2026 Pro Swim Series – Indianapolis
- June 17-20, 2026
- Indianapolis, IN
- LCM (50 meters)
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Florida Pro Emma Weyant once again had a dominant showing in the 400 IM, getting the job done with her breast and freestyle splits. After clocking a 4:35 earlier in the spring at the Ft Lauderdale Open, Weyant backed that swim up with another 4:35 in Indy to best the field by over 2 seconds. Weyant emphasized that she has built a lot of confidence in her last 200 meters of that race over the years, reminding everyone that this will be her 7th year swimming it on an international stage.
Emma W is a great 400 IMer and also great overall swimmer. Many commenters might be confusing a few points. First: best times when you are over the age of 20 do not always happen if yo have been an experienced swimmer for a long time.Second it would be interesting to see if Emma competes in 200 fly and 200 back races. Obviously she trains all strokes in practice. To get faster in fly/back in IM you have to compete in fly and back races and improve times. It does not just happen by swimming in training. I am confident U of F staff knows what they are doing and so does Emma.
Go Emma!
Wouldn’t hurt to work on the first 200m. Playing catch up is getting harder to do and is no longer a badge of honor or cool.
In agreement. She relies on her breaststroke leg to pull her through and it’s not working. She should be under 4:30 at this point in her career.
It’s pretty hard to be sub 4:30. Hopefully we can agree that she’s trying her best.
I agree, great point, but shes gotta focus on that first 200 more.
She swims at UF. I think it’s pretty safe to say she’s focusing on all parts of the IM.
Sounds like you need to get ahold of the UF coaching staff to tell them the adjustments they need to make to Weyant’s training.
Particularly since Traci has probably coached girls who have gone 4:32 in 400 IM before so you have experience with this.
Obviously I struck a chord. Not claiming to know anything but I do know she hasn’t gone a best time since Tokyo.
She went a best time by 2 seconds in the 400 free in Fort Lauderdale going 4:07.0, and that’s a race she swims at every major meet. Remember, she was 4:33 last year going into a Worlds where everyone got sick, and still managed a 4:34. She’s on track to have a really good summer.
Sorry, but whatever she’s doing isn’t working: I hope she proves me wrong.
A lot of Olympic level teenage females never get faster as they get older.
It’s possible she will never go another best time in the 4 IM regardless of her training.
Plus if you watch when she made the team in 2021 she was behind at the 200 but not THAT far behind. Her fly and back have significantly regressed in college.
Yeah, you’re right.
The sub 4:30 club is small. When she broke 4;30, I think McIntosh was the first woman to do so in seven years, Kaylee is the only other active swimmer under that. Katie Hoff’s American record still stands after all this time, but may fall soon and a couple look to challenge that mark.
It’s been 6 years since she’s gone a best time. I see that her race strategy hasn’t changed. Just an observation.
I feel like she is not as committed as other swimmers. It’s a 400. She should be a bit faster.
You can’t fake the fitness level to be a world class LCM 400 IMer. Just because she hasn’t gone a best time doesn’t mean she is not as committed as other swimmers. Ledecky has gone even longer without a best time in the 400 or 1500. Is she not as committed as other swimmers?
It seems like she’d agree with you, since she said she’s trying her best to improve that front 200 as best as she can now…
Her breast leg can make up massive ground on the field, but Summer is another story. Making up say three seconds on that leg still leaves you short if you are trailing by five seconds and it is unlikely that you will outcast McIntosh in the Free leg. Ignore the DQ, but in the Paris 200 IM final Alex Walsh made up about two seconds during the breast leg on Summer to have a body length lead coming home, but Summer mowed her down(as well Douglass too). I remember the NBC commentator said that Walsh would need more than a one second lead to have any chance against Douglass and McIntosh. Wayans looks to be in fine form and tinkering… Read more »
She hasn’t gone a PB in the event since Tokyo
FACTS.
Do you think she isn’t working on it?
Doesn’t seem like it.
then you truly know nothing about swimming