2023 Pro Championships
- July 26 to 29, 2023
- LCM (50m)
- William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center, Irvine, California, United States
- Meet Central
- Pre-Scratch Psych Sheets
The pre-scratch psych sheets for the 2023 Pro Championships have been released. and included are a myriad of big names within USA Swimming. The Pro Championships serve as USA Swimming’s annual summer championships meet, but it is branded as the “TYR Pro Championships”. Meanwhile, the official 2023 U.S. National Championships meet took place last month, and served as a selection meet for several international teams.
The Pro Championships have slightly slower qualification standards than U.S. Nationals and overlap with the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, which take place from July 23 to July 30, 2023.
One of the biggest names that will be at the Pro Championships is 50 and 100 free American record holder Simone Manuel, who is entered in the 50, 100, and 200 free. Manuel did not race U.S. Nationals, saying that her decision was a “sacrifice that served as an investment for the future”. Since the 2021 Olympics, she has been recovering from Overtraining Syndrome (OTS), and moved from Stanford to train at Arizona State with Bob Bowman last September. The Pro Championships will be her first major meet as an Arizona State pro swimmer.
Michael Andrew will also swim at the Pro Championships in the 50 free, 100 fly, and 100 breast. Andrew had been a projected qualifier for the 2023 World Championships, but because the U.S. Men’s World Championships team had 27 projected qualifiers (over the roster limit of 26 swimmers), he was not named on the team as a 50 stroke winner—the lowest priority for qualification.
Other big names slated to compete at the Pro Championships include Erica Sullivan, Jake Magahey, Trenton Julian, Brooks Curry, Emma Weyant, Luca Urlando, Kaitlyn Dobler, Blake Pieroni and Phoebe Bacon. There are also a myriad of Australian swimmers competing, such 2022 World Championships qualifiers Ella Ramsay and Thomas Nowakowski. Australia is also entered as a team in all of the relays.
The big question is…. will MA break 1:05 in 100 breast….
ehhh prob not.
If he goes under :54 100 fly I’ll eat my shoe.
Make sure someone films the leather gesticulation.
Most of the elite swimmers need to get better times for National team funding and/or stipends based on world rankings. All national teamers don’t get the stipends!
This just in 🥶 Michael Andrew and Simone Manuel competing at pro championships 🥶 can they throw down times that would medal at worlds 🥶🫣🧐😫🥶
Simone Manuel’s swimming career is currently on life support, thanks to Greg Meehan.
Yes that’s what the article it about up above. Check it out, dude.
$50 for a ticket to finals? A parent has to pay that to see their kid swim it’s crazy
Are you kidding? 5 or 10 bucks fair enough but 50 is absurd.
The Australian trials meet tickets were pretty expensive too. For a subpar pool.
Nationals in Southport were about $20 I think which I thought was pretty fair.
Feel so bad for Luca hope he gets back
All eyes on the return of Mr. Worldwide. 😎
yes Emma
yaaaaaawn…
Steve’s by far the worst class of SwimSwam commenter
You and I are in the top third!
Relay-names guy is in the middle third.
Mrs. Zippo’s in the bottom third!