2026 DUTCH EUROPEAN SWIMMING TRIALS
- July 2nd – July 5th
- Tongelreep National Swimming Centre, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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On day one of the 2026 Dutch European Swimming Trials, we’ve already seen two national records bite the dust on the men’s side of the house.
We reported how Sean Niewold established a new Dutch benchmark of 22.69 in the men’s 50m butterfly, followed shortly by Koen de Groot lowering his own 50m breaststroke national record down to 26.68.
However, perhaps the most impressive new Dutch standard came in a women’s race, as versatile 26-year-old Marrit Steenbergen wowed the crowd with a monster time of 58.33 in the 100m backstroke.
Steenbergen clinched the victory by over a second, with runner-up Maaike de Waard representing the next-closest swimmer in 59.40, as Lotte Hosper rounded out the podium in 1:01.18.
As for Olympian and world champion Steenbergen, her effort this evening took down the former Dutch NR of 58.65, set by retired Olympian, World Championships medalist and European Championships medalist Kira Toussaint at the 2021 Eindhoven Qualification Meet.
Steenbergen’s personal best in the 100m back entering this domestic selection meet stood at the 58.96 she logged around this same time last year. That former best-ever performance was her only other sub-59-second time of her already-prolific career.
Comparing Steenbergen’s head-turning feat to Toussaint’s former Dutch record, the former was able to maintain a higher gear on the back half to beat Toussaint’s outing by .32 overall.
| Steenbergen’s New NR – 58.33 | Toussaint’s Old NR – 58.65 | Steenbergen’s Old PB – 58.96 |
| 28.29 | 28.16 | 28.77 |
| 30.04 | 30.49 | 30.19 |
Steenbergen now ranks 6th in the world in this 1back event in a time which would have garnered the gold at the 2024 European Championships and 4th place at last year’s World Championships.
2025-2026 LCM Women 100 BACK
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57.49
| 2 | Isabelle Stadden | USA | 57.55 | 05/02 |
| 3 | Kaylee MCKEOWN | AUS | 57.77 | 06/09 |
| 4 | Katharine Berkoff | USA | 58.20 | 06/17 |
| 5 | Mary-Ambre Moluh | FRA | 58.25 | 06/30 |
| 6 | Marrit STEENBERGEN | NED | 58.33 | 07/02 |
| 7 | Taylor RUCK | CAN | 58.37 | 07/05 |
| 8 | Iona ANDERSON | AUS | 58.60 | 06/09 |
| 9 | Mollie O'CALLAGHAN | AUS | 58.64 | 03/22 |
| 10 | Maggie Wanezek | USA | 58.78 | 06/17 |
The Dutch ace’s incredible performance comes on the heels of the stunning World Record she put up just last week in the women’s 100m freestyle event.
While racing at the Sette Colli Trophy, Steenbergen, who entered the Italian competition as the only woman to have ever been sub-52 seconds twice in the race, unleashed 51.68 to become the fastest female of all time.
She was 52.78 at this meet last year, so .6 drop in the 100back seems expected given progress in 100free since then
Marrit determined to upstage Femke week after week
Femke was unfortunate she swam all her best times outside global championship.
Bol? They are the same age
I think @Dan Kelly and @Mcintosh-Marchand are referring to two different Femke’s lol. MM is talking about Heemskerk, Dan is talking about Bol. I’m not sure which the OP is referring to, but I think Bol.
Yes, referencing Bol’s successful ventures into the 800
Femke Bol is a current Dutch track star runner 400, 400H, and 800
Femke Heemskerk is a retired Dutch swimmer who like Marrit held records in free, back, and IM
Broeders-Bol now, she married Belgian pole vaulter Ben Broeders this past spring. One of his coaches the last few years has been Armand Duplantis mother (Helena).
She should swim 200IM at Euros
She didn’t swim it at this meeting (it was already swum just after the 100 backstroke)
Wonder what Marrit will actually swim at Euros? Wonder if she has the training to race everything, she is ranked Top 3 (maybe Top 5) in Europe (the last 2 years).
I found 50, 100, 200 Free, 50, 100 back, 200 im (all with prelim, semi’s and finals) plus all their relays, would be around 25 ish aces if she did most things
Also Bethany Firth swam a new WR in the Para S14 100 Back – another new mum smashing it in the pool
Uhh she’s going a WR in the 100 free again this saturday
wasn’t there a recent article that Marrit has the fastest add up of 100 meters of all 4 strokes?
and she has a 2:08 200IM from 2024.
she’s a threat in most anything she swims
Her PB of 58.55 in the 100 fly is also from 2023 (the last time she semi-seriously swam it), and she improved massively in most of her events since then.
ooh we love a sidequest