2026 Pro Swim Series — Sacramento: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Women’s 100 Butterfly – Final

• World Record: 54.33 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2026)
• American Record: 54.33 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2026)
• U.S. Open Record: 54.33 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2026)
• Pro Series Record: 54.60 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2025)
• Junior World Record: 56.33 – Mizuki Hirai, JPN (2024)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Torri Huske (UN) — 57.46
2. Taylor Ruck (CAN) — 57.95
3. Marie Wattel (SUN) — 58.15
4. Caroline Bricker (ALTO) — 58.54
5. Lismar Lyon (SOFL) — 58.90
6. Caroline Larsen (UOFL) — 59.58
7. Lucy Velte (EKC) — 59.58
8. Ava Chavez (CAL) — 1:00.51

Torri Huske earned the win in the women’s 100 fly final, swimming 57.46 to come in about half-a-second ahead of Canada’s Taylor Ruck, who finished 2nd in 57.95.

Huske was out in 3rd overall, turning in 26.84 to touch behind Ruck’s 26.62 and Marie Wattel, who turned in 26.73.

On the back half, Huske split 30.62 to be the only swimmer under 31 seconds with Ruck splitting 31.33 and Wattel splitting 31.42. Carolien Bricker had the 2nd fastest closing 50 in the field of 31.00.

Huske was about two seconds off her lifetime best of 55.52 from June of 2024. Ruck finished 2nd in 57.95, only two tenths off her lifetime best of 57.71, which she swam last month, and Wattel took 3rd in 58.15, off her best of 56.14 from June of 2022.

Men’s 100 Butterfly – Final

• World Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
• American Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
• U.S. Open Record: 49.76 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
• Pro Series Record: 50.42 – Ilya Kharun, CAN (2025)
• Junior World Record: 50.62 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Sean Niewold (BAMA) — 52.13
2. Michael Andrew (MASA) — 52.36
3. Aiden Hayes (NCST) — 52.60
4. Finlay Knox (CAN) — 52.67
5. Charlie Cancelmo (SMAC) — 53.22
6. Andres Brooks (PUR) — 53.66
7. Raben Dommann (CAN) — 53.76
8. Jack Brown (CAL) — 53.87

Dutch athlete Sean Niewold won the men’s 100 fly in 52.13, touching just two tenths ahead of Michael Andrew‘s 52.36 for 2nd place.

Niewold and Andrew had nearly identical first 50 splits with Niewold turning in 24.05 to sit just two hundredths behind Andrew’s 24.03 in the lead.

Niewold came home stronger, splitting 28.08 to touch in 52.13 for the win. He was a little off his prelims swim of 51.88 and his lifetime best of 51.83, which he set at the Pro Swim Series in Westmont.

Andrew’s best is 50.80 from March of 2021, and he finished 2nd in 52.36.

NC State’s Aiden Hayes split 24.26/28.34 to finish 3rd in 52.68, which was a second-and-a-half add from the 51.24 he set in July of 2023.

Women’s 200 Breaststroke – Semifinal

• World Record: 2:17.55 – Evgeniia Chikunova, RUS (2023)
• American Record: 2:18.50 – Kate Douglass, USA (2025)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:19.30 – Kate Douglass, USA (2024)
• Pro Series Record: 2:19.30 – Kate Douglass, USA (2024)
• Junior World Record: 2:19.64 – Viktoria Gunes, TUR (2015)

Top 8 Qualifiers

1. Mikayla Tan (SRVA) — 2:26.37
2. Aliz Kalmar (FRES) — 2:27.05
3. Katie Christopherson (SA) — 2:30.75
4. Melina Giraudeau (MAVS) — 2:31.53
5. Adalene Robillard (ALTO) — 2:32.62
6. Jenna Pulkkinen (FRES) — 2:32.70
7. Silje Slyngstadli (CAL) — 2:32.93
8. Ieva Maluka (ABSC) — 2:24.72

The women’s 200 breaststroke semifinal went to San Ramon Vally 16-year-old Mikayla Tan in 2:26.37.

Tan won the 2nd semifinal, dropping two seconds from her best of 2:28.11, which she swam last month. Tan split 1:10.73/1:15.64 to pick up the top time from the 2nd semifinal, a little less than a second ahead of Aliz Kalmar‘s 2:27.05 in 2nd.

Kalmar split 1:10.37/1:16.68 to take 2nd. She dropped seven tenths form her previous best of 2:27.74 from July of last year.

Katie Christopherson won the 1st semifinal in 2:30.75 to qualify 3rd overall after splitting 1:12.38/1:18.37.

