Chris Guiliano’s Approach to World Cup: “Taking this as… a mid-season meet”
Chris Guiliano showed up to Carmel shaved and ready to race, and it showed. The Texas-trained American won the 50 free and placed 2nd in the 100 and 200 free
Alex Walsh Incorporating More Aerobic Work into Her Training: “I want what I need”
After the race, Walsh mentioned that she has switched up her training and upped her yardage as of late.
Carson Foster on SCM: “If this was long course I probably would have been a lot more nervous”
Carson Foster showed out in Carmel, winning both 400s (Free and IM) and placing 2nd in the 1500, his first time swimming the event in SCM
Hubi Kos Aiming for SCM Backstroke World Records, Hopes to “Reach that level one day”
Hubi Kos was the only swimmer to sweep an individual stroke (50-100-200) at the first stop of the World Cup circuit.
Bella Sims Takes Us Through 200 Free/100 Back World Cup Double (14 Min In-between)
Sims ended up placing 7th in the 200 free and made her way onto the podium in the 100 back, finishing 3rd behind Regan Smith and Kaylee McKeown
Mollie O’Callaghan on SCM Racing: “It’s a nice little surprise to pop into a 1:50”
World Champion Mollie O’Callaghan has dipped her toes into SCM racing, taking a strong win in the 200 free in Carmel and coming within .5 of the world record
Kate Douglass on 3 Wins in Carmel: “Might as well try to get the triple crown in all of those”
Kate Douglass put on a dominant performance in Carmel, winning the 100 free, 100 breast, and 200 breast,
World Cup: Carmel Review & Westmont Preview | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN
Today on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the first World Cup stop in Carmel and preview the second stop in Westmont.
Leon Marchand on Texas Training: “We learn how to win, learn how to lose”
Leon Marchand got in a lot of racing at the first World Cup stop in Carmel, although the 4x Olympic champ didn’t win a single race.
Jack Alexy on Competitive Field in Carmel: “It’s a cool experience… to feel that pressure”
After winning silver in the 100 free and bronze in the 50 this summer in LCM at the World Champs, Alexy seems to be carrying his success into the SCM pool.
Kaylee McKeown on World Cup: “The last time I was in America I was like 12 years old”
She may be jetlagged, but her pedigree still shines through. At the first stop of the World Cup, McKeown scared the 50 back World Record, winning in 25.4
Shaine Casas on 200 IM American Record: “As great of a start as you can get”
He not only beat his training partner in a head-to-head race, the world record holder Leon Marchand, but also broke his own American record
Adam Peaty “Approaching the Sport a little bit differently… Happiness first”
Olympic champ Adam Peaty was back in the competition pool for the first time since the Paris Olympics, getting in race reps at the World Cup stop in Carmel
Gretchen Walsh on World Cup Competition: “I didn’t really expect to be so nervous”
Gretchen Walsh dropped two events, the 50 back & 50 free, in favor of the 100 IM final, where she won handily in a new US Open and World Cup record of 55.91
WATCH: Kaylee McKeown Clocks 1:58.86 200 Back Oceanian Record (Day 3 Carmel Race Videos)
SwimSwam News has compiled a list of all of the available race videos from night three of the 2025 Carmel World Cup stop.
