2025 Pro Swim Series — Sacramento
- April 2-5, 2025
- North Natomas Aquatic Center, Sacramento, CA
- LCM (50 Meters)
- Start Times
- Wednesday Distance: 8 pm (ET)
- All Prelims: 12 pm (ET)
- Thurs-Sat Finals: 8 pm (ET)
- Livestream Information
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
Didn’t catch last night’s action from the Sacramento Pro Swim Series? No worries, if you weren’t able to tune in, we’ve got you covered with some of the races videos, courtesy of “USA Swimming” and “NBC Sports” on YouTube.
If more videos become available, we will add them to this article.
Men’s 200-Meter Butterfly — Finals
- World Record: 1:50.34 — Kristof Milak, Hungary (2022)
- American Record: 1:51.51 — Michael Phelps, United States (2009)
- U.S. Open Record: 1:52.20 — Michael Phelps, United States (2008)
- World Junior Record: 1:53.79 — Kristof Milak, Hungary (2017)
Pro Swim Record: 1:53.84 — Luca Urlando, United States (2019)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Luca Urlando (DART)- 1:52.37
- Krzysztof Chmielewski (UN)- 1:54.36
- Michal Chmielewski (UN)- 1:55.36
- Michael Hochwalt (UN)- 1:58.09
- Levente Balogh (VT)- 2:01.13
- Hector Ruvalcaba Cruz (AGS)- 2:02.30
- Shareef Elaydi (UN)- 2:03.34
- Grant Sanders (FAST)- 2:07.66
Luca Urlando dropped a monster swim in tonight’s final, coming in at 1:52.37 to break his own PSS record. He swam this race similarly to his NCAA record race, getting out fast and holding tight to finish. At the 150 mark, he was under US Open record pace, but he fell off on the final 50, splitting 30.05. This was Urlando’s first LCM best time in six years after he has struggled seriously with shoulder injuries.
Krzysztof Chmielewski finished 2nd overall in 1:54.36, almost exactly two seconds back of Urlando. His best time is 1:53.62 from the 2023 World Championships.
Michal Chmielewski was the bronze medalist, exactly a second behind 2nd place in 1:55.36, which was only about a second off his personal best of 1:54.64 form the Paris Olympics.
Women’s 50-Meter Freestyle — Finals
- World Record: 23.61 — Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2023)
- American Record: 23.91 — Kate Douglass, United States (2024)
- U.S. Open Record: 24.00 — Abbey Weitzeil, United States (2023)
- World Junior Record: 24.17 — Claire Curzan, United States (2021)
- Pro Swim Record: 24.17 — Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2016)
Top 8 Finishers
- Beryl Gastaldello (INSEP)- 24.75
- Julia Dennis (UOFL)- 24.79
- Liberty Clark (UN)- 25.32
- Albane Cachot (INSEP)- 25.58
- Katharine Berkoff (WOLF)- 25.59
- Kennedi Southern (LAC)- 25.82
- Ada Szwabinska (FAST)- 25.82
- Faith Larsen (UN)- 26.05
France’s Beryl Gastaldello took the women’s 50 freestyle final by four-hundredths of a second. She touched in 24.75. This was just two tenths off her lifetime best of 24.51 in the event from June of 2024.
Julia Dennis was just behind her in 2nd at 24.75, which was a new personal best time for her, dropping from the 25.06 she set in July of 2023.
Liberty Clark finished 3rd with her 25.32, which was just two-hundredths off her best of 25.30 from July 2024.
