2026 Pro Swim Series
- Austin, Texas: January 14-17
- Westmont, Illinois: March 4-7
- Sacramento, California: May 20-23
- Indianapolis, Indiana: June 17-20
The 2026 Pro Swim Series wrapped up last week, and the final stop in Indianapolis was the most exciting of the four with a few American records and a world record falling during the four days of competition.
This year, $460,000 in prize money was awarded with the introduction of the “double-prize money events” boosting the totals with athletes earning $3,000 rather than the traditional $1,500 for event wins at different events each stop.
All Double-Money Event Winners
Women
Austin
- 50 Free: Simone Manuel (TXLA) — 24.79
- 800 Free: Katie Ledecky (GSC) — 8:10.16
- 50 Back: Regan Smith (TXLA) — 27.67
- 50 Breast: Skyler Smith (NCAC) — 30.43
- 50 Fly: Marie Wattel (FRA) — 26.01
- 200 IM: Summer McIntosh (TXLA) — 2:08.48
Westmont
- 100 Free: Kate Douglass (NYAC) — 53.45
- 100 Back: Isabelle Stadden (AQJT) — 58.54
- 100 Breast: Kate Douglass (NYAC) — 1:06.42
- 100 Fly: Gretchen Walsh (NYAC) — 55.20
Sacramento
- 200 Free: Torri Huske (UN) — 1:57.15
- 1500 Free: Thilda Haell (LOU) — 16:25.99
- 200 Back: Rhyan White (WOLF) — 2:08.41
- 200 Breast: Mikayla Tan (SRVA) — 2:26.35
- 200 Fly: Caroline Bricker (ALTO) — 2:08.38
Indianapolis
- 400 Free: Katie Ledecky (GSC) — 3:59.51
- 400 IM: Emma Weyant (GSC) — 4:35.77
Men
Austin
- 50 Free: Andrej Barna (SRB) — 21.77
- 50 Back: Yohann Ndoye Brouard (FRA) — 24.94
- 50 Breast: Van Mathias (ISC) — 26.89
- 50 Fly: Maxime Grousset (FRA) — 22.80
- 200 IM: Leon Marchand (TXLA) — 1:57.65
Westmont
- 100 Free: Chris Guiliano (TXLA) — 47.84
- 100 Back: Blake Tierney (CAN) — 53.60
- 100 Breast: Denis Petrashov (LOU) — 59.70
- 100 Fly: Shaine Casas (TXLA) — 51.02
- 800 Free: Sam Short (AUS) — 7:40.98
Sacramento
- 200 Free: Henry McFadden (JW) — 1:47.34
- 200 Back: Keaton Jones (CAL) — 1:57.26
- 200 Breast: Carles Coll Marti (ESP) — 2:11.21
- 200 Fly: Charlie Cancelmo (SMAC) — 1:59.53
Indianapolis
- 400 Free: Aaron Shackel (CSC) — 3:48.14
- 1500 Free: William Mulgrew (SAC) — 15:07.68
- 400 IM: Ryan Erisman (CAL) — 4:12.66
After all four stops, SwimSwam calculated the prize money earned by each athlete. The first stop in Austin saw Regan Smith pick up $7,500 after she won four events — the 50 back, 100 back, 100 fly, and 200 fly. Leon Marchand was the men’s leader with $7,000 from his wins in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and 400 IM and his 2nd place finish in the 200 back.
In Westmont, Kate Douglass earned her first overall win with $7,500 earned for her wins in the 200 breaststroke, 100 freestyle, and 100 breaststroke events. On the men’s side, Chris Guiliano and Sam Short both earned $6,000 in prize money.
The 3rd stop in Sacramento saw the highest individual prize money total of the series with Torri Huske racking up $8,500 after she won four events — 200 free, 50 fly, 200 fly, and 200 IM, and finished 2nd in the 100 free. Luka Mijatovic earned $5,000 to top the men’s table.
The final stop in Indianapolis saw Douglass earn her 2nd overall stop title, the only swimmer to top the prize money table at two stops. She racked up $6,500 after she won the 50 free, 200 breast, 50 fly, and 200 IM, and she finished 3rd in the 100 freestyle. Ilya Kharun and Van Mathias both earned $4,500 for three event wins.
Despite not winning a single stop, Katie Ledecky earned the most money overall, picking up $16,500 for her performances at three of the four stops. She outearned Douglass’ $14,000 by $2,500.
Marchand and Mathias both only raced at two stops, and they earned a total of $10,000 to stand on top of the men’s overall table.
