Watch: Ledecky Blasts a 15:44 1500 Free at U.S. Open (Day 4 Race Videos)

2022 U.S. OPEN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• November 30-December 3, 2022
• Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
• Long Course Meters (50 meters)
• Start Times:
  • Prelims: 9 AM (ET)
  • Finals: 6PM (ET)
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results
• Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Saturday Finals Heat Sheets

The final day of the 2022 U.S. Open featured world record holder Katie Ledecky crushing the 1500 free final in 15:44.13, her 22nd-fastest time ever in the event. In the men’s event, Florida’s Alfonso Mestre out-touched Pedro Farias of Brazil to touch the wall first with a new lifetime best time.

Regan Smith was the top seed going into the 200 back and 200 fly; she handily defended her spot in both. Smith won the 200 back with the 19th-fastest time in history (2:05.28) which was a U.S. Open Meet record and then touched the wall first in the 200 fly just five events later. She nearly broke the U.S. Open Meet record in her second event as well.

CUY’s Daniel Diehl, who has been on a 17-18 National Age Group record rampage in the 100 backstroke despite just having turned 17 in October, won the 200 back with the 5th all-time fastest time in the 17-18 age group (1:56.41). He has just under two years left in this age group and is only 1.26 off seven-time Olympic medalist Aaron Peirsol‘s NAG record from 2002.

There were tight sprint showdowns on both the men’s and women’s side of the 100 free with Louisville Gabi Albiero out-touching Beata Nelson by .04 for first place and Louisville’s Andrej Barna out-touching Florida’s Josh Liendo by .52 for first.

Another exciting race was the men’s 200 breast where Florida’s Aleksas Savickas pulled an upset on two-time Olympian Chase Kalisz and out-touched him by .42 to win the event. The last individual race was the men’s 200 fly where the Louisville duo of Nicolas Albiero and Zach Harting went 1-2, separated by just .74.

WOMEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE – TIMED FINALS

• World Record: 15:20.48, Katie Ledecky (2016)
• American Record: 15:20.48, Katie Ledecky (2016)
• U.S. Open Meet Record: 15:35.98, Katie Ledecky (2018)
• U.S. Open Record: 15:20.48, Katie Ledecky (2016)
• 2024 Olympic Trials Cut: 16:45.69

Top 8:

1. Katie Ledecky (GSC) – 15:44.13
2. Beatriz Dizotti (BRA) – 16:18.40
3. Michaela Mattes (SYS) – 16:34.75
4. Caroline Pennington (UN-FL) – 16:35.73
5. Kate Hurst (SCAR) – 16:39.40
6. Cavan Gormsen (LIAC) – 16:41.42
7. Emma Finlin (EKSC) – 16:43.89

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MEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE – TIMED FINALS

• World Record: 14:31.02, Sun Yang (2012)
• American Record: 14:36.70, Bobby Finke (2022)
• U.S. Open Meet Record: 14:55.46, Damien Joly (2017)
• U.S. Open Record: 14:45.54, Peter Vanderkaay (2008)
• 2024 Olympic Trials Cut: 15:39.89

Top 8:

1. Alfonso Mestre (FLOR) – 15:16.51
2. Pedro Farias (BRA) – 15:20.12
3. Eric Brown (FLOR) – 15:26.67
4. Zane Grothe (BCH) – 15:30.22
5. Ivan Puskovitch (TSM) – 15:32.31
6. Sean Green (LIAC) – 15:36.17
7. Nicholas Caruso (UKY) – 15:38.28
8. Jake Narvid (TENN) – 15:38.35

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WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE – FINALS

• World Record: 2:03.35, Regan Smith (2019)
• American Record: 2:03.35, Regan Smith (2019)
• U.S. Open Meet Record: 2:07.09, Regan Smith (2021)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:05.08, Phoebe Bacon (2022)
• 2024 Olympic Trials Cut: 2:13.59

Top 8:

1. Regan Smith (SUN) – 2:05.28 CR
2. Summer McIntosh (SYS) –  2:07.15
3. Josephine Fuller (TENN) – 2:09.77
4. Emma Atkinson (VT) – 2:11.00
5. Caroline Bentz (VT) – 2:12.25
6. Leah Shackley (BRY) – 2:12.36
7. Rye Ulett (LOU) – 2:13.26
8. Torie Buerger (UKY) – 2:13.91

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MEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE – FINALS

• World Record: 1:51.92, Aaron Peirsol (2009)
• American Record: 1:51.92, Aaron Peirsol (2009)
• U.S. Open Meet Record: 1:54.59, Nicholas Thoman (2009)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:53.08, Aaron Peirsol (2009)
• 2024 Olympic Trials Cut: 2:01.69

Top 8:

1. Daniel Diehl (CUY) – 1:56.41
2. Nico Garcia (VT) – 1:59.49
3. Baylor Nelson (TA&M) – 2:00.98
4. Amadeusz Knop (SYS) – 2:01.14
5. Andrew Simmons (AU-SE) – 2:01.47
6. Jack Aikins (UVA) – 2:01.91
7. Caleb Maldari (MAC-NC) – 2:02.20
8. Jt Ewing (NCS) – 2:02.24

