2026 Pro Swim Series – Westmont: Night 3 Swims You Might Have Missed

2026 Pro Swim Series – Westmont

• Wednesday, March 4 – Saturday, March 7, 2026
• FMC Aquatic Center, Westmont, Illinois
• Long Course Meters (50 meters)
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results
• Results on Meet Mobile: “2026 TYR Pro Swim Series – Westmont”
• Live Stream
• Live Recaps
  • Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3

The fourth and final day of the 2026 Westmont Pro Swim Series now upon us, which will be the third with a livestreamed finals session. Despite the livestream now being up and running, there may still be some swims you might have missed, which we’ve highlighted some of below.

Alexandra Bastone, fresh from an Ivy League title and NCAA qualification in the 500 free three weeks ago, sliced five seconds from her best time in the 1500 free. She notched 16:51.17 for 6th place, dipping under the 16:56.80 she posted at the 2022 NCSA Summer Swimming Championships. She just missed scoring at NCAAs last year, placing 18th in the 500 free and 20th in the mile, so watch for her to carry some extra momentum into the meet in two weeks time.

UCSB’s Samantha Baños, another mid-major swimmer who locked up their NCAA qualification at conferences, sliced just over a tenth off the 100 fly best time of 1:00.46 she set in November, going 1:00.33 to qualify 7th for tonight’s final. That is the third best time of the season for the Colobian swimmer, after she came into the season with a best of 1:01.20 from the 2021 Juegos Panamericanos Junior. Banos also set a best of 2:11.79 to take bronze in the 200 fly on Day 1.

Celia Pulido, formerly of SIU, inched closer to a second Mexican record of the week in the 100 fly. She sliced 0.89 seconds from her personal best over the day, going 1:00.52 in the heats then 1:00.09 in the semi-finals to qualify 6th for tonight’s final. She sits just eight tenths off Miriam Guevara’s national standard of 59.31.

Cal’s JD Thuman, who reclassified into the class of 2025 last summer and is still just 18, notched a new best time of 53.06 in the 100 fly. His previous best of 53.65 was set in July 2024, and follows on from the best time of 46.88 he set in yards in January. He will have a chance to take even more time off in the final this evening.

Regan Smith set a new best time in the 200 free, continuing her streak of excelling in some off-events at this meet. Having won the 400 IM on Day 2, she placed 3rd in a time of 1:56.94 in last night’s 200 free final, buoyed by a final 50 of 29.37 which was the fastest in the field. This marks her first time under 1:57, as she sliced three-tenths of a second off her former best of 1:57.23 from 2024.

Josh Staples has been on a tear for Northwestern this season, and has carried his form into the long course pool in Westmont this week. He has hacked 3.50 seconds off his 100 breast PB, setting best times in prelims, semifinals and last nights final, culminating in a 1:00.92 which ranks him as the second-fastest Australian so far this season. He split 22.80/50.83 in yards at Big Tens a couple of weeks ago, and has had quite a renaissance after being a through-and-through distance freestyler before this year.

Gabriel Jett finished a hundredth of a second behind Chris Guiliano for the win in the men’s 200 free, but swam his third-fastest time ever and his fastest outside of the 2025 U.S. National Championships. His 1:45.54 ranks him 6th in the world this season, and he had the fastest closing speed of anyone in the field, posting 27.05 and 26.96 on his final two 50s. For a swimmer who faded hard in the World Championships final last summer, that is a good sign he is already in his groove this year.