2025 Summer Championships
- August 5-8, 2025
- Irvine, California
- LCM (50 meters)
- Psych Sheets
The US will host the Summer Championships in Irvine, California this upcoming week. Among the big names on the psych sheet include Caeleb Dressel and Hunter Armstrong both of which did not compete at US Summer Nationals in June. Several swimmers who are currently representing the US at the 2025 World Championships appear on the psych sheets as well. Those include Sandpipers of Nevada teammates Claire Weinsten and Bella Sims.
Dressel has raced in two meets since representing the US at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He first swam at the Pro Series stop in Fort Lauderdale and just competed at the Florida Senior Championships two weeks ago. Caeleb and Meghan Dressel welcomed their second baby in at the end of June.
Dressel’s Event Lineup
- 50 free: #1 seed
- 100 fly: #1 seed
- 50 fly: #1 seed
Armstrong also did not compete at US Summer Nationals but represented the US at the Paris Olympics last summer. In May, Armstrong opened up on Instagram about having to take a step away from training and competition last fall. He also had previously expected the Fort Lauderdale Pro Series to be the last meet of his career. Armstrong has not competed since the Pro Series, and is entered in five events in Irvine.
Armstrong’s Event Lineup
- 50 free: #11 seed
- 100 free: #1 seed
- 50 fly: #22 seed (yards entry time)
- 100 back: #1 seed
- 50 back: #1 seed
2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist in the 400 free Kieran Smith is also on the psych sheets. Smith missed the US Worlds team despite a 6th place finish in the 200 freestyle as the US men were at the 26 swimmer roster limit. He is the top seed in the 200 free and 200 IM. Smith is the #2 seed in the 400 free behind fellow 2024 Paris Olympian Aaron Shackell.
Aaron Shackell is also entered in the 100 free (#14 seed) and 200 free (#3 seed). He notably is not entered in the 200 fly, an event he was 10th in at 2025 US Summer Nationals.
Sister Alex Shackell, who also represented the US at the Paris Olympics, is on the psych sheets as the top seed in the 100 fly and 200 fly as well as the #8 seed in the 100 free. She is not entered in the 200 free, the event in which she earned her first spot on the US major international roster as she was 5th in the 200 free back at 2023 US Summer Nationals, punching her ticket to 2023 Worlds as a member of the women’s 4×200 free relay.
Sandpipers of Nevada teammates Bella Sims and Claire Weinstein are currently in Singapore representing the US but also appear on the psych sheets. Sims is entered in seven events including the 200 freestyle where she is the #2 seed behind Weinstein. Weinstein has five event entries and is the top seed in the 100 free, 200 free, 400 free, and 800 free. Weinstein’s 5th event is the 50 breast.
how can we watch??
Oh, what I’d give to see Dressel back to good form in the 100 fly 😫
Going to post the current projections for the 2026 Pan Pacs roster since there is some intrigue to be had at this meet.
Women:
Priority 1 (top 4 in 100/200 free + 1st in other events *including 50s stroke*):
Priority 2 (2nd in other events *including 50s stroke*)
- Emma Weber (Lilly King retiring moves Weber up in the 50 breast)
- Tess Howley (passed Caroline Bricker in the 200 fly at WUGs)
- Phoebe Bacon
- Leah Hayes (passed Katie Grimes in the 400
… Read more »I think Regan’s 200 back at Worlds bumps Curzan to priority two?
Irvine my “back yard”. I will check it out, well of course if comet lets me lol. Unfortunately it’s Tuesday to Friday.
Hail to Pitt!
Australia looks to have a good team here. Hopefully Swimming Australia actually puts some posts up to acknowledge them this time. That would be nice for a change.
Btw, is Hunter Armbruster supposed to be Ben?
Unless dressel transfers over to bob Bowman his career is over
his career would be over if he transferred to Bowman. He should go train under Herbie
Think he could benefit from a Mcevoy style program that is focused solely around him and the science of sprinting especially since he said his main focus in LA’s was 50s
I would like to see that. I have a feeling it would go really well, but a slight chance of it going real bad.
In his peak he trained more like what Bowman does vs Herbie
I should add that at this point, I’d want to see him go full Sprint Revolution and come back to take down the 50 free record in LA and add the butterfly events. Have him take down whatever BS the Enhanced Games guys do
Simultaneous dominance of the butterfly and freestyle sprint scenes.
The most ruthless and cutthroat events in the world.
No other man has done it in history.
Never forget.
Bob Bowman doesn’t have a 49 second 100 flyer. UF has two, and a coach who has literally won the event at the Olympics.
Qualifying should not be just a list of meets, but a period that begins with 2025 US Nationals, and ends 6-8 weeks prior to the meet.
Agreed.