Women’s Overall Table
| Athlete | Austin | Westmont | Sacramento | Indianapolis | Total |
| Katie Ledecky | $6,000 | $4,500 | $0 | $6,000 | $16,500 |
| Kate Douglass | $0 | $7,500 | $0 | $6,500 | $14,000 |
| Regan Smith | $7,500 | $3,500 | $0 | $0 | $11,000 |
| Summer McIntosh | $5,500 | $5,500 | $0 | $0 | $11,000 |
| Torri Huske | $0 | $0 | $8,500 | $2,500 | $11,000 |
| Isabelle Stadden | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $9,000 |
| Katharine Berkoff | $0 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $2,500 | $8,000 |
| Rylee Erisman | $3,500 | $3,000 | $0 | $1,500 | $8,000 |
| Gretchen Walsh | $0 | $4,500 | $0 | $2,500 | $7,000 |
| Kennedi Dobson | $0 | $0 | $5,500 | $1,500 | $7,000 |
| Skyler Smith | $4,000 | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 | $7,000 |
| Taylor Ruck | $0 | $2,000 | $4,500 | $0 | $6,500 |
| Emma Weyant | $1,500 | $500 | $0 | $3,000 | $5,000 |
| Mikayla Tan | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $5,000 |
| Thilda Haell | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $5,000 |
| Marie Wattel | $4,000 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $4,500 |
| Simone Manuel | $4,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4,000 |
| Aimee Canny | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| Anna Peplowski | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $3,500 |
| Rhyan White | $0 | $0 | $3,500 | $0 | $3,500 |
| Caroline Bricker | $0 | $0 | $3,000 | $0 | $3,000 |
| Charlotte Crush | $3,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,000 |
| Claire Weinstein | $3,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,000 |
| Phoebe Bacon | $0 | $1,500 | $1,000 | $500 | $3,000 |
| Anna Elendt | $2,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 |
| Claire Curzan | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| Eneli Jefimova | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| Lily Price | $0 | $2,500 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 |
| Mary-Ambre Moluh | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | $0 | $2,500 |
| Mona McSharry | $0 | $2,500 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 |
| Teagan O’Dell | $2,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 |
| Agostina Hein | $0 | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | $2,000 |
| Aliz Kalmar | $0 | $0 | $2,000 | $0 | $2,000 |
| Anna Moesch | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| Beryl Gastaldello | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,000 |
| Brinkleigh Hansen | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,000 |
| Katie Grimes | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| Lindsay Looney | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $2,000 |
| Alex Shackell | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| Bella Sims | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Frida Loebersli | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Grace Palmer | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Kasia Wasick | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Katie Christopherson | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Maggie Wanezek | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| Maria Fernanda Costa | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Michaela Mattes | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Mila Nikanorov | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| Sophie Angus | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Audrey Derivaux | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| Becca Mann | $500 | $500 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Cyrielle Duhamel | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Emma Hussein | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Grace Hunt | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Kate Canales | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Lauren Lonsdale | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Silje Slyngstadli | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Tiana Kritzinger | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Adalene Robillard | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Alex Walsh | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $500 |
| Andrea Sansore | $0 | $500 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Celia Pulido | $0 | $500 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Emma Weber | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $500 |
| Erin Gemmell | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $500 |
| Gena Jorgenson | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $500 |
| Kaitlyn Owens | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Kalia Antoniou | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Kathryn Hazle | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Lily Chai | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Lismar Lyon | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Macarena Ceballos | $0 | $500 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Marie Landreneau | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Melissa Rodriguez | $0 | $500 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Mena Boardman | $500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Moji Pholjamjumrus | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Olivia Smoliga | $0 | $500 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Rowyn Wilber | $500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Samantha Banos | $0 | $500 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Tess Howley | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $500 |
| Tessa Giele | $0 | $500 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| $230,000 |
Men’s Overall Table
| Athlete | Austin | Westmont | Sacramento | Indianapolis | Total |
| Leon Marchand | $7,000 | $3,000 | $0 | $0 | $10,000 |
| Van Mathias | $5,500 | $0 | $0 | $4,500 | $10,000 |
| Denis Petrashov | $3,000 | $3,500 | $0 | $3,000 | $9,500 |
| Michael Andrew | $0 | $4,000 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $9,500 |
| Bobby Finke | $3,500 | $2,500 | $0 | $2,500 | $8,500 |
| Ryan Erisman | $4,500 | $0 | $0 | $4,000 | $8,500 |
| Chris Guiliano | $1,500 | $6,000 | $0 | $0 | $7,500 |
| Maxime Grousset | $6,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6,500 |
| Shaine Casas | $1,000 | $5,500 | $0 | $0 | $6,500 |
| Sam Short | $0 | $6,000 | $0 | $0 | $6,000 |
| Yohann Ndoye-Brouard | $6,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6,000 |
| Carson Foster | $2,500 | $3,000 | $0 | $0 | $5,500 |
| Keaton Jones | $0 | $0 | $4,000 | $1,500 | $5,500 |
| Luka Mijatovic | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $5,000 |
| Ryan Murphy | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| Sean Niewold | $0 | $1,000 | $4,000 | $0 | $5,000 |
| Blake Tierney | $0 | $4,000 | $500 | $0 | $4,500 |
| Henry McFadden | $0 | $0 | $4,000 | $500 | $4,500 |
| Ilya Kharun | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4,500 | $4,500 |
