2026 Pro Swim Series – Westmont
- Wednesday, March 4 – Saturday, March 7, 2026
- FMC Aquatic Center, Westmont, Illinois
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Men’s 800 Freestyle – Final Heat
- World Record: 7:32.12 – Zhang Lin, CHN (2009)
- World Junior Record: 7:43.37 – Lorenzo Galossi, ITA (2022)
- American Record: 7:38.67 – Bobby Finke, USA (2023)
- U.S. Open Record: 7:40.34 – Bobby Finke, USA (2023)
- Pro Swim Series Record: 7:45.02 – Sam Short (2025)
Top 8:
- Sam Short (AUS)- 7:40.98 *PSS Record
- Bobby Finke (SPA)- 7:58.35
- Daniel Wiffen (CAL)- 8:07.21
- Daniel Saborio Grillo (MEX)- 8:09.22
- Aiden Kirk (CAN)- 8:12.60
- Gabriel Manteufel (SAND)- 8:16.47
- Santi Alzate (MAC)- 8:18.23
- Lev Cherepanov (AZFL)- 8:18.55
Sam Short swam to a new Pro Series Record as he won the men’s 800 free in a 7:40.98 on Thursday evening. That broke his own Pro Series Record of a 7:45.02 that he swam at this meet a year ago. With his swim tonight, Short stays at the top of the World Rankings so far this season and leads by over five seconds now.
2025-2026 LCM Men 800 FREE
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04/12
7:37.94
7:37.94
| 2 | Samuel SHORT | AUS | 7:40.98 | 03/05 |
| 3 | Sven Schwarz | GER | 7:41.14 | 04/24 |
| 4 | Lukas MÄRTENS | GER | 7:41.31 | 04/24 |
| 5 | Zhang Zhanshuo | CHN | 7:44.45 | 03/22 |
Tonight’s swim marked the 3rd fastest of his career. His lifetime best stands at a 7:37.76 that he swam for silver at the 2023 World Championships. He also was faster at 2025 Australian Trials with a 7:40.95.
As seen below, the primary difference came on the front half of the race as he was out in a 3:47.94 at the 400 mark compared to a 3:51.76 a year ago.
Split Comparison
| 2026 Pro Series | 2025 Pro Series | |||
| 50 | 26.05 | 26.05 | 26.62 | 26.62 |
| 100 | 54.54 | 28.49 | 55.41 | 28.79 |
| 150 | 1:23.05 | 28.51 | 1:24.55 | 29.14 |
| 200 | 1:52.02 | 28.97 | 1:54.08 | 29.53 |
| 250 | 2:20.58 | 28.56 | 2:23.47 | 29.39 |
| 300 | 2:49.64 | 29.06 | 2:52.98 | 29.51 |
| 350 | 3:18.45 | 28.81 | 3:22.34 | 29.36 |
| 400 | 3:47.94 | 29.49 | 3:51.76 | 29.42 |
| 450 | 4:16.94 | 29 | 4:21.03 | 29.27 |
| 500 | 4:46.14 | 29.2 | 4:50.49 | 29.46 |
| 550 | 5:15.28 | 29.14 | 5:19.72 | 29.23 |
| 600 | 5:44.92 | 29.64 | 5:49.19 | 29.47 |
| 650 | 6:14.21 | 29.29 | 6:18.49 | 29.3 |
| 700 | 6:43.75 | 29.54 | 6:47.91 | 29.42 |
| 750 | 7:12.89 | 29.14 | 7:17.16 | 29.25 |
| 800 | 7:40.98 | 28.09 | 7:45.02 | 27.86 |
I feel like a rested (and not ill) Short is the only one who could possibly get close to that 800 free WR at the moment. The only way someones gonna take it down is if you basically do what Märtens did to get the 400 free WR (going out like 3 seconds ahead and holding on). Fortunately that is his current swimming style
Also, this is like the slowest Wiffen has gone since 2020. (excluding prelim swims at irish trials, yes they have those for some reason)
Should have won several Olympic gold by now. When he does a meet healthy he will blow the world away.
I’d love him to rock up to a random yards meet next weekend and drop a couple of crazy times before heading home. Just to see what he can do.
He’s not heading home after this meet, he’s over there for a month swimming up in the clouds of Arizona after this meet, but I doubt he would seek out a yards official swim in this time.
OMG Please. Like the Western Indiana Snowmelt Classic or something.
I reckon he could break Leon’s 500 US Open record in this form, or get really close.
I don’t think so because of his walls, they’re still a little meh… he’s really good on top of the water. In the 500, in this form, considering his walls, i would guess 4:04
His walls aren’t good enough to do something crazy.
Sam is flying 🚀
Grant Hackett ahh swim
Short went 4 seconds faster here than he did at Westmount last year.
Then he went 7:40.95 at trials “with not much rest” (paraphrase). If he is at a similar point in training as last year, we could see the fastest textile 800 free ever from him sometime this year.
He’d better not get sick or injured like he did the last two years.
He’s had such a rough few years with illness and injury that I hope this year he can go faster than he ever have. A 7.35 is not out of the question in the 800 for him
It’s a shame he was ill in Paris and Singapore.
I always love the way he swims, very brave right from the start.
What a fast performance for this time of the year – only 3 seconds of his pb.