Celia Pulido Lowers Own Mexican National Record In 50 Back To 27.88

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
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2

Women’s 50 Back – Final

• World Record: 26.86, Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 2023
• American Record: 26.97, Katharine Berkoff – 2025
• U.S. Open Record: 26.97, Katharine Berkoff (USA) – 2025
• Pro Swim Record: 27.13, Kylie Masse (CAN) – 2025

Top 8:

1. Katharine Berkoff (WOLF)- 27.24
2. Isabelle Stadden (AQJT)- 27.29
3. Celia Pulido (MEX)- 27.88
4. Tessa Giele (BAMA)- 28.00
5. Ingrid Wilm (CAN)- 28.08
6. Phoebe Bacon (WISC)- 28.09
7. Olivia Smoliga (UN)- 28.41
8. Rhyan White (WOLF)- 28.52

After taking a wrecking ball to the Mexican national record book throughout 2025, Celia Pulido has shown she isn’t done yet. In the women’s 50 back final of the Westmont Pro Series, she shaved another tenth off her 50 back national record down to 27.88 

Previously, the 2025 Central America & Caribbean Swammy winner held a personal best of 27.97. This was swum at the preliminary session of the 2025 World Championships in Singapore, good enough for t-16th in the event. She is the only Mexican national to have ever been sub-28 in the event, and for the 2025-2026, she ranks 10th in the world. 

Pulido, who hails from Guanajuato, currently holds five individual national records. In long course, she boasts the marks in the 50 back as well as the 50 fly. In short pool, Pulido holds the 50 and 100 back bests as well as the 50 fly. She notched the former at the 2025 World Cup in the U.S. and the latter two at the Mexican Open last December. 

She has fought hard for many of these records with compatriot Miranda Grana, who also had a breakout year of national records in 2025. The pair, who are arguably the Tri’s most accomplished backstrokers ever, traded records throughout the calendar year.

2026 will mark Pulido’s first full year as a pro after graduating from Southern Illinois University. There, she was the first mid-major woman under 50 in the 100 yard backstroke, and she became her school’s first NCAA finalist in 39 years.

Today, Pulido is competing in the 100 fly and 100 back.