2025 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP – Toronto
- October 23-25, 2025
- Toronto, Canada
- SCM (25 meters)
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Recaps
After $80,000 in Crowns bonuses and another $2,500 in Crown Buster awards were given out on Thursday, six out of a possible eight crowns were cleared on Friday.
That includes the second Crowns awards of the meet from Hubert Kos, Gretchen Walsh, Kate Douglass, and Shaine Casas
- Men’s 50 back – Hubert Kos (Hungary)
- Women’s 200 free – Mollie O’Callaghan (Australia)
- Men’s 200 IM – Shaine Casas (USA)
- Women’s 50 fly – Gretchen Walsh (USA)
- Women’s 100 breast – Kate Douglass (USA)
- Men’s 200 fly – Ilya Kharun (Canada)
- Women’s 100 back – Regan Smith (USA) – BUSTED BY KAYLEE MCKEOWN
- Men’s 100 free – Jack Alexy (USA) – BUSTED BY JACK ALEXY
Liendo, who said last week in Westmont that he would be resting for the Toronto meet, busted his second crown of the weekend. He also busted Noe Ponti‘s 100 fly attempt on Thursday evening.
Day 2 Crowns Progressions
| Swimmer | Event | Country | Carmel Final | Westmont Final | Toronto Final |
| Hubert Kos | M 50 back | Hungary | 22.65 | 22.91 | 22.67 |
| Mollie O’Callaghan | W 200 free | Australia | 1:50.77 | 1:49.77 | 1:49.36 |
| Shaine Casas | M 200 IM | USA | 1:49.43 | 1:50.08 | 1:49.79 |
| Gretchen Walsh | W 50 fly | USA | 23.72 | 23.9 | 23.91 |
| Kate Douglass | W 100 breast | USA | 1:02.90 | 1:03.14 | 1:02.93 |
| Ilya Kharun | M 200 fly | Canada | 1:50.56 | 1:48.46 | 1:49.71 |
O’Callagahn’s 200 free swim set a new World Record, breaking the 1:49.77 that she swam in Westmont a week ago.
From Thursday
- Women’s 400 freestyle- Lani Pallister (AUS)
- Women’s 50 backstroke- Kaylee McKeown (AUS)
- Men’s 200 backstroke- Hubert Kos (HUN)
- Women’s 200 butterfly- Regan Smith (USA)
- Men’s 100 butterfly- Noe Ponti (SUI) – BUSTED BY JOSH LIENDO
- Women’s 200 breaststroke- Kate Douglass (USA)
- Women’s 50 freestyle- Kasia Wasick (POL)
- Women’s 100 IM- Gretchen Walsh (USA)
- Men’s 100 IM- Shaine Casas (USA)
“Men’s 100 free – Jack Alexy (USA) – BUSTED BY JACK ALEXY”
Ah yes
👀🙈
finally, I have something in common w/ Jack Alexy
Say you don’t win at Stop 1, but do win at Stop 2. Do you get Crown Buster money for that?
Is it otherwise in your best interest (and that of anyone else entered in the same event at Stop 2 who didn’t win at Stop 1) to just let the same swimmer win at Stop 2 so you can have a chance for some money at Stop 3?
No. You only get Crown Buster money at stop 3.
I guess that’s one strategy – but that ignores the other moneys you can earn for placing high in the meet and overall rankings, which winning races really helps. Maybe what you described would be in the best interest of a true specialist who maybe only is going to contend in one race so has no hope at the overall money…?
I guess I could see that as an outside plausible ‘better outcome’ for a distance swimmer maybe. Maybe? Maybe.
What do they get for individual wins at each stop?
Seems weird to get $10k for winning all 3, $2.5k for beating someone the 3rd time but less for winning the first and third stop.
Unless they want the 3rd stop to be much more important than the first 2.
That’s World Aquatics for you.
$0 for winning one event. Top 20 at each stop get money, top 10 overall, the bonuses for WR/crown/crown buster.
If you went to one stop and won an individual event but didn’t make top 20, you get $0
It all discourages the best racing and focusing on one event per night and setting WRs. What do you want better racing or more WRs?
They get nothing directly for an individual win at each stop, though individual wins do influence an athlete’s overall standings pretty significantly (which leads to money).
U should get the triple crown bonus if u bust 3 crowns
W idea
jeff for USA Swimming CEO
I can’t agree more
WA: This rule was created to help me save money！