2025 Pro Swim Series – Fort Lauderdale
- Wednesday, April 30 – Saturday, May 3, 2025
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center
- LCM (50 meters)
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Recaps
Gretchen Walsh saved her best for last at the Ft Lauderdale pro swim, breaking not one, but two world records in the 100 fly on the final day of competition. After going 55.09 in prelims, Walsh stormed to the win in finals, crushing her hours-old personal best with a 54.60. Walsh was honest after her race, admitting that her finals time surprised even herself.
The fastest swim I’ve seen and the worst swimming finish I’ve ever seen.
What a foreign number, 54
Great job! Could you please post Alex Walsh 200 IM win 200 Breaststroke as well!!
I can’t get over 54.6 and knowing it wasn’t a perfect race-
I’m not shocked that she re-broke the record and was 1st under 55, but I was shocked that she did it on this particular race after seeing her very long turn and finish. Now I’m thinking she might be the 1st to break 54 if she can clean that up.
That would be utterly ridiculous. I could handle her 100 fly SCY being faster than many women’s 100 free SCY times, but LCM?? That’s a whole different ball game. If she goes a time in the 100 fly that would make the 4×100 free relay, I will implode
I like how she has gotten into the details about her stroke count strategy in these interviews after the 50 & 100. Crazy to think of what’s possible if everything comes together perfectly on her turn & finish.
Only 17 strokes going out in a 50-meter pool in nuts.
Not just you, Gretchen.
*Everyone* was shocked!
Amazing. Congratulations. And yes, she can improve the walls. It’s exciting to realize that a WR could have been faster!!