| Carles Coll Marti | $0 | $0 | $4,000 | $0 | $4,000 |
| Gabriel Jett | $1,500 | $2,500 | $0 | $0 | $4,000 |
| William Mulgrew | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| Daniel Wiffen | $2,500 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $3,500 |
| Patrick Sammon | $500 | $0 | $0 | $3,000 | $3,500 |
| Yamato Okadome | $0 | $0 | $3,500 | $0 | $3,500 |
| Aaron Shackell | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| Andrej Barna | $3,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,000 |
| Charlie Cancelmo | $0 | $0 | $3,000 | $0 | $3,000 |
| Daniel Diehl | $0 | $0 | $3,000 | $0 | $3,000 |
| Kaii Winkler | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| Kieran Smith | $500 | $500 | $0 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| Dare Rose | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| Finlay Knox | $0 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $0 | $2,500 |
| Ethan Ekk | $0 | $0 | $2,000 | $0 | $2,000 |
| Grant House | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Ivan Tarasov | $0 | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | $2,000 |
| Josh Matheny | $0 | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | $2,000 |
| Juan Vallmitjana | $0 | $0 | $2,000 | $0 | $2,000 |
| Lucas Henveaux | $500 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | $2,000 |
| Luke Hobson | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $2,000 |
| Quintin McCarty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| Santo Condorelli | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $500 | $2,000 |
| Aiden Hayes | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Caeleb Dressel | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Grant Sanders | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Jack Kelly | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Joey Tepper | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Mitch Mason | $1,000 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Owen McDonald | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| Syunta Lee | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Ruslan Gaziev | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Brendan Whitfield | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Brooks Curry | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 |
| David King | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| Dylan Carter | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Grant Bochenski | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Ilia Sibirtsev | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Josh Bey | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| Lorne Wigginton | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| Matt King | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Max Carlsen | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| Mewen Tomac | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Michael Houlie | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Nikita Sheremet | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Trenton Julian | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Adam Chaney | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $500 |
| AJ Pouch | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Alexei Avakov | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $500 |
| Andres Brooks | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Carson Hick | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $500 |
| Clement Secchi | $500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Cornelius Jahn | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $500 |
| Eli Martin | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Ellis Crisci | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Gavin Keogh | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Humberto Najera | $500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Jack Alexy | $500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Jed Garner | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $500 |
| Kalle Makinen | $0 | $500 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Lamar Taylor | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Luc Dionne | $500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Luke Barr | $0 | $500 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Matthew Temple | $0 | $500 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Maximus Williamson | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $500 |
| Raekwon Noel | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $500 |
| Wilson York | $500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Yi Zheng | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $500 |
| $230,000 |
Well, at least here’s a sport where men and women earn the same money.
I would love to see USA swimming create a pot of money each year that gets distributed to World Records broken during that year.
Example : $1 Million dollar pot for year 2026. Each swim that breaks a world record (SCM or LCM) gets one share of the pot. At the end of the year, the prize pot gets distributed out on a Share basis to the record breakers.
Tangentially, doesn’t the new USA Swimming CEO have connections to Apple? Is he not able to schmooze some of these trillion dollar companies for US athletic sponsorships leading up to the Olympics being held in the USA? Seems like a layup
And thus, the Enhanced Games. Ugh, I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Exactly 1650 Benjamins
No, 165
Big tables for small numbers
(slow golf clap….while pondering if US Swimming actually thinks this makes them look good)
Meanwhile, a star baseball player of her equivalent caliber would have made 100 times more money (($30mm per year/162 games)X4 events X2 days per event).
And that it is just for the superstar. Pro swimmers can’t make a living under the current competition format. ISL was an attempt outside FINA to give swimmers the opportunity to make a decent living. FINA should try harder or take a 90% cut in salaries and fringe benefits
Caitlin Clark is making about $500K in WNBA
Maybe the bigger issue is the outrageousness of a $30 million/year salary?
81 home games x 20,000 people per game x $50 per ticket x $50 in concessions = a whole lot of financial incentive to pay baseball players
Pathetic prize pools. And USA Swimming wonders why its member count is constantly declining.
Pathetic prize pools because you guys don’t support the swimmers monetarily. You just complain about it and expect money to appear out of thin air.
Same people complaining about this are the same people who complain when we have to pay 5 bucks for a stream to watch a conference meet or something. Smae people who complained about how empty the stands were when KD broke the 50 WR are the same people who weren’t there in person.
I fail to see the correlation between professional prize pools and USA Swimming members. I don’t think families are making decisions based on how much Ledecky is being compensated.