Men’s 200 Breaststroke – Semifinal

• World Record: 2:05.48 – Haiyang Qin, CHN (2023)
• American Record: 2:06.54 – Matthew Fallon, USA (2024)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:06.54 – Matthew Fallon, USA (2024)
• Pro Series Record: 2:08.18 – Matthew Fallon, USA (2024)
• Junior World Record: 2:06.91 – Shin Ohashi, JPN (2025)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Carles Coll Marti (ESP) — 2:11.50
2. Yamato Okadome (CAL) — 2:12.79
3. Andrew Eubanks (TDPS) — 2:13.21
4. Josh Matheny (ISC) — 2:13.44
5. Xavier Ruiz (PUR) — 2:13.58
6. AJ Pouch (PRVT) — 2:13.71
7. Daniel Li (ROSE) — 2:14.26
8. Grant Sanders (SPA) — 2:14.37

The men’s 200 breaststroke semifinal went to Carles Coll Marti in 2:11.50, coming in more than a second ahead of the rest of the field.

Coll Marti won the 2nd semifinal, after trailing NCAA Champion Yamato Okadome from Cal at the 100 meter mark. Okadome split 1:02.62 on the opening 100 to sit almost a second ahead of Coll Marti’s 1:03.40 in 2nd place.

Coll Marti came home in 1:08.10, more than two seconds faster than Okadome’s 1:10.17, earning the middle lane for tomorrow’s final with his 2:11.50. His lifetime best stands at 2:08.49 from July.

Okadome swam 2:12.79 to finish 2nd overall, missing his best of 2:12.19 from August of 2022.

The whole top four came from the 2nd semifinal with Andrew Eubanks finishing 3rd in 2:13.21 and Josh Matheny finishing 4th in 2:13.44. Eubanks’ lifetime best is 2:12.85 from June and Matheny’s best is 2:08.32 from June of 2023.

Women’s 50 Backstroke – Final

• World Record: 26.86 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2023)
• American Record: 26.97 – Katharine Berkoff, USA (2025)
• U.S. Open Record: 26.97 – Katharine Berkoff, USA (2025)
• Pro Series Record: 27.13 – Kylie Masse, CAN (2025)
• Junior World Record: 27.49 – Minna Atherton, AUS (2016)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Katharine Berkoff (WOLF) — 27.41
2. Mary-Ambre Moluh (CAL) — 27.80
3. Kaitlyn Owens (TAMU) — 28.23
4. Rhyan White (WOLF) — 28.39
5. Alana Berlin (SSTY) — 29.02
6. Kalia Antoniou (UN) –29.14
7. Summer Thresher (UN) — 29.16
8. Ryley Clark (FRES) — 29.34

Katharine Berkoff picked up her 2nd individual backstroke event win of the meet after she won the 100 backstroke yesterday. She swam 27.41 in the 50 backstroke to touch a little under four tenths ahead of 2nd place finisher Mary-Ambre Moluh‘s 27.80 for 2nd.

Berkoff’s lifetime best is also the American Record at 26.97 from last June. Moluh’s best is 27.43 from June of 2025.

Kaitlyn Owens from Texas A&M finished 3rd in 28.23, a little more than half-a-second off her best of 27.69 from June of 2025.

Men’s 50 Backstroke – Final

• World Record: 23.55 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2023)
• American Record: 23.71 – Hunter Armstrong, USA (2022)
• U.S. Open Record: 23.71 – Hunter Armstrong, USA (2022)
• Pro Series Record: 24.23 – Shaine Casas, USA (2025)
• Junior World Record: 24.00 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2018)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Ryan Murphy (CAL) — 25.17
2. Aiden Hayes (NCST) — 25.36
3. Daniel Diehl (NCST) — 25.37
4. Dylan Carter (AZFL) — 25.44
5. Michael Andrew (MASA) — 25.48
6. Jordan Ragland (LIFE) — 25.77
7. Lucca Battaglini (CAL) — 25.93
8. Erkhes Enkhtur (SPIRE) — 26.01

Ryan Murphy got 2nd yesterday and moved back to the top of the podium tonight, swimming 25.17 in the men’s 50 backstroke to earn the win in his 2nd event final since the Paris Olympics.

Murphy touched about two tenths ahead of NC State duo Aiden Hayes and Daniel Diehl who were just one hundredth apart at 25.36 and 25.37 respectively. Murphy added about a second from his lifetime best of 24.24, which he swam in June of 2018.

Hayes’ best is 24.74 from August and Diehl’s best stands at 24.75 from the World niversity Games last summer.

