\t\t\t\t\t2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open<\/p>\n
Day 2 Prelims Heat Sheet<\/a><\/p>\n Good morning, Swim Fans, and welcome to the first full day of events at the 2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open. We had an exciting session last night, with Katie Ledecky<\/a> swimming the 5th fastest time ever in the 1500, going 15:25.62, while her training partner and fellow World Record holder Bobby Finke<\/a>\u00a0was upset as Harvard first-year and Shawmut Aquatic Club\u2019s William Mulgrew<\/a> took the men\u2019s race by over 8 seconds.<\/p>\n This morning, the trio return to the water with Ledecky as the #2 seed in the 400 free. She will be looking to post a strong time to set herself up to once again duel rival Summer McIntosh<\/a>, who is entered as the top seed. Finke and Mulgrew each will appear in the last heat, entering as the 3rd and 5th seeds, respectively, with each flanking the top-seeded Kieran Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, we have plenty of events with plenty of stars to get through before we start the 400 freestyles. The morning kicks off with a run of sprint events as the 100 free, 100 breast, and 50 back kick things off. New York Athletic Club and Virginia\u2019s Kate Douglass<\/a> has a tough morning double as she enters as the #2 seed in the 100 free, and as the top seed in the 100 breast. The five-time Olympic medalists won\u2019t be able to coast this morning in the 100 free, as the field is loaded with the USA\u2019s best sprinters, as Simone Manuel<\/a>, the American Record holder, is the top seed.<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 100 Freestyle \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n World Record: 51.71 \u2013 Sarah Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m, SWE (2017) Top 8:<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 100 Freestyle \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n Top 8:<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 100 Breaststroke \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n Top 8:<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 100 Breaststroke \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n Top 8:<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 50 Backstroke \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n Top 8:<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 50 Backstroke \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n Top 8:<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200 Butterfly \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n Top 8:<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200 Butterfly \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n World Record: 1:50.34 \u2013 Krist\u00f3f Mil\u00e1k, HUN (2022) Top 8:<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 400 Freestyle \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n Top 8:<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 400 Freestyle \u2013 Prelims<\/p>\n Top 8:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open Day 2 Prelims Heat Sheet Good morning, Swim Fans, and welcome to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[110139,68034,249,251,250,110140,110141,110142,107971,108569,65595,110143,68039,110144,110145,110146,110147,110148,110149,110150,110151,110152,108583,110153,110154,108586,99890,110155,110132],"class_list":["post-252451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-adam-peaty","tag-bobby-finke","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-hunter-armstrong","tag-jack-alexy","tag-jessica-hardy","tag-kate-douglass","tag-katharine-berkoff","tag-katie-ledecky","tag-kaylee-mckeown","tag-kieran-smith","tag-kliment-kolesnikov","tag-kristof-milak","tag-larsen-jensen","tag-lilly-king","tag-liu-zige","tag-lukas-martens","tag-michael-andrew","tag-michael-phelps","tag-pan-zhanle","tag-regan-smith","tag-rex-maurer","tag-sarah-sjostrom","tag-simone-manuel","tag-summer-mcintosh","tag-tori-huske","tag-william-mulgrew"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAmerican Record: 52.04 \u2013 Simone Manuel<\/a> (2019)
\nU.S. Open Record: 52.43 \u2013 Tori Huske<\/a>, USA (2025)<\/p>\n
\nAmerican Record: 1:51.51 \u2013 Michael Phelps<\/a>, (2009)
\nU.S. Open Record: 1:52.20 \u2013 Michael Phelps<\/a>, USA (2008)<\/p>\n