World Aquatics has announced the Swimming World Cup stops for 2025, featuring the new Carmel pool in Indiana, Westmont in Illionis, and Toronto in Canada.
2025 Stops
- Carmel, Indiana: October 10-12
- Westmont, Illinois: October 17-19
- Toronto, Canada: October 23-25
The Swimming World Cup is a series of three SCM meets in October, which serve as a racing and money making opportunity for some of the best swimmers in the world. This year’s stops were highlighted by swims from numerous World Record holders and Olympic Champions including Leon Marchand and Kate Douglass who were the overall men’s and women’s series winners.
Stop One: Carmel Indiana
This year’s tour starts in Carmel, Indiana at their newly renovated natatorium. Indiana has previously been the host to a number of top swimming events, including the 2017 World Junior Championships, the final stop of the 2022 World Cup, and, most recently, the U.S. Olympic Trials, but this will be the first time the state hosts an event of this magnitude outside of Indianapolis.
Carmel has been working on updating their pool since the 2019, and they just unveiled the finished pool late last year when they hosted the Carmel Holiday Invitational. The new pool features a 50 meter competition pool, a dedicated diving well, floor to ceiling windows, updated ventilation, a spectator seating area for 1,400 fans that boasts the ability to see all 10 lanes from every seat, and an additional training pool.
Alex and Aaron Shackell, both Olympians out of Carmel, were quoted in the World Aquatics release. Aaron said “Swimming in Carmel — or Swim City, USA as we like to call it — is an amazing town to swimming. It’s super supportive of the sport. I’m sure there will be lots of fans and no town deserves it more.”
Alex Shackell agreed with her brother saying, “I know the local swimming community will bring tremendous energy, and I can’t wait to see everyone experience what makes this place so special.”
Stop Two: Westmont, Illinois
Westmont, Illinois is the 2nd stop in the World Cup series, swimming from October 17-19 at the FMC Natatorium at Ty Warner Park. The Westmont natatorium is a nine-lane 50m Myrtha Pool with spectator seating on three sides.
They have played host to numerous Pro Swim Series Stops, most recently the first stop in the 2025 series.
World Aquatics spoke to Kate Douglass about there presence of two stops in the United States after she was the overall series winner last year. She said, “I am so excited to see how this goes on home soil. I am most looking forward to the US stops because some of my teammates and college swimmers may go. It will be a fun and energetic meet!”
The point about college swimmers could make for a few exciting meets. Last year, very few, if any, NCAA athletes competed in the World Cup because they couldn’t be away from school and college meets for three weeks in a row. Stops that are in the United States potentially open the doors for more athletes to attend.
Stop Three: Toronto, Canada
The final stop of the tour moves across the border to Canada. Toronto was the first-ever city to host a World Cup event back in 1988, and they will be hosting the final stop of the 2025 World Cup.
The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre has two Olympic-sized 10 lane pools, and Toronto has recently produced one of the top swimmers in the world in Summer McIntosh.
Canadian relay medalist Sophie Angus spoke about the stop, saying “We are very excited about a World Cup in Toronto this fall. The energy of the crowd, the support of the local swimming community and the pride of representing Canada in front of a home audience all make for an unforgettable experience.
She was joined by Finlay Knox, the reigning 200m IM World Champ who said “To bring an international level competition on Canada’s soil is an awesome opportunity for us Canadians.
This Year’s Stops:
This year the athletes will share a prize pool of 1.2 million USD, on top of the $10,000 World Record bonus and the Crown bonuses, which will reward standout performances.
Last year, there were eight World Records and a total pay out of 1.46 million USD.
Leon Marchand spoke about the competition series last year, saying it “was the perfect way to close out [his] season.” He went on to say, “Racing across three cities in front of passionate crowds kept the excitement going after the Paris Olympics, and coming out on topi n an overall title race made it even more special. The competition level and atmosphere when you’re on the Swimming World Cup tour are incredible.”
Despite the staggering number of WRs in December, I think we’ll see a lot go down this year
Will there be any North Korean, Syrian, Venezuelan swimmer? Oh wait….