Women’s 100-Meter Backstroke — Finals
- World Record: 57.13 — Regan Smith, United States (2024)
- American Record: 57.13 — Regan Smith, United States (2024)
- U.S. Open Record: 57.13 — Regan Smith, United States (2024)
- World Junior Record: 57.57 — Regan Smith, United States (2019)
- Pro Swim Record: 57.64 — Regan Smith, United States (2024)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Rhyan White (WOLF)- 59.68
- Katharine Berkoff (WOLF)- 59.69
- Leah Shackley (NCS)- 59.92
- Anastasia Gorbenko (ISR)- 1:00.42
- Savannah-Eve Martin (CSC)- 1:02.22
- Ella Busquets (DA)- 1:02.53
- Amber George (CSC)- 1:02.56
- Georgia Wimberly (LAC)- 1:04.68
NC State had another backstroke sweep in the 100, but the order shook out differently. Rhyan White came in just a hundredth ahead of Katharine Berkoff swimming 59.68 to Berkoff’s 59.69. White was only about a second off her best of 58.43. Berkoff’s best time is 57.83 from the Olympic Trials in June.
Leah Shackley finished 3rd overall in 59.92, which was also around a second off her best of 59.05 from the Junior Pan Pacs from August.
Men’s 200-Meter Breaststroke — Finals
- World Record:2:05.48 — Qin Haiyang, China (2023)
- American Record: 2:06.54 — Matt Fallon, United States (2024)
- U.S. Open Record: 2:06.54 — Matt Fallon, United States (2024)
- World Junior Record: 2:08.04 — Dong Zhihao, China (2023)
- Pro Swim Record: 2:08.18 — Matt Fallon, United States (2024)
Top 8 Finishers
- Matthew Fallon (UPN)- 2:09.58
- Carles Coll Marti (VT)- 2:10.25
- Denis Petrashov (UOFL)- 2:12.33
- Ananias Pouch (PRVT)- 2:13.12
- Brandon Fischer (TRIV)- 2:15.57
- Junhao Chan (UN)- 2:16.27
- Pavel Romanov (UN)- 2:18.80
- Grant Sanders (FAST)- 2:19.58
Matt Fallon and Carles Coll Marti finished two hundredths apart for the silver at the NCAA Championships and tonight they had a rematch. Fallon came out on top at NCAAs, and the result was the same tonight with the Penn swimmer coming in at 2:09.58 to Coll Marti’s 2:10.25.
Coll Marti’s time was a new personal best time for him, improving a little more than three tenths from his previous best of 2:10.58 from June of last year.
Denis Petrashov was also in that 200 breast NCAA final, finishing 4th overall. Tonight, he was third a little more than two seconds back, but still more than half-a-second ahead of 4th place finisher Ananias Pouch.
Men’s 50-Meter Butterfly — Finals
- World Record: 22.27 — Andrii Govorov, Ukraine (2018)
- American Record: 22.35 — Caeleb Dressel, United States (2022)
- U.S. Open Record: 22.84 — Caeleb Dressel, United States (2022)
- World Junior Record: 22.96 — Diogo Matos Ribeiro, Portugal (2022)
- Pro Swim Record: 23.11 — Matt Targett, United States (2012)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Maxime Grousset (INSEP)- 23.12
- Michael Andrew (SUN)- 23.65
- Ethan Dumesnil (INSEP)- 23.96
- Youssef Ramadan (VT)/Kamal Muhammad (UN)- 24.01
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- Brandon Ha (UN)- 24.57
- Kent Olsen-Stavrakas (UN)- 24.65
- Maxwell Stanislaus (LAC)- 24.69
Maxime Grousset and Michael Andrew had a rematch from their 50 freestyle final in the 50 fly, and Grousset came out on top in 23.12, about two tenths faster thnan he went in prelims.
Andrew exactly tied his prelims time of 23.65 to earn the exact same finish of 2nd place overall in the event. He came in around three tenths ahead of Ethan Dumesnil, who was one-hundredth slower than his prelims time.
Youssef Ramadan and Kamal Muhammad both tied at 24.01 for 4th overall after qualifying 3rd and 4th for the final.
Great pep on his last turn too, a moment when many 2flyers try to take a rest. Nice work, Luca!
What a great race, especially the finish. Every kid that swims butterfly should watch and memorize Luca’s finish.
Urlando has the best post race interviews