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
- Results on Meet Mobile: “2026 TYR Pro Swim Series – Westmont”
- Live Stream
Video captured by Barry Revzin.
Olympic champ Bobby Finke had a first time experience in his pro career, swimming prelims and finals of the 800 free at an in-season competition (and swimming one of the slowest times in his career in the prelims). Finke ultimately wound up swimming 7:58 in the final and placing 2nd to Australia’s Sam Short.
The distance ace also commented on 16yo Luka Mijatovic‘s recent yards swims, going 4:05 in the 500 and 8:32 in the 1000. When asked if Finke thought he would ever swim either of the yards distances seriously again, he responded that he didn’t really see it in his future.
Personally, I’d rather do distance in long course. So. Many. Turns. If I wanted to do flips all practice, I’d be a diver
It’s amazing how different the comments are here vs the article where Michael Andrew says he’s dropping the 200im
Because this was about a pro swimmer commenting on yards racing he will never do again vs a pro swimmer dropping an Olympic event. Big difference.
Bobby not taking yards seriously again makes total sense. He feels like a swimmer that puts his energy and focus into that one international meet each year. His improvement and performances at those meets speak for themselves, and that’s clearly where he’ll continue to focus.
I’ve followed swimming for many years, and the only other swimmer I have gotten this excited to watch on the biggest stage was Phelps. Both of them have had the rare ability to keep taking it to another level year after year. At Bobby’s age, and this deep into his career, I can’t think of another elite swimmer besides those two who’s had that kind of trajectory over such a long stretch.
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you do you. .but it sucks that they smashed the 4-IM right up against the 15-free for international meets. .but yeah, that 405 for luka was beast mode! and he´s still getting his man muscles in
he doesn’t have anything to prove after the 1500 WR. Plus he seems to swim faster in mid-distance DURING the 1500 LCM.
I swim the mile in 30min.
Bobby scared of Luka, you heard it here first.
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The respect is palpable, for both Luka and Katie.
Will there be a chance Luka taking the first spot in the 800 at 2028 trials?
Bull, next time he is home, he and the distance swimmers will go 10 x 1000 x something below 10 minutes and that is after warm-up and only a 2 hour practice.