US Breaks Australia’s World Record With 3:18.48 Mixed 4×100 Freestyle Relay

2025 World Championships

Mixed 4×100 Freestyle Relay — Final

  • World Record: 3:18.83 — Australia (J. Cartwright, K. Chalmers, S. Jack, M. O’Callaghan) (2023)
  • World Junior Record: 3:24.29 — Australia (F. Southam, E. Sommerville, O. Wunsch, M. Jansen) (2023)
  • Championship Record: 3:18.83 — Australia (J. Cartwright, K. Chalmers, S. Jack, M. O’Callaghan) (2023)
  • 2023 World Champion: Australia (J. Cartwright, K. Chalmers, S. Jack, M. O’Callaghan) — 3:18.83

Final: 

  1. United States (Alexy, Sammon, Douglass, Huske) — 3:18.48 *World Record*
  2. Neutral Athletes B (Kornev, Girev, Trofimova, Klepikova) — 3:19.68
  3. France (Grousset, le Goff, Wattel, Gastaldello) — 3:21.35
  4. Italy — 3:21.48
  5. Netherlands — 3:21.71
  6. Canada — 3:23.16
  7. Spain — 3:24.87
  8. Germany — 3:25.29

The United States swam to a new World Record as the relay of Jack Alexy, Patrick Sammon, Kate Douglass, and Torri Huske swam to a 3:18.48 in the mixed 4×100 freestyle relay. That broke the previous record of a 3:18.83 that Australia’s relay of Jack Cartwright, Kyle Chalmers, Shayna Jack, and Mollie O’Callaghan swam to win at the 2023 World Championships.

Split Comparison

USA- 2025 Worlds
Australia- 2023 Worlds
Jack Alexy 46.91 Jack Cartwright 48.14
Patrick Sammon 46.7 Kyle Chalmers 47.25
Kate Douglass 52.43 Shayna Jack 51.73
Torri Huske 52.44 Mollie O’Callaghan 51.71
3:18.48 3:18.83

Alexy’s lead off leg was the biggest difference today as he was 1.23 seconds faster from the flat start than Cartwright was two years ago. Alexy notably led the US off two years ago in the same final as Australia but he split a 47.68 then.

Sammon also had a big split with a 46.70, a flying start swim that sits just outside of the all-time top 25 relay splits. This meet marks Sammon’s first World Championship during his career.

With his 46.91, Alexy’s lead off also marked his third sub-47 second swim in the 100 freestyle at the meet as he swam a 46.81 in semifinals of the individual event before posting a 46.92 for silver in the final. Sammon also threw down a fast split with a 46.70.

The win for the US marks its first relay gold of the meet. So far, the US women captured silver in both the 4×100 and 4×200 freestyle relays while the men won bronze in the 4×100 freestyle relay and missed the podium with a 4th place finish in the 4×200 freestyle relay.

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sean sammon
10 months ago

Patrick ‘Paddy Savage’ Sammon as those in his very Inner circle know him by is Just ‘warming up’! I’m very confident we will only keep seeing n hearing great news abt his swims moving forward as he will only b getting Stronger but also faster as he matures! Patrick is far from how strong n fast he can n will be!! I wish ALL knew how smart, kind & Humble he is both inside & outside the pool! I am So glad he decided to have fun w swimming recently n the results show! Jack Alexy is super stud/former Olympic medalist and a Great teammate to have on the US team, as are All P.S. teammates-I’ve Never seen him SO… Read more »

Last edited 10 months ago by sean sammon
Swimshark1
10 months ago

Jack Alexy’s improvement has been something else. Goes without being said but he’s obviously the best U.S. male sprinter right now and he’s only 22

dg5301
Reply to  Swimshark1
10 months ago

Consistent 46 from a flat start is completely unreal.

25Back
Reply to  dg5301
10 months ago

We need to celebrate Patrick Sammon’s 46.7 as well, absolutely nuts – his flat start PB is 47.4 and we’ve seen him crush a 47.0 and 46.7 for two clutch relay performances (just unfortunate his 47.0 was matched by Kai Taylor in the Men’s 4×100)

1:51.87 after three dislocations
Reply to  Swimshark1
10 months ago

This meet was a stepping stone for US freestyle sprinters. Alexy has matured and Sammon is the true breakout. Showing his PB at Trials was no fluke, much consistency in the mid-47 range (for now) and very dependable on relays.

DK99
10 months ago

Shout out to Torri Huske after having 2/2 tough swims from her illness, to match an in form Douglass’ pace to anchor a world record is great!

George Chell
Reply to  DK99
10 months ago

WOW!

WaterAce
10 months ago

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Anya Pelshaw

Anya has been with SwimSwam since June 2021 as both a writer and social media coordinator. She was in attendance at the 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 Women's NCAA Championships writing and doing social media for SwimSwam. She also attended 2023 US Summer Nationals as well as the 2024 …

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