\t\t\t\t\t2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open<\/p>\n
Wednesday, April 29 \u2013 Saturday, May 2, 2026 Women\u2019s 200 Backstroke<\/p>\n Top 8 Finishers<\/p>\n Isabelle Stadden<\/a>\u00a0(AQJT) \u2014 2:04.37 23 year old Isabelle Stadden<\/a> continues to shine this year and swam to a world leading 2:04.37 200 backstroke. That also makes her the #4 performer all-time in the event.<\/p>\n All-Time Top Performers, Women\u2019s LCM 200 Back<\/p>\n Kaylee McKeown<\/a>, 2:03.14, 2023 Stadden also sits as the #3 American ever, only sitting behind Regan Smith<\/a> and Missy Franklin<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stadden has had a huge 2026 so far after changing training bases and joining the Virginia pro group<\/a> in Charlottesville at the start of the year. She came into the year with a lifetime best 2:07.28 in the 200 back that stood since 2021. Back in March at the Pro Series stop in Westmont, she dropped over a second, swimming to a 2:05.91.\u00a0 She also swam lifetime bests in the 50 and 100 back in Westmont.<\/p>\n The Cal graduate took time off from competition after 2025 US Nationals as she was 12th in the 200 back (2:10.50), 9th in the 100 back (59.76), and 5th in the 50 back (27.78). Her time tonight in the 200 back would have been 1st at US Summer Nationals, ahead of Claire Curzan<\/a> who swam a 2:05.09. Curzan also trains at Virginia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open Wednesday, April 29 \u2013 Saturday, May 2, 2026 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[108554,249,251,250,108563,110143,110868,110869,108583],"class_list":["post-254677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-claire-curzan","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-isabelle-stadden","tag-kaylee-mckeown","tag-kirsty-coventry","tag-missy-franklin","tag-regan-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254677","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=254677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFort Lauderdale, Florida
\nFort Lauderdale Aquatic Center
\nLCM (50 meters)
\nAll the Links<\/a>
\nMeet Central<\/a>
\nPsych Sheet<\/a>
\nLive Results: \u201cFort Lauderdale Open\u201d on Meet Mobile
\nRecaps<\/p>\n
\nRegan Smith<\/a>\u00a0(TXLA) \u2014 2:06.38
\nRylee Erisman<\/a>\u00a0(LAKR) \u2014 2:08.20
\nAudrey Derivaux<\/a>\u00a0(JW) \u2014 2:09.63
\nErika Pelaez (NCS) \u2014 2:10.52
\nPhoebe Bacon (WISC) \u2014 2:11.17
\nKatie Grimes (CA) \u2014 2:13.90
\nCatie Choate (GSC) \u2014 2:13.92<\/p>\n
\nRegan Smith<\/a>, 2:03.35, 2019
\nMissy Franklin<\/a>, 2:04.06, 2012
\nIsabelle Stadden<\/a>, 2:04.37, 2026
\nKirsty Coventry<\/a>, 2:04.81, 2009<\/p>\n