2026 Fort Lauderdale Open: Day 4 Prelims Scratches — Regan Smith and Kate Douglass Drop Events

2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open

• Wednesday, April 29 – Saturday, May 2, 2026
• Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center
• LCM (50 meters)
• All the Links
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results: “Fort Lauderdale Open” on Meet Mobile
• Recaps
  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3

Day 4 Prelims Heat Sheet

It is almost time for the final prelims session of the 2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open. We have been tracking scratches all week, and today’s session is a doozy.

The biggest news out of scratches is Kate Douglass, the top seed in the women’s 200 IM, choosing not to swim the event on Saturday, opting for the 200 breaststroke and 50 freestyle instead. Douglass also dropped the women’s 100 fly where she was the 5th seed.

In other major women’s news, Regan Smith has scratched the 100 fly, where she was the 2nd seed behind World Record holder Gretchen Walsh. Smith is slightly different than Douglass, however, because she has added the 200 IM, where she is now the 3rd seed, even though she was not initially entered in the event. She will also be racing the 100 backstroke as the top seed.

On the men’s side, the biggest scratches come from Carson Foster. He was initially entered in three events on the final day, the 100 back, 100 fly, and 200 IM. He has dropped the 100 back, where he was seeded 12th, and the 100 fly, where he was seeded 10th. He will remain in the 200 IM as the 3rd seed.

All Top-16 Scratches

• Women’s 100 Backstroke
  • 4th seed — Rhyan White (Wolfpack Elite)
  • 5th seed — Leah Shackley (NC State)
  • 6th seed — Kennedy Noble (NC State)
  • 13th seed — Charlotte Wilson (Cavalier Aquatics)
  • 14th seed — Lora Komoroczy (Auburn)
• Men’s 100 Backstroke
  • 3rd seed — Daniel Diehl (NC State)
  • 4th seed — Gavin Keogh (NC State)
  • 5th seed — Hudson Williams (NC State)
  • 6th seed — Ivan Tarasov (Auburn)
  • 8th seed — David King (Unattached)
  • 12th seed — Carson Foster (NY Athletics Club)
  • 13th seed — Quintin McCarty (NC State)
  • 14th seed — Simon Bermudez (NC State)
• Women’s 200 Breaststroke
  • 8th seed — Leah Hayes (Cavalier Aquatics)
  • 9th seed — Lisa Nystrand (NC State)
  • 14th seed — Audrey Crawford (Auburn)
• Men’s 200 Breaststroke
  • 6th seed — Diego Resto (Puerto Rico)
  • 7th seed — Liam Aleman (West Virginia)
  • 11th seed — Maston Ballew (Auburn)
  • 16th seed — Erik Petruzzi (West Virginia)
• Women’s 100 Butterfly
  • 2nd seed — Regan Smith (Longhorn Aquatics)
  • 4th seed — Kate Douglass (NY Athletics Club)
  • 6th seed — Leah Shackley (NC State)
  • 12th seed — Lily Christianson (NC State)
• Men’s 100 Butterfly
  • 5th seed — Thomas Heilman (Cavalier Aquatics)
  • 6th seed — Aiden Hayes (NC State)
  • 7th seed — Abdalla Youssef (Auburn)
  • 9th seed — Sohib Khaled (Auburn)
  • 10th seed — Carson Foster (NY Athletics Club)
  • 12th seed — Bradford Johnson (Auburn)
• Women’s 200 IM
  • Top seed — Kate Douglass (NY Athletics Club)
  • 3rd seed — Leah Hayes (Cavalier Aquatics)
  • 6th seed — Kristen Romano (Puerto Rico)
  • 7th seed — Rylee Erisman (Laker Swim)
  • 9th seed — Kennedy Noble (NC State)
  • 11th seed — Lisa Nystrand (NC State)
• Men’s 200 IM
  • 5th seed — Maximus Williamson (Lakeside Aquatic Club)
  • 7th seed — Daniel Diehl (NC State)
  • 10th seed — Simon Bermudez (NC State)
  • 15th seed — Maston Ballew (Auburn)
  • 16th seed — Luke Waldrep (Auburn)
• Women’s 50 Freestyle
  • 5th seed — Kasia Wasick (Poland)
  • 11th seed — Teresa Ivan (Ohio State)
  • 13th seed — Lily Christianson (NC State)
• Men’s 50 Freestyle
  • 4th seed — Quintin McCarty (NC State)
  • 11th seed — River Paulk (Auburn)
  • 15th seed — Hudson Williams (NC State)
  • 16th seed — Warner Russ (Auburn)