2025 Pro Swim Series – Fort Lauderdale: Day 3 Finals Live Recap
The third finals session of the 2025 Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale features the 200 freestyle, 50 breaststroke, 50 butterfly, 200 backstroke, and 400 IM.
Gretchen Walsh Clocks 24.93 In 50 Fly, Becomes 2nd Woman In History To Break 25 Seconds
Gretchen Walsh continues to make history, as she now joins Swedish superstar Sarah Sjöström under the 25-second barrier in the women’s 50 butterfly.
Ellen Walshe hacks nearly two seconds off 400 IM Irish Record in 4:35.32
Ellen Walshe surged to a new Irish record in the 400 IM tonight with a time of 4:35.32, almost exactly a year after doing so in 2024
Gretchen on 24.9 50 Fly: “I love following in the footsteps of Sarah Sjostrom”
Touching the wall at 24.91, Walsh became just the 2nd woman ever to crack the 25-second barrier, joining Olympic icon Sarah Sjostrom in that rare air
Ilya Kharun Sets New Canadian, Pro Swim Series 50 Fly Records in 23.09
Ilya Kharun showed that the sprint speed he demonstrated in short course this year is transferring well to long course, as he claimed the 50 fly crown tonight
2025 Pro Swim Series — Fort Lauderdale: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap
After sensational performances in the 400 and 1500 free over the first half of the Ft. Lauderdale PSS, Katie Ledecky takes on the 200 free on Day 3.
WATCH: Bob Bowman Speaks to the Media in Ft Lauderdale after Leon Marchand’s 2025 Debut
Bowman addressed Marchand’s form in the 400 free, his training in Australia, and how the rest of his group from Texas is looking in the pool this weekend.
Gretchen Walsh Blazes 25.15 50 Fly For Pro Swim Series Record & World #1 Time
During day two prelims of the Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim Series, 22-year-old Gretchen Walsh broke the 50 butterfly Pro Swim Series record with a time of 25.15.
Kieran Smith on Surprise In Season Swims: “You know, this sport is really mysterious”
From 2019 to 2024, Kieran Smith logged 3 sub-3:48 swims in season. Last night in the 400 free final, Smith logged his 3rd sub-3:48 400 in the last 5 weeks
Hunter Armstrong Skips 50 Butterfly ‘B’ Final On Day 3 In Fort Lauderdale
Armstrong’s scratch is one of only three from the Day 3 A and B finals in Ft. Lauderdale. Jack Harvey is the lone ‘A’ final scratch (men’s 200 back).
WATCH: Katie Ledecky Hits 3:56.81 400 Free, Her Fastest in Nearly 9 Years (Day 2 Race Videos)
Watch all of the race videos from night two of the 2025 Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim Series, including Katie Ledecky’s historic 400 freestyle.
Gretchen Walsh on Going 52: “That’s been a goal of mine since I was 16”
In her first LCM final since the Paris Olympics, Gretchen Walsh not only won the women’s 100 free, but she did so in a personal best
2025 PSS – Ft. Lauderdale: Day 3 Prelims Scratches – Grimes, Oleksiak Withdraw from the 2 Free
Top seed Penny Oleksiak has pulled out of the 200 free, as has 8th seed Katie Grimes. Oleksiak instead will swim the 50 fly, while Grimes tackles the 2 back and 4 IM.
Swims You Might Have Missed on Day 2 of the 2025 Ft. Lauderdale Pro Swim Series
Claire Weinstein swam a stunning race in the 400 freestyle but that wasn’t her first swim tonight, nor her first best time
Katie Ledecky: “I Don’t Know If I Ever Thought I Was Going To Be 3:56 Again” (Video Interview)
Ledecky silenced her self-doubts with a powerful 400 freestyle (3:56.81), proving that even at 28, she’s far from done making history in the sport.
