2025 Pro Swim Series – Sacramento: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

2025 Pro Swim Series — Sacramento

• April 2-5, 2025
• North Natomas Aquatic Center, Sacramento, CA
• LCM (50 Meters)
• Start Times
  • Wednesday Distance: 8 pm (ET)
  • All Prelims: 12 pm (ET)
  • Thurs-Sat Finals: 8 pm (ET)
• Livestream Information
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results

Night 4 Heat Sheet

We have made it to the last finals session of the 2025 Sacramento Pro Swim Series. On tonight’s agenda we have the 200 IM, 200 back, 50 breast, and 100 free.

Lea Polonsky is the top seed in the women’s 200 IM, half-a-second ahead of 2nd seed Anastasia Gorbenko.

A pair of Grants lead the men’s 200 IM final with ASU’s Grant House coming in a little over a second ahead of Fast’s Grant Sanders.

We are looking at another NC State sweep in the 200 backstroke, but just the top-two seeds this time as Katharine Berkoff swam the 100 freestyle instead. Rhyan White and Leah Shackley sit almost three seconds ahead of the rest of the field.

Levente Balogh was more than a second ahead of the rest of the field in the men’s 200 backstroke.

The 50 breast top seeds are Jenna Pulkkinen for the women and Denis Petrashov for the men.

The final event of the evening, the 100 freestyle, will feature swims from a few different event winners so far this meet including Beryl Gastaldello and Katharine Berkoff. Grant House will make another appearance in the men’s 100 freestyle along with previous freestyle event winners Brooks Curry and Maxime Grousset.

The session will start with the fastest heat of the men’s and women’s 1500 freestyle.

Women’s 1500 Free- Timed Finals

• World Record: 15:20.48 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2018)
• American Record: 15:20.48 — Katie Ledecky (2018)
• U.S. Open Record: 15:20.48 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2018)
• World Junior Record: 15:28.36 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2014)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 15:20.48 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2018)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Eve Thomas (CSC)- 16:30.48
2. Vivien Jackl (HUN)- 16:40.28
3. Ella Dyson (RICE)- 16:43.59
4. Applejean Gwinn (SAND)- 17:10.13
5. Kingsley Rosevold (UN)- 17:33.52
6. Juli Arzave (TAC)- 17:45.48
7. Martina Divis (SDSA)- 17:45.71
8. Heidi George (Un)- 17:45.82

Eve Thomas completed her sweep of the distance events, taking the gold women’s 1500 freestyle by almost 10 seconds. She swam a pretty consistent race, primarily splitting 1:06s on her 100s with a few 1:07s and 1:05s mixed in. In April of last year, she went 16:07.46 in the event.

Vivien Jackl from Hungary picked up her 2nd runner-up finish after finishing 2nd in the 800 on day one. Tonight, she swam 16:40.28 to hold of Ella Dyson in third by just three seconds. Jack jumped between 1:06s and 1:07s for the first portion of the race, before ultimately settling in around the 1:07 mark.

Ella Dyson went a new best time, dropping a little more than three seconds from the 15:46.97 she went in April of last year to touch in 16:43.59 for the bronze.

5th place finisher Kingsley Rosevold swam in heat one of the event, touching in 17:33.52 to win her heat, an 11 second drop from her previous best of 17:44.17

Men’s 1500 Free- Timed Finals

• World Record: 14:30.67 — Bobby Finke, United States (2024)
• American Record: 14:30.67 — Bobby Finke (2024)
• U.S. Open Record: 14:40.28 — Robert Finke, United States (2024)
• World Junior Record: 14:41.22 — Kuzey Runcelli, Turkey (2024)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 14:53.12 — Jordan Wilimovsky, United States (2016)

Results:

1. Sam Short (AUS)- 15:03.87
2. Ilia Sibirtsev (UZB)- 15:17.89
3. Alec Enyeart (TST)- 15:20.03
4. Ian Gonzalez (PNM)- 16:09.86
5. Larn Hamblyn-Ough (CSC)- 16:18.56
6. Owen Jones (UN)- 16:28.58

After an electric 400 freestyle final last night, Australian Sam Short had another excellent swim in the men’s 1500, touching in 15:03.87 to win the gold and pick up his own distance sweep and 3rd gold medal. Short was out smooth holding consistent 1:00s and 1:01s until the 1200 mark when he dropped into the 59 range for the last 300 meters.

