. She was about four tenths off her lifetime best of 59.91 from the US Nationals in June.

Wolfpack Elite’s Rhyan White was out first in 29.48, but came home in 31.17 to earn the bronze medal in 1:00.65. White’s lifetime best in the event is 58.43 from May 2021, and she was 59.86 at the US Nationals.

MEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – Finals

• World Record: 51.60 – Thomas Ceccon, ITA (2022)
• American Record: 51.85 – Ryan Murphy, (2016)
• U.S. Open Record: 51.94 – Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009)
• World Junior Record: 52.08 – Miron Lifintsev, RUS (2024)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 52.40 – David Plummer, USA (2016)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Adam Chaney (SUN)- 53.59
2. Jack Wilkening (CW)- 53.90
3. Sam Lorenz (SSTY)- 54.75
4. Mason Leach (PITT)- 55.08
5. Will Thompson (A)- 55.36
6. JT Ewing (SUN)- 55.38
7. Drew Huston (KING)- 55.59
8. Joseph Roth (OSU)- 55.76

Sun Devil Aquatics’s Adam Chaney took home the gold in the men’s 100 backstroke, touching in 53.59 to win the event by three tenths ahead of Club Wolverine’s Jack Wilkening.

Chaney was out in 26.13, more than three tenths back of Wilkening who split 25.79 on the opening 50. Chaney had a much stronger back half, though, splitting 27.47 to Wilkening’s 28.11 to win the event.

Chaney has been 53.08 in the event, which he did at last summer’s Olympic Trials. Wilkening was also just off his best time of 53.37 from last May.

The bronze medal went to Sam Lorenz in 54.75, splitting 26.84/27.91. He more than a second back from Chaney, but he swam a new best time by just over a tenth, improving from the 54.91 he set in July of 2024.

WOMEN’S 4X200 FREESTYLE RELAY — Finals

• World Record: 7:27.32 — Australia (2023)
• American Record: 7:40.02 — Weinstein, Peplowski, Gemmell, Ledecky (2025)
• U.S. Open Record: 7:51.21 — United States (2010)
• World Junior Record: 7:51.47 — Canada (2017)

1. Australia- 7:54.48
2. Boilermaker Aquatics- 8:14.55
3. University of Pittsburgh- 8:18.09
4. Ohio State University- 8:26.62

The Australia women walked home with another relay gold after winning the 400 freestyle relay yesterday. They touched in 7:54.48 to win the women’s 800 freestyle relay by more than 20 seconds.

Molly Walker led off in 1:58.85. Amelia Weber swam 2nd in 1:58.29. Jaimie de Lutiis was 3rd in 1:58.29, and Inez Miller anchored in 1:59.05.

Boilermaker Aquatics finished 2nd in 8:14.55 with their team of Caitlin Hurley (2:03.16),  Adele Sands  (2:02.63) Reagan Mattice (2:02.76), and Kate Mouser (2:06.00).

MEN’S 4X200 FREESTYLE RELAY — Finals

• World Record: 6:58.55 — United States (2009)
• American Record: 6:58.55 — Phelps, Berens, Walters, Lochte (2009)
• U.S. Open Record: 7:03.84 — United States (2010)
• World Junior Record: 7:08.37 — United States (2019)

1. Ohio State University- 7:26.37
2. Cougar Aquatics- 7:38.60

The men’s 800 freestyle relay went to Ohio State University in 7:26.37, 12 seconds ahead of Cougar Aquatics who touched in 7:38.60 for the silver.

Alex Axon led off for Ohio State in 1:50.16, handing off to TJ Frost in 1:49.74. Mason Edmund swam 1:53.08 in the 3rd position and Evan Fentress was last in 1:55.39.

The Cougar Aquatics relay consisted of Darwin Anderson (1:50.09), Jacob Ballard (1:56.01), Payton Plumb (1:57.23), and Max Kleinman (1:55.27).