\t\t\t\t\t2026 PRO SWIM SERIES \u2013 AUSTIN<\/p>\n
Wednesday Finals Heat Sheet<\/a><\/p>\n Welcome to the first finals session of the 2026 Pro Swim Series stop in Austin. Not only is this the first finals session of the series, but it is also the first time swimming fans will get to see the newly introduced semifinals in action.<\/p>\n Tonight\u2019s events will start with the fastest heats of the men\u2019s and women\u2019s 1500 freestyle. Katie Ledecky<\/a> is the clear favorite on the women\u2019s side, coming in seeded more than a minute faster than the rest of the field after the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th seeds scratched the event this morning.<\/p>\n On the men\u2019s side, Bobby Finke<\/a> is the top seed, but he faces a tight challenge in the form of Ireland\u2019s Daniel Wiffen<\/a>, the Olympic bronze medalist in the event.<\/p>\n That race will be followed by the first semifinal of the meet, the 50 freestyle. Beryl Gastaldello<\/a> and Simone Manuel<\/a> are the top two seeds out of prelims, with Gastaldello earning the top spot by just over two tenths. The men\u2019s race sees Brooks Curry<\/a> and Maxime Grousset<\/a> in the top spots, separated by just seven hundredths. The top eight swimmers will advance to tomorrow\u2019s final, where they will all have the chance to vie for the $3,000 event winner bonus.<\/p>\n That will be followed by the 100 breaststroke finals. The women\u2019s event will see 17-year-old Caprie Moreno<\/a> swim the \u2018B\u2019 final in a lane by herself while reigning World Champion Anna Elendt<\/a> holds the top seed in the \u2018A\u2019 final. Van Mathias<\/a> holds the top spot on the men\u2019s side by about a second over Denis Petrashov<\/a>.<\/p>\n We will see our 2nd semifinal of the session in the 200 IM where World Record holders Summer McIntosh<\/a> and Leon Marchand<\/a> are the 2nd and 3rd seeds respectively after scratches, both coming in more than 10 seconds slower than their World Record times in the prelims. Teagan O\u2019Dell and Carson Foster<\/a> are the top women\u2019s and men\u2019s seeds.<\/p>\n The evening will wrap up with the 100 backstroke finals, which have the makings to be the most exciting swims of the session.<\/p>\n Regan Smith<\/a> and Rylee Erisman<\/a> lead the women\u2019s event with Erisman coming in less than two tenths back of the World Record holder Smith, pointing to a potential upset tonight. The men\u2019s race sees Frenchman Mewen Tomac<\/a> as the top seed in 55.48, just five hundredths ahead of countrymate Yohann Ndoye Brouard\u2018s 55.53. Mathys Chouchaoui<\/a>, also from France, is the 3rd seed in 55.78, just two tenths back.<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 1500 FREESTYLE \u2014 Fastest Heat<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 1500 Freestyle \u2014 Fastest Heat<\/p>\n World Record: 14:30.67 \u2013 Bobby Finke<\/a>, USA (2024) WOMEN\u2019S 50 FREESTYLE \u2013 Semifinals<\/p>\n World Record: 23.61 \u2013 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2023) MEN\u2019S 50 FREESTYLE \u2013 Semifinals<\/p>\n World Record: 20.91 \u2013 Cesar Cielo, BRA (2009) WOMEN\u2019S 100 BREASTSTROKE \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n World Record: 1:04.13 \u2013 Lilly King, USA (2017) MEN\u2019S 100 BREASTSTROKE \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n World Record: 56.88 \u2013 Adam Peaty, GBR (2019) WOMEN\u2019S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY \u2013 Semifinals<\/p>\n World Record: 2:05.70 \u2013\u00a0Summer McIntosh<\/a>, CAN (2025) MEN\u2019S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY \u2013 Semifinals<\/p>\n World Record: 1:52.69 \u2013\u00a0Leon Marchand<\/a>, FRA (2025) WOMEN\u2019S 100 BACKSTROKE \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n MEN\u2019S 100 BACKSTROKE \u2013 Finals<\/p>\n World Record: 51.60 \u2013 Thomas Ceccon, ITA (2022)
