2026 PRO SWIM SERIES – AUSTIN
- January 14-17, 2026
- Austin, Texas
- Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center
- Pre-Scratch Psych Sheets
- All the Links
- LCM (50 meters)
This week marks the official beginning of the 2026 calendar year of racing. The first stop of the Pro Swim Series in Austin kicks of tomorrow, and there are some major names racing over the next four days.
Swimming fans will get their first look at some of the world’s top talent as athletes vie for prize money across four days, including an increase in prize money for the 50s of stroke, the 200 IM, and the women’s 800 freestyle.
The meet will consist of four prelims/finals sessions, an update from the old format where day one of racing only saw a distance event, and all eight sessions are available for streaming.
On top of being available on the USA Swimming Network for all eight sessions, and Peacock for finals on Thursday and Friday, the meet is also on the newly relaunched NBC Sports Network for the Friday finals session giving three streaming options on Friday night. The channel is available for all Youtube TV subscribers and Xfinity.
All Times in EST
Wednesday, Jan. 14
- 10 am EST: Prelims — USA Swimming Network
- 7:00 pm EST: Finals — USA Swimming Network
Prelims Events:
- 50 Free
- 100 Breast
- 200 IM
- 100 Back
- 1500 Free (Early Heats)
Finals Events:
- 1500 Free (Top 8 Seeds)
50 Free Semifinal - 100 Breast
- 200 IM Semifinal
- 100 Back
Thursday, Jan. 15
- 10:00 am EST: Prelims — USA Swimming Network
- 7:00 pm EST: Finals — Peacock/USA Swimming Network
Prelims Events:
- 50 Breast
- 100 Fly
- 200 Back
- 400 Free
Finals Events:
- 200 IM Final
- 50 Free Final
- 50 Breast Semifinal
- 200 Back
- 100 Fly
- 400 Free
Friday, Jan. 16
- 10:00 am EST: Prelims — USA Swimming Network
- 7:00 pm EST: Finals — Peacock/USA Swimming Network/NBCSN
Prelims Events:
- 200 Free
- 50 Fly
- 400 IM
- 50 Back
- Women’s 800 Free
- Men’s 800 Free (Early Heats)
Finals Events
- Men’s 800 Free (Top 8 Seeds)
- 50 Breast Final
- 200 Free
- 50 Fly Semifinal
- 400 IM
- 50 Back Semifinal
Saturday, Jan. 17
- 10:00 am EST: Prelims — USA Swimming Network
- 7:00 pm EST: Finals — USA Swimming Network
Prelims Events:
- 100 Free
- 200 Breast
- 200 Fly
Finals Events
- Women’s 800 Free Final
- 200 Fly
- 50 Fly Final
- 200 Breast
- 50 Back Final
- 100 Free
START TIMES
The competition will feature preliminary sessions beginning at 9:00 a.m. local time, with finals following at 6:00 p.m. local time. See the table below for converted start times.
| City | Prelims Start | Finals Start |
|---|---|---|
| Austin, Texas (CT) | 9:00 a.m. | 6:00 p.m. |
| New York, United States (ET) | 10:00 a.m. | 7:00 p.m. |
| Los Angeles, United States (PT) | 7:00 a.m. | 4:00 p.m. |
| London, United Kingdom (GMT) | 3:00 p.m. | 12:00 a.m. (midnight) |
| Sydney, Australia (AEDT) | 2:00 a.m. (next day) | 11:00 a.m. (next day) |
| Tokyo, Japan (JST) | 12:00 a.m. (midnight) | 9:00 a.m. (next day) |
| Dubai, UAE (GST) | 6:00 p.m. | 3:00 a.m. (next day) |
Why are there no semis for the 100 back or breast tonight?
There is semis of the 50 and 200 IM but not for the 100s?
Not every event has semis at every meet. Each of the events will have a semis round once throughout the Pro Swim Series season. This week it is the stroke 50s and the 200 IM. @Meghan Babcock
Youtube stream please
What a joke. YouTube is right in front of their faces with zero friction for viewership. Buuuut, USAS insists to hide it behind this app that, what, 90% of potential viewers don’t have? Hopefully this is a Kevin Ring fixeable line item..
Oh god just remembering now that we’ll have to endure this app again.
Ughhhhhh
PSS and NCAA seem to disagree over which swimming events are the most viewer friendly.
Live swimming is back on linear TV! NBCSN has returned, and you can watch Day 3 (Friday) live at 7:00pm. It seems NBCSN isn’t showing any other sessions, though.
I don’t know if Comcast (Xfinity) is the only provider with NBCSN right now. You can try looking up ‘swimming’ in your TV guide to find the NBCSN channel number.
Here’s the press release about NBCSN coming back:
http://www.nbcsports.com/pressbox/press-releases/nbcuniversal-to-launch-new-nbc-sports-network-next-monday-november-17
Sorry for posting this twice. I put it in the wrong thread earlier.
I’d pay extra to see whoever designed the USASwimming streaming app have to run the Death Valley marathon barefoot
Excited to watch my favorite sport on the worst streaming app ever made 🙂
Real