Weber & Siroky to Swim-Off Their 50 Breaststroke 2nd Place Tie Saturday Night

by Will Baxley 28

June 06th, 2025 National, News

Emma Weber and McKenzie Siroky will break their 2nd-place tie in the 50 breaststroke with a swim-off Saturday night at the U.S. National Championships.

The contest will take place at 7:04 tomorrow at the beginning of finals, immediately following the 200 freestyle swim-off between Anna Peplowski and Erin Gemmell.

Weber and Siroky clocked a pair of 30.43s in the final Thursday night behind Lilly King. Weber came into the meet with a 30.57 PB from the Fort Lauderdale Pro Series meet last year. Siroky was seeded just a hair behind her, going 30.68 at the Tennessee May Invitational a couple weeks ago. She went a 30.27 in the prelims, making her best time the faster of the pair.

The duo could be competing for a spot on the 2025 World Championships team. For Siroky, who competes for University of Tennessee, it would be her international team debut. Weber has the opportunity to qualify for her second international team. Last year, the Cavalier competed in the 100 breast at the Paris Olympics for Team USA.

The race will only be a strictly one-or-the-other Singapore qualification showdown, however, if A) one more female swimmer already on the team qualifies in another event, opening up enough roster space for all 2nd-place finishers to qualify, and B) Neither athlete qualifies for the team in the 100 breaststroke final tonight. Weber came out of the prelims seeded 3rd with a 1:07.25, while Siroky went 1:08.12 to come back 6th.

The time of finals swim-offs such as this one are decided jointly by the athletes involved, their coaches, the Meet Managing Director, and the National Team. Both swimmers finish their meet program with the 100 breaststroke tonight, so there will be no scheduling conflicts the day of.

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Cadteach
1 day ago

Siroky never even swam year round, or trained until after her senior year of HS. She’s a hockey athlete, who swam summers to stay in shape. She’s got a lot of time to drop from training the next 3 yrs. Wonderful kid, tragic story honestly

Swim Mom
Reply to  Cadteach
1 day ago

Tragic🙅🏽‍♀️?? Please Explain

woleai
2 days ago

I expect we’ll see a lot more swim-offs in the future at trials meets with more swimmer focus on the 50s and the bunching up of times that happens in 50 distance events.

Natty
2 days ago

I want Siroky to win because she’s a muscle mommy. Emma Weber’s string-bean arms don’t do it for me.

sjostrom stan
2 days ago

There’s no reason why NBC would not cover this, right?

Snarky.
Reply to  sjostrom stan
2 days ago

Other than laziness?

Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
Reply to  sjostrom stan
2 days ago

… rock, scissors, paper on the Peacock broadcast.

Guy
2 days ago

Not sure if that’s just her start, but if you go back and watch, Siroky is late off the block. Siroky will win.

Sean
Reply to  Guy
2 days ago

Yes. Starts and turns have not been her strongest dating back to her time swimming in Michigan. I feel that if she gets a better start she’ll be hard to beat.

Snarky.
2 days ago

Should be a drag race. Hopefully Matt works on Siroky’s pullout and finish! Both were better today but not so in the 50.

Spieker Pool Lap Swimmer
2 days ago

****in’ awesome

Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
Reply to  Spieker Pool Lap Swimmer
2 days ago

👍

Rocky top
2 days ago

Vols fans hoping it would be a hockey shoot out