Ilia Sibirtsev from Uzbekistan came in 14 seconds back in 15:17.89, less than three seconds ahead of the third place finisher. Sibirtsev was also out in 1:00s and 1:01s before dropping into the 1:02s towards the end of his race.

Alec Enyeart was the bronze medalist, finishing almost 50 seconds ahead of 4th place, coming in at 15:20.03. Enyeart went 15:05.10 in the event in July of 2022.

Women’s 200 IM – Finals

• World Record: 2:06.12 — Katinka Hosszu, Hungary (2015)
• World Junior Record: 2:06.56 — Summer McIntosh, Canada (2024)
• American Record: 2:06.15 — Ariana Kukors, United States (2009)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:06.79 — Kate Douglass, United States (2024)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 2:07.16 — Summer McIntosh, Canada (2024)

Top 8 finishers:

1. Anastasia Gorbenko (ISR)- 2:09.90
2. Lea Polonsky (CAL)- 2:13.46
3. Diana Petkova (BAMA)- 2:14.85
4. Lisa Nystrand (NCS)- 2:15.62
5. Justina Kozan (UN)- 2:16.16
6. Mikayla Tan (UN)- 2:16.26
7. Alexa McDevitt (UN)- 2:16.72
8. Tess Cieplucha (TNAQ)- 2:18.56

Anastasia Gorbenko saw a massive drop from her prelims time in the 200 IM final to swim 2:09.90 for the gold medal by almost four seconds. She led from start-to-finish after qualifying 2nd for the final at 2:14.60. All four of her splits were the fastest in the heat.

Lea Polonsky finished 2nd and was still about a second faster than her prelims time, touching in 2:13.46. She was in third until the breaststroke leg, when her 37.92 split helped move her in front of Petkova as the 2nd fastest 50 breast in the field.

Diana Petkova rounded out the podium, stopping the clock in 2:14.85. Petkova sat in 2nd for the first half of the race, but she split 39.24 on the breaststroke, one of the bottom two splits which allowed Polonsky to pass her. 4th place finisher LIsa Nystrand also almost caught her, but Petkova had a strong freestyle split of 32.09 to hold her off.

Men’s 200 IM – Finals

• World Record: 1:54.00 — Ryan Lochte, United States (2011)
• World Junior Record: 1:56.99 — Hubert Kos, Hungary (2021)
• American Record: 1:54.00 — Ryan Lochte, United States (2011)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:54.43 — Ryan Lochte, United States (2010)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 1:55.68 — Leon Marchand, France (2023)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Grant House (SUN)- 1:58.22
2. Michael Hochwalt (UN)- 2:00.08
3. Grant Sanders (FAST)- 2:02.46
4. Kristaps Mikelsons (LAT)- 2:04.51
5. Finn Kemp (UN)- 2:06.10
6. Jordan Ragland (UN)- 2:07.46
7. Brandon Ha (UN)- 2:08.47
8. Shareef Elaydi (UN)- 2:10.00

Grant House picked up his first event win of the meet in the men’s 200 IM, touching almost two seconds ahead of the rest of the field. His final time of 1:58.22 was just one-hundredth off his best time of 1:58.21 from July of 2023.

Sundevil teammate Michael Hochwalt was the 2nd place finisher, another two seconds ahead of third place finisher Grant Sanders. He was 3rd at the first 50, three tenths behind Sanders, but he quickly took over second place where he stayed for the rest of the race until he finished in 2:00.08. This time was almost a full second drop from his previous best of 2:00.92 from March of last year.

Grant Sanders finished 3rd in 2:02.46 after sitting in 3rd for the last 150 of the race. He was also about two seconds ahead of the person in front of him, swimming 2:04.51. This was about a four second add from his best time of 2:00.14 from August of 2019.

