2025 Pro Swim Series – Fort Lauderdale
- Wednesday, April 30 – Saturday, May 3, 2025
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center
- LCM (50 meters)
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Recaps
The Finals session of Day 3 in Fort Lauderdale saw Ilya Kharun compete in his first final, and he did not disappoint as he surged to touch the wall ahead of Dylan Carter and Shaine Casas in a time of 23.09, breaking a pair of records in the process.
THese were the Canadian record, previously held by Finlay Knox in 23.25, and the Pro Swim Series record set by Matt Targett in 2012 with a time of 23.11
Coming into the finish, lanes 2 through 6 were neck and neck and ended up finishing within 0.35 of each other. Kharun timed his finish to perfection to out-touch Carter’s 23.24 and Shaine Casas‘ 23.25.
The 50 fly is not an event Kharun has competed in much in long course, his last swim coming in June last year. His best time stood at 23.27, set at the 2023 world championships, which had matched Josh Liendo‘s Canadian record at Canadian trials earlier that year. Finley Knox clipped that by 0.02 in Doha last year, so the Sun Devil reasserted himself tonight to snatch it back.
Top-5 Canadian 50 Fly Performers
- Ilya Kharun, 05/02/2025 – 23.09*
- Finlay Knox, 02/11/2024 – 23.25
- Josh Liendo, 04/02/2023 – 23.27
- Santo Condorelli, 07/02/2015 – 23.30
- Kelly Aspinall, 107/11/2013 – 23.52
Kharun had a spectacular short course season in this event, breaking 22 seconds on three occasions and ending up ranked #3 all-time with his timeof 21.67 which he took silver with. That would have been a world record just three months previously, before Noe Ponti embarked on a tear of his own.
He has also been a tour de force in the yards version of the event, especially so this season where his 50s have improved considerably under the tutelage of Herbie Behm. He split 18.78 at NCAAs and had multiple 19.0 or better splits scattered throughout the season, and took half a second off his 50 yard freestyle time as well.
This event also marked Caeleb Dressel‘s first final of the meet, as he scratched the 100 free prelims yesterday. He finished fourth here in 23.32, his fastest time since the 2022 World Championships. He’ll have his best two events, the 50 free and 100 fly, in the final prelims session tomorrow morning.
Ilya is awesome
Kharun is targeting 50-100 fly double in LA
50 fly will be tougher than many expect due to freestyle/back experts also there (ceccon, caribe, crooks)
So proud of Ilya. Those times are amazing. His drops are a reflection of his hard work and the quality of the coaching team. Looking forward to watching his 100 fly.
If anyone would like to criticize his times or effort, please include your current 200 fly time at the end of your comment. If unable to swim, please include that too.
Wow, 23.0 is moving for kharun, but 2:00 fly. Really, Herbie gotta realize that you aren’t going to win a NCAA with only sprinters, you need depth. Maybe re think things Herbie. And with all these talented transfers whats going to happen with the team. Are they going to have to cut class of 2025 or 2026 kids, or current swimmiers on the team.
Ilya can’t hear you over his 2 individual Olympic bronze medals.
Patrick Roy callback?
Noone cares about stupid NCAA. He’s targeting world’s and Olympics
Liendo went 23.24 going out in his 100 fly in Paris
Good Point. Swimming Canada don’t count it as a record or for ranking purposes, although seeing as it’s a touch turn I don’t see why not
So? Dressel and Cavic regularly goes 22 high in the front half of the race when they are in form…
Using “regularly” to refer to something only ever done 3 times is certainly a choice one could make…
Could he be the first to win 3 butterfly medals in one Olympiad?
not if he keeps up this sprint revolution BS. Bro won’t be able to finish a 100, forget a 200 fly
You should see his Monday afternoon practices. Far from Sprint Revolution
Do tell. Inquiring minds want to know.
One practice of the week ain’t gonna cut it bud😂
When you go faster than. 1:37/1:52 200 fly scy/lcm, then you can talk. Until then, I think he’s doing just fine.
3 golds
0% chance he does that