2025 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP – Westmont
- October 17-19, 2025
- Westmont, Illinois
- SCM (25 meters)
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
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World Champion Zalan Sarkany made a statement in his signature SCM event in Westmont, blowing away the field in the 800 free. Sarkany won by nearly 3 seconds, putting up a new Hungarian, US Open, and World Cup record with his 7:29.50. The Hungarian national is looking forward to a big year of short course racing, including his main event in March, NCAA Championships. Being the 2x Defending champion in the 1,650, Sarkany is looking to 3-peat and maybe even break Bobby Finke’s legendary 14:12 NCAA record.
HOW TO WATCH THE WORLD AQUATICS WORLD CUP
A comprehensive look at television and streaming options for the meet can be found here.
U.S. viewers can watch both prelims and finals on the USA Swimming Network and Peacock, Canadians can stream every session on CBC, and the source for the majority of European nations will be the Eurovision Sport platform.
The competition will also be streamed live and on-demand with the World Aquatics Recast channel. A three-day pass requires 590 credits, which costs $8.26 USD.
Who is coaching him at IU other than Ray? Who’s the D Dawg coach over there?
The notoriously loyal partner human meme himself Cory Chitwood
Will be interesting to see how he does against Jouadi from UF.
I was thinking the same thing. Between him, Maurer, the Polish guy from USC, David Johnston, the Kentucky guys, and some younger talent with Whitlock and Hammer, it could be a very crowded field.
Ryan Erisman, Luke Ellis, Nathan Wiffen, possibly Dan Wiffen, possibly Hafnoui…
Jaouadi will be booking his plane ticket back to France after that face off…..
I think they have only been 2 to go sub 14:20 before – Finke 14:12 and Grothe 14:18. I don’t think anyone other than Jaouadi and Sarkany can do it this season. So it seems to be a 2 man race.
Is Hafnoui swimming too? If he’s on, he’ll be right there as well.
Maurer can go sub 14:20. he was 14:25 after not swimming it as a freshman and being 14:53 out of high school
Zalan did beat him in SCM in last December.
Breaking Fink’s record would be amazing. I wonder if moving the mile to day 1 helps or hurts.
I would have to think it helps. Will likely have a negative impact on the 500 for those who do both though.
I’m curious how it affects Maurer. He stretches up to the mile and could lay it all on the line as his last event last year. This year, he’ll have his whole program and critical relay legs ahead of him. I wouldn’t be surprised if he holds back a little, settles for 3/4, and focuses on his later events.
I have never met a top level swimmer that holds back in a finals swim (unless they’re winning and the race is over) to save themselves for later events.
Top level swimmers don’t really do that.
1. The mile is different—it takes most top level milers a day or two to recover, which is why meets with prelims for the mile have a day in between. 2. Marchand obviously held back in the 500 at his last NCAAs, so there’s a recent precedent of a Bowman swimmer doing it for the good of the team.
you think Marchand held back in the 500 when he went 4:02? What?
You must mean the 400 IM?
He is certainly swimming much faster in season than last year.