Women’s 200 Backstroke — Finals

• World Record: 2:03.14 — Kaylee McKeown, Australia (2023)
• World Junior Record: 2:03.35 — Regan Smith, United States (2019)
• American Record: 2:03.35 — Regan Smith (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:03.80 — Regan Smith, United States (2023)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 2:03.99 — Regan Smith, United States (2024)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Rhyan White (WOLF)- 2:08.83
2. Leah Shackley (NCS)- 2:10.86
3. Amber George (CSC)- 2:16.99
4. Georgia Wimberly (LAC)- 2:17.24
5. Ella Busquets (DA)- 2:19.34
6. Erica Jaffe (UN)- 2:19.52
7. Savanah-Eve Martin (CSC)- 2:19.54
8. Vivien Jackl (HUn)- 2:21.12

NC State continued their sweep of the backstroke events, just taking first and second this time. Rhyan White won her 2nd backstroke event of the meet, swimming 2:08.83 to finish two seconds ahead of teammate Leah Shackley. White swam a very consistent race, splitting 30.29/32.90/32.96/32.68 to have all the fastest splits in the field. Nobody was faster than 32.96 on any of their non-start 50s.

Leah Shackley finished 2nd in 2:10.86, about two seconds off her best time of 2:08.19 after sitting in 2nd for the whole race.

Amber George was the bronze medalist in 2:16.99.

Men’s 200 Backstroke — Finals

• World Record: 1:51.92 — Aaron Piersol, United States (2009)
• World Junior Record: 1:55.14 — Kliment Kolesnikov, Russia (2017)
• American Record: 1:51.92 — Aaron Piersol (2009)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:53.08 — Aaron Piersol, United States (2009)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 1:55.04 — Xu Jiayu, China (2017)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (INSEP)- 1:59.49
2. Michael Hochwalt (UN)- 2:00.19
3. Levente Balogh (VT)- 2:01.51
4. Emi Zamudio (U)- 2:03.89
5. Sam Brown (CSC)- 2:04.01
6. Hugo Duvauchelle (INSEP)- 2:04.93
7. Enzo Solitario (WAVE)- 2:05.78
8. Luis Contreras Lopez (IM)- 2:07.38

Yohann Ndoye-Brouard completed a backstroke sweep, winning every single backstroke event. Ndoye-Brouard came in at 1:59.49, a little more than half-a-second ahead of Michael Hochwalt for the gold. He sat in 2nd for most of the race to third place finisher Levente Balogh, thanks to his final 50 of 29.52.

Michael Hochwalt came back strong after his runner-up finish in the 200 IM just one event prior. He actually negative split his race, going out in 1:00.68, and coming home in 59.51. He was 8th after the first 50, but slowly made his way up the rankings, flipping 7th at the 100, 3rd at the 150, and 2nd at the 200 mark. He even made a move for Ndoye-Brouard splitting 28.29 on the final 50.

The bronze medalist Levente Balogh led for the first 150 of the race before having a rough final 50 split of 31.66 to allow Ndoye-Brouard and Hochwalt to pass him.

Women’s 50 Breaststroke — Finals

• World Record: 29.16 — Ruta Meilutyte, Lithuania (2023)
• World Junior Record: 29.30 — Benedetta Pilato, Italy (2021)
• American Record: 29.40 — Lilly King (2017)
• U.S. Open Record: 29.62 — Lilly King, United States (2018)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 29.62 — Lilly King, United States (2018)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Aliz Kalmar (FRES)- 31.56
2. Jenna Pulkkinen (FRES)- 31.82
3. Mikayla Tan (UN)- 32.33
4. Adrianna Szwabinska (FAST)- 32.74
5. Siiri Einio (RICE)- 32.90
6. Mia Su (UN)- 33.18
7. Rebecca Welch (UN)- 33.53
8. Ellen Garritson (LAC)- 33.74

Aliz Kalmar won her 2nd breaststroke event of the meet, touching in 31.56 to win the women’s 50 breaststroke. She came in just three tenths ahead of Fresno teammate Jenna Pulkkinen‘s31.82 for 2nd.

15-year-old Mikayla Tan finished 3rd, half-a-second-back in 32.33 to pick up her 2nd top three finish of the meet, after finishing 3rd in the 200 breastrke.

Adrianna Szwabinksa took fourth for FAST, less than two tenths ahead of Rice’s Siiri Einio.