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WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• World Record: 51.71, Sarah Sjostrom (2017)
• American Record: 52.04, Simone Manuel (2019)
• U.S. Open Meet Record: 53.42, Erika Brown (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 52.54, Simone Manuel (2018)
• 2024 Olympic Trials Cut: 55.79

Top 8:

1. Gabi Albiero (LOU) – 54.90
2. Beata Nelson (WA) – 54.94
3. Camille Spink (NCAP) – 55.47
4. Lillie Nordmann (STAN) – 55.63
5. Erika Pelaez (EA-FG) – 55.80
6. Tristen Ulett (LOU) – 55.82
7. Addison Sauickie (SYS) – 56.09
8. Katarina Milutinovich (LSU) – 56.12

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MEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• World Record: 46.86, David Popovici (2022)
• American Record: 46.96, Caeleb Dressel (2019)
• U.S. Open Meet Record: 47.69, Zach Apple (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 47.39, Ryan Held/Caeleb Dressel (2019/2021)
• 2024 Olympic Trials Cut: 49.99

Top 8:

1. Andrej Barna (CARD) – 48.45
2. Josh Liendo (FLOR) – 48.97
3. Matt King (UVA) – 49.05
4. Chris Guiliano (ND) – 49.17
5. Victor Alcara (BRA) – 49.40
6. Kaii Winkler (EA-FG) – 49.45
7. Alberto Mestre (FLOR) – 49.57
8. Ali Khalafalla (EA-OK) – 49.72

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WOMEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – FINALS

• World Record: 2:18.95, Tatjana Schoenmaker (2021)
• American Record: 2:19.59, Rebecca Soni (2012)
• U.S. Open Meet Record: 2:22.00 Emily Escobedo (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:20.38, Rebecca Soni (2009)
• 2024 Olympic Trials Cut: 2:31.69

Top 8:

1. Gillian Davey (UKY) – 2:27.06
2. Mona McSharry (IRL) – 2:27.59
3. Ashleigh Oberekar (NSW) – 2:28.34
4. Brynn Curtis (AU-SE) – 2:30.52
5. Alexis Yager (TNAQ) – 2:31.39
6. Grace Rainey (MAC-NC) – 2:31.75
7. Molly Mayne (IRL) – 2:31.87
8. Miranda Tucker (TFA) – 2:33.90

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MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – FINALS

• World Record: 2:05.95, Zac Stubblety-Cook (2022)
• American Record: 2:07.17, Josh Prenot (2016)
• U.S. Open Meet Record: 2:09.67, Cody Miller (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:07.17, Josh Prenot (2016)
• 2024 Olympic Trials Cut: 2:15.99

Top 8:

1. Aleksas Savickas (FLOR) – 2:09.68
2. Chase Kalisz (SUN) – 2:10.10
3. Lyubomir Epitropov (TENN) – 2:11.74
4. Angus Menzies (NSW) – 2:12.20
5. AJ Pouch (VT) – 2:13.06
6. Brandon Fischer (TRIV) – 2:13.88
7. Ben Delmar (MAC-NC) – 2:15.88
8. Coleman Modglin (PUR) – 2:18.25
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WOMEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – FINALS

• World Record: 2:01.81, Zige Liu (2009)
• American Record: 2:04.14, Mary Descenza (2009)
• U.S. Open Meet Record: 2:07.20, Susan O’Neill (1999)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:05.85, Hali Flickinger (2021)
• 2024 Olympic Trials Cut: 2:13.69

Top 8:

1. Regan Smith (SUN) – 2:07.30
2. Lindsay Looney (UN) – 2:10.25
3. Charlotte Hook (STAN) – 2:10.64
4. Tess Howley (LIAC) – 2:11.93
5. Maria Jose Mata Cocco (CLP) – 2:13.60
6. Jenna Bridges (LSU) – 2:15.81
7. Katie White (VILL) – 2:16.06
8. Leah Gingrich (HURR) – 2:18.67

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MEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – FINALS

• World Record: 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (2022)
• American Record: 1:51.51, Michael Phelps (2009)
• U.S. Open Meet Record: 1:55.60, Luca Urlando (2019)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:52.20, Michael Phelps (2008)
• 2024 Olympic Trials Cut: 2:00.49

Top 8:

1. Nicolas Albiero (CARD) – 1:56.32
2. Zach Harting (CARD) – 1:57.06
3. Hector Ruvalcaba Cruz  (AGS) – 1:59.63
4. Connor LaMastra (DYNA) – 2:00.96
5. Mussin Adilbek (KAZ) – 2:01.55
6. Matheus Ferreira de Moraes (SESI) – 2:02.60
7. Gustavo Saldo (LOU) – 2:03.07
8. Felipe Baffico (SYS) – 2:03.56

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WOMEN’S 400 FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS

PODIUM:

1. Swim Ireland – 3:46.83
2. University of Tennessee – 3:48.14
3. Cougar Aquatics – 3:48.22

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MEN’S 400 FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS

PODIUM:

1. New South Wales Swim – 3:24.23
2. Swim Ireland – 3:25.13
3. Auburn University – 3:26.57

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