2025 Longhorn Aquatics Elite Invite
- May 14-16, 2025
- Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center, Austin, Texas
- Long Course Meters (50 meters)
- Live Results
- Recaps
**Video captured by Jack Spitser**
The Texas training group was at it again this past weekend, racing at the Longhorn Elite Invite in Austin. Head coach Bob Bowman saw many promising swims from his athletes, including a world-leading 4:07 400 IM from Leon Marchand and a 1:55 in the 200 back for defending Olympic champ Hubi Kos.
Moving forward for the rest of the season, Bowman shared that after world trials, the athletes who qualify for world champs and WUGs will be competing at the Indy Summer Cup, which will take place June 25-28 in Indianapolis.
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Somewhat off topic:
The National Championships preview index needs to be updated.
https://swimswam.com/2025-u-s-world-championship-trials-official-swimswam-preview-index/
Seller of the century soon!
Make USA Swimming great again, deport the snake oil peddling Andrew clan back to South Africa.
Do we know if Leon will swim the French Nationals now that he have qualified, or will he stay in the states an do the Indy meet?
No he won’t participate to the french trials and continues his training in the US. For the Indy meet it seems to me that the competion is only for American swimmers but I’m not sure. If somebody knows the answer. It would be interesting for him to race in Indy one month before the Worlds.
From what I remember in 2009 Cielo competed at U.S. nationals and because he was not a US swimmer, he was relegated to the B final for all his races especially his former U.S. Open record in the 50 free
The rules change depending on the year and the administration. This year’s US National Championship is only open to athletes eligible to represent the U.S. in international competition.
And that’s what I suspected anyways. I don’t think they have allowed international swimmers to compete at US world trials for several years now. Likely won’t change any time soon especially with the LA Olympics and the rhetoric I keep hearing about wanting more Americans competing and having international swimmers competing at a national championship qualifying meet could be seen as counterintuitive to that.
That reminds me I’m excited to see Santo compete at trials he could be a dark horse.
As it always should.
Yes I think this type of competition is for premium or outreach usa swimming memberships.
In my view, he won’t take part in another swimming meet before worlds.
McChoker will get cooked by Chris G in Singapore
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Singapore is a fast pool. I am going to go on record that Leon breaks the WR again in the 4IM in Singapore and that Leon and Casas both drop 1:53s in the 2IM but not sure who will come out on top right now.
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I didn’t say it would be a popular take, but considering Leon is already at a 4:07 out of shape at an intrasquad meet it seems reasonable he could drop a 4:01 high in Singapore. The 2IM is more speculative but I do think the event will move beyond the 1:54 barrier soon.
LM 2IM out of shape at FT .Lauderdale , still finished second😳
Bowman has made it pretty clear that Leon isn’t in top form due to injuries/conditioning.
Just because he went 4:07 doesn’t mean he’s going later 4:01 later this summer.
I’m sure Leon will get to 4:01 but I doubt it’s this summer.
Alternative take: spectacular as it was, last summer’s times were underachieving due to slow pool, heavy schedule, pressure of being face of Olympics, etc. etc. Maybe with lighter schedule, he can go 4:01 without actually “improving” or being in better shape. I’m not betting on it, but not crazy.
4IM was his first event, so not sure how a lighter schedule would matter. And Ledecky and GW just proved you don’t need a perfect pool to crush WRs – they did it outdoors in a varied-depth pool.
I’m surprised by how much he improved from the pro series already. Him going about the same time in the 400 free had me slightly worried about the qualification not going to lie
His backstroke is better xD the media lied about his weak stroke!
I suspect that Marchand has “super-charged” the use of his body — and we have seen the best of the glory days. Time for a slow fade to black, to retirement, and to Life Part Deux. . .
Why is this getting downvoted so much? Doesn’t seem that far fetched.
I down voted to just signify that I don’t think it will happen. That 200 IM record has been around a long time and I just don’t see two people breaking it in the same heat. I think Leon was on fire when he hit that 4:02. I believe he will win but not with a new world record. I would love to see new world records and like seeing the prediction. The down vote wasn’t meant to be anything beyond just disagreeing that it will happen, not an issue with the prediction.
On fire in Fukuoka perhaps but he repeated it in Paris with a 4.02.95.
I’m quite sure it would have been a new wr in a ‘normal’ pool.
Okay he was at his peak for the olympic games but his 2023 wr was not so ‘special’ for him.
Sure, his shape may not be to these high standards for this year.
I think the 4IM record is pretty out of reach given Leon’s training for the year, but the 200 from either Marchand or Casas? Could definitely see that going down if the stars align.
400im is the last day too (and will he race men’s medley 400 after ?).
It matters.
For Leon, depending on his line-up (2 events or 4/5 ?) and of course his shape not at this point but
at that time with extra training.
I think 4.04 4.05 is possible in 400im and 1.54 high in 200im.
1.54 low or WR even with Casas seems unlikely to me but i can be wrong.