Men’s 50 Breaststroke — Finals

• World Record: 25.95 — Adam Peaty, Great Britain (2017)
• World Junior Record: 26.97 — Nicolo Martinenghi, Italy (2017)
• American Record: 26.45 — Nic Fink (2022)
• U.S. Open Record: 26.52 — Michael Andrew, United States (2022)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 26.84 — Michael Andrew, United States (2023)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Denis Petrashov (UOFL)- 27.32
2. Michael Andrew (SUN)- 27:37
3. Kristian Pitshugin (ISR)- 27.81
4. Evgenii Somov (CAL)- 27.86
5. Junhao Chan (UN)- 27.89
6. Pavel Romanov (UN)/Benjamin Cono (TOC)- 28.02
7. —
8. Carl Ait Kaci (INSEP)- 28.22

Denis Petrashov chased down Michael Andrew in the last 15-meters to win the men’s 50 breaststroke, his 2nd breaststroke event win of the meet. He sat in 2nd for a good portion of the race, but he had an excellent 2nd half, helping him get to the wall just five-hundredths ahead of Michael Andrew.

Andrew led for the the first 30 meters of the race, but ultimately, he was not able to hold off Petrashov at the end, leading to him finishing 2nd in 27.37.

Kristian Pitshugin finished 3rd in 27.81, barely out touching Evgenii Somov‘s 27.86 by the same margin that separated Petrashov and Andrew. Somov also barely finished 4th, coming in just three hundredths ahead of Junhao Chan.

Women’s 100 Freestyle – Finals

• World Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2017)
• World Junior Record: 52.70 – Penny Oleksiak, CAN (2016)
• American Record: 52.04 – Simone Manuel (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 52.54 – Simone Manuel, USA (2016)
• Pro Swim Record: 52.74 – Siobhan Haughey, HKG (2024)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Beryl Gastaldello (INSEP)- 54.01
2. Liberty Clark (UN)-54.86
3. Albane Cachot (INSEP)- 55.24
4. Julia Dennis (UOFL)- 55.55
5. Katharine Berkoff (WOLF)- 55.70
6. Lea Polonsky (CAL)- 56.88
7. Dominika Kossakowsksa (FAST)- 57.49
8. Faith Larsen (UN)- 57.58

Beryl Gastaldello took the gold in her 2nd sprint freestyle event of the meet in tonight’s 100 free final. She came in at 54.01, about half-a-second off her best time of 53.40 from November of 2020.

Liberty Clark finished 2nd from all the way in lane 7, touching in 54.86 which was about a tenth drop from the 54.98 she went last May. Clark is committed to start at Indiana in the fall.

Albane Cachot, Gastaldello’s teammate, took third in 55.24, a half-second add from her best time of 54.86.

Kennedi Southern, a 14-year-old, won the ‘B’ final in 56.36, a time that would have been 6th in the ‘A’ final, dropping almost a second from her previous best time of 57.45 from July 2024.

Men’s 100 Freestyle – Finals

• World Record: 46.40 – Pan Zhanle, CHN (2024)
• World Junior Record: 46.86 – David Popovici, ROU (2022)
• American Record: 46.96 – Caeleb Dressel (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 47.08 – Jack Alexy, USA (2024)
• Pro Swim Record: 48.00 – Nathan Adrian, USA (2016)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Maxime Grousset (INSEP)- 48.20
2. Brooks Curry (CAL)- 48.30
3. Grant House (SUN)- 49.03
4. Maximus Williamson (LAC)- 49.31
5. Maximillian Giuliani (AUS)- 49.74
6. Jack Dahlgren (AQJT)- 50.04
7. Roman Fuchs (INSEP)- 50.06
8. Ethan Dumesnil (INSEP)- 50.43

Maxime Grousset continued his perfect meet of event wins by taking home the gold in the men’s 50 freestyle. He was in 2nd at the 50 by almost half-a-second to Brooks Curry, flipping in 23.14. His final 50 was 25.06, which helped him win by exactly a tenth of a second.

Curry led for the first 50 flipping in 22.71, but he lost his momentum a little, splitting 25.59 on the final 50 to give up the lead to Grousset, finishing 2nd, four tenths over his best of 47.90 from June of 2022. He was out fast in that race too, splitting 22.65, but he came home stronger in 25.25

Grant House swam his 2nd event of the session after winning the 200 IM, finishing 3rd in 49.03, half-a-second off his best of 48.50 from the Westmont Pro Series last month.