2025 U.S. OPEN
- December 3-6, 2025
- Austin, Texas
- Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center
- Prelims: 10 a.m. EST
- Finals: 7 p.m EST (Day 1: 5 p.m. EST)
- LCM (50 meters)
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Recaps
WOMEN’S 200 Butterfly – Finals
- World Record: 2:01.81 – Liu Zige, China (2009)
U.S. Open Record: 2:03.87 – Regan Smith, USA (2023)U.S. Open Meet Record: 2:06.72 – Regan Smith, USA (2023)
- Summer McIntosh (TXLA) – 2:02.62 US, CR
- Regan Smith (TXLA) – 2:06.89
- Alex Shackell (CSC-IN) – 2:09.30
- Lindsay Looney (TXLA) – 2:09.41
- Lainy Kruger (FLOR) – 2:13.65
- Rachel Klinker (CSTE) – 2:13.76
- Deniz Ertan (UN-AZ) – 2:14.10
- Annemarie Vlaic (SMU) – 2:14.13
Summer McIntosh swam to a new US Open record posting a 2:02.62 in the 200 butterfly. That broke the previous US Open Record of a 2:03.87 held by Regan Smith. McIntosh also broke the old US Open meet record of a 2:06.72 that Smith set in 2023.
Split Comparison
| Distance (m) | McIntosh | Smith | Â Old US Open Record | |
| 50 | 27.55 | 27.55 | 27.75 | 27.75 |
| 100 | 31.26 | 58.81 | 31.83 | 59.58 |
| 150 | 31.8 | 1:30.61 | 32.24 | 1:31.82 |
| 200 | 32.01 | 2:02.62 | 32.05 | 2:03.87 |
McIntosh was faster than Smith was on all four 50s. The biggest difference came on the 2nd 50 as McIntosh was 0.57 seconds faster than Smith.
With her swim tonight, McIntosh now holds four of the top five performances all-time. She is the #2 performer all-time with a 2:01.99 that she swam to win gold at the 2025 World Championships. At the time, McIntosh said she was “aiming for the world record.”
Earlier this week, McIntosh posted the #2 performance all-time in the women’s 400 freestyle posting a 3:55.37. This weekend in Austin was her first meet since the 2025 World Championships.
All-Time Top Performances, Women’s LCM 200 Fly
- Liu Zige, 2:01.81 — 2009 CHN International
- Summer McIntosh, 2:01.99 — 2025 World Champs
- Summer McIntosh, 2:02.26 — 2025 Canadian Swimming Trials
- Summer McIntosh, 2:02.62 — 2025 US Open
- Summer McIntosh, 2:03.03 — 2024 Olympic Games
That’s a cheap excuse for not breaking the world record at this meet. She did her best, and both she and Bob would have been thrilled had she broken the record yesterday.
Erm…..
What excuse? What am I missing here?
I posted it at the wrong spot. It should’ve posted it after RipZoom’s comment.
Congrats Summer! Canada is very proud of you!♡
I can’t help but think that without having done a triple last night, she may have gotten there
Bob Bowman is thinking long term greatness: 2027 Budapest and 2028 LA.
in a recent interview, she said they’re still ramping up her training after spinal tap leak
Summer McIntosh is still on track to become future GOAT.
So far, she and her family have made the right choices.
Michael Andrew still is the GOAT
You made wine travel through my nose.
Goofiest of all time indeed!
who?
I thought it was Dean Farris.
Farris was the Fan’s Goat
lolll😅
The GOAT discussion is distracting, a cul-de-sac and can’t be resolved. Comparing Thorpe and Phelps is dumb, just as is comparing Usain Bolt and a 1500m runner. It is fair to say in her era, Summer so far is the best mid-distance female swimmer, no question. But it is meaningless and self-defeating to compare her against Ledecky.
The thing that bugs me about this debate is….
Distance means freestyle. Yet many want multistroke for their GOAT. Ergo – many discount distance! That’s just not fair.
I think versatility is an important factor in GOAT, as well as competition. Female distance events are the least popular and least participated in. Unfortunately, it’s just much less impressive to win the women’s 1500 free than the 100 free because the level of competition is completely different.