Women’s 200 Freestyle – Final

• World Record: 1:52.23 – Ariarne Titmus, AUS (2024)
• American Record: 1:53.61 – Allison Schmitt, USA (2012)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:53.80 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2026)
• Pro Series Record: 1:53.80 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2026)
• Junior World Record: 1:53.65 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2023)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Torri Huske (UN) — 1:57.15
2. Kennedi Dobson (EEX) — 1:57.38
3. Bella Sims (SAND) — 1:58.54
4. Marie Landreneau (COLA) — 1:58.61
5. Chloe Stepanek (LIAC) — 2:00.43
6. Taylor Ruck (CAN) — 2:00.54
7. Lauren Lonsdale (DART) — 2:01.45
8. Alexa McDevitt (CAL) — 2:04.64

Shortly after winning the women’s 100 fly, Torri Huske had a massive comeback in the women’s 200 freestyle to pick up her 2nd individual event win of the session, and $3,000 for her efforts.

Huske was out in 4th overall, turning in 57.76. Eastern Express Swim Team 19-year-old Kennedi Dobson turned in 1st at 56.94. Bella Sims turned 2nd in 57.30 and Marie Landreneau was 3rd in 57.62.

The 3rd 50 saw Huske remain about seven tenths back of Dobson, who split 30.08, though she passed Landreneau to move into 3rd overall with her 30.00 split.

On the final 50, Huske split a monster 29.39, passing Dobson to win the event in 1:57.15. a little more than a second off her best of 1:55.71 from June.

Dobson came home in 30.38 to finish 2nd in 1:57.38. This was a new best by about a tenth from the 1:57.45 she swam at the World Junior Championships last summer.

Bella Sims took 3rd in 1:58.54, three seconds off her best of 1:55.45, which she set in July of 2023.

Men’s 200 Freestyle – Final

• World Record: 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann, GER (2009)
• American Record: 1:42.96 – Michael Phelps, USA (2008)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:43.73 – Luke Hobson, USA (2025)
• Pro Series Record: 1:44.82 – Sun Yang, CHN (2016)
• Junior World Record: 1:42.97 – David Popovici, ROU (2023)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Henry McFadden (JW) — 1:47.34
2. Keaton Jones (CAL) — 1:48.04
3. Luka Mijatovic (PLS) — 1:48.11
4. Ethan Ekk (ALTO) — 1:48.13
5. Ruslan Gaziev (CAN) — 1:49.60
6. Joey Tepper (UOFM) — 1:50.82
7. Zach Parise (CAN) — 1:51.50
8. Brendan Whitfield (VT) — 1:51.71

Henry McFadden won the men’s 200 freestyle by seven tenths, stopping the clock in 1:47.34 to be the only swimmer under 1:48 in the event.

McFadden swam a similar race to Huske on the women’s side, turning in 3rd at the 100 meter mark. Cal’s Keaton Jones had the lead at 52.30, a little under two tenths ahead of Luka Mijatovic, who was 2nd in 52.48.

McFadden turned on the gas on the 3rd and 4th 50s, splitting 27.76/26.93 to move into the lead as the only swimmer under 28 seconds on the final 50. His swim of 1:47.34 was about a two second add from his best of 1:45.22, which he swam in June.

Keaton Jones finished 2nd in 1:48.04, a two tenth drop from the 1:48.23 mark he set in June of 2024. Jones came home in 28.09/27.65 to hold off 17-year-old Mijatovic.

Mijatovic finished in 1:48.11, a two second add from his best of 1:45.92, splitting 28.14/27.49 on the final 100.

Women’s 400 IM – Final

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

Top 8 Finishers

1. Kennedi Dobson (EEX) — 4:43.73
2. Emma Hussein (CANY) — 4:48.88
3. Kathryn Hazle (CAL) — 4:49.40
4. Ieva Maluka (ABSC) — 4:49.93
5. Ella Ackerman (UN) — 5:00.12
6. Applejean Gwinn (SAND) — 5:00.57
7. Maddie Thornton (BEND) — 5:03.16
   Alex McDevitt (CAL) — DSQ

Less than an hour after finishing 2nd in the the 200 freestyle final, Kennedi Dobson earned a dominant victory in the women’s 400 IM, touching in 4:43.73 to win by more than five seconds.

Dobson was out in 1:04.76 to grab the lead by about a tenth over Cal’s Kathryn Hazle, who turned 2nd in 1:04.86.

She only extended her lead from there, splitting 1:14.46/1:21.40/1:03.11 to stop the clock in 4:43.73. This was almost a five second drop from the 4:49.18 she swam in August of 2024.

Emma Hussein, a 16-year-old from Canyons Aquatic Club, finished 2nd in 4:48.88, taking over the spot after the backstroke leg. She split 1:06.52/1:15.68/1:20.33/1:06.35 to drop a little more than a second from her previous best of 4:50.00 from July of 2025.

Hazle was 1:17.26/1:21.21/1:06.07 on her final three 100s to finish 3rd in 4:49.40, which was a six second add from the 4:43.38 she swam in May of 2024.