\nAmerican Record: 14:30.67 \u2013 Bobby Finke<\/a>, USA (2024)
\nUS Open Record: 14:40.28 \u2013 Bobby Finke<\/a>, USA (2024)
\nPSS Record: 14:52.56 \u2013 Peter Vanderkaay, USA (2008)
\nWorld Jr Record: 14:41.22 \u2013 Kuzey Runcelli (2024)
\nPool Record: 15:05.51 \u2013 Ilia Sibirtsev (2025)<\/p>\n
\nAmerican Record: 23.91 \u2013 Kate Douglass\/Gretchen Walsh, USA (2024)
\nUS Open Record: 23.91 \u2013 Gretchen Walsh, USA (2024)
\nPSS Record: 24.17 \u2013 Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2016)
\nWorld Jr Record: 24.17 \u2013 Claire Curzan, USA (2021)
\nPool Record: 24.17 \u2013 Sarah Sjostrom<\/p>\n
\nAmerican Record: 21.04 \u2013\u00a0Caeleb Dressel<\/a>, USA (2019)
\nUS Open Record: 21.04 \u2013\u00a0Caeleb Dressel<\/a>, USA (2019)
\nPSS Record: 21.51 \u2013\u00a0Caeleb Dressel<\/a>, USA (2020)
\nWorld Jr Record: 21.75 \u2013 Michael Andrew, USA (2017)
\nPool Record: 21.44 \u2013 Fred Bousquet<\/p>\n
\nAmerican Record: 1:04.13 \u2013 Lilly King, USA (2017)
\nUS Open Record: 1:04.45 \u2013 Jessica Hardy, USA (2009)
\nPSS Record: 1:05.32 \u2013 Lilly King, USA (2022)
\nWorld Jr Record: 1:04.35 \u2013 Ruta Meilutyte, LTU (2013)
\nPool Record: Lydia Jacoby \u2013 1:06.30<\/p>\n
\nAmerican Record: 58.14 \u2013 Michael Andrew (2021)
\nUS Open Record: 58.14 \u2013 Michael Andrew (2021)
\nPSS Record: 58.67 \u2013 Michael Andrew (2021)
\nWorld Jr Record: 58.94 \u2013 Shin Ohashi, JPN (2025)
\nPool Record: 59.45 \u2013 Alexei Avakov<\/p>\n
\nAmerican Record: 2:06.15 \u2013 Ariana Kukors (2009)
\nUS Open Record: 2:06.79 \u2013 Kate Douglass, USA (2024)
\nPSS Record: 2:06.82 \u2013\u00a0Summer McIntosh<\/a>, CAN (2025)
\nWorld Jr Record: 2:06.56 \u2013\u00a0Summer McIntosh<\/a>, CAN (2024)
\nPool Record: 2:08.51 \u2013 Madisyn Cox<\/p>\n
\nAmerican Record: 1:54.00 \u2013 Ryan Lochte (2011)
\nUS Open Record: 1:54.43 \u2013 Ryan Lochte, USA (2010)
\nPSS Record: 1:55.68 \u2013\u00a0Leon Marchand<\/a>, FRA (2023)
\nWorld Jr Record: 1:56.99 \u2013 Hubert Kos, HUN (2021)
\nPool Record: 1:57.20 \u2013\u00a0Carson Foster<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAmerican Record: 51.85 \u2013 Ryan Murphy, USA (2016)
\nUS Open Record: 51.94 \u2013 Aaron Peirsol, USA (2009)
\nPSS Record: 52.40 \u2013 David Plummer, USA (2016)
\nWorld Jr Record: 52.08 \u2013 Mirin Lifintsev (2024)
\nPool Record: 52.51 \u2013\u00a0Shaine Casas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 PRO SWIM SERIES \u2013 AUSTIN Wednesday Finals Heat Sheet Welcome to the first finals session of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[50876,132,134,133,50878,50880,50881,53492,50883,50887,50888,50894,50896,53571,50901,52935,50903,50905,50907,50909,50910,50911,50912],"class_list":{"0":"post-123544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-anna-elendt","9":"tag-austin","10":"tag-austin-headlines","11":"tag-austin-news","12":"tag-beryl-gastaldello","13":"tag-bobby-finke","14":"tag-brooks-curry","15":"tag-caprie-moreno","16":"tag-carson-foster","17":"tag-daniel-wiffen","18":"tag-denis-petrashov","19":"tag-katie-ledecky","20":"tag-leon-marchand","21":"tag-mathys-chouchaoui","22":"tag-maxime-grousset","23":"tag-mewen-tomac","24":"tag-regan-smith","25":"tag-rylee-erisman","26":"tag-simone-manuel","27":"tag-summer-mcintosh","28":"tag-teagan-odell","29":"tag-van-mathias","30":"tag-yohann-ndoye-brouard"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}